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Great game! Glad it’s on GamePass for the rest of you to enjoy. Definitely at least give it a try. It’s addicting!

Got the upgrade knowing I’d want this. Can’t wait!!!

Maybe Lumen should be disabled on PS5 too because it still runs like s*** on it even with updates.

@RentedPanda Yeah, was surprised to see that one as well and definitely will check it out.

@Kezelpaso Still think the Day One add from last week, Herdling, didn’t get much of any coverage here, particularly last week when I don’t think there was any GamePass story that included its release.

That’s sad because it’s a very well-reviewed game and deservedly so. Hope people are giving it a chance.

@Fiendish-Beaver It says they remastered textures, lighting, shadow and reflections. That’s a lot more than just settings IMO. But you do you as far as playing it.

@Fiendish-Beaver GoW Reloaded sounds like it’s a bit more than just a performance boast:

“ The iconic original now looks and plays better than ever with lightning-fast load times, 4K assets plus remastered textures, lighting, shadows and reflections, HDR and Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, as well as up to 120 FPS in multiplayer.”

The BC version already had gave it a performance boast.

Also be sure to check out well reviewed day one GamePass game Herdling that came out today!

@Kezelpaso Didn’t see anything here mentioning that Herdling came out today on GamePass. Another day one game that’s getting excellent reviews! 84 on OpenCritic!

Honestly this is the first month this year I felt was a little light. But Gears Reloaded will be sweet.

Honestly still catching up on last month’s insanely stacked plate (Tony Hawk 3+4, Descenders Next, Wheel World, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Grounded 2, Abiotic Factor and My Friendly Neighborhood are all games I’ve been playing just from July. All Day One and that wasn’t even all of them!).

So a bit slower month might be good!

Got it on PS5 and it’s not bad but nothing all the special. Honestly haven’t finished it yet, lol.

Never had issues with this either. Has worked very well for me!

I need to get back to and finish Cocoon. Great game but got sidetracked with others at the time.

@FraserG Wasn’t sure if you had heard that the Hexen/Hexen X remasters shadow dropped today and are also up on GamePass.

Just grabbed Persona 3 on PS5 for $20. I knew I wasn’t going to have time to finish it on GP and it’s a great game that I wanted to own regardless. The other two I could care less about. (Though I will always think Anthem was a missed opportunity. But EA blew it.)

@Balaam_ I think they just do that to drive clicks through search engines, etc.

Hopefully they’ll bring the first two over before then.

@Fiendish-Beaver Almost every company talks in terms of revenue and never profit in these calls/recordings, even if it is profitable. Revenue makes companies look better and they’re there to impress the stock market and will frame it the best way possible. It’s just the way it is.

I’m too busy eating popcorn and reading the freakout about Sony seeming to be looking to push more multi platform titles to Xbox and Switch.

(Honestly shocked that there hasn’t been a story about it yet here but guessing they may be short staffed this weekend)

I like it but I suck at it. That’s a pretty common refrain from most of these type of games for me though.

I don’t think even Xbox hardcore fans defend Nadella. The guy is truly a ****

Doesn’t matter to me. Just keep bringing in the money to help keep GamePass as stacked as it has been!

@Scrubchub I mean I still buy games too but GP is a healthy part of my gaming diet.

But GamePass is dead, right? Subscriptions aren’t the future! /s

I like it but the star of the show for Xbox features has definitely been quick resume. It’s totally changed my approach to gaming and, whenever I play my PS5, I miss it dearly.

@Fiendish-Beaver There are hundreds and hundreds of games coming out. I can’t even keep up with all the great games that have been coming to GamePass. (And yes, I do buy plenty of games, including Ready or Not just yesterday)

So I don’t mind about waiting two years for a game like this because I’m drowning as it is. And will be for the foreseeable future.

Could it be that the studio didn’t have enough resources to port it to all consoles at once? That sounds familiar. Probably just like No Rest for the Wicked that everyone is jumping on to say that Xbox is so over. Surely it can’t be something less sinister, right?

Also remember that this is a studio that Microsoft didn’t want to even work with because of this:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/moon-studios-devs-accuse-founders-of-poor-management-bullying-unprofessional-behavior

Studio is also almost bankrupt.

What is Microsoft going to say “makes sense for Xbox”? Release the game for it?

@DaveTheRave I was being sarcastic. Just saying that even Sony got rid of the digital movie selling business (except for the small Sony Core thing which only has their own studio’s movies). They clearly didn’t think it was profitable to keep around either.

@Sindayl Since PlayStation did the same thing a few years ago, I guess that ship must be sinking too.

Think I’ll give Blades of Fire a shot.

Six more day one games. Three are already on PC and have “very positive” reviews on Steam. The other three are new to PC as well. Nice, especially considering we just got Tony Hawk 1+2 as well!

I honestly think it’s underrated. No it’s not a masterpiece but it’s far from being the joke that many make it out to be (and I suspect many of those people haven’t even touched the game).

I think it will sell well. I played it at launch on my PS5 but honestly, it eventually grew old. It’s a good game but do think it’s a tad overrated. But I still think Xbox is a better place for multiplayer games and it should be well received by the community.

@Kienda For me they’ve been killing it. I’ve loved Indiana Jones, South of Midnight, Avowed, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black (yes this was published by MS and wouldn’t have happened without them), Oblivion Remastered and even the latest COD (campaign was great for once).

And that’s not even all that MS has published in the last year!

Fine for you to not like them but to say Sony is “delivering” with one game when MS has not is utter BS.

Needs to be an option on the poll for “I already own it on PlayStation!”

@Kienda As far as games, Microsoft has more than delivered of late. In spite of the layoffs yesterday, they’ve had far more first party games than Sony in the past year and 40 more in the pipeline.

Honestly wouldn’t be surprised. I truly believe the guy loves gaming and is probably just tired of all the corporate *****.

Only thing gaming wise I’m saddened about today is Perfect Dark. Really was looking forward to that but also obviously and more importantly my heart goes out to all those affected as well.

@Romans12 No crap. Where did I say there would be no Xbox layoffs? I didn’t. I just said that not all 9000 would be at Xbox.

Educate yourself by reading a post before replying.

Updated stories say MOST of the 9000 jobs cut today aren’t even coming from Gaming so people need to settle down and not act like this is all happening at Xbox. It isn’t.

OpenCritic has Clair Obscur #1 and that’s mine in addition to being one of my favorites of all-time.

Glad that High on Life is returning. I never finished it the first time and now with the sequel coming, I’m going to dig in (when I can squeak it in with the backlog).

It works well for me but have heard others with streaming issues. Would be nice if they were downloadable. Hopefully it improves so everyone has as good of an experience as I do.

@FraserG I think that would be an EA Play trial so that’s where they may be getting that one but if all those others are on the list, I will be ecstatic. Shadow Labyrinth and Ragebound are games I was planning to get day one. Hope I can just get them on GamePass!!!

So Microsoft literally already announced next gen hardware and we’re going to believe the words of someone who hasn’t been there in years?!?

Sounds a bit like sour grapes if you ask me.

@FraserG Not sure where Screen Rant already got a complete list from but it it’s accurate July is going to be absolutely fantastic:

https://screenrant.com/xbox-game-pass-new-games-leaving-july-2025/

Shadow Labyrinth and Ragebound are awesome surprises especially!!!

I personally have always preferred Revenge and it looks and plays wonderfully on my Series X. Also like it far more than Paradise. There’s yet to be a racer that’s given me the sense of speed it has. An all-time favorite!

Clair Obscur without a doubt. Not only my GoTY so far but probably my favorite game of all time. Just amazing in every way.