@RetroMan71 There's a few different healing options. One is a quick heal that's more suited for solo healing, but there's also an area of affect heal that you place on the ground for team healing. The latter is really good for objective play!
@RetroMan71 The maps are a huge highlight. I haven't used The Cleaner much (that Libertad healing is so useful), but I might have to give The Div stuff a go!
@Cherip-the-Ripper The matchmaking seems to be holding up better today. It had a rough few hours at launch... I actually quite like the UI even though I know what you mean. At least it's not super-cluttered!
I could see MS getting rid of the 'Game Pass console' tier and shaking things up in a similar way to PS Plus, but who knows at this stage. Curious to see whether we get more info around the COD Direct.
@abe_hikura Fallout 3 / NV remasters seem a no-brainer to me. Use the Starfield engine perhaps, get them all spruced up. Next year will be 15 years since New Vegas...
@Kooky_Geezer The Rockstar games I've mentioned here have never been 50% off, so, these examples are actually pretty good. As long as there's a couple you want!
@MaccaMUFC @AccessibleDaydream The Atlas Air isn't for Xbox. I probably should have mentioned that, but yeah, it's PC/PlayStation/Switch only (I assume bluetooth only).
@TheLastHarbinger This was more me predicting Xbox's cadence with these updates. Yes, the first update dropped a few months after the GP Core launch, but I was looking more at early December to late April for a rough gap between updates. Not too far off 6 months! 😄
@VOODOO85 Nice Jericho spot! Levine is a long-time game dev. Directed BioShock & BioShock Infinite over at Irrational Games - been working on Judas since then pretty much.
@Kaloudz Sorry that you feel this way, and @Dimey! We felt like this was our first big opinion piece on everything that happened last night, and it was a pretty big occasion considering everything that was going on surrounding Xbox beforehand. OK lots of it was rumour, but this is the future of our gaming platform after all!
Xbox will survive we've no doubt, we just think things are still a little vague after the event but if others are 100% happy with Xbox's comments that's cool! We've all got our different takeaways from the whole thing.
We're also ready to draw a line under the drama and move on for sure, there's plenty to look forward to from Xbox!
@PhileasFragg Yeah, I can't say I know for sure but it appears to be running the old code in some form. Shame because as I pointed out, the best way to play this probably would have been the old graphics at 60FPS!
@PhileasFragg Mainly because every other version of the classic game runs at 30FPS, even on PC. 60 would be great but I'd guess that the game is completely built around being run at 30 😕
@Kaloudz The first game is really good, yeah. Those UbiArt games of that time were a blast. Not played this sequel but will be keeping an eye on its Xbox launch!
@Kaloudz Yeah we've not had an update on SR2 leaving Early Access in a while tbh. The game's last update launched in November and that was only version '0.3.0', so the full release sounds a ways off yet. The next update is due in "early 2024" according to the devs.
I tried to explain that the comparisons are from a visual perspective, thought I was pretty clear on that! Maybe I could have gone BioShock-Inspired - similar thing though!
@outswimmingtheflood This quite nicely sums up my thoughts on the pair as well. On the track FM does a great job but GT7 has me hooked for the first time since the GT4 days. The challenges, rewards, dealerships, the way you move around the overhead map UI. It's all just so inviting in a way that FM isn't.
@Pusher2021 That's fair - good way to do things! Hopefully we can bring you some impressions around launch and test how much of a 'beta' it is. Hoping the delays will help!
@Kaloudz We'll keep tracking it but we've only just noticed it recently! I'd assume it pops up once Microsoft reveals the leaving list - which is around two weeks atm. Hopefully they extend that lead time in future.
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Re: Review: XDefiant (Xbox) - Classic COD In A Current-Gen Frock
@ElPadre666 not yet, but it's being worked on, as confirmed by the game's producer! Hopefully we see support added soon.
Re: Review: XDefiant (Xbox) - Classic COD In A Current-Gen Frock
@RetroMan71 There's a few different healing options. One is a quick heal that's more suited for solo healing, but there's also an area of affect heal that you place on the ground for team healing. The latter is really good for objective play!
Re: Review: XDefiant (Xbox) - Classic COD In A Current-Gen Frock
@RetroMan71 The maps are a huge highlight. I haven't used The Cleaner much (that Libertad healing is so useful), but I might have to give The Div stuff a go!
Re: Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Confirmed, Game Will Feature In Xbox Direct Next Month
@IronMan30 I guess Black Ops Cold War (2020) is now classed as 'Black Ops 5'
Re: Ubisoft Details How Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM) Works In XDefiant
@Cherip-the-Ripper The matchmaking seems to be holding up better today. It had a rough few hours at launch...
I actually quite like the UI even though I know what you mean. At least it's not super-cluttered!
