Welcome to the weekend! As usual, there's plenty to enjoy on Xbox this weekend including the recent new additions of Venba, Celeste and A Short Hike on Xbox Game Pass, and the team's selection of Free Play Days titles of course!
Here's what we're playing this weekend:
Ben Kerry, Staff Writer
I'm definitely going to be checking out A Short Hike this weekend after its arrival on Xbox Game Pass! I played through Venba earlier in the week and really enjoyed it, so I'm looking forward to spending some of my weekend with another indie Game Pass title.
Other than that, I might dip back into Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone in some form. A big in-game reveal event is planned for Call of Duty 2023 during Season 05, and I barely played during Season 04 so it could be a good time to hop back in. There looks like a decent amount of new content this season too!
Have a lovely weekend, folks.
Craig Reid, Video Producer
Play games… at the weekend? Yes please! Having rolled credits on the mammoth single-player narrative that is Red Dead Redemption 2 this week, I’ve been feeling a bit worn out (in a good way though) so I’ve been trying out shorter games as a palette cleanser.
Game Pass’ recent additions have been spot on the money. Venba was short, sweet and utterly wonderful. TOEM was charming and very laid-back - managed to bag 1000g for both too, which I’m all about right now! So, in that same spirit, I thought I’d give A Short Hike a whirl in between sessions of DnD goodness in Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC - man, I wish it launched on Xbox this year! Hopefully soon. Oh, and I’ll be checking out the Payday 3 closed beta with some friends.
Happy gaming, folks!
Ollie Reynolds, Contributor
This weekend, I’m going to be playing a bit of Silent Hill 2 on the Xbox via the HD Collection. Now, I’m sure many of you will turn your nose up at that, but it really doesn’t matter; I love a bit of Comic Sans in my horror games anyway; gives them an extra oomph, in my opinion.
Elsewhere, I’m quite keen to try out Far Cry 6, and I know the Gold Edition is currently on offer on the Xbox store, so I might finally dive into that this weekend. I wasn’t overly fond of the fifth entry, despite its irresistible ‘religious cult is completely insane’ premise, but, hopefully Far Cry 6 has more engaging gameplay.
What Xbox games are you playing this weekend? Let us know down in the comments below.
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Wrapped up most of the newer games I've been playing so hopefuly i can do the same for some retro games.
Sega - Sonic Adventures 2
Playstation - killzone 1, GTA Vice City
Xbox - Forgotten Realm: Demon Stone
Nintendo- Pokemon Emerald
Diablo IV again, again and again...
Finishing Layers of fear then I think I will start Tales of Arise.
Going Retro this weekend. Hooked up the 3do and playing Captain Quazer. As fun as I remember it. I still love this machine.
Tren for sure. It’s so delightful. Glad to be reminded what Dreams could do. It’s such a surprise and one of the most fun games I’ve played this year and it’s a quick breeze to beat, but I’d like to try to master it.
Maybe a level or two in Pikmin 4 (I slowly savor the series). Might finally play Oxenfree 2. And I’m definitely hoping to play Venba.
Finishing up with Hogwarts Legacy. Three Achievements left. A little XCOM 2 here and there, and I think it's time to return to Kamurocho.
Not much gaming for me Friday or Saturday as I’m with the family down the shore celebrating my moms birthday. No complaining.
But when I get back Sunday, I wanna knock out Sonic 3 & Knuckles in the Origins Collection. Once I do that I’ll have 100% of the achievements for that compilation. I might try to knockout A Short Hike as well.
If I still have time after them, I’ll finally start the campaign for Halo Infinite lol.
This weekend I'm continuing my Trails to Azure playthrough and I'll also continue my playthrough of Remnant 2(fantastic game, definitely in the top ten of games released this year for me).
Finishing up A Plague Tale Requiem and then finishing up Spiderman Miles Morales.
Pokemon Y on 3ds, GTA 5 on XSX, Lego LotR on 360, Wario Land 1 on Gameboy.
Diablo 4 and Remnant 2
I started the Witcher 2 the other night going to hopefully play more of that and also completed Metro Last Light got the bad ending because i just murdered everyone lol.
Rather sadly, ea pga tour golf. I enjoyed the trial, picked it up at half price and been hooked since. Never really saw myself as a golf player...
Im also going to make some time for GP as I've been stuck on 'the other side' for a while and the series X deserves some love. Bramble is first on the list, but Ive just installed 'a short hike' and 'venba', for my Sunday chill zone.
Whatever you all are playing, I hope you have a great weekend.
@Titntin I find golf games super relaxing. I'm abit jelly because I forgot to pick that one up. I could use a nice golf game.
I played and finished Sea of Thieves - Monkey Island last night. It was pretty cool - it felt like a point and click adventure almost in a 3D setting. Another well done RARE project. It got me back into SoT so I'll be mostly playing that this weekend.
