I'd love to see all the James Bond games added to backwards compatibility. They're not all fantastic, but some are really fun, and for fans of the franchise there's always something there. Sadly Goldeneye is the only Bond game playable on modern hardware.

Aww darn. Like most people it seems I enjoyed Starfield, but got bored with it pretty soon for an RPG. I'd hoped this would have been a great expansion that spices things up and improves the base game too, but seems like it's, at best, more of the same.

I won't be getting it as if I want more of the same old Starfield I'll play the rest of the game I didn't finish.

Here come the nude mods... oh wait.

@avoidercat I hope so, but a publisher needs a lot of cash, or at least access to a large amount of good credit to fund developers. You can't just take the people from one publisher and make another without that backing.

Damn. They're my favourite publisher as they constantly put out great games with real creativity and none of the live service and Microtransaction BS. Now they're gone there's no publisher I actually "like" any more.

@Yousef- It's seven thousand five hundred dollars not seventy five thousand dollars. This is for a game that will likely make billions.

What a scummy move. They've made more money than any entertainment product (games, movies, music, books, etc.) in all of history, and they continue to shaft the people who actually make them that money. The soundtrack is a really important part of GTA, and they should pay millions for it.

I know it's not always easy or cheap to port games over to other platforms, but a release of some of the older games on Xbox would seem like a pretty safe investment.

Good to hear there'll be mod support, but I really want that cross platform function so I can team up with my friends on PC.

I'm glad we're doing goofy sports games again. You used to get loads of them in the past, but it's not a genre any more.

I don't know too much about Concord, but isn't that a "Blockbuster" title? It's a big budget live service hero shooter. that's the definition of a blockbuster these days (A bit too by the numbers it seems like).

The lesson from the immediate failure of a massive title that's been in development for 8 years isn't that you need to put even more of your eggs in one basket, but to instead spread the risk out with a diverse roster of mid budget titles that are developed and released at a steady pace. That way a release delay, or massive flop is countered by the success of the rest of your portfolio.

I really hope that something is done about the App Store monopoly worldwide. It puts app developers in a bind where they have to release on the most popular family of devices to succeed, but have no choice. they have to pay up a big chunk of the revenue for little to no reason. Why should Apple take a 30% cut of a payment when any other online payment provider takes a couple percent tops?

I hope it's a re-release of the Beast Wars PS1 game. I mean it was awful, but I enjoyed it as a kid

This could be a fun thing to check out

It looks interesting, but I'll wait for a good discount as it's a Ubisoft title so I'll likely get at least 40% off in a year. I'm interested to see how Ubi+ will affect their games coming to Game Pass.

I've been busy, but managed to get around an hour of Baldur's Gate 3 in. Just got to level 5.

I definitely want to at least try Expeditions. I really had fun with Snowrunner so I'm interested in this one. Glad it's on Game Pass.

Still no mario or zelda games then. Tetris Forever looks good to me though.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is on sale too for 80% off.

I'm making a game called "Halo" set on a space planet called "Halo". Since it's a word that already exists Microsoft can't sue me, and I can use all the other characters too because the concept of characters predates video games.

@Ilyn I'm not surprised ActiBlizz are onto it. It's money for nothing, and so they must be giddy with excitement. It's even worse with multiplayer games as if your friends all play WoW, CoD, etc. and they get the early access your pressured into getting it as well. Not good for content creators too who all want to get stuff out there of the newest releases.

@Ilyn At least with Horse armour someone put work into making it. This is doing the same work, but 3 days later. It's LITERALLY cashing in on hype.

The same was done for Starfield and Kill the Justice League. The first one didn't live up to the hype and so you just got bored with it a couple days earlier, and the other one was KTJL so enough said.

If there is also a review embargo until release day on this game then I'll start to get a bit worried...

I just don't understand this "Early Access" stuff at all. It's not a beta test. They can release it then so just release it. Everyone else is getting the game late as they want to make an extra few bucks.

I'm always happy to see games get multi platform releases. More people get to play them, and more sales for a developer helps fund new titles, or more development resources in a live service like Sea of Thieves.

When you've not got people stuck on your platform because that's the only place to play one franchise then you actually have to work to improve the hardware, retail experience, and pricing.

With game sizes the way they are 1Tb and 2Tb should have been the base sizes. Even with a disk drive you still need to install the game to the hard drive (plus all the updates not on the disk).

I've heard so much about this game, but simultaneously know nothing about it.

As I really enjoyed the worldbuilding and storytelling of their Wolfenstein games I think Machine Games can pull off a good Indiana Jones game. So if it gets good reviews then I'll be sure to play it.

I'm interested in picking this up as I've never played it, and it's one of those classic point & click series like Sam & Max and Monkey Island. Though may wait for a sale or something.

