PhileasFragg

@ZYDIO I wasn't aware of instances where the digital one becomes inactive, but discs still work. Usually they'll close some servers, and all copies stop working.

So they seem to have looked at Avengers, and said "One of those please!". Shall we take bets if the servers last as long as that one did?

Honestly I don't really buy games physically any more. The only time I do is when they're 2nd hand and can thus get the disk cheaper than the digital version.

Games these days require online connections, updates, DLC, etc. so the disc doesn't really have the game like in the past. So really it just takes up shelf space, and turns it into a collectable shelf ornament.

Glad to see it's been identified. I've been waiting for it to go on sale first before I think about getting it anyway.

Interesting. I assume it's something related to maps, etc. as a "Great Circle" is the shortest distance between two points on a globe.

This is better that it just being called "Indiana Jones", and then having to put a year after it when they decide to reboot it.

These look cool. I guess I'll see the price, but really when I've got two controllers already I'm not really interested in buying more.

I mean Atari and Sega are long gone as hardware developers despite being massive in the gaming space.

MS are more diversified than they were, but that can also mean they could cut their losses more easily if the hardware market didn't work out.

I'm in favour of more cross platform titles as when hardware manufacturers need to compete on price, features, and quality rather than just having the most popular software.

I'm looking forward to seeing what this'll be like.

Personally I think they should pull a MGS2 and have Indy die after the first mission, and have you play as Shia LaBeouf instead.

I've been playing it since it came to GP, and I'm really enjoying it. I mean it's pretty much the FarCry formula now with really just a change of setting from 5, but still it's an engaging formula.

I may give it a go if it's on a good sale next Christmas or something, or comes to Game Pass as I've never played a Tomb Raider game before.

@rustyduck Yes it's co-operative as it's two sides against each other so you have to work with your teammates rather than everyone for themselves.

I'm interested in Hell let Loose, but that's a game where I'd need to team up with a bunch of people who know what they're doing as it's quite unforgiving.

Rewards is going to be gutted by the end of this year for sure. It's clear someone in Microsoft ran all the numbers and saw that it just was too expensive a system to run, and they need to slow down the points gain.

GPQ was a good way to get people to engage with different Game Pass games, but a requirement to do all this to get rewards is a barrier to all but the most dedicated, but still keep the points to save face. I think they'd get rid of it all together if they could.

As the Legendary pirate Guybrush Threepwood once said "Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."

I assume the reason they don't offer local save backups has something to do with sharing save files to get achievements or something? I remember back when you'd get Demo discs with magazines hat included some save files on to unlock all the characters in a fighting game, or all the racing tracks.

I think it's really good, but with more and more games having online centric features it can cause annoying issues that mean you have to restart the game. Also there's a couple games (Guardians of the Galaxy is one) that have had issues where quick resume makes the game gradually slow down.

I just think more developers need to take QR into account. Fortnite is the biggest game on the Xbox, and one of the biggest in the world, but still has these issues years later.

522h this year across 22 games. So about 10h a week!

As expected my big 3 were Fortnite, Star Trek Online, and Starfield. With Fortnite having a comfortable lead.

Submitted. Though I find the "Which of the following products do you own or are you thinking of buying in the next year?" question a bit odd. Do I own RAM? Do I own, or plan to buy "Other"?

Besides some really bad scams and asset flips developers really do work hard, and put their talent and experience to the best use they can. that's something that should always be acknowledged and respected.

In the end though sometimes bad creative choices are made, and even if executed perfectly you need to accept the consequences of those actions.

Still this small sub culture of people picking on individual developers, etc. needs to stop, and treat people with respect and have some damn perspective. For gamers this is all a fun past time and distraction, but for developers this is their career and their livelihood (and that of their families) can be ruined by scapegoating.

The Far Cry games are fun to play usually so I'll likely get this downloaded ready for some lazy sessions over christmas.

I enjoyed FC5, but wasn't too keen on the ending :/

I never get them near release as they usually come down in price pretty steeply so I'm glad they're being put on Game Pass.

I enjoy the Far Cry games so FC6 could be a good Xmas break game I can play on my time off.

Nice to see if get in under the wire for 2023. I still need to play more Starfield before I start on another big game though.

