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@Vicaruz You may already know by now but you can still obtain achievements when using the mods.

It was only yesterday after seeing the reminder of certain games leaving Game Pass like FIFA 22 that I wondered when EA Sports FC was going on Game Pass.

@Kezelpaso Thanks for info even if it’s not 100%. If it is around 5pm/6pm then we should be able to get a good few matches in before England kickoff at 8pm 😃

@Decimateh I’m pretty sure that the Orange Box was delisted a while ago. You’ll have to try and find a physical copy unless you only own a Series S.

Congrats to FromSoftware I guess but I just don’t like Souls type games so I wouldn’t even rate Shadow of the Erdtree. I’ve got The Witcher 3 still installed but I need to get back into the base game before attempting the Blood & Wine dlc, too many other games and not enough hours in the day for me though.

I can’t see this releasing any earlier than 2026 and we best get used to games that have been getting a 2025 date to be without a day and month attached until GTA VI has a proper release date or if they do you can bet they will change the date if GTA VI is releasing close to their date.

I bought this on release but quickly put it down due to getting frustrated after not being able to progress further near the beginning. I may just download this again and give it another chance, just wished it got optimised for Series X/S.

There’s also Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown coming out early September. I know it’s not like FH or Motorfest but it is open world and I can’t think of any other driving game coming out.

@DeanyBabyy That boiled my **** upon reading about Siege getting a monthly subscription seeing as one of my kids plays that game religiously. Guess who’s bank account is going to be charged every month for that PoS sub 😡

I watched it late last night and it was amazing from start to finish. It’s a definite A from me. It was the showing of gameplay from many of the games that made the showcase even better and they all looked fantastic.

I thought we would of seen or at least heard that there is going to be an Xbox console to compete with the PS5 Pro. Sarah Bond did say at the end that they are hard at work on the next generation but that’s likely 3 or 4 years down the line before they say what it is, what specs it has, etc.

What year are we looking at GoW E-Day releasing? Doubt it’s 2025 otherwise they’d of shown in the trailer. I’m thinking end of 2026.

The 2TB Series X does look nice but at £549.99 that is steep and they are not doing themselves any favours when they are already seriously lagging behind on console sales.

I’m good for storage as I’ve just bought a 1TB SSD Seagate expansion card for my Series X.

As long as they keep building Xbox hardware and keep bringing games to Game Pass day one then I’m all for them bringing those games to other platforms. It definitely makes business sense as Microsoft is now one of the biggest gaming publishers on the planet.

@Ricky-Spanish Thanks man but I’m just going to get the DE upgrade for £12 as I’m definitely getting the Lake House expansion too when it eventually releases 👍🏻

Edit: The Night Springs DLC is actually only available with the Deluxe Edition of the game and also with the DE upgrade, it’s not available to purchase on its own. Like I said it seems to make more sense to buy the DE upgrade anyway.

It does look great but the passing is awful, it’s very arcade-like also the keepers are useless. The gameplay reminds me of PES which I didn’t like, I’ve always preferred FIFA (now EA Sports FC).

Is the DLC exclusive to the Deluxe Edition or can it be purchased standalone? It probably makes sense to just buy the DE upgrade for just £12 that’s in the sale right now as I just own the base game.

I just had a couple of matches on the UFL Open Beta this morning and imo it’s atrocious. I understand it’s not representative of the final product but I really don’t think EA have anything to worry about it competing with EA Sports FC.

Loved the original on OG Xbox so this is a day one buy for me.

D, it wasn’t awful but a few certain games saved the show from being an F. It’s in Xbox’s court now to blow us all away on Sunday.

Now we know that each trailer costed $250K for one minute, we need to add up each trailer’s duration, its cost and judge its quality on whether it was a total waste or not.

GAME used to be top dog compared to other video game stores in the UK, although I always used to prefer Grainger Games or GameStation myself.

