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My top Xbox games outside the usual KOTOR and Halo games are Morrowind, Kingdom Under Fire The Crusaders, Fable, and Jade Empire.

Pathalogic series is legendary for those who know. Watch hbomberguy or mandaloregaming's video on the first Pathalogic, both videos are incredible and worth anyone's time.

AI banning people for no reason and you can appeal to another AI. Hasn't happened to me because I never use Xbox chat anymore for this very reason.

God help playstation and Nintendo fans if MS shares their moderation bots

HYPE, definitely getting the 2 expansion upgrade again

I bought a 2nd hand Playstation in 1997 just to play one game - FFVII. I'm loving the remake so far.

Walked into Sears on launch day and bought one without a preorder. Got Halo but got stuck with 2 racing games I didn't need as everyone made you buy bundles back then. Got a second controller, and me and my buddy played through the entire Halo campaign that day/night.

Up until now, absolutely no game has launched day one on other consoles (except for acquisition titles that were already multiplatform), and none have released in under a year either (except Indiana Jones, which is a Disney‑licensed game). You’re making assumptions, and so am I — the difference is that nothing supports your assumptions, while mine are backed by actual facts.

0. Indiana Jones (for some reason, this is exempt because it's an IP owned by Disney?)
1. Gears of War Reloaded
2. The Outer Worlds 2
3. Grounded
4. Age of Mythology Retold
5. Minecraft Legends
6. upcoming Halo Combat Evolved

What are we doing here dude, lmao. You are the final "it's just 4 games" boss.

My Little Pony is looking like another game for me to play with my daughter, game pass has done well feeding me games to play with her.

Rogue Trader is on Game Pass? I had no idea, played it at release - the reason I didn't get to Baldur's Gate 3 for a while since it unexpectedly hit Xbox the same day. Incredible game for fans of CRPGs and/or WH40K.

Xbox One X with its HDD swapped out for a SSD was a true beast last gen. That said, I wouldn't buy a console now from a 13 year old gen unless your goal is retro gaming.

Just finished the last achievement for Dome Keeper. Great game!

My daughter might like the My Little Pony game

Blasted through the MK1 story when it got released on game pass, great stupid fun.

@bert0503 it's great, their art department rules (as you know)

Forza
Surprise
Fable
Beast

Great game from a great dev. The art and the combat blow away anything else in the genre. Glad it is ditching f2p and I hope it finds an audience.

Outward 2, Dark Heresy, and Osiris Reborn? It's like this show was tailor made just for me.

I'm really, really looking forward to Outward 2. The first game coop with my wife was such a memorable adventure. No one else really makes games like that.

I wound up buying

For my Wife:
Cult of the Lamb Sinful Edition

For my daughter:
Cat Quest III
Crashlands

For myself:
Death Stranding

No price on the guitar yet? I used to love Rock Band but all my guitars are pretty dead at this point.

Can't wait to see some FH6, the best Microsoft games of the last 2 gens I think have been FH4 and FH5.

Preordered and preloaded. Played the demo and I'm running high on nostalgia for one of the greatest games of all time.

Fable without Molyneux is like Gears without Cliffy - it might be a pillar but certainly not a load bearing one.

@Fiendish-Beaver Same here... huge fan of Mass Effect (but who isn't, right?) and I'm pretty excited because I have high hopes for two games to take us on that journey again, Osiris Reborn and Exodus.

Have you heard the Osiris Reborn theme yet? Music is one of the reasons I love Owlcat games so much, and that song is just TAKING ME THERE. If not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PqNeoff3NI

FF1, interesting. I wonder if we will see 2-6 added to Game Pass one at a time through the year?

Two weeks until FF7R which will be my first FF game since 15, I'm looking forward to it.

@Fiendish-Beaver Yes it is turn based, it is a CRPG from Owlcat who also made Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader which it should be very similar to. They also made my favorite CRPG of all time Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous (which was a hybrid of turn based and real time with pause).

