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If it was anything substantial, then it would have been announced at the E3 event.
Considering Project 2021A was Doom 3 VR, I highly expect this to be another VR game.

@UltimateOtaku91
That's the thing. People are not hyped so much for ONE game but ALL of them coming to the service starting July onwards.
That's what it means to be subscribed. You get all the first party exclusives day one!
If you're hyped for just one game, then you wouldn't be subscribed. You'd just buy it.

I'm literally finishing off Yakuza: LAD now. 2 chapters to go. 40+ hours in. I'd suggest that if you haven't already played it. Superb JRPG with crazy Japanese humour.

Then Doom Eternal next gen upgrade is tomorrow.
A Plague Tale: Innocence next gen upgrade July 6th.
Flight Sim is July 27th.
The Ascent is July 29th.

That's just the next 4 weeks and we haven't even had the full list for the month!

Was having a good laugh seeing the influencers getting involved last night. Even Alanah Pearce, who is now a Sony employee, got in on the act. So that was amusing to see!

Let's be real.
As someone who owns a Series X and PS5, it's a typical case of jealousy.
If PS5 had the same service, I'd be subscribing day one, loving life and so would these fanboys.
Instead, I have to carefully select which exclusive I'm going to pay £70 for. Spoiler warning, I've only bought 2 so far since owning a PS5 at launch, slightly more expensive than 12 months of Game Pass Ultimate at full price.

The ball is now in Sony's court for if they'll have a proper answer to Game Pass, because it's currently THE most expensive console eco-system to invest in.

@armondo36
"Masterpiece! 10/10. GOTY." - Geoff Keighley

@uptownsoul
The closest I can find is from 'Kitguru' reaching out to AMD for clarification on PS5 support;

"We reached out to AMD to clarify when this will be coming to PS5, but AMD isn’t commenting on that yet". - Kitguru

So read into that what you will.

I voted for September simply because that is the only month that lacks any killer games for Game Pass day one. They could do a HUGE drop then if they wanted to save them.

Or on the flip side, they could already have a few ready to go and wait until Sony have their rumoured event in July/August and drop them shortly after that.

I'm on the fence with this one.
The typical Arkane single player games have always be 9/10 experiences.
The fact this is 4 player co-op scares me that that 'magic' might be lost, but at the same time, I'm also excited to see them working out of their comfort zone.
Just a shame they couldn't show any gameplay or at least in-engine footage like Starfield.

@uptownsoul
The difference is if the feature is part of the GDK, it's easy for dev's to use straight away with minimal effort.
If it isn't part of the GDK, then the dev has to do more work to implement the feature.

The point is that EXORStudios probably haven't committed to using the feature on PS5 because they don't know how much time or effort it will take to implement.

@carlos82
DLSS can't be used on console. Only on the supported Nvidia hardware, which Series X/S and PS5 don't use.
So DLSS will be limited to PC (and the Switch Pro if rumours are correct).

Looking forward to The Ascent and Flight Sim.

Based of the previous Game Pass twitter post, wouldn't surprise me if Judgement joined at some point this month.

@uptownsoul
PlayStation can have all these features they just don't include them on the PS5 GDK. Same with VRR.
What this means is if devs want to use them they need to implement it themselves.
On the flip side, if it's included in the GDK, it's all in one nice package making it easier for the devs to implement.

So that's why the EXORStudios tweet basically said there's nothing stopping them for using it, but they can't confirm if they will right now.

I think if you own an Xbox, this year it will all be about Halo Infinite, simply because you don't even need Game Pass or Gold, the multiplayer is free to play!
On the other hand, Battlefield and COD will be £70 each on next gen!
Could be a big shift on Xbox this holiday for the most played multiplayer FPS.

Lost a bit of faith with Kojima after Death Stranding, but there's no doubt he's a visionary game developer.
Would be interesting to see what he could come up with using the cloud.

The game looks like your typical anime cash-in brawler, but still nice to see more of these games getting Xbox releases day and date.
Last gen, the lesser known anime games wouldn't get a look in. Still bummed we missed out on the Fairy Tail anime game.

