Welcome to the weekend! We've got a bunch of new Xbox Game Pass additions to check out over the next couple of days, along with three more Free Play Days titles, and of course, the Call of Duty: Vanguard Open Beta.
Here's what we’re jumping into over the next few days:
Fraser Gilbert, News Editor
There are a couple of games I've been playing a lot recently, and I expect I'll be diving into them again over the weekend. The first is Forza Horizon 4, which has really dominated my focus in recent weeks as the hype builds for Forza Horizon 5 this November, particularly in terms of the battle royale style 'The Eliminator' mode.
Elsewhere, I've become totally hooked on Football Manager 2021: Xbox Edition. It's so good to have Football Manager on console again, and while the controls definitely aren't as good as using a PC and mouse, I'm looking forward to seeing how Football Manager 2022 will rectify this when it arrives on Game Pass this November.
That's about it for me, although I'll probably check out Judgment with Free Play Days as well.
Have a good one, folks!
Daniel Hollis, News Reporter
After reviewing Lost Judgment, I'm still going to be diving back in to complete side quests, wrap up some achievements, and of course, play all those SEGA mini-games over and over again.
There are also so many new Xbox Game Pass titles I want to try out too. Flynn: Son of Crimson, I Am Fish and Aragami 2. It's a pretty varied handful, but hopefully I can blast through one or two of these over the weekend. It's a great time to be a Game Pass member.
Outside of the realm of Xbox, me and my partner are slowly making our way through WarioWare: Get It Together on Nintendo Switch. It's an absolute blast and is filled with addictive mini-games.
Have a good one, folks!
PJ O'Reilly, Freelance Contributor
Hello. This weekend I’m going to be pretty busy with all sorts of really boring real-life stuff but, if I do manage to crowbar in a little bit of Xbox gaming time, I’ll be diving into some more of the wonderful Tales of Arise. I’ve only just started playing this one over the past few nights and I’ve genuinely been sucked right into its captivating story and excellent combat.
I’ve also got Tails of Iron, Eastward, Aragami 2 and Life Is Strange: True Colors on my immediate to-do list and a brand new MyTeam to get properly stuck into in NBA 2K22 at some point. Absolutely no backlog stress going on over here, no sir.
Have a good weekend, whatever you’re up to or playing!
What Xbox games are you playing this weekend? Let us know down in the comments below.
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Mahjong by Microsoft (Android) - This is my most played daily game nowadays. Playing the daily challenges and also chipping away at the puzzle packs as well.
Equalicious (Windows Phone) - I haven't played since last weekend and need to make time for it this weekend.
Rayman Fiesta Run (Windows Phone) - Still a blast to play in bursts.
Still playing Psychonauts 2. Starting Dishonoured straight after, will probably keep me going until Back 4 Blood next month.
Sold my digital ps5 and bought a disk version and rented Demon souls, Returnal, Godfall and it takes two so il going to be mega busy this weekend, plus I've still got tales of Arise to play, I also need to finish monster hunter stories 2 and state of decay 2's single player and start psychonauts 2
Xbox: Psychonauts 2,fortnite and fifa 21
Continuing my journey through the massive world of Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
I also have intentions to try out Aragami 2 this weekend.
Switch - Starting Skyward Sword HD!
PS5 - We Happy Few second playthrough!
PC - Might try out Morrowind. Also Gmod with friends!
Have a good weekend everyone!
Vanguard
Forza horizon 4
Spyro
Just finished Paychonsuts 2 and claimed 1000 G.
Now I think I'll play some Hitman 3 and Quake, maybe try The Artful Escape as well.
Aragami 2 all the way 🥷
Wrapping up Mass Effect 2 on my PS5 and then possibly jumping over to my Series X to try The Artful Escape...
Will be playing Lego Marvel Super Heroes and Steins;Gate 0 on PS4, as well as Tales of Vesperia on the Switch.
It's been a while since I've played a Lego game and I've been in the mood for some mindless fun so I thought why not give this game a go. It's so much fun thus far and coincidentally, I'm also craving superhero media right now as I'm watching Supergirl on HBO. So this game is definitely checking all the right boxes for me.
As for Tales of Vesperia, after 25 hours of playing it, I've finally reached a point where the game is actually getting good. The pacing is getting better and the story is getting more interesting. The protagonist is also a breath of fresh air, he has some dark demons and I'm interested to see how he's going to rectify that. I'll also be continuing my playthrough of Steins;Gate 0 as I need a visual novel to help me relax for time to time.
I'm addicted to Art of Rally which is getting most of my love this weekend.
