Some good stuff here. I'll be playing Wolf Among Us 2, FFVII, Zero Company, and the Monster Hunter expansion. My wife will play the Palworld full release and maybe the Runescape game.

At the same time, we're increasingly becoming a platform

lmfao no Asha, you're decreasingly becoming a platform to the point you are barely one. I sure hope you do what you need to do to increasingly become one again.

This isn't for me because I'm an adult

The series S isn't nearly as big an issue here as Xbox's tiny install base that doesn't buy games. If there were 80 million Series consoles out there I guarantee you Moon would be spending the time and money to get the game running. That's not the reality we live in.

This is one of my most anticipated games, it has the most well thought out co-op gameplay I've ever seen.

@awp69 It's well documented that Moon delayed the Xbox version of No Rest for the Wicked as a punitive measure against Xbox? Because that's what I'm mocking. The plan was for a simultaneous release until Private Division basically crumbled and Moon had to publish their own game, losing that funding, and so they cut the release day launch of the dying platform. I know of the "report" your referencing and don't really care and it's not really relevant unless you actually believe a company would delay a game over pettiness, and also not sure why you think I would care who you support. I play mostly co-op games and NRftW has the most well thought out co-op system I've ever seen in a video game. I would be a total fool to skip it.

Gothic, FFVII, and Astroneer for me. Might also check out Frog Sqwad, kinda reminds me of Human Fall Flat. Kind of a weak month for game pass so far.

@awp69 This is comical amounts of copium, there are a plenty of games doing the same thing. MS tried to buy Moon and Moon refused. They didn't delay the Xbox version of No Rest for the Wicked as some sort of punitive measure, lmfao.

YA GOT NEW FRIENDS NOW, SPACE MARINE?

Grimskull vs Nemeroth is an all time cutscene for me but I really love Orkz.

Minecraft Legends reminded me of Viva Pinata in a way, in that both look like they're for little kids but are way too difficult for little kids.

I'm sure on Sunday we'll be forced to watch a trailer for this, and ESO, as we've had to at every show for years.

Not really interested in any of this, my wife will probably like the Dune game. The biggest thing from the show for me is No Rest for the Wicked getting 1.0 in October. Sadly I'll have to wait longer for the Xbox version since Xbox is in such a sad state that devs just openly say porting to us is low priority now. We're in that phase of the death spiral.

Edit: disappointed that Light No Fire wasn't at the show, their house is usually tied to Sony and we're overdue for news.

I'm gonna be honest this feels like a satire post where Asha once again does absolutely nothing and a small group of people CJ's about all the awesome changes she's making.

We're going to keep putting our games on our direct competitor which has all but driven us out of business, but removing a logo about it from the end of trailers? Asha's done it again boys, Xbox I mean XBOX is saved, whew lawdy no brakes on conductor Asha's train, Playstation is going to be lucky to sell 10 million PS6's at this rate.

It's not like Burger King telling people they can buy burgers at McDonalds.

A good analogy would be Burger King telling people they could buy A WHOPPER®, made by Burger King, at McDonalds. And again, the problem with that scenario is not even 1% that Burger King is advertising it, the problem is that they're making their signature product available at a competitor, signaling that they aren't even competing anymore.

The problem isn't SAYING it's coming to other platforms. What kind of thinking is this, lmao.

Semi related I'm playing Wizardry right now which directly inspired Yuji Horii to make Dragon Quest

Praise Geraldo!

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@Fiendish-Beaver playstation could sell 5m copies of good of war on Xbox. Nintendo could easily sell 5m copies of Mario Kart on Xbox. When people understand why those successful companies choose to leave those sales on the table, they realize MS threw in the towel and Xbox is finished.

Put another way:
Microsoft the publisher does not need exclusives.
Xbox the console absolutely needs exclusives.

Probably a discord watch party with some friends.

@Ichiban no developer makes games even remotely as good as Rockstar. It's not close. They're on their own level. You're in the tiny minority with your opinions.

GTA isn't "in the running." They're the only contender.

@brettvsgodzilla definitely, it's way better now than it was at launch. The combat feels so heavy and impactful, and it has one of the best soundtracks of all time imo. Fantastic game that I always find myself returning to.

Golf with your friends is up there for the GOAT party game.

I have everything on this list I would want but on the Warhammer sale I did pick up Speed Freeks ( just released) and Darktide just in case it ever leaves game pass.

What kind of damage do you need to have sustained to have wanted this?

"Hey guys I'm going on vacation in 1632 hours so I won't be around for Forza that week."

My favorite game of the year so far, but let me be clear: if GTA 6 releases this year, the idea that anything else should even be considered for goty is laughable.

Awards shows working hard trying to save Compulsion Games' jobs.

