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Welcome to the weekend! It's been a pretty big week for new releases on Xbox, including a selection of next-gen upgrades, loads of Xbox Game Pass additions, and even a couple of Xbox Games with Gold releases. Don't forget the weekly Xbox sale as well, which only features 50 games this week, but you might find something you like!
Here's what we’re jumping into over the weekend:
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
We're definitely spoilt for choice in terms of Xbox Game Pass this weekend, and there are a couple of games that I'm particularly keen to try out. Space Jam: A New Legacy - The Game is one of them, included as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks, and the other is the super silly and hilarious multiplayer party game, Gang Beasts.
Aside from those two titles, I'm still putting a lot of time into Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game, so you'll probably find me playing a few online rounds this weekend. Some of the events can be pretty infuriating (especially when playing online) but the majority are good fun, and the player base seems to be fairly healthy right now.
Have a good weekend, folks!
Daniel Hollis, News Reporter
Since I'm massively excited for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on my Switch in a few weeks, I'm taking this time to jump into some Zelda clones beforehand. We've got a great list here, so I'm using it to replay Okami HD - one of the most beautiful games ever made. If you've never played this game and you're looking for a mystical adventure, you can't go wrong.
I'm also going to be ploughing through more of Scarlet Nexus. The combat is a ton of fun and constantly keeps evolving. I'm not too sure it has enough substance to carry two playthroughs, but the story is more intriguing than I thought it would be, albeit slightly confusing. Outside of that, I'm going to try and convince Fraser to play some Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with me. Unless he's too scared to, of course.
(Editor's note: Bring it on, Dan!)
Have a great weekend, everyone!
What Xbox games are you playing this weekend? Let us know down in the comments below.
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Series X - Doom Eternal loving the upgrade. More FH4 convinced ill never finish it before FH5 🤣
PS5 - Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
Switch - gonna make a start on the new Mario Golf
The Medium. About 4 hours in so far. Story is very interesting but the gameplay is mediocre. Very close to being a really good game.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - Having a blast swinging from vines and shooting at baddies
Minecraft: Story Mode (Windows 10) - Replaying the first episode again.
Lines: The Game (Windows Phone) - Need to get back into this soon.
Yakuza Like A Dragon & Halo 5: Guardians
I'm sort of bouncing between Doom Eternal and Conker on my Series X right now.
Can't believe how good Conker looks with those X enhancements for a 2005 game!
And Doom Eternal looks and feels superb with ray tracing at 60FPS. Brutal game though!
Will try to finish up Shadow of the Tomb Raider and the rest of its DLCs. What's nice about this game is that you can actually do the DLC missions alongside the main game so you don't have to wait until the end of the game before doing them. I personally prefer single-player DLC to be integrated in the base game, so this was nice to see.
Will also be checking out Psychonauts as part of Game Club. Very fun game so far! I'm also trying out Walking Dead season 3 through Cloud Gaming and this might be the first game that I've experienced that works really well through the cloud since it doesn't require quick input most of the time.
Close to finishing BoTW, just got the goron and hyrule Castle regions left to do.
Il also try some more mario golf but honestly don't know if it's a game for me.
On playstation il start doki doki literature club and play some more scarlet nexus
And on xbox i plan on starting Rage 2
Switch - Smash Ultimate trying to get better with Kazuya!
PS4 - Picked up Tekken 7 recently as the last Tekken game I played was the 4th one, so I'll be diving into that!
PC - Trying to finish CrossCode before it leaves Game Pass!
Have a good weekend everyone!
I'm still playing through Zelda BOTW..
Resident evil village
Xbox: A plague tale
PS4 and vita: Odinsphere (I can’t believe I got this gem stuck in my backlog for so long)
Switch : Monster Hunter (because when you start playing Monster Hunter you never stop playing Monster Hunter)
@FatalBubbles I loved The Medium but its more an “experience” than a game
@AlienigenX I like it, story is keeping me engaged for sure. Moving around just feels a little stiff to me.
I must admit, with the rumours swirling around the Dead Space franchise, I've gone right back to the first game and plan to play the entire trilogy in the coming weeks. I've also got A Plague Tale: Innocence on standby ready for the Series X/S upgrade.
