Xbox Deals and Discussion

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Welcome to the Xbox Deals and Discussion thread.

General info

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• You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console. Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work. Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance.
• Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.
  On Xbox One, Gold trials of any length work for sales and Games with Gold. You must be an active Gold subscriber (paid or trial) to play Games with Gold purchases.
• On Xbox 360, you must have at least a 1 month Gold subscription for sales and Games with Gold. Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.

• All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every Tuesday.
• ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
• Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
• Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!

Latest Sales Posts​

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May 13 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

May 13 - Non-BC discounts​

May 6 - Weekly Sale​

Apr 29 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Apr 22 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Apr 18 - Game Pass Super Saver / Publisher Spotlight​

Apr 15 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Apr 8 - Weekly Sale - Last chance (discounts ending morning of Apr 9)​

Apr 4 - Spring Sale - Part 2​

Apr 1 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

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Mar 28 - Spring Sale Sneak Preview​

Mar 25 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Mar 18 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Mar 11 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Mar 4 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Feb 26 - Weekly Sale​

Feb 19 - Weekly Sale​

Feb 14 - Anime Month, Pt 2​

Feb 12 - Weekly Sale​

Feb 5 - Weekly Sale​

Jan 31 - Anime Month​

Jan 29 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Jan 22 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Jan 16 - Exoprimal / Street Fighter 6​

Jan 15 - Weekly Sale​

Jan 8 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Jan 2 - Last Chance Sale​

Jan 1 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Dec 25 - Weekly Sale​

Dec 18 - Weekly Sale​

Countdown Sale - Post 1 - Post 2 - Post 3 - Follow up​

Latest Countdown Posts​

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May 13 - Pre-weekly countdown​

May 6 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 29 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 22 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 15 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 8 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 4 - Spring Sale final preview​

Apr 1 - Pre-weekly countdown, with Spring Sale​

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Mar 28 - Spring Sale Sneak Preview​

Mar 25 - Pre-weekly countdown, with Spring Sale​

Mar 18 - Pre-weekly countdown, with Spring Sale​

Mar 12 - Initial Spring Sale list​

Mar 11 - Post-weekly countdown​

Mar 4 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 26 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 19 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 12 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 5 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 29 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 22 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 15 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 8 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 2 - Last chance countdown​

Jan 1 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 25 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 18 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 14 - Look ahead at Dec 18 weekly​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2024-05-16

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What is this?

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Game prices in the Xbox store have a UTC end date associated with them. These dates generally fall into 5 categories :

1. The item is currently on sale. These are usually the weekly sale items that end Tuesday mornings at 09:59:59 UTC.
2. The item will go on sale, usually within 2-3 weeks. These are usually set to switch at 23:59:59 UTC, like the weekly sale on Monday evenings. Some of the major annual sales (Spring, Summer, Black Friday, Holiday) start on Thursday evening UTC, and some times appear to be random.
3. The item is on Game Pass and is not currently or going to be on sale in the next few weeks. Third party games generally cluster around 09:59:59 UTC on the 1st and 16th of each month. Currently, at least one game is associated with every 1st and 16th through January 2025. The dates then spread out, ending with Human Fall Flat on July 1, 2028.
4. First party and EA Play titles are farther out, starting in 2049, with many in 2799 and 9998.
5. No date - some items do not have a price and so don't have a date. If the item is part of a bundle that has a price, the date from the bundle is used.

The list below uses the dates associated with games on Game Pass and EA Play. Time stamps in red are the regular Game Pass departure times and titles in red are confirmed to be leaving, either from Microsoft's regular news postings or by devs / publishers. Items available through Game Pass Core, currently on sale or not available for purchase are also color coded.

The date associated with a Game Pass game is not a guarantee it will leave on that date, but since March 2023 when the price data started getting analyzed, every game that's left Game Pass had been flagged as leaving on that date. It's given a number of people an extra heads up on the generally 2 week notice Microsoft provides.

If you have any questions about the list, please ask in the thread.

