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Any news on that new Mud/Snow Runner game coming to game pass? There was a rumour a week or so ago but haven't heard anything since.

I played through Magical Delicacy. Really liked it. It's like an adventure game crossed with a metroidvania. There's no combat, you collect ingredients and make food and potions to complete missions and unlock new abilities to progress further. Good game that hooked me but probably not for everyone.

Also played MW3. The monetisation makes it feel like a mobile game. Can't imagine how I'd feel if I'd paid full price for it. Absolutely ridiculous.

Oh, I really hope so. Love the series.

Pretty thin. Great month to announce a price hike...

This is the future of the xbox brand.

They've just about killed xbox as a hardware brand and will seemingly milk Gamepass until it dies too. I know they've never been great but modern tech CEO's have never been more short-sighted.

What was even the point of buying Activision? How on gods green earth can they get a roi from a $70bil black hole?

Does anybody want it?

Bethesda game modders really do seem like a pretentious lot.

Their last new game launched on Gamepass and they just released Dig 1/2 on the service a couple of days ago. Weird turn of events. Feels a bit suss tbh.

Crazy how they went from 360 to this.

Such a good game. Not sure if I want to get back into it to play this. It's such an addictive time sink.

And why did the board see cutting these studios as the right call in the first place? Was it because Spencer has done zero management when it comes to the Zenimax studios so they were an obvious target?

I mean come on, this is the same management that has been caught playing catch up with the Fallout IP because they apparently didn't realise how valuable it was until a tv show became popular. The same management that has let 343 erode the Halo brand for over a decade. The same management that can't figure out what to do with Gears. The same management that let Obsidian make original IP's that won't be a 10th as popular as other Xbox owned IP's they should be working on. The list is endless. Phil Spencer might not have made the decision to shut down any studio but he certainly set them up to fail.

But think of the bright side, I'm sure Phil Spencer will get a nice end of year bonus for doing such a good job!

How pretentious. Or is it a modern variation of how Doom was put in a tiny box on early console ports?

Cool. Can't wait for the game to come out of beta...

Not sure if I should play that smaller prequel game of Eiyuden or not. I tend to bounce off games so I might just play the new one so I don't get bored and go back to the other one if I feel like it.

Really enjoyed it. Great adaption. Looking forward to more. I hope they ordered more than 8 episodes though.

I saw Dunkey play this on one of his videos. It hasn't had as much hype as I would have expected as it looks really good.

Oh, releasing all at once. That's nice.

Got excited with Manor Lords for a second. Can't wait for it to come to console.

Won with four decks now. Haven't played another game since I bought it. Honestly, I think you're spot on putting dangerously addictive as a negative lol. It really puts its hooks in.

Very cool. Was going to start Tales of Arise but got caught up with Balatro. Might start Dead Island 2 though now. Actually, I think I got the original Desd Island for cheap ages ago. Should I play that one first?

It's pure crack. I seriously can't stop playing. It's so easy to start a "just one more run" endless loop.

Might have knocked Slay the Spire out of the number one deck building rougue like spot.

Cool, than do it already. Why on earth aren't Crash Bandicoot, THPS, A million CODs etc not on the service? Why is Diablo 4 coming soon but not 2 and 3? I really don't get it. Don't know why console players have to wait around for them to get the pc stuff sorted. Sounds like an excuse to me. Plenty of games have been launched the on pc and console has had to wait for a port. They're also just older games, not big day one releases so I don't see why parity between the two matters. Not to mention that when they do get it sorted pc will get a bunch of stuff from the Blizzard side console will never get.

Why? It's a sequel to a nearly 25 year old arcade game. Fans just want a fun game in the spirit of the original. Which in this case isn't really conducive to a AAA release.

I was really hyped at the initial Sega announcement but this has me worried tbh. I just wanted a bunch of fun AA/budget sequels to some fun dormant franchises.

Excited for Balatro. Love unique rogue likes like that.

That'll be a no from me dawg.

I really don't get it for something like this that isn't going to move a single console.

That said, how can he talk?

144gb download just to play some mp for a weekend... What's even the point of letting us choose what to install when it makes you download what I assume is 120gb of warzone. Just dumb.

