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This is hilarious. Once the deal closes, MS owns the Call of Duty IP and has the right to do with it whatever it wants. Not complicated at all unless you're a delusional fanboy who can't get over pieces of plastic and are obsessed with 'console wars.' The crying is pathetic at this point. MS has offered Sony a fair deal of 3 more entries in the series, if Jim Ryan thinks that is unsatisfactory, well, bring something to the bargaining table... 'You give keep Call of Duty on our consoles, we'll put the Insomniac Spider-Man games on Xbox.' Or, 'fine, we'll put Game Pass on PlayStation.' Those are some options, otherwise, take the 3 more games, more than MS is obligated to offer, and shut up.

This is why I buy multiple consoles. I know some don't like exclusives but I'm on the opposite side, I think it makes for better competition, although I don't love seeing giant publishers like Bethesda and Activision get bought up. It is what it is at this point. I know not everybody is fortunate enough to be in a position to buy multiple consoles, but this is also why I say it's best, if you don't have the money, to wait a year or two into a new generation and see who is bringing the most games you want.

It's interesting for sure. Unlocked a bunch of achievements eventhough I don't really know what I'm doing. Inspecting the scenes is pretty cool. Can't really say anything without spoiling stuff. Think it's one of those games you just need to give it a try. It'll click with some, won't with others but I like it and I'm not usually somebody who gets hooked by this style of 'game.'

Sounds intriguing. Not sure whatever the 'gameplay' is will click with me but all the reviews I've read for this have been incredibly positive.

Day one buy for me, on all 3 console brands.

Fable. I consider Playground Games to be MS' best first party studio and though this isn't a racing game, the team deserves the benefit of the doubt that it can deliver.

@JayJ
Co-signed.

@Solidchief
I've resigned myself to the fact we won't see Saints Row the way it originally was ever again, unfortunately. If this one sells well, they'll continue with this cast of characters and this direction. If this reboot doesn't sell well, the series likely ends altogether.

@Solidchief
Yeah, might've been best to stop the series after SR 2. Never were able to get revenge on Dex but to me that was the only loose end that needed to be tied up. Could've done that in the DLC for 2 and then moved on. SR 3 things started going way off track and never got better.

Hell no, as bad as 3 and 4 were compared to SR 1 and 2, this seems even worse and further removed from what the series used to be. I've seen plenty of gameplay videos and it's an easy miss especially with far better games dropping over the next few months. It's a shame how things went because I really did love the first 2 SR games then it was all downhill.

On the Xbox side, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and one of my favorite 360 games, Tomb Raider: Legend, through backwards compatibility on the Series X.

On Switch I'm still slowly making my way through Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I get caught up doing the side quests and don't progress the main story as quickly as other people.

@XxEvilAshxX
The world could certainly handle it. The problem is Western game devs live on Twitter, particularly a specific side of it that is perpetually offended.

2, easily. It did everything the first did right, built on it and managed to differentiate the series enough from GTA. The first game I like a lot also but the second was just better all-around, gameplay and story. Didn't care much for 3 or 4, not bad games, not great. No interest at all in what I've seen of the reboot. Would've preferred a Saints Row 5 with the old gang that returns to something similar to 2.

Best way I can put it, I'll re-up my Game Pass sub when the time comes. Right now, resubscribing to PS Plus Premium when I have to in January is very much in doubt.

@BartoxTharglod
I liked Perfect Dark Zero as well. Not as much as the first but it was still fun to play and a solid launch title for the 360. Crazy that was almost 20 years ago.

If Call of Duty was exclusive I'd say you'd see the jump instantly. With that not being the case, it'll take a while to get there.

Would love to see PGR return. 3 and 4 were some of the defining games of the early 360 days.

@Royalblues
I'll second this. I love the first Lumines but Live is even better.

The 360/PS3/Wii era was the last time I think I truly loved gaming. Not to say there aren't a lot of games today I still really enjoy but things just seem so watered down now and boring as far as the mainstream AAA games. Just corporate cash grabs and you can tell. Not that they weren't before but it's definitely more obvious these days.

Saints Row 2 is an awesome game that I'd recommend to people who don't have it. Beyond that, it's a meh group of offerings in comparison to what will be on PS Plus.

My standout memory of Xbox 360 was the day I bought the console. It was about 2 weeks after launch, I was home from college for Thanksgiving break, got back to the house, set everything up and dove right into some PGR 3 and it was an awesome experience. Fantastic graphics, even on the older non-hd tv I had, and eventhough multiplayer was the draw for many, I had lots of fun with the single player.
Another standout memory was the launch of my favorite game from that era, Halo 3. That series showing up on the then current-gen was a huge deal, and it was the first time I went to a midnight launch for anything game related.

@Fenbops
Not only the current climate but basically a new staff at Rockstar and given some of the changes made to the remasters of the trilogy and current-gen version of GTA V. Zero faith they get this right.