Last time I actually bought something from GAME was GTA IV at a midnight launch. I’ve never been in since as they were a lot more expensive, even pre-owned games were only around £5 less than a brand new copy. Also charging for collection was a joke, I’ve never seen any other business do this. No wonder they were hated by many, so I say good riddance once they fully shutdown. I honestly don’t see any reason to keep them open these days since they are mostly selling tat that have nothing to do with gaming.

@LostInBlue0 I think the graphics are good, they are not GT7 or FM good but considering it’s open world I’d say it actually looks pretty good and looks to be running at 60fps with some minor dips.

I do think the reflections on the cars from the environment do look poor and are not reflecting in real time, it’s like it’s baked on.

I saw that we can open individual windows in the showrooms but can we do that while driving out on the road? Also can we put the roof down on convertibles? Looks like we can indicate as well. It’s only minor stuff the majority who will play won’t notice but it’s small details like that that makes it stand out from the rest imo. I probably won’t get this at full price on release but I’ll definitely get it in a sale at some point.

Surely this goes without saying? When ever has a first party Xbox game NOT released onto Game Pass day one?

Although didn’t Sony and Activision have a contract that stated that future CoD titles up to a certain point to never release into a subscription service, especially Microsoft’s?

I can’t say I’m excited for this given what I’ve seen of it so far. I loved the previous two games, going to the car dealerships and test driving some of the cars on display, putting the individual windows down, indicating etc just small details like that made the games stand out from the rest at the time.

But this one doesn’t seem to have the charm the other games had, it also looks very arcade-like as if it’s trying to be like Forza Horizon. I’ll reserve judgment until I’ve played it but I’m not convinced by it right now as it stands.

Forget about Half Life 3 it’s just never happening, we’d of heard about it being in development years ago. It’s been that long it probably wouldn’t live up to the hype. It’s had its moment in the late 90’s and early 00’s and most likely wouldn’t even cut it in today’s gaming world, games have moved on and evolved post-half life.

I think the graphics look great but it can be off putting when textures can look flat and bland and it can look fuzzy/blurry, even with the motion blur turned off but it could just be an artistic choice the devs went with or a focus/distance thing. The water effects are terrible though, I’d of expected realistic water effects like we see in Sea of Thieves. Overall though it does look great, especially the character models and landscapes, I’m currently at the start of chapter 2, that sunset on the horizon illuminating the surrounding landscape... 😮‍💨

This is the future people and it’s happening whether we like it or not.

Personally I think it’s quite cool and I can see it being more beneficial for most than not. Once AI is advanced enough people who are lonely for whatever reason, for example a senior with no family/friends, it could make them no longer feel lonely if the AI can hold a proper conversation like a real person and it’s voice sounding very human. I can see it also helping people with mental health.

I get why people would be concerned about AI but don’t be all gloom and doom thinking AI will one day turn into Skynet 😂 If done right it could end up being another amazing creation by humankind. Or our downfall if there was ever a Judgement Day lol

@nomither6 I doubt the majority will care whether or not the story mode will be as good as IV or V. They will care more about the actual open world with what they can see and do.

Once the online mode has been updated after awhile with many more things to do and buy you can bet that Rockstar will be focusing on that until GTA VII in the next 10+ years. It will be interesting to see where they set that in, surely they won’t be going back to Liberty City? I’d rather they just remastered GTA IV, which is my favourite GTA for story mode. Plus the Euphoria physics engine was revolutionary at the time, it’s even better and more realistic than GTA V’s imo.

I’ll believe it’ll release in Fall 2025 when it releases in Fall 2025. I’m expecting it to be delayed to 2026.

@nomither6 What do you mean ‘it won’t top GTA V’? Everybody can safety bet on their lives that GTA VI will outsell GTA V and bring in more players once the online mode is fully up and running. I don’t think there has ever been a GTA release that didn’t outsell the previous release (not counting the GTA Stories, I’m on about the main games GTA 3, Vice City, SA, IV and V).

