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@Porridge2215 I've added that option now!

@Fiendish-Beaver Yeah, I know what you mean and am starting to question it myself as well.
I said at the time of the overhaul that Premium looks better value now and as the months to by, loads of games are being added.
I think ultimately it depends on the quality of these "75+" day one games, as you say.

@IronMan30 What I'm thinking is... is the 50% off a bone throw for older 360 edition owners?

The 50% discount isn't available on any other platform, if it's not for older 360 owners, who is that for? 🤔

@themightyant Silly Delivery?

@johnK From what we've played so far, it's just an upres/60FPS/LOD improvement type deal. No major changes.

@Chip-Douglas we should have US/UK prices shortly but yes, it looks like itll be considerably cheaper for two weeks.

@DarkTron yeh, genuine slow news day 😂

But also like, this isn't really to dunk on switch 2, I'm actually playing the game there right now and mention the positives in the article. It's just interesting to me (and clearly other folks) that an Xbox version from a decade ago has some extra features. It's just an interesting comparison 🤷‍♂️

@Nightcrawler71 hey hey, me too 😅

@BaldB3lper78 Yeah, I'm pretty good with it too tbf. I will admit though that handheld is the way to go; it looks pretty good on that screen.

Good job that's the reason I picked it up on Switch 2!

@Chip-Douglas The Indy DLC is on sale on Steam, 25% off!

On Xbox the Premium Upgrade is 45% off, but not Order of Giants on its own, that's still full price.

Vince Zampella doesn't miss, folks.

@themightyant it's still a bit strange even with everything switched off! Not sure what I make of the game so far...

@GeeEssEff Thanks sir! Yes, ARs are ruling the roost at the moment - they're definitely the strongest category and seem fairly usable in those SMG ranges as well.

I'm getting cooked way more than in the beta, I just assumed that was likely due to the enthusiastic players picking this one up on day one. There seems a lot less casual interest this time around, maybe that's affecting things?

I feel there's a good base to MP but it does need tweaks.

@SodaPop6548 I think the likes of BO7 and MW3 the other year launching a bit undercooked is more a symptom of post-covid game dev, to be honest. Call of Duty is trying to keep up this insane schedule when it's becoming harder and harder to do.

Having said that, it's definitely something Xbox — and us in the community — should be keeping an eye on. Two out of the last three CODs just haven't been up to scratch at launch, and it's going to affect the series. I've played every COD and will often defend it, but games like these two are making me less interested in the series - even when the likes of COD2026 (Infinity Ward) will probably end up more polished like BO6.

@darkswabber the 360 launched on 22nd November

@Nintendo4Sonic yep. I'm also starting to notice that warzone assets are being reused a lot now with cod games, especially the ones that clearly didn't have long enough dev time.

Warzone should be warzone and main call of dutys should be a very separate thing imo.

@Fiendish-Beaver on solo it's definitely harder than regular cod difficulty from the past. It's probably more like hardened, maybe even veteran towards the end (I ended up finding a co op player for the final mission just to help out)

@BacklogBrad remember this review is JUST campaign. It's likely our full BO7 review will be a decent chunk higher than a 4/10...

@oopsiezz I'm glad you had a good time with it! I haven't played Endgame yet, hoping to get to that soon.

My issue, and what a lot of others will probably feel, is the campaign that leads to endgame isn't really a COD campaign at all. They could have fleshed out endgame and had that as this year's PvE experience?

Looking forward to play more MP and Zombies.

@Fiendish-Beaver No problem! I also hope to do a full review - I just like to get campaign out there ASAP because multiplayer and Zombies need more time.

In regards to the final mission, the game basically rolls credits at the end of the prior mission, and then yeah - you get thrown into the 'endgame' experience. I just backed out to be honest - the campaign is classed as 'finished' — with an achievement pop — before this happens.

Having said all this, I would not buy or play this game for the campaign alone, never 😅

@abe_hikura Black Ops 7 makes MW3's campaign look great. I said at the time that I just thought MW3 was a bit short and a drop off from MW2 - but it still felt like a COD campaign. This does not...

@SodaPop6548 We appreciate the support!

@SodaPop6548 Yeah that's fair, we all have our way of responding to this stuff. Some folks are more invested in the behind-the-scenes goings on, others not so much.

I suppose Tim is entitled to his view and so is Eurogamer.

