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Those people who bounced off Clair Obscur have no taste! 😀

Some good games in there for PC. Wish they’d give away something for Xbox that isn’t already in GamePass!

It’s not like they didn’t have time to promote the game before the shadow drop and I had never heard of the game until the dev came out with this complaint. So they failed to make the game known to begin with.

Played Towerborne in the Xbox preview test ring. It’s pretty fun. Gives me a Castle Crashers vibe. Wasn’t happy to hear it was going to be F2P when it fully releases (this preview is likely paid). But apparently the only micro transactions will be for cosmetics. And maybe they’ll be perks for some of that. So I’ll give it a shot.

But hard for anything to pull me away from Clair Obscur right now!

I expected it to be good but being the dev’s first effort I thought it would be pretty rough. But, nope, it’s very well polished. Great graphics and atmosphere. And the soundtrack may be an all-timer for video games. Easy 10 from me.

And even though I’m playing on GamePass, I have no doubt that I’ll be buying it to own at some point.

They’re probably doing this just to make sure PlayStation gamers know it is coming to PS.

GamePass totally is enough for brand loyalty to me. It rocks and 2025 is its best year yet!

So no New Zealand trick…boooo!

It’s fantastic aside from some framerate dips when out in the open world (on a Series X). Looks beautiful and plays well. Just happy to have a modern version of Oblivion, which is my favorite ES game even over Skyrim.

Played for about an hour and am honestly pretty happy with the performance so far. Looks fantastic as well. Can’t wait to dig into it more!

Was surprised there was a live chat for the reveal on Push Square but not on Pure Xbox for a first party game.

Anyway, downloading!!!

Surprised that Push Square is doing a live chat for this but Pure Xbox isn’t even though it’s a first party game.

Need to get back to this. It’s a great game. Just too much to play!

Devs on X say they’re looking into it. It definitely was meant to be free but they set it up incorrectly.

@Kaloudz I’d say this is the best of the series but if Exodus bored you, not sure if this would be up your alley either.

@Kaloudz You should play it if you haven’t. Great game!

Really hope this is true and not just for MP. I would love a sequel to the phenomenal campaign in Titanfall 2.

I think it was part of the initial deal to buy Bungie that they would have some independence and still be multiplatform.

@Kaloudz Yeah, that’s the only reason I asked Nate is because I trust him. Would never do the same with Jez or 90% of the other “insiders”. They’ll come.

You quoted me! I’m famous!

I personally prefer OpenCritic and an 80 sounds perfectly fine. Looking forward to playing it!

@FraserG Booo! But at least it’s still coming….

@Coletrain LOL. I use that subreddit at times. Just checked out my claim to fame. Well, cool that it got some rumor news flowing I guess.

@themightyant Right I was being genuine when I said I was surprised they didn’t have anything on there. Wasn’t meant to be a slam at all.

And as others have mentioned, I think as far as MS that Halo probably should be as well as the game that really revolutionized shooters IMO.

Interesting that there’s no Sony first party games on the list.

@Coletrain I was actually surprised he responded to me but happy with his info. Hope he’s right!

Asked Nate the Hate about this on Twitter and he says they’re still coming to Xbox. Remake this year and Rebirth next year. I believe him as one of the most reliable insiders out there.

https://x.com/natethehate2/status/1907512733991395480?s=46

Hoping Commandos is good. Haven’t played something in that genre for quite a while so would be a refreshing change of pace.

@FraserG Do happen to know why Descenders Next wasn’t in the official announcement today and not on the Xbox Wire article? Is it getting delayed? Or now not coming to GamePass?

So they scrap paid DLC for one of the few games that was a huge success for them. Makes sense…

Towerborne is free to play so I’m guessing we’re just getting some perks with GamePass?

Voted for Prince of Persia before reading to the end of the list. I’d say it should absolutely be Tom Clancy because Ubisoft has ignored the IP treasure that is Splinter Cell. If they ain’t going to do anything with it, let someone else!

Enjoyed what I played from the beta and, remember, it’s 33 people all through match making so closer to an MMO. You don’t need 33 friends to play. 😀

Yeah, do we care?

Mullet Madjack is fantastic and can’t wait to have it on Xbox. Great addition!!!

Have had this on my wish list after playing the demo on PC. It’s a blast and really happy it’s coming to Xbox and, of course, GamePass.

I’m not big on F2P games but gotta say this looks pretty cool so might have to take it for a spin!

@Ilyn Almost every publisher is doing this stupid pay for early access thing. It’s far from just Microsoft. At least it’s easy to just ignore it.

I need more gaming friends, lol. Really want to play this at some point!

@AlwaysPlaying It’s an excellent game and has a 97% rating on Steam. Excited that it’s coming to Xbox let alone GamePass!

Wow. Didn’t know Mullet Madjack was coming to Xbox. Played the demo on PC and it’s been on my wish list ever since! Great add!!!

Already have Enter the Grungeon and Monster Train but both are also excellent and highly recommend.

And am anxious to try out 33 Immortals. Nice first half of the month and we already know Atomfall is coming in the second half.

GamePass keeps on rocking!

But I know, according to Metacritic, these games are indeed abysmal.

Mullet Mudjack 88 (new to Xbox)
Monster Train 86
Enter the Grungeon 85
Galacticare 80
One Lonely Outpost TBD (new release)
33 Immortals TBD (new release)

Haven’t even touched the Xbox version. I get plenty of Balatro gameplay on my phone. But the Xbox version means I have it on every platform except PC!

Nightdive is such a great studio keeping these games alive.

For anyone getting this, it’s playable now in New Zealand. Wink. Wink…

The Project Gotham Racing series.

For those that think there aren’t as many indie games on GamePass these days, this will be welcome news!

Guess there’s no timeline yet on when we’ll see the DLC? Anxious to dig back into this fantastic game!

Why are people acting like an 8 is a bad score? It’s literally “great” on this website and some of my favorite games of all time scored in 80s.

Heck this is scoring better than the latest Yakuza game.

@Adidas3590 Not sure what you’re smoking but 99% of the games each month are not under $20.

Ninja Gaiden Black 2 - $50
Sniper Elite Resistance - $50
Eternal Strands - $40
Citizen Sleeper 2 - $25
Orcs Must Die Deathtrap - $30

Those five were all Day One in January and that isn’t even all of them!

You do you but it ABSOLUTELY is delivering for me.

@Fiendish-Beaver GamePass may have peaks and valleys but it still has outstanding months. Just in January we had 7 Day One third party games including Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance, Citizen Sleeper 2 and Ninja Gaiden Black 2.

Have you looked at what is coming to GamePass this year? It’s a mind blowing list with WAY more than just first party.

https://www.purexbox.com/guides/xbox-game-pass-in-2025-the-full-list-of-everything-announced-so-far

Third party includes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ninja Gaiden 4, Mixtape, 33 Immortals, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Hollow Knight : Silksong (hopefully) and many, many more. The service is not going to “suffer” this year, it’s going to explode.

To act like all there is to look forward to is first party titles is incredibly disingenuous.

I’m stoked about this year’s lineup more than I ever have been for GamePass with so many great games coming.

If you want to drop the service, that’s your call. I’ll be excited with what’s coming this year and saving money on games I would have been buying.