So much of this was great. I'll probably replay Rogue Trader someday so the more DLC the merrier. If course I'll be playing Dark Heresy as well. Skitarii in Darktide will definitely pull me back in, as will whatever they add to Helldivers 2. I just wish we got more of Total War 40k, I need it so bad. And I just picked up Speed Freeks. Just like Chaos Gate, haven't gotten around to trying it yet

Absolutely loved the first Astroneer. Wound up renting a server for my friends to play on. Great times.

Reminds me a bit of the path Total War took, making fantastic historical games and then using their refined formula to make a game with a big fictional license (in their case, Warhammer).

So Xbox will get 1 show that week and Playstation will get 2 shows.

@DojoMax I use it for my chatpad, but please go on.

I would say 75% of what I play is co-op games, and Remnant 2 is my favorite co-op game of all time. It's also my favorite Soulslike from any company that isn't Fromsoft. I can't say enough about the game. It rules. It's the perfect co-op game and it's the perfect Soulslike because it's not a clone like so many others (Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen, etc) are. The lore is also pretty cool.

Awesome. My friends and I did every FH5 festival playlist for almost 2 years, from launch until a few months after rally adventure.

Of course this is the reason.

And lol at all the kids spouting nonsense for the last few years about Sony having the ability to specifically block their PC games from working on the next Xbox. It doesn't work that way, folks.

@MrStark "Will she continue what Spencer started and put Xbox first party games on PlayStation "

It's incredible how Phil fought the exclusives *****, didn't want ABK, got overridden by Nadella and Hood on both, and people who have no idea blame him for it.

@Kraven Definitely recommend doing both! I am not a big action game guy so I hadn't played the other Yakuza games, but I did play The Man Who Erased His Name so that I had a primer on Kiryu before playing IW, and it was definitely the right move. I know it's a lot longer but I think you would not regret doing the same and play LaD as a primer on Ichiban & Co.

Metaphor was really great. That run of JRPGs (Metaphor/Infinite Wealth/E33) was legendary. I always compare it to PSIV/FFIII (now 6)/Chrono Trigger.

I bought Metaphor and Infinite Wealth at their release, maybe I need to learn some patience and wait for them to come to game pass 🤣 No regrets!

Who knew it was this easy to build goodwill with the few remaining Xbox fans and certainly a legion of astroturfing bots. She should change the font on the sticker inside the controller battery cover. 3 million likes easily.

Yes, it's a pre-order of the 2 expansions. Getting to play at launch instead of 4 days late is just a bonus.

Started FH6 last night, I'm hooked once again. Feels good to be back.

I thought rec room was a vr game, didn't even know it was on Xbox.

Highlighting this kind of crap is underhanded gaslighting. "Ohhh, you guys don't want McDonalds ads? Well change this setting and everything is fine!"

No, we don't want any ads. Why would I care if it's McDonalds or Fortnite? Get it off my home screen.

@J_Mo_Money You can like any dev you want, I was a big fan of Black Isle and early Obsidian. I'm just telling you their games are selling poorly compared to what they projected. That's not conjecture, Feargus has spoken about it.

Personally I used to be a huge Black Isle and then Obsidian fan, but I think their recent games are really bad and it would have actually surprised me if they weren't selling so poorly that Feargus had to address it.

@J_Mo_Money everything obsidian is putting out is underperforming with the exception of grounded.

My wife will play Subnautica 2 but not sure if she'll play it yet, she typically avoids early access.

I think I'm gonna cave and get the premium upgrade /sigh

Last night I went and found the original FH and FH2 in my library from games with gold and fired them up so I should get 5 out of the 6 loyalty cars now, just missing FH3. Off topic but I have to say I'm sad I missed the original game all those years ago, what a different tone than 2-5 (and assuming 6), WAY more my speed. I already thought 5 was a perfect game but after trying the original, now I know how much better it could be.

My answers to these are always jokes (Azurik: Rise of Perathia 2) or things that will never happen (The Last Remnant Remaster finally ported to Xbox, the place where it was originally exclusive)

250k here, don't think I'm ever going to see 500k as my heavy playing days are behind me.

@Skinny-Pete
Some of the most fun I had in FH5 was doing all Peel races with friends! Comedy gold, seriously

https://www.twitch.tv/jenks44/clip/VenomousCloudyTruffleWTRuck-LQ8p5KmABLXtVYlE

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@Skinny-Pete There's so much to do in Forza Horizon and so many cars, my answer is this:

If exploration is fun to you, it's worth doing.

If it feels like a chore, it's not worth doing.

Personally I love looking for them but there's no car* in these games worth doing something that you don't find fun, there's 20 other cars just as good.

*Except a Peel, I'd do anything for one of those.

Gameplay was a lot of fun, but a little easy. That's ok though.

Exploration wasn't quite as good as the earlier games.

Story was total ass. I saw this coming in Eternal. DOOM needs to show, not tell. Once they started explaning everything in Eternal, I saw where it was going, and then in Dark Ages it absolutely went there. It wasn't just bad, it was embarrassing to sit through.

Still a 7/10 because it's so fun to play, minus the mech sections.