Re: Ubisoft Details XDefiant DLC Plan With 'No Pay To Win' Mantra
@logicslayer Yep. Let's see how Ubi handle this one but the open communication has been nice to see so far!
Re: Xbox Game Pass Will See 'Changes' When Call Of Duty Arrives, Rumours Suggest
I could see MS getting rid of the 'Game Pass console' tier and shaking things up in a similar way to PS Plus, but who knows at this stage. Curious to see whether we get more info around the COD Direct.
Re: XDefiant: Release Date, Release Times And Preload Details On Xbox
@rustyduck Yep, for the moment anyway.
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Plunders PS5 Charts, Becoming Europe's Best-Selling Game In April
@BAMozzy what 😅. This article is literally about the game doing well on the PS5 charts, it's right there in the heading.
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Plunders PS5 Charts, Becoming Europe's Best-Selling Game In April
@BAMozzy I think SoT tops the PS5-only chart. Fallout 4 is classed as a PS4 game
Re: Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 9-12)
@BBB Updated with this info!
Re: Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (May 9-12)
@Dimey 😄 yes. But, the rest of these games are free-to-play / on Game Pass, and it might be worth a weekend go for free, eh?
Re: Red Dead Is Now 20 Years Old, So We Played The Xbox Original For The Very First Time
@CallMeDuraSouka Sorry for the age reminder, but glad I could strike a memory in there 😅
Re: Red Dead Is Now 20 Years Old, So We Played The Xbox Original For The Very First Time
@ironcrow86 I ALWAYS remember this cover from back in the day, but didn't get around to playing it. I might have to give it a go!
Re: Rumour: Resident Evil 9 May Have Been 'Internally Delayed' At Capcom
@ShadowofTwilight Village in third person was great. Id like to see them have both options at launch!
Re: Talking Point: Would You Like To See Xbox Focus On A New Fallout Game?
@abe_hikura Fallout 3 / NV remasters seem a no-brainer to me. Use the Starfield engine perhaps, get them all spruced up. Next year will be 15 years since New Vegas...
Re: Xbox's Latest BOGOF Sale Includes Some Best-Ever Deals On Rockstar Classics
@Kooky_Geezer The Rockstar games I've mentioned here have never been 50% off, so, these examples are actually pretty good. As long as there's a couple you want!
Re: Turtle Beach Announces New Xbox Headsets To Launch Next Month
@MaccaMUFC @AccessibleDaydream The Atlas Air isn't for Xbox. I probably should have mentioned that, but yeah, it's PC/PlayStation/Switch only (I assume bluetooth only).
Re: Xbox Game Pass Core: Full List Of Games (April 2024 Update)
@TheLastHarbinger This was more me predicting Xbox's cadence with these updates. Yes, the first update dropped a few months after the GP Core launch, but I was looking more at early December to late April for a rough gap between updates. Not too far off 6 months! 😄
Re: Rumour: Destiny 3 Is In Development At Bungie Under The Codename 'Payback'
@GhanaViking Yeah, it's crazy. I played most of D1 and launch-era D2 - I just can't get into D2 now it feels so convoluted 😩
Re: Talking Point: Which Classic COD Would You Play First On Xbox Game Pass?
@Fiendish-Beaver Yeah it's not BC, and the Xbox version was a weird Live Arcade release. I'd like to see it get a proper port in some fashion!
Re: Call Of Duty: MW3's Next Update Contains Absolutely Tons Of New Content
@nomither6 cool
Re: 'Judas' Previews Detail The Next FPS From The Creator Of BioShock
@VOODOO85 Doh!! Edited, been a long day 😴
Re: 'Judas' Previews Detail The Next FPS From The Creator Of BioShock
@VOODOO85 Nice Jericho spot!
Levine is a long-time game dev. Directed BioShock & BioShock Infinite over at Irrational Games - been working on Judas since then pretty much.
Re: Four Games Are Available This Week On Xbox Game Pass (March 11-14)
@Tomato_Goose Sorted, Monday mornings eh 😩
Thanks for pointing it out!
Re: 'The Sinking City 2' Announced By Frogwares, Coming To Xbox Series X|S In 2025
@Shushibda They released a completely separate Xbox Series X|S version because of the dispute with Nacon who published the Xbox One release.
Re: 'STALKER: Legends Of The Zone Trilogy' Is Available Today On Xbox
@cragis0001 Seen this now, amended! Ty.
Re: Fallout Controllers Now Available Through Xbox Design Lab
@eire-shabba A tad pricey... we've included product links up above with pricing info.
Re: Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Launches This June On Xbox
@Fiendish-Beaver GAME have them! https://www.game.co.uk/en/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-collectors-ed-2939230
Re: Reaction: Xbox's Commitment To Console Gaming Is Pleasing, But Big Questions Linger
@Kaloudz Sorry that you feel this way, and @Dimey!
