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I turned it on a few years back to see if it magically fixed itself so I could play 50 Cent Blood on the Sand but nope, still got that red ring of death

I use a wired connection because the controller eats batteries like I eat lasagne. When I do use batteries I use Lidl's Aerocell brand which were actually rated as one of the best batteries by UK consumer show watchdog (and from experience, I agree) but they still don't last longer than a day or so of gameplay. Another reason I go wired is because I feel bad for the environment if I am throwing out batteries every other day.

The most annoying bit is the controller turning off rumble when the battery gets low, I don't want to miss out on that sweet rumble which is another reason why I use a wired connection. I should and will one day get a rechargeable battery pack but I just haven't done the research on the best one to get

@InterceptorAlpha oh really? I guess I didn't notice if it wasn't used but noticed it in a good way if it was. I'm sure there is a list out there with supported games.

It actually led me to think about the differences in rumble between the Dualshock 4, Xbox One and the Switch's HD rumble. This obviously depends on what games you've played that take advantage of it but I think I settled on Xbox one controller being the best because it has the meaty main rumble of the DS4 with a little bit of the nuance of HD rumble. The only bad thing about the Xbox's rumble is how loud it is (same with the Switch). I like to play games with headphones in bed while my partner is sleeping because we have different sleep patterns and the only controller that won't wake her up is the Dualshock 4. So I'm somewhat limited to PS4 games (with some exceptions) when she's asleep. I don't like to turn the rumble off in games either because I feel like I'm missing some of the experience!

The trigger rumble was actually the most surprising thing to me when I first got my xbox and it quickly became my favourite part about the controller (that's unique to Xbox controllers). Forza 4 felt genuinely amazing when the rumble changed as you went over different surfaces. I was kind of looking for a steering wheel for less than £100 for a while that had similar tactile feedback but couldn't ascertain if there was one so I gave up in the end!

@Kefka2589 the meatballs are the best part about IKEA, in fact it's one of the few places I like to eat out because I'm quite fussy about spending money on food in restaraunts that's not as good as what I could eat at home. Date night is always IKEA (skip the rest of the shop and head to the canteen) or pizza express!

I wish they'd put that Lara croft and the guardian of light on sale, I have the second one quite cheaply but don't want to play it until I've played the first one!

It would be good if they included a covid 19 vaccine as a game pass perk

Looking forward to Ryse Son of Rome as part of game club if it is only 6 hours!

Ooo 25 according to my list but that only goes from march until now!

@WesEds it's weird but it worked OK in the end, I have the new day (whoever they are) as playable characters in the game. Sorry I was being flippant, I do know who Xavier woods is at least but I haven't watched wrestling properly since like 1999/2000 so I am a bit ignorant of the newer faces

I think the updates to the game add all this content anyway, you just unlock it (normally) by buying the appropriate pack on the store or by using a perk which normally gives you a code to use in the store. Just not in this case I guess!

Nothing for me I don't think, I had a good look through all of it and I have everything I want. There might be a few items I'd buy if they were cheaper so I guess I'll just wait for a future sale!

@FraserG + the gang, no problem buddy and thank you for bringing the site back! It really came at the perfect time. I'd only just bought an Xbox 4-5 months before you reopened the site. Every day of that, I wondered, why isn't there an Xbox website?! To add to that, when it finally came, it was in the same style and form factor as push square and Nintendo Life which are two sites I regularly visit and am familiar with which made site navigation a breeze! Anyway, thanks again and have a good Xmas!

@Grumblevolcano nice one, cheers

Can we still play halo wars and Spartan assault single player on game pass? I never got around to playing those games

Doubt I'd get it as I'm not signed up to marketing emails, probably not worth the amount of time spent deleting marketing e mails without gift cards in to just receive one that has a gift card

Some of the BBC news presenters are absolute legends

This guy who does a lot of the daytime coverage on BBC News 24 is so hilariously sarcastic about the banality of most of the news he presents:

I saw another 360 game called Faery Legend of Avalon or something for 99p, not sure what sale it's part of though!

Funnily enough, my most played demo was for Tony hawk's 2 on PS1. I got the demo with a magazine and it contained the Marseille level and I must have played it for months until I got the full game for Christmas!

It had a competition for money if you got a certain amount of points, which I did multiple times but too late to enter the comp!

The best thing that could come out of this for me would be a release of a joy con pair with analog triggers for use on game pass. Such a controller would encourage many more Devs to code support for the feature into their games instead of the paltry few that have supported the GameCube controller.

I'd really like them to discount the DLC for Trials HD

@Kefka2589 @Grumblevolcano yeah this is a pretty good announcement for that sort of remark!

@Olliemar28 it's a forgotten art, perhaps because the parents kept forgetting to unplug the power cable from the mains before they cut it with scissors!

