Welcome to the weekend! We're now just over four weeks away from the release of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (!), but there's still plenty to enjoy on Xbox One in the meantime, including three more Free Play Days offerings this weekend, the usual set of weekly discounts and a brand-new batch of Xbox Game Pass titles!
Here's what we're playing over the next couple of days:
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
I've been looking forward to the release of two new Xbox Game Pass titles this week in Brütal Legend
and Forza Motorsport 7, so hopefully I'll get to spend some time with these over the weekend. I actually own Brütal Legend on disc already, but my Xbox One disc drive is bust, so now I can finally play it via back compat again!
The other game I'm putting a lot of time into at the moment is NHL 20. I've got a long-running Franchise Mode save that is starting to get interesting as I approach the end of the season, so I'm trying to grind through those final few games to make the playoffs. NHL 21 will have to wait for now!
Have a good weekend, folks.
Liam Doolan, News Reporter
I think like many other Xbox fans, I'm still coming to terms with Microsoft's ZeniMax acquisition for a cool $7.5 billion. To help continue the celebrations, this weekend I'll be playing DOOM Eternal (thanks, Xbox Game Pass). I'm also still chipping away at Skyrim - I got this one on sale a while ago, well before the big news.
Apart from this, it's time to finally try out Forza Motorsport 7 now that it's been made available on Game Pass. I've been playing this particular series since the original game was released on Xbox. Obviously, back then, Forza Horizon wasn't a thing. Any extra time will likely be allocated to the campaign in Star Wars: Squadrons.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
PJ O'Reilly, Contributing Writer
Hello. I did it, guys, I went and downloaded Destiny 2 and its Shadowkeep and Forsaken DLCs on Xbox Game Pass. I’ve already been through the whole thing on PC, hundreds of bloody hours of it, but here I am, back at square one with a brand new guardian in a desperate race to complete as much content as possible before Beyond Light drops with the Series X on launch day. My wife and kids have packed up and left me, but I’m already approaching a power level of 1000 so it’s quite hard to care right now to be honest.
Elsewhere, if I ever take a break from shooting Unstoppable Ogres and Overload Lord’s Eyes, I’ve also got Forza Motorsport 7 prepped and ready to go. It’s a game that my old PC really struggled with when it first released back in 2017, so I’m looking forward to returning to the fray with this Xbox One X Enhanced version some time soon. Now, where did I put my Pluperfect Auto Rifle?
Which Xbox games will you be playing this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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Will be mostly playing Ys VIII on Switch. I started playing it a week ago and I've been completely engrossed in this game. It's one of the best action JRPGs I've played and I've already sunk 30 hours into it and I believe I still have a good 10-20 hours left of the game. It's just so good!
However, since it's October now, I've also decided to play some horror games and right now I'm playing through Outlast. I usually don't like these "run and hide" horror games, but I decided to give it a try now and so far it's really good. Can't believe it's taken me this long to finally play through it, lol.
Midnight Club L.A. on my Xbox One X, loving it!
I'm playing waiting for XSX (just one month to go)
I'm still playing through The Witcher 3..
I have fallen in love with Forza Horizon 4 all over again and will be playing the Lego Valley expansion. Honestly, FH4 might very well be Game of the Generation for me, its just magnificent in every way!
I'm playing the Amnesia Collection in advance of he upcoming Amnesia Rebirth. I shall also probably play some Pinball FX 3 too.
I just finished The Wolf Among Us last night. I plan on giving it a quick and short revisit just to grab 3 achievements that I missed to get that 1000 gamerscore. Then I will jump back into Hellblade.
Annoyingly... absolutely nothing. Still another week before I get internet access into my new place so having to deal with NPCs IRL whenever I can convince them to meet in a pub...
I’ve been slowly playing Night in the Woods and have not been loving it like I thought I would. The dialogue is great and I’m curious where the game is going but it’s a slow start. Hopefully I stay interested enough to finish it since I’m putting it on the back burners or now. I’ve just started The Avengers and am enjoying it (not very far in yet)!
Have a great weekend everyone!
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - Mopping up collectibles before heading to Dodongo's Cavern.
The Gunstringer: Dead Man Running (Windows 10) - Passed the tutorial and need to advance in World 1.
AlphaJax (Windows Phone) - Finally got the workaround to work, it just doesn't work on every level.
Been trying to 100% Assassins Creed Brotherhood this week, so working on that this weekend.
Forza Horizon 3 (Xbox One). Still plugging a ay at this game. I am really enjoying it alot. Just upgraded one of my festival spots and unlocked street races.
Mafia II (Xbox One) Playing the original 360 version. Finished Mafia Definitive Edition a few weeks ago so I decided to start the next one in the series.
I’ll be playing Halo: Reach again, but this time on the MCC.
I'm playing through Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005) on the Xbox and playing bits of Super Mario Bros 35
I have been playing Call of Duty: WWII, Guns, Gore and Canolli, and Call of Duty: MW
Been playing through Resident Evil games. Playing Resident Evil Remake on Xbox One and loving it.
Playing some Resi 3 to get the achievements for not using a recovery item and not using an item box, then I’m gonna check out the Man of Medan and Little Hope games and maybe pick them up ath the end of the month.
Also a little mess about on THPS to clean up some challenges
Well as I sold my One S to help fund my next gen console, I’ve been struggling through Days Gone on my PS4 Pro with its jet engine fan!!..
And despite all the endless bugs in State Of Decay 2 I still actually prefer that game over Days Gone.
Managed to get that 100% on Wolf Among Us so back to Hellblade later for me. I still need to finish Doom 2016 and Shadow Warrior 2 as well.
So i finished chapter 3 of Tell me Why last night but fir whatever reason i didn't get a single achievement from the entire chapter...is it normal for this to occur? I'm trying out Forza 4 on xcloud to see how it feels. I don't have any attachments fir my controller so I'm trying this out to see if it's something to add to the Xmas wish list.
Chapter three of Tell Me Why. Such a great playable book.
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