@rustyduck Obviously I’d of preferred it came straight to Game Pass, it really does seem suited for it but I’m fine paying for it as it’s reasonably priced and it’s the only game I’m looking to buy this year so far, everything else I’m interested in is coming to GP day one.

@Rmg0731 You can’t expect certain games to release on Game Pass day one, even if it does only release on one console. Trail Out is one example of being an Xbox console exclusive and that wasn’t released on GP.

Apparently the Hypercharge devs wanted to bring the game to GP but MS/Xbox didn’t take them up on it, so really you can’t blame them for not releasing the game on GP.

What about people who don’t care for CoD? This isn’t fair on them having to be forced to pay more for Game Pass if it does indeed get a price hike. I’ll be downloading it myself to jump into a match now and again but I don’t think one franchise justifies increasing the price of a subscription service.

Oh look! Yet another “dynamic” background that isn’t actually, erm, dynamic.

I was going to buy System Shock but now I’m not sure if I should just wait until it’s in a sale. I’m going to have Hellblade II to play and I’m buying Hypercharge: Unboxed on 31st.

@Bobobiwan I agree, MS/Xbox just never bother marketing their games/consoles. It’ll be interesting to see if CoD will be advertised like PlayStation did when they had the marketing rights. With the money MS has they can definitely afford to put aside millions for the marketing department and start advertising their games and hardware on TV, bus stops, billboards etc but we know they won’t.

I think if CoD was bundled with Series X/S it would help shift many consoles despite being on Game Pass.

The devs know what they are doing with that trailer, showing both Tyson and Usyk knocking each other down, getting the boxing fans hyped up and hoping they pre-order. The timing is just very convenient 😂

It does look great and I will buy it at some point but I very rarely buy games day one at full price (System Shock will be an exception, where the hell is the option to pre-order on the Xbox Store anyway? It releases on Tuesday. Also GTA VI could be £100 and I’d still buy that day one) I think I’ll be waiting for a sale for this one when it goes down to £30 or something.

I still doubt that this will release next year, I can see it being delayed to 2026. If it does release in Fall 2025, I would be very surprised.

This does make business sense given the article from yesterday about PS5 outsold Series X/S almost 5:1

@Savage_Joe I’d still invest in a new Xbox console because I’ve built up my library of games since the 360, I must have about 800+ games. My worry though is that less people will be online on games that don’t have cross-platform and that developers deciding not to bother making an Xbox version due to poor sales because of a small player base, thus lower/poor sales to not making it worth it for them.

It’s such a shame the devs are having to face these entitled muppets who expect the games they are interested in to be included in Game Pass day one. I always sub to GPU every month but I do not expect every game to be included into the service. Are these same trolls going to message Nightdive Studios complaining that System Shock is not being added to Game Pass day one? I think not.

I’ll be buying this day one and will happily pay to support these devs as the game looks phenomenal considering the budget they had and the fact there’s only six of them! It’s great that they are creating the game for both solo and online players, not just one or the other and that progression will carry over regardless of whether you’re online or not. I really hope the game turns out to be a massive success for them.

Also I think some of the commenters on here are getting too hung up on the word ‘try’. He mentioned it once and you’ve just latched onto it. At its current price, the look of the game, the features it has, etc I think £24.99 is a very fair price. There’s a lot of games out there at a similar price or even more expensive that don’t justify their prices, Trail Out being one example which I’ve received a refund for yesterday, I’d pay £10 for it but imo it’s not worth £24.99.

I’m curious about those commenting saying they are not going to renew their GP subscription, what do you do then when you want to play online? That’s one of the main reasons I’ve been subscribing to GPU every month for years, obviously also for the games that get added, I only pay £9 a month from CDkeys. I couldn’t imagine not having it.

