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@Fenbops oh yeah, I'm loving Like a Dragon because - like all Yakuza games - its tone can effortlessly shift from somber to baths*t and back again.

@Fenbops I probably won't play it on Xbox because I'm 65-70 hours deep into the Switch version (finished all Primrose chapters and first 3 chapters for the other 7 characters) but I always recommend this game to anyone looking for a good JRPG.

@TrueAssassin86x it's such a good game. And it's beautiful; if the Xbox version is in 4K, it's going to be a real looker.

@LtSarge I have to agree. I can't stand Fares; he always comes across as monumentally arrogant and seems to make outlandish or contrarian statements just for the publicity... but Brothers was awesome.

I felt the same way about Phil Fish. Couldn't stand the guy, but Fez was an undeniably brilliant game. Pity he had to throw his toys out of the pram the way he did.

Wait, there are non-EA games on EA Play for PC? I am out of touch when it comes to PC gaming.

Shut down Mixer, enter into a partnership with Facebook Gaming, stream event exclusively on Twitch.

Love it.

She was a big name for awhile, but since joining EA and then Google, she hasn't actually put out a game, has she? (through no fault of her own)

I fell off Wreckfest pretty quickly; I wasn't fussed on the handling and one mistake basically makes a race unwinnable.

Wait, Octopath Traveler coming to Xbox?! Guys, play that game, it's bloody amazing.

Unless they're going to update the demo to reflect these changes, I'm still out.

@Liam_Doolan weird. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it and it still wouldn't upgrade to Series X, which is strange because it already did the upgrade and I played it. I wonder if anyone else has had this issue, either with Overwatch or another game?

(Edit) The game is also still not showing as X|S enhanced on the store. Is this a regional thing, maybe?

(Edit) It's also not on this list https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/optimized#thetable

@Liam_Doolan I played the upgraded version on Thursday. Just went to play it and in my installed games it's moved from Optimised for Series X|S and back into Xbox One X Enhanced. I checked on the store and the X|S logo has disappeared from its store page. I can't find any mention of why (or anyone else noticing it).

As someone on the outside looking in: temper your expectations. It's all well and good getting excited because college football is coming back, but EA will undoubtedly find some way to knacker your enjoyment of the game.

"We understand how this creates concern about unfair balance in the game and competition."

Unfair balance and competition is baked into the game, you absolute weapon.

Persona 5 Royal, Persona 5 Strikers, Jet Set Radio Future and, while you're at it, get Whitehead and co. on a Sonic Mania 2.

Please, SEGA...

@DrEagleG yeah, because any potential update hasn't been made available to the public. The above screenshot would come from someone internally at Microsoft; someone who would likely have access to any as-yet-unreleased games and/or upgrades.

I wholeheartedly IMPLORE everyone to download and play this.

Microsoft has to be doing things like this on purpose, right? Either that or they're incredibly lenient when it comes to goofs.

@swagbag713 Yeah, they should absolutely just whack any and all Bethesda games on Game Pass ASAP; a declaration of "look, you like Bethesda games. One very reasonable monthly fee and you can go nuts".

I don't get on with these 2D brawlers, but people love those old TMNT games and Streets of Rage 4 seemed to go over well, so this seems like a perfect match.

Seems like Disintegration was everywhere pre-releaae, then it came out and sort of disappeared. Just goes to show that even having a big(ish) name attached to a project doesn't automatically guarantee success or even a good final product; Disintegration will join the likes of Mighty No.9, Radical Heights, Balan Wonderworld and so many countless others in that regard.

Not long now and Balan Wonderworld will be out and we can stop seeing it in upcoming games lists and also stop pretending it might be good.

@everynowandben maybe not. My mates and I had a great time running around with our nobs out in Conan Exiles on PS4 😂

A Dead Space expansion for The Sims 4.

I started playing Wreckfest over the weekend. Went into the first event... ok, lawnmowers, that's a bit whacky. Did some events in cars, so far, so good. Did an event in a combine harvester, nice. Then we were all racing sofas around a figure eight.

WHAT THE F**K IS THIS GAME?!?

Oh good. I'll soon be able to not use my Stadia account and controller on another device. Cool!

