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they are both fantastic series and will consume them both.

That being said, RDR is the only ones I keep replaying.

It's entirely possible this is down to there being very few cowboy games, but theres been plenty of GTA styled games.

Bethesda's RPGs are interesting beasts, they are never what I "wanted" but I always enjoy them.
So, for me atleast, they are doing something right.

"Splitscreen is proving difficult to implement
every slowly looks at the series S

Obviously this game is also coming to the X1 which also means supporting the base X1.

Outside of using it to complete reward objectives I use cloud when I'm "out and about" but obviously how effective that is depends on what signal I'm getting.

Which is kinda the bane of the whole cloud concept, no matter how great the tech is there is just so much outside the company and the customers control that makes it hard if not Impossible to play.

I tend to play turn based games over the cloud as it limits the problems like input lag.

It seems like the obvious evolution of the "rumble triggers" we already have

It's the sort of thing I'd prefer to be on any eventual Xbox VR controller

Sounds like there won't be a "proper showcase" at gamescon this year

The dustland missions was great, I'm down for more!

I love the implication that the Series S's design has been a challenge for some devs, worked until someone came along with a complex SPLITSCREEN game.

MS just didn't expect a dev to go SPLITSCREEN OR ELSE!

A nice start for august, hope it can follow it up.

Nice words but it sounds like when they released the FF games on gamepass. Big new partnership that petered out as soon as the GP titles was done.

So I'd like to actually know what games this means.

I liked the whole narration, was fantastic.
Shame the game itself was a "kinda hollow" BOTW clone BUT I was hoping for a sequel to evolve into something of its own.

@themcnoisy for me it's not so much about the difficulty. For reasons I'm not fully aware of some souls likes click with me, some don't.

No idea if this will be good but at least the characters and vehicles look like themselves unlike another kart racer.

@Rob3008 similar boat here, I find soulslikes a bit hit and miss (it's very much a me thing) and I really don't like the idea of paying modern game pricing on a game that there is a solid chance I won't get on with (even if it's great)

I'd take another tactics whilst they give gears 6 all the time it needs

On the one hand, one of the reasons to have gamepass was that I didn't have to spend to play this new games (just the sub)

But on the other had the premium upgrade includes the expansion that'll no doubt be buying anyway.

@Deformedpye I seriously doubt its a "difficulty" issue, its almost certainly going to be a license issue. Making an Xbox emulator would require them to renegotiate with the content providers (we saw what this did to the Wii to Wii U virtual console.) By having it streamed they don't have to deal with licencing every time they add a supported platform.

So like the FTC tried to do, it looks like the CMA are trying to use the deadline against MS, hoping the renegotiation between MS and Activision fails and they don't have to deal with it anymore.

Pretty much every game I was hoping to be in the sale was but only the super duper editions or worse the deluxe editions, and all of them cost more than the RRP of the base game.

The super duper editions I get, those do usually represent some sort of actual savings. Sure I get that I might not buy the DLC if they just discount the core game but I'm certainly not buying the DLC if never buy the core game

But the deluxe editions, those really bother me If didn't want to pay the full RRP for the game, I'm not going to more than the RRP of the core game for a few throwaway cosmetics.

This reads like they are trying to run out the clock. They want MS or Activision to decide it is isn't worth it "on their own". They don't have to actually win in court

Others are reporting the FTC is leaning towards appealing and now the CMA is suggesting the whole process could restart.

I was hoping this was about done.

I wonder what the "deal" will be, MS is hurling CoD at every platform, free licence for cloud services have all ready been offered.

@FraserG "collar gif"
Fair enough

The article could probably do with adding what this actually means regarding the deal.

The weekly rewards thing is to check out the ultimate sale

@Benjamin it's technically not coming the "actual game" it's coming via mods (think of it as a joint project between 343 and modders). The Xbox version doesn't have mod support.

I'll be there for it.

Considering the ending I'm not sure what a sequel would look like.

I'm enjoying Aracade Paradise, think I'm nearing the end. The slow build passive story has proven to be remarkably effective on me.

