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@Kaloudz Today would make sense as the last one only went up to April 15th, but who knows!

@awp69 @deadmaker Yep, definitely meant to be free. Sit tight, it should go live ASAP.

Yeah, it's still not available yet. Not sure what's going on - should go live at some point relatively soon...

@Fiendish-Beaver Ah, thank you for that!

Thanks both! Those have been added to the list

@Kaloudz Yeah, you're probably right.

Don't worry, we'll get to play Crash 4 on Game Pass eventually...

... dang it.

Update: The team behind Moonlighter 2 has reached out to us to confirm the "early access" mention at the Triple-I Initiative showcase was incorrect. There's your answer @Kaloudz

@Lup I've never really paid attention to the series before, but I'm already looking up the DS version to try and get a copy 😅

@FarmDog08 If it's anything like last year, it'll include all the "Sneak Preview" games plus a few hundred more.

@Fiendish-Beaver As far as I'm aware, all the old content will remain playable and they're just adding to it.

@Kaloudz It seems so? That's what it's suggesting in the description at least...

@GADG3Tx87 I just thought it was interesting to compare the two. It's not meant to be straight "news" by any means - more of a discussion topic than anything else.

@Millionski Played the first couple of Uncharteds, a bit of Spider-Man, a bit of Last of Us, haven't got around to GOW yet. I'll get there eventually, but I'm happy to enjoy those on PS4 for now.

It's hard enough trying to keep up with all the new Xbox releases for this job, let alone playing on other platforms as well 😅 That said, my Switch OLED gets quite a lot of use...

@NishimuraX I haven't seen much of Forspoken to be honest! It definitely is reminiscent of Jedi: Fallen Order's movement in some ways, but it's also got a unique style of its own.

It seemed too good to be true, and apparently it is - at least according to Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb. Article has been updated, and here's a bit of his quote from YouTube today:

"This isn't real. I'm sorry, it's not real.

There is a skunkworks team headed up by Titanfall 1 director Steve Fukuda, he's got a small team over there that is probably messing around with like, games that have titans in them.

Does he have a prototype that has titans in it? I would certainly assume that is a safe thing to think. Now, is that going to get announced in 2025 and released in 2026? No way."

@LaurenceJ1987 Yeah, I noticed too 😅

@Millionski It's hard to say. There's nothing about a PS5 that's ever really appealed to me - I occasionally play my PS4, and that's about enough. Aside from Astro Bot, I can't think of any exclusive I'd be that bothered about on PS5. The same would likely go for PS6, although who knows...

The main thing is that I wouldn't want to ditch the Game Pass model now. That's the big reason why I'll stay loyal to Xbox consoles (aside from the fact I work for an Xbox-focused site!).

@Lup 3 different people are claiming the Oblivion remake is April still, so it seems like we'll get it before that (if true, as you say).

Thanks folks! These have all been updated along with Commandos: Origins which also has M&K support on Xbox.

@HarmanSmith There's actually a trial for Banishers on the Xbox Store if you want to try before you buy

@Kaloudz My wife forced me to watch them all last summer! I loved the first one, didn't care for any of the others really.

@Kaloudz Yes they are 😅

I own it on Nintendo 3DS if that counts?

@AgentCooper Thank you!

@KlipKlop You're right - I had it down as April 8th for some reason. Article has been adjusted 👍

@Coletrain Thank you! Much appreciated

I think the main thing for me is that it still supports backwards compatibility in a big way. Let's use that as a base - if I can still play all the same games on it (plus the next-gen stuff obviously), I'm immediately interested.

After that... can I say I'm not really sure? I'm still perfectly happy with my Series X at the moment, so unless the next console is radically different with Steam support, Epic Games support, more Windows-like features - while still retaining all the greatest bits of what we have now - I don't really know how a new console can entice me yet.

I think I'm ready for a drastic change in the next generation 😅

@dkxcalibur Shouldn't be the case! Give it another try, let me know if you're still having difficulties (and what kind of error messages you're getting if so).