Given the crazy times these consoles launched into, I'll be interested to see where both end up in 2027 or 2028 (7-8 years seems to be the standard generation cycle now).

@YouTrash
Pretty much spot on. Intersted to see how this turns out, though I can't say it'll be a day one buy. GTA IV disappointed me, V had a good campaign but I didn't love a lot of the other stuff Rockstar did with the game and the remastered trilogy last fall was botched to the highest degree, just completely unacceptable.

FH 2 - Storm Island.

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and Bright Memory: Infinite.

Great game that I'll be replaying quite a bit. The gun and sword play is really fun. Visuals are very impressive for a game made by just one person across multiple systems. Can't comment on the Series S version specifically but the Series X version is a looker for sure.

This game is way better than the reviews, including this one, are suggesting. Yeah, it's on the short side but it's extremely fun to play and looks great. Definitely worth the money, very impressive effort.

Cool. Hopefully it'll be out by 2024 at the lastest.

I like Bright Memory, despite its flaws, so I'll definitely be getting this.

Bright Memory Infinite is the one I'm most hyped for.

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge.

I didn't use my Xbox One a lot so I never realized how good MS' rewards program is until I got a Series X. Already have earned a $10 card at the end of the month, twice, and it was pretty easy to rack up the points to do so, even with the limited time I have to game.

@NEStalgia
I actually did drink Game Fuel, almost daily, back in 2007. Not the wisest decision I've ever made but I thought it tasted good.

I was concerned about the change to first person when it happened for RE 7 but I ended up liking it, however, third person is definitely where the series belongs. Happy to see this added to Village, would be cool if Capcom could patch it into 7 at some point as well but understand if it doesn't happen as that game is a bit older now.

D. Would've been lower if not for the Japanese section at the end. Team Ninja, Atlus and Kojima saved things a little bit.

Nice! I've been waiting for TMNT more than any other game. I'll probably go ahead and buy it, however, eventhough I do have a GP sub.

A year ago I would've said Resident Evil 2 remake, but the further we get away from it the more I realize I was a 'prisoner of the moment' in 2019-2021, overlooking its flaws because I wanted to love what was a modern update of my favorite game of all-time. It's not the worst remake ever, but it doesn't hold a candle to the 1998 release and in terms of how to update a game can't touch what Resident Evil 1 remake was in 2002. At least it was better than the dreadful RE 3 remake but that's about the nicest compliment I can give it and that's not really impressive to be better than one of the worst remakes in history.

Now that I've taken a few steps back and am viewing things these days without nostalgia-tinted glasses, I'd have to go with 8 as my favorite followed very closely by 7 and the Code Veronica (still despise tank controls, however, even back in 1996 I hated that set up).

These companies are too difficult to predict these days so I'm going into this the same way I did the recent State of Play... no expectations at all, just hope what's shown is good and that maybe we're getting some games sooner than we thought.

Unfortunately, 'one of the better tennis games in recent years' doesn't really mean much when recent tennis games have been mediocre at best and, in most cases, just bad. Sucks because tennis is one of my favorite sports to watch, play and play in video game form.

Gears of War 1 is easily among my favorite games of all-time and the series itself is by far my favorite in the third person shooter genre. I had played a lot of great 360 games by the time Gears 1 hit the market but that was the first one that truly felt like it delivered on what the console promised.

The original Xbox for me. Great console that I'd put in my top 10 all-time and helped MS gain a lot of credibility which led to an even better generation with the X360.

@xboxjapanfan
And that won't be happening. A big company such as MS, especially in the current climate, is not going to remove two prominent women in the games industry from positions of power even if it would be the right decision.

It's important to have a presence there to get more Japanese games than just something like Resident Evil. Would From Soft be making games for Xbox if it wasn't available in Japan? I'm not so sure. I'd also say, however, a company with less disposable income, it's probably not worth it to try. MS has the money to have a presence in Japan so it's better to be there than not.

1. Halo Reach
2. Gears of War 3
3. Halo 4

I still have the demo discs from and most of the mags from when I subscribed to OXM. Miss that stuff as well as getting proper manuals with games.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the Top Spin games after 2 but I'd still look into a new one just because it'd be a game with a higher budget and production values and would at least be competent. The other recent tennis games are all on small budgets and it's noticeable.

The one I want to see the most actually is Grand Slam 3. I still play 2 to this day and would love to see that dev team return for another round.

The series I'd love to see return, although I guess it's impossible, is MVP baseball.

Something definitely needs to be fixed with the app. Hell, I can't even open it from my home page on my Series X, it's just blank and I get a message that says 'We can't get this content right now. Sorry about that. Try again in a while.' Been that way for a week or so. I can still open the app from my games and apps but hopefully things will be sorted out so I can open from the home page again soon.

I do like how the rewards app is used, much better than on PlayStation, it's easy to rack up the points and get $10 cards so I appreciate that.

It was fighting/wrestling games for me this weekend... King of Fighters XV and Rumble Roses XX.