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Gamepass goes up by £2 a month, wild panic spreads and discussions of switching to PC. 😂

Should have change the core teir name as well:

Gamepass basic
Gamepass standard
Gamepass ultimate

I have gamepass ultimate until mid 2026. A lot of it has been through the reward points. Plus the 3 years for £1 and converting EA play to GPU deal. With COD getting added it's going to save me £70 a year. So £140 saving until I need to extend my sub. Even then I'll just be saving the reward points up if they're cutting down the amount of time you can have stacked. Aside from just COD there are loads of other games coming out this year and in the future that are great savings as you don't need to buy them. EA play being part of it is good value as well. No need to buy EA games as they eventually get added. Will be dropping my PS plus sub down to extra when it expires next year as the premium level is not worth it.

COD being free and the show brought me back to collecting points. Loads of games I want to play and it saves a lot of money. Though saying that I don't think I've ever paid full price for GPU since it started. £1 deal and then switching EA sub for GPU. Plus using points for it.

Hadn't bothered with the point it in a while. Then switched my points for 9 months of GPU. Nearly got enough for another 3 months now. Def worth to keep doing just to get free GPU especially with all the games coming out. Got GPU up to mid 2026. So will keep collecting the points now.

Really cool thing they're doing. I'm hoping they'll do the same for horizon 5 when the time comes. It was the first Forza where I paid for the early access and DLC and not the game.

We heard everyone is buying remakes this generation, so we're going to just keep remaking everything to sell the same game again and again.

Thankfully had bought the ultimate edition back when it first was released. Though after replacing my series X a while ago, I checked last night and it had only downloaded the base game. So downloaded every add on I could. Don't think I've much left to do in the main game or the DLC packs but will check tonight and start playing it again. Now when Horizon 5 gets delisted that'll be fun as I have the base game through gamepass but paid for the early access and DLC packs. Probably will have to buy the base game.

@Savage_Joe OK, so you think I'm literally having flashbacks?

Should change ur name to serious Joe, no jokes allowed.

@Savage_Joe I was making a joke in my original post. Don't have to get ur knickers in a twist about it.

@TakeItEasy @Savage_Joe

Are u guys actually serious?

"Built from the ground up"

Getting flashbacks reading that.

Forza wasn't great when it first released, so hopefully they've learnt from that.

@Mustoe It's not free everywhere, on PlayStation it's £30. So should all games coming to gamepass not be reviewed?

Def going to give this a go. I always turn off motion blur and chromatic aberration on every game I can.

Finished Bookwalker and surprisingly enjoyed it. Not something I would normally play. Played a bit of high on life, should have played it more though.

Would only be getting one if my current series X breaks. If it does then I'd probably replace it with the 2TB galaxy black series X. Will not be getting any mid gen refreshes, if they're is announced. There's no need, the PS5 and series X are fine.

Played this a while ago it is good, but yea it's not Horizon.

@EU_Gamer I too like to disconnect my Internet connected device to play games.

Guess what's going to happen when the next xbox comes out and requires a constant connection all the time because it'll be using the cloud.

@Dimey Gamepass is just renting games. Also dony buy the new top spin. Seen something about it becoming unplayable in Jan 2026.

@somnambulance Just buy gamepass. 👍

Saving £70 this year thanks to this being on gamepass.

Was a great show. Xbox with all the games and they all look great. 2nd year in a row showing up Sony. COD looks to have been properly improved.

@OldGamer999 Yes, FH 4 was really good. Preferred it over 5 and possibly even 3. I have loads of nostalgia for 2 though. I'm not a fan of remakes, but would def be on board for FH 1and 2 to be done. Unfortunately with MS splitting the generation it's really affected what games can do.

Can't wait for this show. Hoping and expecting to be blown away. Especially after the awful Sony and SGF.

Am I the only one that doesn't really care if the next horizon is in Japan. I'd love it to go back to Europe like horizon 2. Was playing it last night and it's still my favourite.