We felt like this was our first big opinion piece on everything that happened last night, and it was a pretty big occasion considering everything that was going on surrounding Xbox beforehand. OK lots of it was rumour, but this is the future of our gaming platform after all!
Xbox will survive we've no doubt, we just think things are still a little vague after the event but if others are 100% happy with Xbox's comments that's cool! We've all got our different takeaways from the whole thing.
We're also ready to draw a line under the drama and move on for sure, there's plenty to look forward to from Xbox!
Re: Review: Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered - Updated '90s Classics Finally Arrive On Xbox
@PhileasFragg Yeah, I can't say I know for sure but it appears to be running the old code in some form. Shame because as I pointed out, the best way to play this probably would have been the old graphics at 60FPS!
Re: Review: Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered - Updated '90s Classics Finally Arrive On Xbox
@PhileasFragg Mainly because every other version of the classic game runs at 30FPS, even on PC. 60 would be great but I'd guess that the game is completely built around being run at 30 😕
Re: Capcom Is Bringing An Action-Oriented Resident Evil Experience To Xbox Game Pass This Month
@Reverend_Skeeve I knew that, but clearly I didn't type that! Thankya, edited 😅
Re: Ubisoft's Recent 'Valiant Hearts' Sequel Is Seemingly Coming To Xbox
@Kaloudz The first game is really good, yeah. Those UbiArt games of that time were a blast. Not played this sequel but will be keeping an eye on its Xbox launch!
Re: The Walking Dead Is Officially Coming To Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
@Kaloudz living the dream
Re: Forza Motorsport Adding 'Nürburgring Nordschleife' Track Earlier Than Expected
@GarbonZoni Me too!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Hoping To See Over The Next Year From Xbox?
@Grumblevolcano hmmmmm
Re: Xbox Developer Direct 2024: Event Date, Start Times & Where To Watch
@NintendoByNature Hype!!
Re: Xbox Game Pass Dunks On PlayStation Over Dirt-Cheap Yakuza Deals
@Markatron84 Fair enough! Sounds like a good strategy tbh.
Re: Phantom Abyss 1.0 Brings 'Overhauled Adventure Mode' To Xbox Game Pass This Month
@Kaloudz Yeah we've not had an update on SR2 leaving Early Access in a while tbh. The game's last update launched in November and that was only version '0.3.0', so the full release sounds a ways off yet. The next update is due in "early 2024" according to the devs.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Dunks On PlayStation Over Dirt-Cheap Yakuza Deals
Y'all say you'd prefer to own Yakuza games but will be hella hype when another one comes to Game Pass day one 🤷♂️
Re: BioShock-Like 'Close To The Sun' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 3)
I tried to explain that the comparisons are from a visual perspective, thought I was pretty clear on that! Maybe I could have gone BioShock-Inspired - similar thing though!
Re: BioShock-Like 'Close To The Sun' Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 3)
@ZuneTattooGuy Yes
Re: Review: EON XBHD - A Sleek OG Xbox Adapter That's Just Too Expensive To Recommend
@CaptainCluck Yep, I believe that's what the Kaico adapter did for me! Looks really good honestly, definitely worth the $40-50.
Re: Forza Motorsport Compared To Gran Turismo 7 In Huge Graphics Breakdown
@outswimmingtheflood This quite nicely sums up my thoughts on the pair as well. On the track FM does a great job but GT7 has me hooked for the first time since the GT4 days. The challenges, rewards, dealerships, the way you move around the overhead map UI. It's all just so inviting in a way that FM isn't.
Re: Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown's Open World Looks Impressive In New 'The Racer' Footage
@Pusher2021 That's fair - good way to do things! Hopefully we can bring you some impressions around launch and test how much of a 'beta' it is. Hoping the delays will help!
Re: Call Of Duty: MW3 Free Trial Hits Xbox Consoles This Week
@eire-shabba Core multiplayer is your usual COD 6v6 stuff! The trial will have team deathmatch, domination, kill confirmed and hardpoint.
Re: Xbox Reveals Full List Of 1000+ Games In The Black Friday Sale 2023
@HonestHick Redfall is going to be 75% off when the sale starts! You can check the full list here https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/11/15/xbox-black-friday-cyber-monday-2023/
Re: Microsoft Adds New Feature To Help Track Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass
@themightyant agreed. It's useful for something you've started - more lead time on leavers would be another great step.
Re: Microsoft Adds New Feature To Help Track Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass
@Kaloudz We'll keep tracking it but we've only just noticed it recently! I'd assume it pops up once Microsoft reveals the leaving list - which is around two weeks atm. Hopefully they extend that lead time in future.