He's also said that this is their short-term decision and who knows how things will be in years to come as the industry moves so fast

I'd say that if Sony can start making more GaaS releases (a big part of the reason why they bought Bungie) and if they have success in that area. Those GaaS titles will fund their big tentpole SP games and allow them to include them Day 1 into their subscription

They can't do it at the minute due to the $$$ they pump into their big titles but in 5 years time, i can see them getting closer to what GPU is

@IronMan30

I mean, there's a PlayStation there too so it looks like just a background of everything gaming

@Lupaie79

That's the thing, if another dev picks up the FIFA branding, EA will need to educate casuals that the new FIFA 24 is not what they'll be expecting

It might be better for all we know with a new team behind it but to the casuals, it'll be different and 'not FIFA'

EA need to promote the fact that "EA Sports FC '24" is essentially the new FIFA

I'd imagine EA would love to be able to get a deal whereby nobody else can use the name for a couple of years but if that's not already part of any end of contract agreement, i can't see FIFA turning down the $$$ from a new developer

Enjoyed the first so hoping for more of the same in terms of single player game. Obviously the combat, scope , environments and everything can be expanded upon but please keep it single player focused

I tried pre-installing the other day but the apps search functionality is still crazy poor

Tried Marvel, Guardians, of the, Galaxy, the Galaxy and every other combination i could think of. Then found a SqEnix game and clicked SqEnix to bring up all their titles but still GotG wasn't listed so gave up

Glad to see somebody found a way to get it done though so thanks for this tip

I'm going to check out this series and seeing Chiefs face doesn't really bother me either way

Love quick resume and have rarely ever had a problem with it. I don't play many games with a persistent connection but had no trouble using QR on FH5 for example

And when i say i've rarely had a problem, i've had XSX since launch day and i can count the number of problems on one hand

@BAMozzy

Your maths is a little off there, when you say "Lets say you have 20 studio's, each studio has 500 employees involved in making games and each gets $5k a month (well above average),that $250k on wages."

500 employees at $5k per month is $2.5million not $250k

@Banjo

As you say, it's very much being purposefully vague, in contrast to the matter of fact statement from PS regarding Bungie

Also, it says "One of the things we’re being very clear about as we move forward with the regulatory review" - it says to me that they're saying this whilst it's being reviewed by regulators (obviously)

All their language so far has been about a "want" and "desire" to have future Activision Blizzard games "available"

They can make then available by saying to Sony and Nintendo "they're available via Gamepass if you allow that on your system"

It's then up to Sony and Nintendo on whether it can be played on their system. MS can say "well we tried, we wanted and had a desire for it to be available but Sony and Nintendo said no thanks"

Xbox Game Studios games on Playstation and Nintendo

Playstation games on Xbox and Nintendo

Nintendo games........on Nintendo

What a time to be alive

I hope Ubi see this as a success and hopefully being on Gamepass is a big part of that success. Maybe that'll increase the chances of Ubisoft joining Gamepass and not just bringing Ubi+ to Xbox (as is planned)

I enjoyed LiS and LiS:BTS but couldn't really get into LiS2 as much. Even though i enjoyed them, it seems way too soon to do any kind of remaster if ever. The art style is fine on these and if it didn't tell me this was the remaster - i'd have assumed it was video of the original release

I still see CoD becoming exclusive once contracts expire, they can intend to do this and have a desire to do that etc but doesn't mean it'll actually happen as it is currently

A desire to keep Warzone on PS - sure

A desire to release CoD Modern Advanced Infinite Black Ops Warfare 33 on PS - not so much

@Beermonkey Yep same. Been able to get these since before Christmas

What would worry me (albeit its all optional) is if the main story and side quests etc would clock in at say 100 hours. What is there to do that would take another 400 hours

That seems like an awful lot of time to do other "tasks" that aren't main or side missions. What is the incentive to spend that much time in the game world ?