@Dijita and then Nintendo did what Nintendo does and ballsed it up with the Switch. I love Nintendo to bits but they're so f**king stupid sometimes.

@DrEagleG what's EA but a second hand emotion?

Damn, I said only yesterday that I would be inclined to get this game sooner rather than later if it got a boost on Series X. Guess now I have no choice 😂

Persona 5 Royal is the obvious one and would be a huge get for Xbox.

@OriginalMrGrim Tokyo Mirage Sessions is highly unlikely as it's a Fire Emblem crossover.

@CaptainRPG this!

I want to give PGA 2K21 a go 'cos I do like a good golf game, but I'm waiting for the right price or for it to go on Game Pass. Although, saying that, if it gets a Series X upgrade I'd be more inclined to take the plunge sooner.

@GamingFan4Lyf that was a good feature on PS4 but became increasingly redundant as more and more developers just started putting "visit the website for patch notes" messages up.

Balan Wonderworld is less a big hitter and more of a big sh*tter.

@Dezzy70 but is Dezzy Dezzy70?

I'm not fussed on these articles. My first thought upon seeing the picture and seeing the name of the game is always "oooh, did (insert game name) get a release date?"

Then I see it's one of these Everything We Know So Far articles, which invariably lack the one piece of information that I actually want to know.

@gollumb82 that is utterly absurd; even more so when you look at how some developers are actually making games smaller this gen. Hitman 2 on Xbox One with all Hitman 1 legacy content installed is around 110GB, while Hitman 3 on Series X with all Hitman 1 and 2 legacy content installed is 60-70GB. But yeah, Activision, you push out a game that uses up well over half the space of some SSD's 🤨

@JayJ that was my first thought, too. 😂

A tenner says Epic owns Roblox by this time next year.

@Krzzystuff they're goofing and/or getting on my wick a lot lately. Avengers bombed, that Crystal Chronicles remaster lacked local multiplayer, their account system is trash (regardless of what people might say; I finally got it working last night by going through Facebook, of all things), there's still no word of Final Fantasy VII Remake or XIV heading to Xbox...

If I hadn't enjoyed Dragon Quest XI and Octopath Traveler so much, I'd be writing Square Enix off and not bothering with them anymore.

Everything in this game lacks any weight or tactile feedback; the guns feel like peashooters, the enemies barely react to gunfire, killing people with my "devastator" powers looks like someone turned the gravity down then pulled a carpet out from underneath the enemies...

It also alternates between looking pretty good and looking like utter trash, while the voice acting is god-awful.

What could go wrong?

Even if Elden Ring essentially turns out to be nothing more than Dark Souls IV at 60fps, I'll be a happy bunny.

I actually started paying attention to the rewards a month or so ago and managed to get a game for pretty much free. It's definitely worth doing.

@Tharsman yeah, which is why I explicitly stated that the Switch's browser isn't readily accessible to the user. 😜

@antstephenson I wouldn't say I'm great at them. I usually have to fiddle with assists to get the driving to my liking. But Jesus, a three year old could probably win some Dirt 5 races at its hardest settings.

@Krzzystuff the Switch technically has one but it's not readily accessible to the user. It crops up if you're signing into Twitter/Facebook or under certain other circumstances, but you can't just fire it up and browse the Internet, per se.

Of course, that could change...

@antstephenson yeah, Dirt 5 is ridiculously easy. I started it the day it came to Game Pass and, as of yesterday evening, I've unlocked all but two of the achievements. I started out with medium AI and some assists turned on but after a handful of races I had the AI on very hard and all assists off.

The only races that really gave me issues were some of the sprint events; the ones with the stupid looking cars.

After looking into it, the reason a Square Enix account is required is it's what enables you to carry your progress over from the demo to the full game. If that's the case, just let me play without the account and I'll start again if I play the full game. Apparently, you also need one to access the multiplayer and extra content in Avengers.

This whole account thing is getting ridiculous. Publishers seem intent on making us jump through extra hoops with superfluous accounts when all I want to do is play your f**king game. And we all know the real reason is so that they can push marketing onto us.

I'm not on TikTok because I'm not 9 years old.

Forza Horizon 4, hands down. Paid expansions aside, the amount of free updates that game has had... it's the game that keeps on giving. 👍