@uptownsoul
"Nothing stops us from enabling FSR on PS5. Whether we do it or not is a separate question that we are unable to answer as of right now." - EXORStudios

Based on that quote, it sounds more to me like Xbox have directly added this to their GDK and PS5 haven't at this time?
Don't see why else they would confirm Series X/S usage but not commit to using it for PS5 but say it's possible?

Seems to be a solid 8/10 game, but the typical case of too many games and not enough free time, so this will have to be a pass for now at least!

@Steel76
That game is coming to PC day and date with PS5 though, so considering it was an AMD sponsored video, they could have simply been speaking about the PC version using FidelityFX Super Resolution.

PS5 technically should be able to use these features, but nothing has ever been said directly from Sony or AMD about it all, which I find very weird.

@Halucigens
You have to activate the punch cards before you make the purchase, otherwise they don't count.

Still find it very strange that Sony haven't announced any of these AMD features that should work on PS5 unless they haven't implemented them into their GDK for some reason.

Either way, big moves for Xbox.
I've seen it running on PC and at the Ultra setting, it could help big time for games featuring ray tracing.

A very rough game, but I still enjoyed it non the less.
Reminded me a lot of the older and arguably better Bioware RPGs.
Not sure I'd be interested in replaying it again though.

@NEStalgia
Yep. For me, it's all about the marketing and also the financial implications of being a platform holder.
By that, I mean they will get 30% of any digital sales or MTX of the new COD being a platform holder, so why drop a F2P Halo multiplayer the same week, and potentially lower sales for COD on Xbox?
Like Phil Spencer said, they have a 3-4 week window, they just need to know the COD release date and plan around that.

The only months that are light for Game Pass and Xbox are September and December.
So I think realistically, they might go with early December to avoid Call of Duty, which will probably be mid to late November.

I think the Xbox One version didn't catch on that much as it was released before Game Pass and during that weird time where fighting games started doing the F2P portion of a game with the hope people liked it and paid full price.
I think if they did a properly supported Killer Instinct game now with Game Pass so popular, it would stand a much better chance.

Crazy how it's a free update considering this is a licensed IP they've used here.
Brilliant work from Rare and great for Sea of Thieves to see it evolve to what it is today.

I'd actually buy the Serververse controller, but then I saw the Warner Bros logo right in the middle, so no thanks.

@Steel76
For phones or tablets, your Wi-Fi will play a big part.
You need to be on a 5HGz connection and the rest will be down to the quality of your hub and strength of the signal without interference.
For example, I have a BT Smart Hub 2, and it's fine if close to the hub, but if I go to the other end of the house, the 5GHz signal isn't strong enough so lag starts to occur.
Over 2.4GHz, it's unplayable for me.

Had this on PS5 with PS+.
It's a fun game for free, but I much preferred the turn based Worms games. Felt like a cash-in on the battle royale genre and got boring very quickly.

Yakuza and Rainbow Six working for me on Series X server blades on the web browser based in the UK here.
Tried a few others like Forza Horizon 4 and Halo MCC but no upgrades there yet.

Makes a huge difference in terms of latency and just not waiting ages for load times is a joy.
Now I can take my laptop up to bed at night and carry on playing Yakuza Like a Dragon at 60FPS!

Didn't this come out like a month ago? Great news if true.
Currently 30 hours in on Yakuza: LAD and loving it!

It's $1,500 for this monitor.
For that price, better to just get the 48" LG CX OLED.

If they want to boost Sea of Thieves even more in Japan now it's been fully localised, a One Piece cross-over would be a MASSIVE hit!

If they can keep filling the blanks in for Game Pass outside of the titles they announced at E3, then I'll be more than happy for the rest of the year.

I'd be shocked if Wolfenstein 3 isn't already deep in development.
Youngblood was released in 2018 and was co-developed with Arkane, so that leads me to believe the bulk of the Machine Games staff could have been working on Wolfenstein 3 at the same time.
Maybe a late 2022 or early 2023 game?