Some of the games are fun in their own right, was a lot of laundry lol

There's just no way MS would let's a ps5 pro exist unchallenged.
It would mean spending the rest of the entire generation in a PR black hole of every release being compared between the series X and Ps5 pro.

A comparison that's only going to get worse as more and more game either don't have performance modes or performance modes that constantly fail to meet their targets.

26 seems like a reasonable "early" estimate.

A lot of the Skyrim - Starfield gap was their engine rework and side projects (VR, mobile, console mods) that wont be a factor for ES6's development.

So, according to his email, he wanted every future Activision title on PlayStation reguardless of franchise, which sounds fine until you realise this would mean MS could never have Activision studio develop an Halo, have Toys4Bob make a Conker because it would have to be on PS too.

It's a shame he sent only prerecorded stuff because I really want to know how PS+ is different ir which publishers.

Maybe it's because of bluray. I mean Sony spent decades losing format war after format war and it finally wins with Bluray and Netflix almost single handedly destroys the home media market and sony's cut. There is gamepass openly calling itself Netflix of games.

I've always said with crossplay and gamepass they don't need to make CoD exclusive for it to drive console sales, the PS5 sales is just cherries on top.

I don't think it will be quite that long.
There has to be people whose work on Starfeild and its dlc is done. Take a random example, the environmental artists or writters Starfeild + DLC work would be over years ago, putting them over to Elder Scrolls makes more sense than sending them home.

Don't get me wrong between expanded dev time and the size of their games it's bound to be a while

Woo.

It's been a long time since I played the original so I'm happy I kept playing it via game pass.

flashbacks of the Mako from Mass Effect 1

Yeah... I'm cool with there being no vehicles.

@Banjo- @Zoidpilot4 They also wanted Nintendo be treated as a third party on the CD add-on too. Paying a licensing fee to release games on their own console and taking third-party profit cuts. I get why Nintendo went looking for another partner.

Wait is this the basic version of MGS3 or does it have the "subsistence" camera (the one that became the base for the games going forward?

I doubt this will effect subs much. We hear the same thing everytime other subs raise their prices "that's it their doomed, moat of us won't pay that" and then nothing... the price goes up subs remain basically the same.

It's like the Netflix password sharing thing, everyone was certain it would damage them and it didn't their "stunt" had a massive posertive effect on their numbers. (Not saying this will boost numbers, just that Internet noise is just that noise)

@Magabro There's still gamescon to come, it's probably coming in November. I'd be surprised if we hear anything about it until Starfield launches.

Jumped in for the update and everything looked "better" and I was confused.

I'm sure I'll get around to this at some point but it being an "RTS XCOM" is a little off-putting for me. I totally get that real-time makes infinitely more sense for an alien game than turn-based, I just find turn-based more fun (for me). I'm sure once I actually start playing I wont care and enjoy the hell out of it.

Said before, I get why with a pile of unsold Kinect 2s MS doesn't want to make VR headsets but it's not the only option. Allowing 3rd party headsets and VR games on the xbox store would minimalise the risk to MS and let them gauge interest.

I love how much they are supporting 2, reworking every element until it shines but it can't bode well for 3 releasing anytime soon.

I don't think I'd want an "Activision FPS" mainline Halo BUT I would take a spin-off. Something ODST or even a marine trying to survive the chaos that happens whenever Spartans appear.

I look forward to playing it. All the elements are there for me.
I loved the hell out of Wasteland 3 (totally get why some might not). Loved that world reacted to my choices BEFORE the end of the game.

There needs to be a "I want one but pricing makes it a difficult impulse buy" option

Considering the state many games are launching in, he could be right.

@FenIsMightier Same. Though it's not necessarily a bad thing (gestures vaguely at Tomb Raider reboot) but it's the sort of thing that needs to be upfront. You can't build years of hype of "Fable 4" and then deliver something different.

@JON22 agreed, though I don't think mods will be there at launch for consoles (I feel like that would have been mentioned) but I'm sure they'll pop up ASAP. If it is like Fallout 4/Skyrim console mods someone will make one where it stays at a consistently higher rate, even if its 45 fps (like Plague Tale was)