Control Ultimate
Aragami 2, Walking Dead Michone, and Skatebird.
On a slightly irrelevant note, I'll be watching Squid Game on Netflix. It's like Battle Royal but...better? I kind of.
@UltimateOtaku91 RENT? Why? Why not just buy them.
FART
I'm away for the weekend so no Xbox for me. However, I will be spending 10hours overall on a train so I'll be playing some Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 🥰
Also gonna play Fable
I’m really hooked on Deathloop. I’ll be heading to a friend’s today to play our first session of Alien RPG, then back to Deathloop when the kiddos go to bed.
@CrazyJF I’ve heard such great things about that game. I really want to grab it but have been waiting for a sale since I already have so many games in my backlog.
@Hellosmoothskin lol I ain't spending on one and done games, I only buy multiplayer games or jrpgs/Rpg's that take over 40 hours
Played through Superliminal last night, and unfortunately its not very good. It does have a couple interesting ideas, but I would definitely not recommend it. The story and writing are awful, the mechanics don't iterate to perfection (not even close), the puzzles are very rarely interesting, performance is terrible, and overall its just not very fun to play.
Just started up Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and am mostly enjoying it so far. Hopefully its more interesting than Episode 1.
@UltimateOtaku91 I'm the same. That's why I like gamepass. But yeah, if a game ain't got at least 40 hours worth then it ain't getting my cash. I see it like, 10 pound has to be worth 8 hours.
Deathloop, Aliens Fireteam, Mega Zombie, Forza Horizon 4, Ghost of Tsushima dlc, Flight Sim and Ratchet!! So many games at once!!!
Serious sam collectin on xbox
@CrazyJF I’ll check that out, thanks!
Some Phsychonauts 2 for me, likely dip into FH4 and gotta get going on Night in the woods
I have a feeling once i play Tales of Arise i couldn't go back, so i'm actually trying to finish of Berseria first. I had heard Berseria was one of the better Tales in recent years, but i'm not so sure i agree with that.
This weekend I’ll be playing Eastward - the game I’ve been looking forward to for nearly two years now. I’ve played a couple of hours of it so far and it’s absolutely fantastic, albeit a slow burn (which I like).
I will also be continuing my journey through Tales of Arise. I just beat the second lord, found the hidden chamber in Cyslodia, mopped up a few side quests, and now making my way to the third region. I’m really loving this game.
I'm still playing Zelda Link's Awakening, After that i think i'm gonna start the Wolfenstein series..
A combo of Gears 5 Operation 8 trying to reach that Legend 25 achievement before Im done with multiplayer in that game and Psychonauts 2. Im really enjoying that game.
Started Tales of Arise
@mousieone is it any good? Im considering jumping into it.
@thenewguy can’t say I’m only 2 hours in but the demo definitely didn’t do it any favors. It’s much better so far. Usually BNs demos are spot on but not this time. I waited for a ton of coverage before jumping it.
Oh I’m also going to start Nexomon. Extinction was great so it will be nice to play the prequel game to see where certain parts started.
Xbox: F1 2021, Aragami 2
Switch: Dead Cells
Hopefully I will be able to play the Vanguard Beta if this ***** hotel internet will finish downloading it sometime this year.
On PS4 it’s all Gran Turismo Sport this weekend. On Xbox One X it’s Forza Horizon 3. Having rung all I want to out of FH 4 I’m going back to three as I only scratched the surface of it before 4 came out.
Having finished Psychonauts 2, I'll be swapping between watchdog legions on PS5 and life is strange true colours on the PC
Finished up Omno which was such a nice chill little game. Just finished up 11-11: Memories Retold which was an interesting story with some light gameplay. I’ll be continuing my hard drive cleanup with Twin Mirror which I picked up recently on sale… I haven’t picked up the new LiS game yet because of my massive backlog so maybe this will scratch the itch lol. Maybe some Forza 4 if I get the time.
I also just picked up Wario for Switch so maybe I can play that a bit as well. Honestly haven’t been giving my Switch any love since I’ve yet to actually play the last few games I bought for it 😑. With the exception of 1st party games I’ve quit buying games for it and Im tired of buying indies to have them come to GP anyway.
Anyway have a great weekend everyone!
Deathloop on PS5 and Dead Space 2 on Series X. GT Sport until GT7 comes out.
Finally finished the Mass Effect Trilogy this weekend! Started Tales of Arise & checked out Sonic Colors as well!
State of Decay 2, it's amazing how much the game has been improved and expanded since launch and it runs like a dream on Series X. This zombie apocalypse simulator-builder game is better than ever.
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