Edit: so I downloaded it, go into to play and am met by 3 massive user agreements, get passed that and they want me to create an account just to play. I just deleted the game. Ridiculous the kind of hoops they want you to jump through just to play a few mp rounds over one weekend.

@AlwaysPlaying I'm Aussie and haven't played a madden in many a year but from memory you go to the "special teams" play selection and you'll find the "punt" plays there. I think the last time I played one the game was smart enough to suggest them when appropriate. From there it's like a standard power meter deal to actually kick.

Ah, literally just posted about this in the article for February gp titles. Hasn't arrived yet in Australia and we're just into the 9th. I guess they drop at a set time rather than per region.

Are these a day behind for Australia? It's now 1am on the 9th and still no madden.

Why is everyone acting like MS is going to kick down our doors and take our Xbox consoles? We're lucky if we're halfway through the gen. They're hardly going to stop supporting the system. They're not Sega. Whatever happens next generation isn't worth worrying about when it's so far out. Especially not when the speculation is based on rumours that MS will port some games to playstation. People need to get a grip. Literally nothing has happened (except me losing a bit more respect for the general public).

But hey, this is coming from a guy that thinks they're entitled to a reason for why a company didn't hand him money to give his game away just because he filled out a form. Idk, maybe they've got more important things to do than explain themselves to someone they've already decided they're not interested in doing business with. Like going through the thousand other applications they recieved that day from random indy devs...

Noice. Been wanting a new sports game to play so I'll give Madden 24 a go. Train Sim World too.

It adds a good bit of value and I would be disappointed to see it leave. Like Ubisoft it's not a service I'd ever pay for directly though.

Really don't get the hype for this one. Has no one played an early access survival game with clunky controls before?

I like the wrestlemania focus but that mode has been incredibly basic so it's really only good for the roster and arenas it will include. Unless they've greatly overhauled the universe mode so it even remotely lives up to the potential of the premise than I don't think they'll get my money.

Also, they really need to get a clue with the dlc. There's no way random NXT deep cuts move more units than legends. Hell, do who you want, plenty of people like the NXT character, but put legends in legends packs and the NXT guys in NXT packs. No way I'm dropping money for a pack that's 3 people I've never heard of (due to my viewing preferences, not throwing shade at the wrestlers) and two legends. I'm sure it's a calculated decision to force people that don't care for one or the other to buy everything but for me it just means I won't buy any of them.

@Spider-Kev Manor Lords I think mate.

Edit: definitely actually, it's the same image used in the thumbnail for games trailer.

Man, I really hope Manor Lords launches on console with customisable font sizes. I tried to play Medieval Simulator and had to give it up almost immediately due to how small the text was on TV. So many pc centric developer's don't realise that most console gamers don't play at a desk with their nose pressed against a monitor.

@GrumpyDev Yeah, the amount of copying this does is distasteful imo. Exactly the kind of thing you expect to see on mobile.

He's not wrong. Not sure what people expected tbh. Wether or not the show is any good has nothing to do with the near inevitability of the main character of tv show taking off a full faced helmet.

Awesome. Been wanting to pay AEW but couldn't justify buying it.

I don't know what they could do to get me to download it again. It was just such a soulless game.

I bought it. Couldn't pass up $12aud for them. I have the original releases on playstation but mostly play on xbsx now.

Do they have a trial so I can test how well it works with my connection?

Steamworld build is yet another game made by devs that don't understand that people don't play console games with their nose pressed against the tv. The text is way too small and there's no option to resize it. Shame, I really like the ip and have played all their previous games. Not going to squint and the tv and get a head ache just to play a game though.

Aw man. I bought FC6 last month. Lol. Oh well.

Shadow drop on Gamepass would possibly be the most insane advertisement for the service possible. It would also cost way too much I imagine. Especially in this case where they can point to the sales on other platforms and predict xbox sales with relative accuracy.

@MaccaMUFC I heard something along those lines. Sounds awesome. Will definitely be purging my hard drive when it drops.

Between the nerfs and how janky the app on the Xbox is I don't even bother anymore.