Most likely current and pending sales

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2024-05-20 23:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows (PC)​

Chants of Sennaar​

Evil West​

Insurgency: Sandstorm​

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name​

Like a Dragon: Ishin!​

PAC-MAN MUSEUM+​

Persona 3 Reload​

Yakuza 0​

Yakuza 0 for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 3 Remastered​

Yakuza 3 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 4 Remastered​

Yakuza 4 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 5 Remastered​

Yakuza 5 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza Kiwami​

Yakuza Kiwami 2​

Yakuza Kiwami 2 for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza Kiwami for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza: Like a Dragon​

2024-05-21 09:59:59

A Little to the Left​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (4K HDR bundle) (PC)​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

As Dusk Falls​

Bleeding Edge​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Brütal Legend​

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

Crackdown 3: Wrecking Zone (Not available for purchase)​

Disneyland Adventures​

Figment 2: Creed Valley​

Figment: Journey Into the Mind​

Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery​

Fuzion Frenzy®​

Gears 5​

Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 4​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 (PC)​

Gears Tactics​

Go Mecha Ball​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

Homestead Arcana​

Joy Ride Turbo​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Lil Gator Game​

Mass Effect​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox One​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox Series X|S​

New Super Lucky's Tale​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Game Pass Core​

Pentiment​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Planet of Lana​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10) (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan​

Return to Monkey Island​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Rollerdrome​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)​

ScreamRide​

Somerville​

Spacelines from the Far Out​

SpiderHeck​

Stacking​

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core​

State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)​

SteamWorld Build​

Sunset Overdrive​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core​

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

The Quarry for Xbox Series X|S​

The Wandering Village (Game Preview)​

Tin Hearts​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

Trailmakers​

Turbo Golf Racing​

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​

Venba​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

We Happy Few​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2024-05-27 23:59:59

Atomic Heart (Windows) (PC)​

MLB® The Show™ 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)​

PAYDAY 3​

SnowRunner (Windows 10) (PC)​

2024-05-28 09:59:59

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed® Origins​

Batman™: Arkham Knight​

Battlefield™ 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield™ 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

Battlefield™ 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​

Battlefield™ V (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-06-20​

Burnout™ Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Coral Island​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ - EA Play -​

Far Cry® 5​

Far Cry® 6​

Forager​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

Gotham Knights​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale​

It Takes Two - Digital Version - EA Play - 2021-11-03​

Kona​

LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase)​

Lost in Random™ - EA Play - 2022-04-13​

Madden NFL 24 - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™​

Mineko's Night Market​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

Need for Speed Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed™ - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed™ Heat - EA Play - 2020-07-14​

Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered - EA Play - 2021-06-25​

Need for Speed™ Payback - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed™ Unbound - EA Play - 2023-06-22​

NHL® 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL® 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core​

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ - EA Play - 2020-11-10​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ - EA Play -​

STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

STAR WARS™: Squadrons - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball™ 4 - EA Play -​

Titanfall® 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​

Unpacking - Game Pass Core​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Wasteland 3​

While the Iron's Hot​

WILD HEARTS™ Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2024-05-16 12:59:59

Harold Halibut​

2024-05-16 13:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

2024-05-16 23:59:59

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla​

2024-05-19 23:59:59

Return to Grace​

2024-05-21 15:59:59

NHL® 23 Xbox One - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

NHL® 23 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

2024-05-21 23:59:59

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

2024-05-22 23:59:59

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​

2024-05-23 13:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)​

2024-05-23 23:59:59

Diablo® IV (Not available for purchase)​

2024-05-25 15:59:59

Another Crab's Treasure​

2024-05-26 12:59:59

Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​

2024-05-27 09:59:59

Hell Let Loose​

2024-05-29 17:59:59

The Rewinder​

2024-06-01 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed® Origins​

Batman™: Arkham Knight​

Chicory: A Colorful Tale​

Cricket 22​

Farworld Pioneers​

FOR HONOR​

Generation Zero®​

Insurgency: Sandstorm​

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R​

LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase)​

Little Witch in the Woods (Game Preview)​

NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection​

PAC-MAN MUSEUM+​

Railway Empire 2​

Railway Empire 2 (Win) (PC)​

Rune Factory 4 Special​

Rune Factory 4 Special - Windows Edition (PC)​

Soccer Story​

Spacelines from the Far Out​

2024-06-08 15:59:59

Little Kitty, Big City​

2024-06-16 09:59:59

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows) (PC)​

High On Life​

Mortal Kombat 11​

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core​

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales​

2024-06-16 23:59:59

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

2024-06-17 03:59:59

MLB® The Show™ 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase)​

MLB® The Show™ 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)​

2024-06-18 08:59:59

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase)​

2024-06-23 09:59:59

Minecraft​

Minecraft Dungeons​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft for Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends​