Hmmm, I wonder how it's performing on the mid gen upgrades

They should remake the character that Craig is supposed to be in the story, but maybe include a secret area where you can find the original Craig as an Easter egg

Nice! Glad it's coming out before my pass sub expires!

Nice! Will give it a go when it's out! Is it like a standard style mini campaign or does it play like Escape mode. (I don't know what escape mode is, I've only played the main gears 5 campaign)

The cats out of the bag

@AJDarkstar I believe so yeah, i think they've found old Dr who and Dad's army that way. Sometimes it's ex employees who just know of a stash in some abandoned BBC studio, or even people clearing out these buildings.

I don't know if there is any monetary compensation for providing the recordings, considering they usually get cleaned up, adapted and released on blu ray or streaming if it's a more popular show. Aparrently it was quite common to just record the audio instead of both image and audio, so some TV shows exist as audio only which i believe is why there are animated classic Dr who episodes available on blu ray

@AJDarkstar especially funny considering that BBC have an open request for people to submit video recordings they've made of lost TV shows that the BBC themselves didn't have the foresight/budget to preserve!

@ChopperCampbell it's a great game and it is kind of weird considering the 360 version of injustice is BC

@AJDarkstar I had to look it up but it seems like you are right because they changed the law in 2015 🤦🏻‍♂️😨. Seems crazy though seeing as it was like the main feature of the minidisc and subsequently the iPod etc. Did everyone's 90s and noughties tech just become obsolete overnight in 2015? Just seems ridiculous! I can't get on board with that law so even though I probably haven't ripped a CD since 2011, I am still a criminal at heart

@AJDarkstar I completely agree. Basic emulator for any disc game you own, bugs or no bugs. They can do enhanced versions of those that need licenses. I don't know if there is an OG Xbox emulator for PC but people are within their rights to rip their Xbox discs and play them however they want as long as they don't share the ISOs so I don't see why they don't just throw the official emulator into the wild! Even if they tracked what people played, it might give them clues as to what games are worth enhancing, obtaining licenses for and releasing as a paid version digitally!

@Dezzy70 I ordered some chocolate for a Xmas present from Amazon. Got a box of out of date chocolate and they asked me to return it. Not being funny, but I ain't going to the post office in a pandemic to return mouldy old chocolate when it's hardly my fault that it was sent to me in the first place.

For some reason I can keep claiming the new day perk so I don't know if it's gone through or not! I don't have time to actually boot up gears 5 and check due to work and I've not used the multiplayer on it so I don't know how quickly I'd find the right menu to check. Maybe I'll try and make some time for it tonight or tomorrow.

@FraserG ah fair enough cheers! Almost a good thing it's just gone already though so I don't have to think/worry about trying to fit it in somewhere in a couple days!

Nice extra content! When's part 2 of the season pass due?

Damn, need to play goose game and Turing test! Cheers for the heads up! Luckily they're not too long according to HLTB

Does anyone know when mutant year zero is leaving? I saw it on leaving soon but must have missed the article, I don't think I'll have time for that one

I picked up the Mafia trilogy because it seemed reasonable at £30 when the first one by itself is just £10 less. Hopefully it's worth it, did they patch out the issues in the end?

@species8472 i'm with you on that! Normally I'd go John Lewis for electronics because they come with a 2 year guarantee as standard

@VenomousAlbino micro machines dlc would be sick!

I hope this game features plenty of James Pond RoboCod

Crazy idea, but if they did a Dreamcast 2 themed Xbox series X limited edition for standard price then I would buy it in a heartbeat

They could probably team up with Sega to do it as a joke (that would sell like hotcakes) just because of all of the rumours that spread around

I've always thought this controller and it's accessories could be really good for any gamer and not just those that require it. If the price was lower for it and all the extra parts then the possibilities could be endless in terms of customisation. I'd definitely get a kick out of building specific rigs for different games!

I'd get the command and conquer games if they supported mouse and keyboard but I don't think the 360 versions did :/

@Krzzystuff cheers, I'll probably give it a go once I've played 4 and 5

Does the Xbox version support mouse and keyboard?

My gamerpic is a tiny monkey because I had it on the 360 and never updated it. It's just a tiny pic in the center of a large circle. I thought about changing it but I can't see a new one I like on the menu

I finished Talos Principle and it's DLc which is included and it was blimmin excellent!

For Xbox one I use a wired connection, 2meter usb extension and the usb cable that came with PS4 as it's the only one I have that gives a steady connection and never cuts out

@Rockboy247 oh really? I've got no idea, I've never had EA play until today so I don't know much about it

Madden 25 confused the hell out of me so I had to look it up and found it was madden 14 but named 25 as it was the 25th year of the madden series 🤯. It's going to make the madden game in 5 years time be even more confusing!