It looks really cool, but I don't know why they're putting all these different modes into Fortnite rather than having their own games. They want to do a rocket league racing spin off, and Rockband rhythm game then why put them in a Battle Royale shooter?

Looking forward to Open Roads as that looks promising.

I think they've got a good compromise. It's designed for new players and for people who want to just chill out a bit.

The level cap means that high level players will get nothing worthwhile out of it. So when you're starting out learn now things work in Safer Seas before moving over to high seas.

The game has a very steep learning curve, even with the added starter island, and this should help out.

I'd LOVE one, but can't justify dropping that kind of money just before Christmas.

Glad to see this'll be included, but regular, large, patches for practically every game is the reason I don't really bother with physical editions of games any more as they're outdated almost as soon as they're released.

If you get the physical edition I'm sure you'll have to install it on your hard drive anyway (plus any updates, etc.) so I'm not bothering with physical releases. I'll wait for a good price on the digital version.

I'm glad there's people working on this browser. The current Edge App is far better than the old version which was barely better than nothing at all, but it's still far from easy to use or stable despite the series X being far more powerful than my PC, laptop, phone or tablet (maybe even all combined).

I've got too many streaming services so I'm not interested in adding another one.

This is a game I dip in and out of, but it can be very relaxing to fly around these amazing areas. I play via cloud though as it's such a massive install.

I've put a lot of time into it by my standards, but I've also been playing a lot of Fortnite so sounds like an accurate list to me

I think fortnite will have another good couple months with the mini-season in a few days, and then Chapter 5 in December.

Why are they doing this? I'm paying money for Xbox Gold to access online play and pay for server resources so let me save my game captures without having to pay extra for One Drive.

The last Robocop game I owned was that god awful PS2 game (yeah I bought it). So there's a low bar to clear here.

I hope there is an Xbox demo as there's not enough demos these days

Hope they fix the bug where you and your companion turns invisible. I get that all the time.

Besides that though it's surprisingly bug free for a Bethesda release. Though I'd still rate it a "C+" for bugs when past releases have been "D" or "F".

I'd be tempted to actually play it now, but I'm playing Starfield, and there's plenty other games on GP and in my library that are certified bangers I've not tried so I doubt I'll ever play it.

With so many fantastic options out there there's no reason to settle for a medium quality game.

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the white Hoodie is ok, but these just seem to be "logo on a plain shirt" that is the kind of thing you see on Red Bubble or something. I prefer it when there's original designs and prints.

So this is that they've contracted out the cosmetic design off to another studio to free up in house artists right? So we'll be getting the same amount of cosmetic rewards rather than both Rare and Auroch.

These are fun. Maybe with the next generation the power will be there to have something more dynamic than these fairly static images with layers moving over them, but fully animated backgrounds.

For example you could have a Forza background which is a static wide shot of cars racing around a track, a Starfield spaceport with ships coming and going, or a FIFA (I mean EA Sports FC) one showing a team doing training exercises, or a crowded stadium.

At this point they should just say a game releases at "X" UTC rather than rolling it out on local time.

Damn that looks nice!

Does this mean MS gets a cut of sales or something?

Shame to see people lose their jobs, but glad to see there's a severance package to ease the change.

Epic has grown massively the past 5 years or so, and now the economy is on the downslide so many companies that were "investing" (AKA throwing money around) are now realising they're out on a limb. Fortnite is still a MASSIVE money maker, but not like it used to be, and they're focussed so much on "collaborations" rather than building their own characters and IPs.

Shame to see a game go when it's so close. I imagine that as it'd probably be a "live service" model to earn revenue they don't think it'll get enough traction to make it worth supporting post launch so just cut their losses and avoid spending a bunch on marketing etc.

@ZuneTattooGuy When the game is available to buy and play that's the release day. This isn't even "early access" to play while it's in development it's the full finished game.

That white looks really nice

I thought Game Pass was supposed to include "Day 1 Access" to new Microsoft Studio games? If it's finished and ready to play then just release it.

Nice I had the first couple games on iPhone, but it was de-listed in the great iOS game purge

I'm surprised how few bugs I've encountered for a Bethesda game. I've definitely had bugs from crashes, being stuck invisible, NPCs all freezing in place or standing in plant pots, and physics craziness. Though it's better than I expected