Minecraft Legends - Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC (PC)​

Minecraft: Java Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

2024-06-26 15:59:59

Open Roads​

2024-07-01 09:59:59

Arcade Paradise​

Bramble: The Mountain King​

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch​

Far Cry® 5​

Injustice™ 2​

Injustice™ 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Digital Edition​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Windows Edition (PC)​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Windows Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)​

Stranded Deep​

Stranded Deep (PC)​

Sword and Fairy: Together Forever​

2024-07-08 13:59:59

Botany Manor​

Botany Manor (PC)​

2024-07-16 09:59:59

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly​

Common'hood​

Figment 2: Creed Valley​

Forager​

Forager (PC)​

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ (moved from 2024-01-01)​

My Friend Peppa Pig​

Neon Abyss​

Neon Abyss (PC)​

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (PC)​

The Wandering Village (Game Preview)​

TOEM​

Watch Dogs®2​

2024-08-01 09:59:59

A Short Hike​

Genesis Noir​

Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (PC)​

Goat Simulator (moved from 2024-05-01)​

Inkulinati​

Roboquest​

This War of Mine: Final Cut (moved from 2024-05-16)​

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​

Train Sim World® 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World® 4: Standard Edition​

Turbo Golf Racing​

Venba​

2024-08-16 09:59:59

Airborne Kingdom​

Atomic Heart​

Atomic Heart (Windows) (PC)​

Conan Exiles​

EVERSPACE™ 2​

HUMANKIND™​

HUMANKIND™ (PC)​

Offworld Trading Company (PC)​

Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition​

Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (PC)​

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre​

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - PC Edition (PC)​

2024-09-01 09:59:59

Call of the Wild: The Angler™​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Goat Simulator Windows 10 (PC)​

Guilty Gear -Strive-​

Immortals Fenyx Rising™​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox One​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox Series X|S​

2024-09-16 09:59:59

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation (PC)​

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey​

Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition​

Party Animals (moved from 2024-01-04)​

PAYDAY 3​

Slime Rancher 2​

SpiderHeck​

Valheim (Game Preview)​

You Suck at Parking® Complete Edition​

2024-10-01 09:59:59

Cocoon​

Gotham Knights​

Let's Build a Zoo​

Loop Hero​

My Time At Portia (moved from 2024-01-09)​

My Time At Portia (PC)​

PAW Patrol: Grand Prix​

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy​

The Walking Dead: Season 1 (PC)​

The Walking Dead: Season 2 (PC)​

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide​

2024-10-16 09:59:59

Dyson Sphere Program (Game Preview) (PC)​

F1® Manager 2023​

From Space​

Like a Dragon: Ishin!​

Scorn​

Stellaris (PC)​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

2024-11-01 09:59:59

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery (moved from 2023-11-01)​

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale​

Lonely Mountains: Downhill​

Mineko's Night Market​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 2 (PC)​

2024-11-16 09:59:59

Dicey Dungeons​

Dune: Spice Wars​

Dungeons 4​

Dungeons 4 (Win) (PC)​

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name​

Persona 5 Tactica​

Somerville​

2024-12-01 09:59:59

Amnesia: The Bunker​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Monster Sanctuary​

Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version) (PC)​

Moonlighter​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

Remnant: From the Ashes​

Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC)​

Rollerdrome​

Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - The Complete Season​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season (PC)​