I've been having this issue lately and i seem to remember after launch that people had issues with the controller disconnecting etc.

There was an update for that i believe but ever since the update, i have that issue of my controller disconnecting. This happens on multiple controllers whereby the guide button will begin flashing as if it's syncing to the console and will sometimes cycle through the sync 4-5 times before reconnecting

Have tried full resets of console and checking for updates including to the controller but there are none

Hoping they get the issue fixed soon as really annoying on some games which are either online or don't auto-pause when controller is "disconnected"

Not interested but if there is a market for it on Xbox then i'd like to see them go down that route for those that are interested, it just wouldn't be for me that's all

@Royalblues
Yes that should work. Just make sure your GPU has fully expired.

If you still had a GPU sub active, when you come to add the first 1 year of XBLG to the account, it would say it'll extend the GPU instead but only for around 3 months (so obv not worth it)

If expired, it'll give 1 year of XBLG, then add the other 2 years for 3 years of XBLG. Then when you add 1 month GPU, it'll tell you it'll convert any remaining XBLG subscription (3 years remaining) into GPU which is what you want to happen as you'll then have 3 years of GPU at fraction of cost

RIP Coach

Hopefully EA do a classy cover for Madden 23

F2P co-op PvE shooters seem a dime a dozen these days so needs something to set it apart

For me, Remedy do third person narrative focused action games very well so we'll see how CrossfireX and this turn out

From the list above, looking most forward to Stalker 2, A Plague Tale Requiem, Atomic Heart, Replaced and Somerville.

As @Ocat said though, it's the unknowns that can be the most exciting. If i think back to December 2020 and the amount of games that i've played this year that weren't known to be coming to Gamepass then it's quite a few. Lots of indie gems and some big releases (FH5 wasn't even announced then)

If 2022 is anywhere near as good as 2021, i'll be a very happy (and busy) gamer

@Royalblues

The best "deal" is to let your existing Gamepass sub expire. Then load up to 3 years of XBLG onto your account (gamepass MUST be expired before doing this)

When you load the 3 years of XBLG (max 3 years for best value) - Xbox may offer you free months for turning on auto-renewal. You should REFUSE this offer

Once the 3 years of XBLG are loaded onto your account. You can then purchase 1 month of Gamepass Ultimate and add it onto your account

It will now convert the 3 years of XBLG into GPU at a 1:1 ratio - meaning you'd now have 3 years of GPU for a lot less cost

Note that you can also use any £/$1 offers that Xbox offer you through Xbox dash or a 7/14 day GPU code (non-trial) as these will also upgrade your XBLG to GPU (but only after loading the 3 years of XBLG)

Hope that helps

@CoolDadTx

It's not really a game streaming service, you are able to download the games etc. Obviously people who like to have "ownership" wont get that simply with having Gamepass but it doesn't stop you from still owning games if you choose to

Also, Gold isn't gone forever. If you turn off auto-renewal, your subscription to Gamepass would end after 5 months and then you can go back to having Gold if you wish

And they're not really being sneaky in trying to get their numbers up either. It's not like they're not making you aware and just auto upgrading people to Gamepass. This is an offer and even mentions that you're existing XBLG will convert at 1:1 so if you have say 7 months of Gold remaining, by taking up this offer, you'd then have 12 months of GPU on your account (the 7 months you had will convert and 5 months added from this offer)

Nothing for me as nothing stands out as being too good a deal to refuse

I recently arranged my backlog and worked out I have around 50 games to get through. Even if I manage 1 per week, that's another year of games to get through and doesn't factor in releases coming next year

Things like Immortals can wait as I know it'll only get cheaper

@MagicCat Came to say the same thing after reading this earlier today. XBDeals is showing 654 newly discounted items for me

I'd agree, I often play a few games at a time and rotate them each gaming session but with Psychonauts 2, it just hooked me and I didn't play anything else until i got 100%