@dkxcalibur If they're in the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate library, they're fully unlocked.

If they're just "trial" versions, you only get 10 hours with them but they're still feature-complete (for the most part). NHL 25 has had a trial since it released, for example, but it's now going into the Game Pass library.

@Medic_alert They will, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't try to compete for some of the sales.

@RiverGenie No worries, I was just confused is all. Wasn't aware Push Square had covered it this morning already.

@RiverGenie Copying homework? I'm just writing about a story that's getting attention - not sure what that has to do with copying anything.

@Fiendish-Beaver Easy answers for you:

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes

It may feel a little overwhelming at first, but there are lots of settings you can tweak (and tutorials to try) that will make things easier.

@Lup Sadly not, I think it was Xbox Wire that listed it for Game Pass incorrectly (they later retracted it).

@MetalGear_Yoshi You keep them forever

@Fiendish-Beaver Not at all! Totally understand 😊

@Ricky-Spanish Yes! I was invited to a PES / eFootball press event there a few years ago

@Nightcrawler71 I should note Ben is currently on holiday so is unlikely to reply! I swear he mentioned that it's around 12 hours.

@ChrisDeku Sure, I see where you're coming from - but all of that is handled by a different team at Hookshot.

The writing staff (including myself) never know what kind of ads are going to show up, so they're not influenced by those in any way. I'm the one that talks to PR companies to acquire review codes as well, so it's not like they're being passed to us by an advertising team.

@Fiendish-Beaver Nope.

Nobody's ever pressured us, or offered to pay us, or anything like that to score their games higher. We just score them how we feel.

In terms of the "fear" aspect you mention, about missing out on review copies in the future and stuff like that - it certainly goes through my head when we publish a negative review, but I'd rather we stayed true to our opinions and took the risk. We're never going to artificially inflate a score just to please a publisher.

@RiverGenie Mentions this in the article:

"If you decide that you really don't like them when they show up, there's always the option of just disabling them entirely."

The option has been there since they introduced it.

@awp69 There's your answer!

@jesse_dylan @Coletrain @Jonnybekeww Appreciate the kind words, thank you

@Utena-mobile It's OK! Everyone has their right to an opinion and I certainly pay attention to all the comments - just wanted to clear up that there are specific reasons why we cover certain types of content and don't get to the others.

Pure Xbox is in a good place, but it's just always been a small team - and so we really have to pick and choose what we talk about. If it were up to me, we'd cover 30+ stories a day! 😅

@NORTHERN_beat @Frmknst They mentioned back in September that the launch would be in Q1 2025, but no word since.

@Utena-mobile We have a much smaller team than Push Square. I'm actually running Pure Xbox almost entirely on my own this week.

We also have a smaller audience share than Nintendo Life and Push Square, so some of the more niche stories that you might find over there aren't going to perform as well here. They won't attract enough views or comments to make them worth my time.

We have to prioritise what we cover. There are only so many hours in a day and so many stories that can be written about. I'm already working 10 hour days on here this week.

@Valhura You can choose to look at it that way if you want to, but I'm just trying to prioritise stories that people are most interested in.

@Kaloudz I'll do it next time, deal.

@avoidercat This is the most popular article on Pure Xbox right now. We still do reviews (and "hands on" impressions), but sadly they don't generate anywhere near as much interest.

As I always say with stuff like this, we'll go where the demand is.

@awp69 Heard nothing on my end, so I'm presuming it was a mistake and it's still coming - but will update the list if that changes.

This list is constantly being updated! It's now accurate as of today (April 2nd).

@LogicStrikesAgain I mean, I think it's fair for them to call it a success right now. Less than a week, over 1.5 million players already - that feels like a very successful start, regardless of whatever the sales say.

As you say though, whether that will equate to long-term monetary success remains to be seen.

@Kaloudz I know, I know