While the Iron's Hot​

World War Z: Aftermath​

World War Z: Aftermath (PC)​

2024-12-16 09:59:59

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Hello Neighbor 2​

No Man's Sky​

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan​

The Gunk​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

The Quarry for Xbox Series X|S​

Tin Hearts​

2025-01-01 09:59:59

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition​

Close to the Sun​

Close to the Sun. (PC)​

Death's Door​

Death's Door (PC)​

Hell Let Loose​

House Flipper​

LEGO® 2K Drive Cross-Gen Standard Edition​

LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One​

LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)​

McPixel 3​

2025-01-16 09:59:59

Exoprimal​

Figment: Journey Into the Mind​

Insurgency: Sandstorm (Windows) (PC)​

Maquette​

Medieval Dynasty (moved from 2024-02-16)​

Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​

Palworld (Game Preview)​

Those Who Remain​

Those Who Remain. (PC)​

2025-02-01 09:59:59

Anuchard​

Broforce​

Brotato​

Crusader Kings III​

Crusader Kings III (PC)​

Darkest Dungeon PC (PC)​

Darkest Dungeon®​

Escape Academy​

Go Mecha Ball​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (moved from 2024-02-16)​

Persona 3 Reload​

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem​

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (PC)​

2025-02-16 09:59:59

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night​

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC)​

Tales of Arise​

Tales of Arise (Windows) (PC)​

Tales of Arise (Xbox One) (Not available for purchase)​

Tales of Arise (Xbox Series X|S) (Not available for purchase)​

2025-03-01 09:59:59

Bluey: The Videogame​

Dead Island 2​

GRIS​

Gris (PC)​

Indivisible​

Indivisible (PC)​

Maneater​

Merge & Blade​

PAW Patrol World​

Space Engineers​

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Windows (PC)​

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Not available for purchase)​

2025-03-16 09:59:59

Evil West​

Evil West (Windows) (PC)​

Lies of P​

No More Heroes 3 Windows (PC)​

No More Heroes 3 Xbox​

No More Heroes 3 Xbox​

Solar Ash​

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated​

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (PC)​

TUNIC (moved from 2024-04-01)​

2025-04-01 09:59:59

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged​

Lil Gator Game​

Monster Hunter Rise (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)​

The Lamplighters League - PC Edition (PC)​

The Yakuza Remastered Collection (moved from 2024-04-01)​

The Yakuza Remastered Collection for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 0 (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 0 for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 3 Remastered (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 3 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 4 Remastered (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 4 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 5 Remastered (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 5 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza Kiwami (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza Kiwami 2 (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza Kiwami 2 for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza Kiwami for Windows 10 (PC) (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (moved from 2024-04-01)​

Zombie Army 4: Dead War​

2025-04-16 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows (PC)​

Coral Island​

Homestead Arcana​

Kona​

Orcs Must Die! 3​

Rise of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

2025-05-01 09:59:59

Have a Nice Death​

Kona II: Brume​

Sniper Elite 5​

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition​

Thirsty Suitors​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

2025-05-16 09:59:59

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons​

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (PC)​

Farming Simulator 22​

Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Planet of Lana​

2025-06-01 09:59:59

Against the Storm (PC)​

Cassette Beasts​

Goat Simulator 3​

Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition (PC)​

Hypnospace Outlaw​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Game Pass Core​

Remnant II® - Standard Edition​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

The Big Con​

2025-06-16 09:59:59

Far Cry® 6​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege Deluxe Edition​

2025-07-15 09:59:59

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​

2025-07-16 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla​

2025-08-01 09:59:59

Cooking Simulator (moved from 2024-02-16)​

Cooking Simulator Windows (PC) (moved from 2024-02-16)​

Starbound (PC) (moved from 2024-05-01)​

2025-08-16 09:59:59

PlateUp!​

2025-09-01 09:59:59

Sea of Stars​

2025-09-16 09:59:59

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

2025-10-16 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows (PC)​

2025-11-01 09:59:59

Jusant​

Return to Monkey Island​

Wartales​

2025-11-16 09:59:59

Spirittea​

2025-12-01 09:59:59

SteamWorld Build​

2025-12-16 09:59:59

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​

2026-04-01 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​

Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition​

2026-05-01 09:59:59

Citizen Sleeper​

DayZ (moved from 2024-05-01)​

Descenders - Game Pass Core​

2026-05-16 09:59:59

Shadowrun Returns PC (PC)​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut PC (PC)​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition PC (PC)​

2026-06-01 09:59:59

Dead by Daylight​

Dead by Daylight Windows (PC)​

theHunter: Call of the Wild™​

theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - Windows 10 (PC)​

2026-06-16 09:59:59

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

2026-07-01 09:59:59

Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core​

Slay The Spire (PC)​

Unpacking - Game Pass Core​

2026-07-16 09:59:59

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

Golf With Your Friends (Windows Version) (PC)​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core (moved from 2024-07-16)​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