Would love them to bring a Psychonauts 3 out in a few years time

Hmmm, was out yesterday and came home to a missed delivery slip that I haven't collected yet. Chances of it being one of these packages......... no chance

As someone who likes to complete games, i would like to see a platinum style trophy system added. But if they implement such a thing, it would need to award them for previously completed games imo

Mine got delivered today, love the rubber grips (first controller with them)

Lets just hope they don't start peeling off like i've heard about other rubber grip Xbox controllers

I can see it happening tbh but so many games right now and not enough hours

Thanks for the heads up, will keep this for a possible 10k rewards event

Deathloop is up there for me too for Xbox release

@NEStalgia - Facebook is still their bread and butter and the 'Meta' name probably wont stick. It's the company that owns the facebook / instagram etc platforms that is being renamed Meta

In the same way that Google used to be owned by Google but they changed the company name to Alphabet and Google (the search engine etc) is part of Alphabet

But nobody that i know of would use the name Alphabet to talk about the company formerly known as Google - it's still just Google to most of us

Another who is passively interested in this but only in a decent sale, but then its Rockstar so they'll still be selling this at near launch price for years to come

Was going to ask if anyone knew if the XSX version would be a free upgrade but figured i'd go find out myself and it is a free upgrade with the 'Enhanced Edition' slated for Q1 2022

source: https://www.thegamer.com/chernobylite-enhanced-edition-free-next-gen-upgrades/ (this was linked from the games twitter page)

@themightyant AC Ezio is on my "waiting to buy" list but not jumping in with recent sales as no rush with backlog being so deep right now. If it came to GwG though then winner winner

@Dezzy70 - i think i read somewhere that they can be bought individually seeing as how Crysis Remastered is already available and some people may just want to get 2 and 3

Edit: found the article i read which states: "As for the price, the Trilogy will come at a cost of $49.99. While the first Crysis Remastered is available right now, players can still purchase the rest of the trilogy at the price of 2 games. Crysis 2 and 3 Remastered will launch on the Epic Games Store, the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store, and the Nintendo Switch eShop on October 15 for $29.99 each."

source: https://wccftech.com/crysis-remastered-trilogy-release-date-confirmed/

For some reason i just never played the original but it's always been a game i've heard good things about and would be interested in trying now that i enjoy more single player centric games than i perhaps used to. Will look forward to finally getting to play this with a remaster

I like this controller and would think of buying it if sold outside of the console "bundle" but as i already have an XSX, no way for me to buy it currently (other than buying the console and then selling my current XSX on etc which i wont be doing)

It's 6pm BST not 6pm GMT (second time i've pointed this out on here today lol)

@Beagle agreed. Also want some news on some things that weren't touched upon at e3 like Scorn, Gunk etc

Just to clarify, the above stated 10am PT / 6pm GMT is incorrect as 10am PT is 5pm GMT

If i got to watch it at 6pm GMT (which is 7pm here in UK as we're on BST) - it'll be almost finished

This happened with a recent event which too where i took the time from the PureXbox article and almost missed the event, luckily i went to find the stream on YT for that event ahead of time and noticed the countdown was an hour ahead of what i had anticipated the start time being

@robe yes it includes the UK as we are in Europe (geographically speaking at least)

I'd take a remaster of GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas and GTA4 all in one release including the add-ons like Lost & Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony but don't think they'd give us all that in one release

A Max Payne remaster would be neat too

@NEStalgia

I'm able to switch users etc when streaming

You can save part way through a flight to by pausing the game and pressing the View button in case anyone didn't know

The dimming of controller light will be the main thing for me

Have 3, black from OG XB1, black from XSX and a white one which I've no idea why I have it or how I got it lol

Halo CE will always have special memories for me but i played so much Halo 3 MP back in the day

@Magabro - the post mentions "we're a small but ambitious team" - makes me think this is a separate team being built up for this game, whereas Jedi FO2 is being handled by 'the big team' as it were