Oddworld Soulstorm this weekend
Played a bunch of Knockout City with the guys last night since they both forgot to update Sea of Thieves. We're getting better at KC though - winning more matches, unlocking more stuff.
If I have time, I'd like to chip away at Ghostbusters - I'm probably halfway through at this point. It's decent so far. You'd probably get more out of it if you're a bigger fan of the series, but it's not as good as I hoped it'd be. Maybe I'll sneak in another mission of Thief: Deadly Shadows instead.
I just bought Metro Exodus for £15 so am looking forward to diving in tonight to enjoy the free upgrade. Just goes to show that if devs go to the effort of enhancing older games for the new consoles then they will almost inevitably benefit from a bump in sales. Also playing Tomb Raider (reboot) as I work my way through the survivor trilogy. Last night I had a quick go on D&D Dark Alliance (GP) and quite enjoyed it, so will give that another go over the weekend.
Oh yeah....C’MON ENGLAND!!! ⚽️🏴⚽️🇬🇧⚽️
I will be playing Sims 3 on 360.
I recently finished Nier Automata for the third time and mopped up the last achievements in A Way Out plus completed the campaign of Outriders.
Series S: Play through route E again on Replicant before retiring the NieR games for a while.
Switch: Persona 5 Strikers and Atelier Ryza 2. I really want to finish at least one of them before Monster Hunter Stories 2 comes out. The demo is really good!
PS4: Collecting dust as usual.
Fun story. A friend of mine asked if I wanted to borrow his PS5 while he went on vacation and I said no, I dont need it. Funny how I over this past year has went from being all about PS to now not caring at all. GPU ftw + Switch for outside gaming. All I need until HZD2 or GoW2 drops... Maybe.
Series S - Halo 2 and Pillars of Eternity
PC - Tokyo Xanadu Ex+
Trying to get all the way through Dark Alliance so I can keep clearing up the backlog. Will probably also keep plugging away at the Gears V campaign as well, and then maybe begin my foray into MH Rise.
Had a quick go of Space Jam and its an ok brawler, I'll mainly be playing Sea of Thieves and Yakuza Like a Dragon for the foreseeable and both are a lot of fun
Still plugging away at Forza Horizon 3. I unlocked a new festival site and upgraded another one to its maxed level. I so can't wait for 5!!!!
Hoping for some time to finish up recore. Would like to maybe dabble in some more SoT or Outriders as well.
Scarlet Nexus mostly. With a little Slime Rancher thrown in when I need a break from the game.
Second playthrough of Scarlet Nexus!
I’ve been addicted to Knockout City! So fun! I’ve also rented Sekiro Shadows Die Twice to try out since I’ve been interested but didn’t want to purchase something so outside my normal picks so we’ll see how that goes. Have a great weekend everyone!
I'm confused. There's no game called Space Jam on game pass.
Still working my way through Mass Effect Andromeda. I’m starting to see why it was not liked. I love me some open world games, but everything in the open world segments is so…. Baaaaaaaad….
Still want to force myself to finish it.
I’m currently playing through the campaign for Battlefield 1. Those are great little stories they constructed for that game. Super fun! I’m also playing some Need for Speed Most Wanted Remastered. Still holds up!
Sea of Thieves Friday night, standard.
Last night I tried Bug Fables which is very good (take some notes Paper Mario) and then rolled the credits on Space Jam.
I was very pleasantly surprised! Now, I love basketball, Loony Tunes, Beat em Ups, retro gaming and Space Jam. It ticks a lot of boxes haha
Tonight I'll play some Limbo as it's superb.
In all the gaps I'll play Monster Hunter Rise 😁
@seari84 It's not a Gamepass game mate, you'll find it under your Perks 😊
Hi all! Back after a short break. I'm playing the following:
xCloud- Master Chief Collection Halo 2
PS5- Mass Effect 2
Enjoy the remainder of the weekend guys and gals!
Let's see if anyone can help me: I clicked on the space jam "box" without knowing what it was, but I had to go so I switched off my console without writing down the code it gave me. Now I can't seem to find it again...
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