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With games requiring online services more and more forward compatibility should be a consideration to developers.

Halo Infinite for me. Completed The Yappening 2 event pass and I just got Diamond Captain I.

Gruntpocolypse is great fun.

I prefer multiplayer games over story so my games have no length associated to them.

@GrandValkyrie I got the last issue of Nintendo Power when it came out as over in the US at the time but it wasn’t something I read growing up in the UK.

@GrandValkyrie I used to read Nintendo Magazine System, N64 and NGC magazines myself. Didn’t really bother with magazines sheet I switched to Xbox.

Halo Infinite is pure joy right now. Gruntpocolypse firefight got added today. So much fun to play against hordes of grunts. A pure dopamine hit.

Geometry Wars would be great. Really not fussed by CoD at all.

You think Xbox might introduce support in their support system too at some point?

@nomither6 there’s plenty of fun in Infinite. I find myself having “Halo moments”.

Here’s one of favourites this year. https://www.xbox.com/play/media/F7w5rMSQDp

Yes, absolutely. The multiplayer still has me hooked weekly. I still play several times a week.

Halo Infinite supports so many styles of play now like previously Halos.

I’ll probably be playing in some capacity until the lights turn off or the replacement is here.

Wife & I finished the content of Lightyear Frontier this week. Good fun with a solid foundation but definitely early access.

I’ll likely play some Halo Infinite multiplayer as always. The exp per rank getting to me! 60k For the next one and that’s nothing compared to where it’s heading. I don’t know how long Infinite will be around but the grind to Hero is daunting.

Well at least we have hot wheels 2, eh?

@Vordus yea, seems like one of those if it seems to good to be true it probably is situations.

@InterceptorAlpha this. The novelty of gaming in the go has very little opportunity in my life.

I think I’ve used a switch on a plane once or twice but it’s just not as comfortable as gaming with a big telly.

Series X here. Storage I’ll had never really been a long term issue that need something external. I generally only have a couple of large titles and the rest are indies. I’ll delete a game when I’m done.

Mostly Lightyear Frontier with my wife. We’re progressing nicely just got coal and iron so we’re making tier 2 upgrades now.

Other than that a little bit of Halo Infinite. I’m progressing through Diamond Gunnery Sergeant III right now. I should be Master Sergeant I next time I play.

It’s a shame Tchia wasn’t announced with this lot. Apparently the Switch is getting a release.

It'll be interesting to see how Behemoth plays with decent number of players. I'm surprised they didn't add Launch Site as well while they're at it.

Had a go at Lightyear Frontier last night a little slow to begin with but still good fun.

I played the game at launch with my wife. I didn’t complete the main story because it honestly bored me to tears and the gameplay just wasn’t fun.

We’d played Diablo 3 for 100s of hours across multiple consoles. Sure, Diablo 3 was repetitive and the story was nee meh but the gameplay loop was fun for a while and was something that I could come back every now and then.

I preordered this yesterday. I don't usually do that on day one game pass games but I wanted to support the dev.

I played the demo for a bit but stopped as I want to give this a try with my wife in mostly coop mode.

Only criticism is the AI voice was a tad grating over my session in the demo.

Probably Halo if anything. Next weekend I hope to be playing Lightyear Frontier.

Nice. More squad battle maps is long overdue.

@InterceptorAlpha DLC editions are a problem. At least they have compare versions but it is a nightmare like you say and compare versions doesn’t always help with that.

My biggest gripe is they rename the base game. Seasonal game icons are one thing but this is next level ridiculous.

Really not a fan of these “year editions” that rename the base game.

@rustyduck you’re certainly not the only one here but I generally prefer competitive shooters versus story shooters. To each their own!

@JayJ heard that so often these days. Especially with Xbox game titles. :/

I’ve been playing Halo just got to Diamond Staff Sergeant last night in career rank.

I’ve also been playing The Mobius Machine.

Apex has the cast of characters to do it. I’ve not been back to the game in a long time but they’re the thing I miss the most. That’s so rare to say about a live service game.

Not sure I have much stock in anything Rare announces in this preview event. Generally their plans seem to go by the wayside. I’ll always root for them but I’m going to be much, much less optimistic going into this event.

No Dave the Diver. Time to give up on that one and just be pleasantly surprised when it does eventually arrive.

This is by Landfall! Who made TABS and Clustertruck among other things

I got a minute and a half in and couldn’t still stomach any more. That’s just a bad Fortnite clone.

The funny thing is though with the expansive cast of characters in TimeSplitters 2 it felt like Fortnite before Fortnite happened.

In other news, iOS 17.4 launched this week which I believe allows for cloud gaming streaming apps to be on the App Store.

@CallMeDuraSouka totally bizarre. Is the number you have to collect random? I felt like I was collecting them. One of those worst mechanics I’ve seen in a triple A title in a long time.

@BacklogBrad I’ve not seen anyone who excessively collects controllers. However, now I’m imagining some YouTuber/Streamer out there who has a whole wall of these custom controllers behind them.

@CallMeDuraSouka @FarmDog08 what are the floating temple puzzles? The ones where you float around “collecting stars” until the game decides you’ve had enough and unlocks that temple?

Not sure if I missed the point of those but they were rubbish.

I hope husky raid is more than just a map refresh. The mode needs tweaks to how it plays. Base camping with a hammer or sword is way too prevalent.

Dave the Diver release date. When?

Probably a bit of Halo. My wife got into a Survivors-like called Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde.

I can still play Halo while wearing a cast and generally outperform others but my right thumb doesn’t have the range of motion I’m used to so it has limited to playing super casual modes like BTB and Husky Raid.

I’ve used it to play small indie games which don’t have multiplayer if I’m on the fence about installing them. I’ve not used it recently though.

Thinking of June already?! It felt like January & February went by in a blink of an eye.

Sound fun but I’d like coop before I commit.

@nomither6 Apex Legends was just a stepping stone for what we all need. A game starring Mirage!

“YOU got BAAAMboozled!”

I missed the shift away from magic in the first one.

@FraserG cheers!

@Fiendish-Beaver cheers!

I won’t be playing anything. I fractured my right wrist on Monday. Fortunately, it’s only hairline fracture and the bones are in place so it should be a pretty quick heal.

I can hold a controller and play. I don’t want to overdo it. So I’ve just played a little bit of halo this week to complete my challenges. The streak continues!

@blourf how come?

I hope it does come eventually. The trailers look great.