I would say Owlcat's CRPGs are the least accessible out of the best current CRPG devs (Larian, Obsidian, inXile) but they are more than worth learning because the games are phenomenal. They are also making the new Expanse game Osiris Reborn which is looking like a real Mass Effect successor. They are on almost an identical trajectory to 90s into 00s Bioware.

I bought Chaos Gate a while back and still haven't started it, can never find the time!

Copy paste of my comment from the other 2026 Xbox games article

For me on this list
Definitely:
FF7
GTA6
Gears E Day
FH6

Probably:
Fable

Maybe:
Toxic Commando
Monster Hunter Stories 3

Hopefully come out in 2026 (on Xbox):
Pathologic 3
Solasta 2
Outward 2
Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy
No Rest for the Wicked
Big Walk
Chrono Odyssey

I don't care for ESO but Blackbird was the only internal MS game that I was interested in that got cancelled. I say internal because some of the 3rd party stuff also sounded interesting, like Contraband.

@Balaam_ THIS is a point a lot of people don't understand. The last time I explained this I think was before the price hikes, and the situation was already beyond abysmal. I think I have a few posts with some numbers like this:

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/05/xbox-achieves-record-breaking-results-in-latest-earnings-report#comment8619158

"despite things looking doom and gloom, it's important to remember that Xbox is Sega now"

Oh ok cool that settles that thanks for the pep talk

Warlander was kinda neat, played it for a couple hours.

I didn't like anything about Anthem, including the flying. Typical post doctors Bioware game

If I really like a game, after I beat it achievements can be a reason to play a little more. Otherwise I don't really care.

If hero seekers wasn't anime and I had the time I had 20 years ago that's something I'd definitely play, I used to love blobbers (at least I think it's a blobber from the trailer)

My wife and I are completely hooked on Dome Keeper.

lol @ Flintlock, made for an audience that doesn't buy games. I actually liked Ashen, too.

I had a lot of fun with The Ascent going through it with friends. They nailed the cyberpunk setting.

For me on this list
Definitely:
FF7
GTA6
Gears E Day
FH6

Probably:
Fable

Maybe:
Toxic Commando
Monster Hunter Stories 3

Hopefully come out in 2026 (on Xbox):
Pathologic 3
Solasta 2
Outward 2
Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy
No Rest for the Wicked
Big Walk
Chrono Odyssey

My thoughts exactly. This is like asking what would you pay for the next vehicle from Mitsubishi. I can throw a number out there not knowing if it's going to be a car or a fighter jet.

It's becoming clear Obsidian isn't what it used to be. I wonder if the issue is as simple as the breakup with Chris Avellone. Would mending that fence give us back KOTOR2, FONV, POE, and Tyranny quality games? My guess is yes but we'll probably never know.

On the bright side at least their slide has just been to "mid" and nothing like Bioware.

People want this just as much as they wanted Kinect bundled with every Xbox. Genius strategists these folks are.

Happy New Year @FraserG and the rest of PXB, thanks for all you do!

Game pass had an incredibly good year in terms of content. I think sentiment would be extremely high but it's more than offset by the 100% price increase.

Every time they add games to this it's a reminder of how much shovelware is on Xbox. I don't know what work needs to be done for a game to be added or who has to do it, but I wish it would happen to better games.

@SeaDaVie Bruh.

@dskatter it's planned obsolescence

@JayJ we're still not certain what the next Xbox even is so I think it's silly to commit to wanting or not wanting one at this point. I could potentially want one of it checks the right boxes.

The doubling of the price of game pass from $15 to $30, and the death of Xbox itself, the gaming press was giddy to cover it this year.

Probably the biggest hype moment in the history of E3, which is saying a lot.

IMO it was a soft year (as usual) for MGS, but a crazy good year for game pass.

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Oblivion
Silksong
Metaphor
Balatro

Been doing some MK1, just blasting through the story. It's such goofy fun.

Poor Highguard

Looking forward to finally playing FF7R, LOVED the demo, maximum nostalgia.