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Craig is a fitting name for an Xbox channel 😀

Wait. So Microsoft isn't counting raising the price of the Series consoles twice already in the last two months in India?

I seem to recall the Pure Xbox review of this was absolutely raked over the coals for only giving it an 8, and not a 10, because they hate Xbox or something. Now it's like meh, not as good as 4. 😀

Inside is fantastic. My recommendation is to go in blind and finish it in one sitting.

Outside a few games it was a pretty dire showcase. Cut it down and it would have made a good Direct/State of Play, but the once a year Showcase? Nah, very disappointing.

Opted to get Evil Dead on PS5, stayed up for the midnight launch and everything went smoothly. Will be kicking Kandarian demon butt for the foreseeable future. The game is a blast and a lot of fun. Hail to the King, baby.

So what is Xbox releasing this year then? 😕

The rewards app has been working fine for me. But I also don't have that FH5 punch card either.

This looks good, will check it out for sure. I do love me Zelda inspired pixel art games.

@Krzzystuff I'm happy for my research to be fully peer reviewed... so I can send it to you after I'm finished 😉

I should check out the forums more often as I just finished up LiS: True Colours a couple days ago without knowing it was picked. @ralphdibny can you add me to that tag list please?

Also I will need @Krzzystuff bank details, I need to buy a certain Tifa figure. For research purposes.

@Cherip-the-Ripper probably time for a Kurosawa "Seven Samurai" rewatch, it has been years since my last viewing. And most likely one I've been meaning to get to for a long time, Takashi Miike's "13 Assassins"

Heard it's a shorter experience which is fine by me. Looks great and I can't wait to dive in, I'll probably watch a samurai film or two inbetween playing like I did with Ghost of Tsushima.

@Bleachedsmiles exactly. Any trailer over 5 minutes is too long, unless it's about to be released, otherwise save an in-depth look for later. A big Starfield "Direct/State of Play" a month or two before it releases would be the way to go, not bog down a show that should be snappy and fast paced. Also keep the talking to the bare minimum, keep the longer dev chats for after. As for what's coming to Game Pass, all you really need is a highlight reel, unless it's a first or second party game, or some big exclusive. We also don't need to see what's coming in '24 and beyond, that was cool to see when Xbox needed to show their hand at the start of the gen, but I'd rather the show just focus the coming year.

Just my opinion. But I am ready to be blown away, I want to be blown away, so hopefully they can pull it off.

90 minutes seems excessive imo, hopefully they keep chatting and interviews to the bare minimum. Keep that stuff for an aftershow.

@AFCC 999 and VLR

Looks like I'll be focusing on Nier Automata then. Amazing game. If I don't finish it in time I'll just buy it.

I'll get it on Xbox when it has a decent sale.

The Town of Light, their previous game, was merely an ok walking sim. It took place in an abandoned mental asylum, based on real life. Can't say I overly enjoyed it but the last scene was brutal.

None of them. Which is good because I have too much to play as it is.

Sydney

Have a character named Robbo wearing a pair of stubbies and thongs, wrestling blowup croc dolls, doing the whole that's not a knife shtick while castrating blokes and throwing their shrivelled shrimps on the bbq. Shazza can be his nagging missus drinking goonbags off the hills hoist.

I'd preorder that in a heartbeat.

Restarted Nier Automata yesterday on Series X via Game Pass and just wowed all over again. Don't know why I put this down.

Yazuza 0 on PS5, after seeing the credits I'm currently trying to complete all substories and mini games. This is going to be a long plat.

And Eastward on Switch. Love the pixel art and the story so far is intriguing. Hopefully this will come to other consoles soon.

I'm thinking 25 million is only the beginning.

As long as I can keep using reward points to pay for game pass and play for free, I'm good.

I just woke up and the world changed on me again while I was sleeping. Don't know what to think about this yet. I don't care for Activision or Blizzard so it doesn't affect my gaming habits one bit, but monopolies are never a good thing and we are seeing one being formed right now. Crazy times.

Saw this not long ago when I randomly decided to browse Game Pass. I love these surprises.

Glad Yule and Merry Christmas everyone.

I'd love to see clown wigs added. Honk honk.

As long as I get to have an AI that looks and sounds like Ana de Armas, then maybe pod life won't be so bad.

On the watch list it goes.

Microsoft Studios get a B from me.

But Game Pass gets an A+

Looking forward to trying out Death Trash finally.

@UltimateOtaku91 how did you come to that conclusion??? January 2000 is before the PS2 released.

@Bobobiwan same here. Waiting on the PS5 update.

YES! I was hoping this would be added.

I loved using the Willy's jeep car mastery exploit but I only ever got my skill points back once, so thought they had fixed that one already.

Awesome, will be using for the reward quests for sure. I had to do the Conan one by cloud yesterday on my laptop (only have a Surface Laptop Go, great daily driver but not a gaming beast) because there was no way I was d/l 149gb or something for a few minutes of effort.

I'll give this one another playthrough just before the sequel releases. It was one of the first games I tried out a year ago on the Series X and loved it. It will be nice to go back through with enhanced visuals and good headphones.

@blinx01 I bought one.

Having a lot of fun so far and I'm not really an mp guy.
Getting my butt handed to me 🤣

Bummer, but they've already outdid themselves with all the support for previous generations. Kudos to the Xbox team.

Still have Alan Wake to finish so 60fps is VERY welcome.

BOOM! There it is.

Not a big mp person but will absolutely diving into this later.

Wow, that is a lot. Gonna check out the store later for FEAR and a few others.

I'm surprised they didn't go all out on CEs, they would pretty much sell themselves.

CHRYSLER

an old nickname plus part of my gamertag

@MyThoughts31 I was about to say the same. They've recently shut the servers for the PS3 and there was a big rush for folks trying to Plat that.

@Olliemar28 also it is a physical release as well, yeah? Can't burn the folks who've already paid. The mp is free to play so doesn't have that problem.

Shadow dropping a Halo mp would be pretty bold, just boom here it is, enjoy. Huge if true.

@mousieone true. AnimeLab and Funimation have just fully merged not that long ago. Crunchyroll is most likely more involved.

Having a blast with it. Decided to just jump in for half hour yesterday evening and didn't stop playing until midnight.

Though what is with the pronouns? why can't I opt out of that nonsense? What happened to giving the player options?

I was hoping Sony would just merge Funimation and Crunchyroll but I'll take this freebie. Thanks, MS.

Solo progression is what I'm waiting for so that is quicker than what I was expecting.