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The Touryst is a great game. One of the first games I played on Game Pass last year when I picked up my Series X, and got the 1000GS also.

Unbelievable Proof Xbox CRUSHES Halo Infinite Dreams

In the rewards app there is a State of Decay rewards quest. It requires to activate the punchcard then earn 1 of 3 specific achievements. All I did was reset the map which popped The Forest for the Trees achievement, which wasn't one of the three, and claimed the 500 points on offer. Not sure why it worked but it did.

Looking forward to whatever it is.

@Doctorwhoooourgh I'm just tired of the console war bs and everybody simping for their Global Mega Corp. This consoomer cult is sickening.

This has been one of my biggest problems with the Series X.

Planet Alpha is a pretty good puzzle platformer in the mold of Limbo, I enjoyed my time with it on Switch.

@Doctorwhoooourgh yes, there is one massive undeniable difference... one is a trillion dollar company and the other isn't.

I was going to play this when I heard it was leaving but was already juggling too much.

I don't think I would care at all if E3 went away. I can get the same information from Directs, Showcases, and State of Plays throughout the year without the insane amount of hype and leaks.

@FraserG I love how Xbox have been embracing the memes, hopefully they can embrace Craig. 😃

I want one of those fridges so I hope they bring enough to Australia.

Didn't it start off as a meme first?

I backed this on Kickstarter for a PS5 copy. Good to see their getting more money from Game Pass so they can make more DLC. Day 1 on Game Pass is good for the game and JRPG fans. Also this does look good.

@gingataisen Sony doesn't own Windows. Nor is Sony worth $1 trillion with almost unlimited resources to sink into a toy. Xbox is insignificant to Microsoft moneywise, Playstation is Sony's breadwinner. Imagine Nintendo with access to Amazon's money and infrastructure. That's the kind of backing Xbox has.

As for Play Anywhere, that is a nice marketing term, but can I really?
It's not like I can download the games I bought off the GoG store to my Xbox and play them, right? I mean they are still PC games, right? No, you have to be locked into their ecosystem. And that is the big battle taking place right now, which ecosystem can dominate everywhere, on everything. Full Spectrum Dominance. Google tried, and failed. They had access to every android device, TV, pc, Google cloud, chrome browser in the world that could have potentially run Stadia. But they dropped the ball.

That's what Xbox wants. That's what Amazon wants. That's where the battle is. And Sony and Nintendo cannot really compete unless they piggyback off of another companies infrastructure. Hell, Amazon and Microsoft are competing with one anther to supply the US Military its warfighting cloud capabilities.

@gingataisen how is Sony forcing you to buy their games twice? Did CDPR force you to buy The Witcher 3 4 times for PC, PS4, Xbox, and Switch? No. Do companies who release remakes force you to buy the same game twice? No. So how is Sony doing it?

What I was getting at is that whatever Phil says seems to be mindlessly praised, but maybe it didn't come across that way. Forgive me, I didn't get much sleep last night. 🙂

I was already gonna get this day one but this looks even better than I expected. Hopefully the gameplay doesn't disappoint.

Phil praises Sony > yeah great one Phil, no console wars bs on our side!

Phil throws shade at Sony > yeah great one Phil, **** Sony!

@NEStalgia I'm amazed a baseball game is bigger than Fifa and Madden games.

I'd give it an A just because I wasn't expecting much and it over delivered. A lot we had seen before but some we hadn't, plus Elden Ring at the end.

I guess Xbox gamers are hungry for Sony's games after all. Now imagine if Spiderman or The Last of Us came over... Halo who?

He "thinks" he heard something? You either heard something or you didn't. Is his source chinese whispering to him?

@Oval_Griffin if your eyes can't tell the difference does it really matter?

6/15

In my defence I've never really paid that much attention to Xbox and only watched a few of their E3 shows.

@blinx01 thanks

I have the base game on PS4 that I've never got around to. Did this get a 60 fps boost for Series X? If so I'd be really tempted to pick this one up.

@BlueOcean the other games were a mobile game, an update/revision to Dragon Quest 10 Online, and a spin off game called Dragon Quest Treasures.

No mention as to what consoles these would be released on yet.

Hey Phil, I hear you are interested in bringing more Japanese games to your ecosystem, so there is this other online jrpg that you could help bring to the West...

Hopefully one of them is that horror game from Kojima that was rumoured a while back. That would excite me.

I'd love to see something from Kojima and that horror game Microsoft rumoured to have saved from Stadia's demise.

I'm not that excited yet. I most likely will be on the day though.

A game in hand is worth two at E3.

I'd enter but don't do twitter or facebook. It would be nice to win those controllers though.

Loving these rewards points. Scored 3 free months of Game Pass a few weeks ago and already half way to another 3 months free.

@LocalPenguin I'm really intrigued now, I just hope the airports aren't run by any ordinary stock photo dogs, but by doges.

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs (May 25): "An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is an open-world comedy game set in a universe of simulated airports run by stock photo dogs."

Um, what?

I already have Maneater on PS5 so I'm most looking forward to SnowRunner and MechWarrior 5.

I will definitely give this one a try, looks great.

Ah cool, have it downloaded but haven't dived in yet. I'm on a bit of a horror kick lately so this comes at the right time.

Anyone looking for easy GS for the rewards challenge, Surviving Mars is super easy using mods.

I was thinking about this game the other day, wondering if I should buy it, maybe it is a game I would really like and get into, hoping it would come to Game Pass so I could at least see if it was for me... And lo and behold!

Yep, bought Alan Wake so I didn't have to crunch before it disappears. Brilliant game, the narrative has me hooked.

Continuing my playthrough of Alan Wake, brilliant game imo, and ended up buying a digital copy so I don't have to rush before it leaves Game Pass.

Also dipped back into The Outer Worlds. I'm a novice when it comes to these first-person WRPGs, so I'd thought I'd wet my toes with this one before tackling the larger ones.

On PS5, most likely some matches of Destruction All-Stars and Rocket League.

Another easy 1000GS on Game Pass is The Sims 4. With this guide it takes a few hours instead of 80 > https://youtu.be/C37AUUFzL3s

I have it and everything is good, tracking all my achievement GS just fine.

The Plants vs Zombies quest is easy, just jump into multiplayer, pick a side and kill 3 opponents, you don't have to finish the game just quit after the 3 kills. Which is good because the game I was in was very empty.

I didn't have any problems with State of Decay quest, but I did wait a few days to do it after I heard about issues.

The only one I have left is The Evil Within. I'm gonna wait late in the month when I've got more time to play the whole game.

Awesome! I just used my rewards to get 3 months of GP. This will go a long way to playing for free for another 3.

Not surprising considering if the friends and family all have Game Pass they automatically have the same games. A bit harder to play online together if you don't.

Personally I'm more of a local co-op player.

We don't deserve insiders like Grubb.

I downloaded it on a whim on the day of release and was surprised by its Nintendo-like quality.

The new Metroid Prime using the id Tech engine.

In return Nintendo EPD is making a new Banjo game for Xbox.

Maybe.

This article really needs to be read with that quintessential '80s horror/slasher trailer voice over bloke in mind... if you dare.

Also this game does look really good.