I'd love it to be Dead Space, but they shut down the studio that made them and EA Motive Studios has only made one game, Star Wars Squadrons, which was a budget game.
A remaster would be possible, but I wouldn't trust them to make a new entry in the series.

The news could also be about the remaster of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, which Aspyr Media is apparently working on and EA will publish.

Very tough but I've gone for Halo Infinite just because that has had longer to build hype whereas FH5 came out of no where!

@lostfields
From what Phil Spencer has said in interviews, the deals vary between games and publishers.

• Up front payment of a set amount
• On going payments based on usage and monetization

@uptownsoul
Exactly. Xbox has Halo Infinite, so why pay crazy money to put a competing game in the service?
I think they just wanted the marketing deal as Sony have COD, the direct rival.

@InterceptorAlpha
Do you know what accessibility actually means for games?
It could be something as simple as allowing lower skilled gamers to play the game. It could be something like allowing a disabled gamer to play the game.
This isn't some static painting on a wall. This is interactive media.

@Terrin
Yeah, I'm wondering that as well.
Perhaps they are classing the E3 announced Bethesda titles and Yaukza: LAD for the rest of June's games?

If it's on the Epic Store then that means they've paid to make it exclusive. PS5 exclusivity runs out early December.
Xbox players will have to wait for this Epic deal to expire now as I highly doubt Square Enix will fund an Xbox port out of their own pocket. Unless we have another case like Outriders, where it comes to Game Pass on consoles but not on PC.

@BlueOcean
Yes, but why offer enhancements, unless it's an FPS Boost, for a game you can't sell anymore?

That's the issue with these games, no accessibility.
If you want to have a reputation for a 'get good game', then lock achievements and trophies to the default difficulty, but offering no easy mode means many gamers won't give this the time of day.
Such a shame.

Was a C from me.
Appreciated the more in depth look at Psychonauts 2 and Hades, but everything else was just reshowing trailers we've already seen in the main show.
No Game Pass announcements for the second half of the month either, which was a let down.

@FraserG
Ok. Had a feeling they might wait for this 'Extended Showcase' event later today for any announcements.

@UltimateOtaku91
Phil Spencer has said they are currently in the progress of switching the server blades over to Series X right now in an interview with 'Same Brain'.
Some insiders are saying it will be complete by the launch of Flight Sim end of July, but the official blurb from Xbox is "by end of the year".

Have we had the Game Pass list for the 2nd half of June yet or is that later today?

@UltimateOtaku91
All Xbox first party games are cloud enabled, along with a big selection of 3rd party games on Game Pass.

Crazy when I think back, I've bought GTA V on 360, PC, PS4 and probably on Series X next.
Feel like my pants have been pulled down the amount Rockstar have milked this game.
Almost 8 years and still reselling the same game. Bless them.

Even on PC you need to use DLSS to run this game with all the RT settings.
Hopefully when consoles get AMD Super Resolution, the Series S version can be improved in terms of resolution.

What I will be curious about is how Deathloop sells on PS5 later this year.
The last big game from Bethesda to probably ever hit the PS5.
Will gamers embrace it or avoid out of spite?

I think what did it for me, and probably these media folks, is the absolute stunning detail of the game and the fact it's been kept quiet and launches in 5 months!
When they had those static shots that looked like actual photos and then the cars shot into view and you realized this is actual gameplay...WOW!
And to think these guys are also working on Fable!

@Snake_V5
Why are you so upset?
The future of gaming is not locking people to a plastic box, but giving people options and reaching a MUCH larger audience than possible traditionally.
PC gaming for example absolutely trounces consoles. Mobile gaming absolutely trounces consoles.
Now Xbox is on ALL those platforms, be it a native experience through consoles and PC, or cloud gaming with mobiles/tablets and soon Smart TVs.
Obviously cloud gaming is never going to replicate a native experience any time soon, but the option is there for anyone interested in that.