I just hate ultimate team and all that. Give me a good single player career mode and I'm happy.

Horizon 2 is still the best horizon for me. I was off work for a while and just played loads of it. Want olto go back to it now thinking about it. Need to get through a lot of the backlog first though. 😂 This year's show has the same feeling as back then.

Can't see PGR ever coming back while Forza is still going. I thought the shadow drop was to be a new game? Hoping the new COD has the same feel as Cold War.

@HonestHick Will be interesting to see how many games start going over. Will make MS more money but they do need to keep games as exclusive.

@HonestHick Hopefully it's the shadow drop that's being rumoured! I'm guessing it could also be a candidate for going over to the PS5. Gears 6 news would be welcomed.

@HonestHick Ah so it's a proper remake of them. That's cool, I would def play them again. Thanks

@HonestHick Are all 5 not already available on gamepass? What is going to be in the collection that's different? I've not been keeping up with Gear of War news, but have noticed a few posts calling for a collection.

I might miss it! 😭 Will just have to check this site later on. Looking forward to seeing COD and the new Gears of War. Hoping there's news on the next Forza Horizon game.

Such a great trailer, the 360 era was great. Hardware was pants though, soo many red rings I was seeing them in my sleep. 😂

@BAMozzy With the base game being free it likely more people will pay out the £30 option like for Forza and starfield. Still a £70 saving on the £100 vault edition if u already have GP and plan to keep using it.

And with day 1 GP I will be switching back to Xbox for my COD sessions. The series X will get some love this year.

@BRT15 Cold War has been the best in years. Hoping this year's will be as good.

I don't believe they weren't working on a strategy even before the deal went through. Like all of a sudden they've just realised how much COD makes and don't want to take the hit putting it on gamepass. They bought all these studios for exclusives and after getting them have decided they want to go multiplatform. Even worse they've started closing them down.

If not free on gamepass then they should offer it discounted.

The guy is basically saying: After paying for the game and the DLC and maybe a few costume packs, there is no other way for us to get money from the customer like season/battle passes. This is a new way to open up a revenue stream.

I stopped playing at the end of season 1. Went back to Cold War and then even stopped playing that. Last weekend I decided to give WW2 a go. So going to try and 100% it. Got 10 more daily contracts to complete in multiplayer to finish it and then on to the single player. Leaving zombie to the end.

Looks more like a fridge now.

So now would be a good time to try this game then....

Haven't played any Diablo games before, so will give this one a go.

Played the game a couple of times when it first launched. Played it for the first time since last night and it's a massive improvement over the original release. Also hated the compulsory practice, so glad to see u can skip it now.

@Deljo Why have I taken it as a personal insult? I'm just pointing out that the game is the same as a full release. So that's why they're charging full price. There may have been discussions about just doing a story DLC for this year but then they obviously decided not to do that and went for a full release.

@Deljo I've never bought a call of duty game for it's achievement/trophy list.

Played a few hours of the campaign and it's been good fun.

@Deljo It has a complete campaign, about 20 maps at launch, and Zombies! What did MW2 have that made it a proper release? This "It's DLC" should really stop. Some leaker said that there wasn't going to be a full release this year. Now randomly people have taken it as gospel.

I had a PS4 and after wrist surgery I bought an Xbox one because of the controller thumb placements and for forza / forza horizon. Forza horizon 2 is still one of my favourite games. PS5 is my main console but keep the series X for halo and forza horizon. Looking forward to starfield and the new Forza Motorsport to get me back into the Xbox way.

@BAMozzy @PsBoxSwitchOwner It's was on PS+ Extra. It being removed was the reason I finished it and got the plat for both PS4 and PS5 versions.

I will be skipping this year's entry completely. Hoping Treyarchs entry next year will be a lot more interesting.

@Cherip-the-Ripper In Cold War you could unlock skins by doing challenges in warzone.

@Markatron84 They're only carrying over because this year's entry was meant to be a premium add-on to MW2. Had heard it was going to be single player story only at one point.