I'm glad they give you this version at no extra charge if you had the previous one as I've bought DOOM enough times now

While I'm not the biggest fan of a lot of smart watches and other wearables [as after a few years the non-replaceable battery breaks and destroys your several hundred dollar gadget] it's good that there's more accessible healthcare tech out there that saves lives and helps people get treatment early before something more major happens. Wearing a Rolex is probably more of a RISK to your health.

Just finished it this weekend. A really enjoyable game that tells a good story, and keeps up the pace as it's not really an open world game so it's not packed with time consuming side missions, etc. Like I can hardly remember the plot of any GTA games since it's such a small part of the experience.

It also scratched the "genre" itch same as western games, or Sherlock Holmes detective games. It's nice to have something set in the 30s Gangster era that's a faded genre in modern pop culture.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to get my double breasted suit and fedora out of the wardrobe.

I played it on Game Pass, but weren't players supposed to get free codes before it's delisted? What's happing about that as I haven't gotten anything??

This is good news. I don't want to install another separate game from the one I want to play. If I want to install Warzone then I'll do that.

MWIII was 130gb for just the campaign mode, and I was dreading having to make even more space when Blops 6 came out.

Along with the announcement that Flight Sim 2024 will only be around 50gb (rather than potentially hundreds like FS2020) maybe developers are finally realising that customers having 500/1Tb hard drives doesn't mean that they're free to use all for themselves.

Damn finally getting some sales on games I've been wanting! I've been waiting for BG3 sale forever so now's the chance.

Is it worth getting the "Deluxe" edition, or just the base version? I generally stick to the base one, but I don't know if the in game extras are worth the extra £6.40. I don't care about the digital artbook or soundtrack that much.

It sucks for that guy to realise he's not got ten grand, but for the greater good that's for the best. The "vintage" game market is a ridiculous farce that has been manufactured over the past 5-10 years as an effort for professional investors, grading companies, and auction houses to make money as they can control a small market.

Copies of games that sold millions of copies are going for suspiciously large sums of money in shady deals. There is no universe in which ANY copy of Halo should sell for $13k. It's gone from collectors wanting the rarest and most obscure games (AKA awful games nobody wanted) to suddenly the most common titles are the most valuable.

The problem is that now retro collecting has become unaffordable for the normal fan.

This is sort of a side issue, but if you're having "Off the record" conversations with people then you shouldn't really talk about what was said (keeping the source anonymous or not).

I wouldn't want a MW2 remaster for the sole reason we've already got so many confusing versions of that series. There's MW, MW2, MW3, MW, MW Remastered, MWII, and MWIII!

I hope things are ok for TGW after this acquisition. The worry is that unlike someone buying an active studio when you pick up a closed one the terms aren't always that great for the studio

I played it a bit over the weekend and it was good fun, but at the end of the day I don't really like platform games as my reflexes just suck, and I'm not any good at them.

I'm paying top dollar for Xbox ultimate and they're still plastering ads on the home screen to get a few more bucks.

Announcing new games, etc. I'll live with, but for food, or breakdown insurance they can get lost.

I'm particularly happy about the install size there. Flight Sim is a game I like to play a little every now and again to relax, but it's such a gigantic hard drive hog that It's not worth keeping it installed. Thankfully it's on Xcloud so I just use that.

I know having Tb of files for a flight sim is par for the course for PC enthusiasts, but on console it's a big barrier.

It could be a good option, and having a lower internal resolution that's then upscaled is far from a new trick.

Depending on how the requirements work out this could be a good thing to implement in the rumoured "Xbox Handheld" to improve performance without needing to use as much power.

Awesome. I'm hoping to finiish the MWIII campaign mode this weekend, and then I can uninstall that for space for Crash and Mafia.

I played a little bit of Crash 1 when I rented it as a kid, but I'm looking forward to seeing how well it's held up.

I'm hoping they release the other PS1 platformer trilogy re-master, Spyro, onto Game Pass one day too.

@GuyinPA75 Didn't Microsoft let the copyright for that expire? Maybe we can make a new game ourselves!

OOh I hope so as this is a game I've been wanting to try. I had a good time with Snowrunner when that was on GP.

I think the description for Way of the Hunter has been cut short. It should read:
"Explore the enchanting beauty of Lintukoto Reserve, from winding rivers to dense forests, and encounter a variety of unique wildlife like the Lynx and Arctic Fox... and shoot them in the face."

That Sherlock Holmes bundle is a great deal. Three good games with "Chapter One" (a sort of prequel to Holmes' crime solving career) having quite a bit of content in a free roaming city. For less than £9 you can't go wrong.

I was really hoping for a BG3 savings with it being an "RPG sale"

Some good savings on Ubisoft games as is customary, and may look at the Far Cry 6 expansions.

Don't worry it'll be fine with all the BILLIONS Microsoft is inventing in AI tech soon they'll be able to release the greatest games of all time every day of the week with the push of a button, and thus be able to print infinite money and grow forever. All they need to do is invest just a couple billion dollars more, and THEN it'll finally work properly and make money.