@SodaPop6548 The thing is though, you could argue the EG score is an opinion on how the game was made rather than the game itself.

The majority of readers want to know how the game plays, not the ethics of its creation. Maybe that is best saved for a separate feature...

@Fiendish-Beaver @FraserG On that second point, we could be in a position next-gen where 'Xbox' games are just 'PC' games that are verified to work on their new system.

If that's the case, you'd imagine Xbox might cut costs in terms of like certification and other things to do with its old 'console' backend. This is speculation a little bit, but as Fraser said, they must be having those talks and figuring it out.

If Xbox games become PC games I'd assume there's some backend stuff that's simplified for the Xbox team, maybe helping out that 30% margin.

@Feffster worlds collide is the campaign pack for bo7.

In terms of what you need, it's probably easiest to just install every bo7 pack for now. Although campaign/multiplayer/zombies look huge size wise, I noticed that when you install them all each Individual size is reduced and it comes to a more reasonable overall footprint (107gb for me testing on series s)
You can delete the bo6 campaign pack if you're only intending to play bo7 here.

@themightyant I'm sure there were rumours/evidence that MW3's campaign was also remastered and just left for some reason. Probably as the series gained popularity again with the big MW reboot and Warzone etc.
It's probably on a hard drive somewhere 😅

They're probably figuring out how to market the next console around it when it comes to PC 😝

@somnambulance Yeah, definitely. It feels like a complete experience with a vision that's been seen through from the start of development to release. Something that's becoming rare with MP-only games.

@Coletrain I have my suspicions that they could just be remaking the bungie campaigns while making a halo MP project at the same time... No information on that, just conjecture.
The reception to Infinite's campaign wasn't exactly glowing across the board, and where do you go after that?

@ElPadre666 very good from my first few hours. 60FPS, no major drops. There are no modes on console from what I see, just the default setup.

@SingleStooge we cover these at the end of every month when Xbox Wire posts them. They're more an overview of everything that's been worked on / added over the past month rather than a new patch - often some features have been available for a little bit already.

@Stamnoso Yeah, just making sure you guys are aware! For some games we don't 100% know the tiers until those fortnightly roundups 😅

@themightyant You'd think so, right?! Unless GTA 6 had the majority of its core in place before the use of AI became so proliferated...
Either way, it does feel like his response is very 'we make GTA so we don't have to worry about saving time & money' sort of thing. Plenty of other devs and pubs don't have that luxury.

@Fiendish-Beaver the collector's edition appears to be exclusive to Japan https://collectorseditions.co.uk/gaming/resident-evil-requiem-collectors-edition-jp/

@dreadful @Stamnoso trust me, it's confusing for us as well. The best place to check which tier each game is coming to is when Xbox drops its Game Pass roundups every fortnight or so.

We cover those like this https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/these-11-games-are-coming-to-xbox-game-pass-october-22-november-4 and include a tier column in the table

@SeaDaVie you're not wrong there

@SeaDaVie will amend this content comparison shortly, my bad, it was late and it's been a busy week or two 🥲

@OldGamer999 thanks for the info! Hopefully it's all sorted in the next few hours.

@OldGamer999 @ILuvGames are you both just playing installed content? Have you tried to access the store or download games from your full library?
Iv had no issues connecting to the web and playing games, but store features haven't been working at all for me.

@Feffster Yep, games are loading for me but the dashboard is borked and the store page shows nothing.

@RiverGenie Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

@awp69 @RetroMan71 yep, this is correct. If you already own BF6 and have it installed, it will have already updated; adding the REDSEC files.

The link in this article was aimed at folks who don't own BF6 and may have been looking for the direct download 🙂

@RedDuck9 not confirmed, got that one mixed up! Fixed.

@OldGamer999 I'm also working on one about everything new coming to the remake! Busy busy busy 😅

@M20B25 Yep it was, and a later announcement than usual! I've popped it into today's roundup: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/two-games-are-available-today-with-xbox-game-pass-october-24

@awp69 @RiverGenie I saw this, but it was late (UK time). I've been cheeky (😃) and included it as part of today's roundup:
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/10/two-games-are-available-today-with-xbox-game-pass-october-24

@edgar14 It's coming 😉

@Fiendish-Beaver it's just a new bundle, yeah. They released a current-gen version last year: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/04/fallout-4-next-gen-update-now-live-on-xbox-here-are-the-patch-notes

@Fiendish-Beaver Thank you!