Along with Exoprimal which I'm still having a blast in.
Watching the EVO tournament wondering how my reflexes are so much slower than everyone elses. But it's super fun to watch. The energy feels better in EVO this year. Fighters are really hitting a good stride this year.
For the Switch I'm wondering what jrpg to get into next. I have Persona 5, Xenoblade 1 and NIER ready to go. which one?!?
Oh and I'm playing Hellblade with headphones which is freaking me out.
I'm going to have a look at Venba, A Short Hike & Midnight Fight Express, before starting a playthrough the Halo Infinite campaign. I'm also dipping in and out of Dirt 5 for my racing fix.
Next on the list after those is Gotham Knights that I picked up in the big sale a couple of weeks ago with rewards points.
All this should safely see me through to Starfield's release. Happy gaming everyone 👍👍
@Cashews
Enjoy Hellblade! It's such a gem. I recently played it in VR on PC and to me it's the best VR implementation of any game I've seen (yeah, including HL: Alyx).
I'll be continuing my playthrough of The Last of Us Part 1 on PC with a bit of Forza Horizon 3 on the side. However, Baldur's Gate 3 has just finished downloading... Have a good one everybody!
Picked up Huntdown in this week's sale, and it's such a great game, I'll be carrying on with that and probably more Diablo 4
Im going to be rounding out the Bioshock series, I have a bit to go in Minerva’s den and I just got to finkton in infinite, and maybe og RE4
This weekend I'm going to try and see through A Short Hike. Seems short and sweet, and I love the artstyle. Maybe some more Remnant 2 with the guys, and maybe another chapter or two of Bayonetta 3 if I have any extra time.
GoldenEye 007 (N64) - Playing through single player for the first time in years. Currently sitting at the Silo level.
Forza Street (Android) - A shame I didn't play this in its heyday...
Imperia Online (Windows Phone) - I'm nearing the end of this, not much left now.
Baldur's Gate 3 on my PC. Hoping to finish in time for Starfield... 😊
Trying to make some real progress with Final Fantasy XVI (at 63% now) so I can finish it in time for Starfield.
Switch — TLoZ: Oracle of Ages: Never played this game before so I decided to start it up last night. Enjoying it so far and will probably move onto Seasons afterward.
Quite a few things actually. Nearly done with final fantasy iv, so I'll try to finish that tonight and maybe start oracle of seasons or steamworld dig 2.
On the Xbox front, I beat a short hike last night. I'm also playing through Ori 2, and Celeste.
COD 4 Remastered mp, maybe another game too. Had some other ideas but seeing a couple people here talking up A Short Hike makes me wanna check it out, as I do love a short hike.
I’m in Las Vegas on vacation with my wife —we arrived yesterday morning — so I have my PlayStation Vita with me. Obviously, I won’t be playing a ton of stuff, but I am slowly chipping away at The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. It’s a slow burn, but it’s an excellent game. I’m really excited to get to Act II to see the story pick up its pace.
Currently playing:
PS5 - Cyberpunk 2077
XBX - WWE 2k23 - free play day
Going for a short hike and then Venba before going back to Diablo… the next few weeks will be all about the backlog before Everspace 2 and the other space game coming that I can’t remember the name of in Sept…
@Kaloudz He's taking a deserved break! Back soon...
Weird West (XSX) - have finished the first of five character arcs. It's giving me OG Fallout vibes.
Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch) - about two thirds of the way through. Took me a while to get in to it but now really enjoying it.
Horizon: Forbidden West (PS5) - I'm at the point where the world really opens up and need to start giving it some more attention.
Currently playing Rise Of The Tomb Raider..
A short hike is a good little chill game, recommend if you're up for something like that. For me, nothing this week gonna be away on holiday, but once back will be back on everspace and death's door on Xbox, then Kirby and the forgotten land on switch.
Conker live and reloaded on OG Xbox. Still fantastic. Also played a bit of 007 nightfire last night
@Bmartin001 I found that game so boring and gave up in the end. What do you think?
Xbox Series X - Street Fighter 6
Switch - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
PS5 - Final Fantasy XVI
LA Noire for me this weekend. Haven't played it since the Xbox 360.
Looks great in 4K on the X
Redfall. I’m not sure what the game plays like now compared to launch but in current state I’d say it’s a 6.5. Missed opportunity for a great game for sure.
I’m having a great time with the Lies of P demo.
I've got absorbed in Car Mechanic Simulator 21. It's not my type of genre usually but its always nice to try something new.
@Baler I'm really enjoying it so far, Probably the best game I played in 2023 depite this game being older than other titles..
A Short Hike, good game for a Sunday afternoon
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