@MrMagic It’s still free if I’m already paying for the service anyway for the perks and to access online features. When for example HellBlade 2 is added to the service day one, I’ll download and play that for free because I’m not spending a penny towards it since I’m always going to keep subscribing to GPU regardless, I’m not paying for GPU to play HellBlade 2 it’s just a bonus that it’s being added day one to a service I’m always going to be subscribed to, capiche?

@Weapon_Wheel Although not connected with other Remedy games, don’t forget Lords & Ladies and Dick Justice tv shows! I used to literally stand in front of the tvs in-game and watch each episode as I progressed through the games.

I can’t wait for this and a definite day one purchase but I’m not expecting it to release until 2026 or late 2025 if we’re lucky.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Games on Game Pass are free to me seeing as I subscribe mainly just to play certain games online. It just makes sense to me to get Ultimate for the perks and games. Btw I only pay £9 a month for GPU from CDkeys that’s under £110 a year, I couldn’t even get two £70 games at that price.

I’ve played Max Payne on PC upon its release and the same with Max Payne 2 but on OG Xbox. I now own both OG Xbox versions via BC but I’m still going to get this day one. I can’t really get excited for it as I doubt that it will even release next year, I can see this releasing in 2026.

How come there is no mention of the Atlas Air in the article? I’m still happy with my Xbox wireless headset but if they ever pack in anytime soon I’d look at this 3rd gen Stealth 600.

I bought the original Royal Edition the other day and for what you get it is a steal for just £3.49. The graphics look impressive despite being a 6+ year old Xbox One game, although it is quite janky. The sequel looks a big improvement and I’ll likely get it once it’s very cheap in a sale.

@Kloppo I don’t believe you can play the original in 3rd person but there’s probably a mod on PC to do so if you play it on there.

@Nightcrawler71 Well you start in the game on a suburban street before the bombs drop but after that you play as your character in the bunker. Still it probably is a good idea to get that introduction out the way and sort the character creation and stats out then start a proper play through beyond the vault door when the next-gen update arrives.

The base building isn’t an essential part of the game, you can carry on playing the game without it but I definitely had fun building my base and making it an impregnable fortress. I’d definitely pick the GOTY up for under a tenna, an absolute bargain at that price.

@Tasuki Normally I would agree but after watching just a couple of episodes of Fallout, I think if the same people were involved they would do a very good job of making an Elder Scrolls series. With Fallout they’ve kept it very faithful to the games and despite only being two episodes in, I think its a fantastic series so far.

I do understand that if there ever was an Elder Scrolls series it would be a massive undertaking and a hell of a lot more ambitious with it needing a lot of CGI scenes, many different characters of different races, different locations with forests, snowy mountains etc and the unique architectures. Basically another Game of Thrones with a similar budget.

Surprised Back 4 Blood Ultimate Edition hasn’t made the list with its huge discount from £100 to £10. I’ve just bought it since it’s leaving Game Pass on Monday and I’ve not played any of the DLCs so it was a no brainer getting it for £10.

@Kloppo It’s no more pathetic than BG3’s 10% off deal.

I’m just going to get Dying Light 2: Reloaded Edition, it’s not been under £29.99 in the countless times it’s been on sale so may as well get it at that price.

I cannot wait for these two legendary games. I have both of the OG Xbox versions but I’m still getting these day one. Hoping they get released end of this year or at least beginning of next.

It depends on what specs the PS5 Pro has over the Series X and how long it will be between the release of the next new Xbox console. Not going to lie, if PS5 Pro specs are massively different to Series X and there is significant changes in GTA VI then I’d be complementing buying a PS5 Pro for it.

There should really be a spoiler warning in this article, I’m only on episode two and just read about Vannak 😑

I enjoyed the first episode of this second season and heard it’s only gets better. I’m thinking of doing another playthrough of MCC now I’ve got renewed interest in the Halo universe.

So this doesn’t support any other iPhone other than 15? If so it’s no good for me. I’ve been seeing this other controller that’s like this called Backbone but don’t think it has Hall effects stick though.