2026-08-01 09:59:59

Celeste - Game Pass Core​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

2026-08-16 09:59:59

Firewatch - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO (PC)​

2026-09-16 09:59:59

Dead Cells - Game Pass Core​

Dead Cells (PC)​

Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

Superliminal - Game Pass Core​

2026-10-01 09:59:59

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-16 09:59:59

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Wreckfest (PC)​

2026-12-01 09:59:59

Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core​

Stardew Valley (PC)​

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core​

Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core​

2027-02-01 09:59:59

Trailmakers​

2027-03-16 09:59:59

Control​

Control Standard Edition - Control Expansion Pack 1 The Foundation (PC)​

Control Standard Edition - Control Expansion Pack 2 AWE (PC)​

Control Standard Edition (PC)​

Control Ultimate Edition​

Control Ultimate Edition - Xbox Series X|S​

Control Ultimate Edition (PC)​

2027-04-01 09:59:59

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

2027-05-01 09:59:59

SnowRunner (moved from 2024-05-01)​

SnowRunner (Windows 10) (PC) (moved from 2024-05-01)​

2027-06-01 09:59:59

Terraria​

2027-06-16 09:59:59

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

2027-12-16 09:59:59

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Overcooked! 2 (PC)​

2028-07-01 09:59:59

Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core​

Far future dates, mostly first party and EA Play

Spoiler

2048-12-30 23:59:59

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ - EA Play -​

F1® 23 - EA Play -​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Madden NFL 24 - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball™ 4 - EA Play -​

WILD HEARTS™ Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2049-12-30 23:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (4K HDR bundle) (PC)​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

NHL® 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL® 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

2098-12-31 23:59:59

Battlefield™ 1 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

NBA LIVE 19 - EA Play - 2019-05-10​

Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

2099-02-01 19:59:59

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

2099-04-04 09:59:59

Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase)​

2099-04-18 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 2​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 3​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 4​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 5​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Season Pass (Episodes 2-5)​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - The Complete Season (Episodes 1-5)​

2099-10-02 23:59:59

Forza Horizon 4 - Forza Horizon 4 Formula Drift Car Pack​

2099-12-29 23:59:59

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core​

2100-06-12 23:59:59

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

2220-10-06 03:59:59

Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered - EA Play - 2021-06-25​

2220-10-13 23:59:59

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

2220-10-22 23:59:59

Battlefield™ V (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-06-20​

2220-12-11 23:59:59

It Takes Two - Digital Version - EA Play - 2021-11-03​

2779-12-30 23:59:59

DIRT 5 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​

DiRT Rally 2.0 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​

2798-12-30 21:59:59

Wasteland Remastered​

2798-12-31 23:59:59

Fuzion Frenzy®​

The Elder Scrolls® Online - Game Pass Core​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2799-01-14 23:59:59

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-02-01 09:59:59

Halo Wars 2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

2799-02-08 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season​

2799-02-08 23:59:59

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

2799-02-17 23:59:59

Wolfenstein: Youngblood​

Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PC) (PC)​

2799-02-28 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: Season Two​

2799-03-02 23:59:59

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

2799-03-07 23:59:59

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

2799-03-11 23:59:59

Dishonored® Definitive Edition​

Dishonored® Definitive Edition (PC) (PC)​

DOOM (1993)​

DOOM 3​

DOOM 64​

DOOM II (Classic)​

Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 4 (PC) (PC)​

Oblivion​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (PC) (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (PC) (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PC) (PC)​

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC) (PC)​

2799-03-16 23:59:59

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE - PC) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 - PC (PC)​

2799-03-17 23:59:59

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

2799-03-20 23:59:59

Sea of Thieves: 2024 Edition​

2799-03-24 07:59:59

Bleeding Edge​

2799-03-26 23:59:59

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

2799-03-28 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 2, Give No Shelter​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 3, What We Deserve​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - The Complete Season​

2799-03-28 23:59:59

Lost in Random™ - EA Play - 2022-04-13​

2799-04-10 23:59:59

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Game Pass Core​

2799-04-29 23:59:59

Joy Ride Turbo​

2799-05-12 23:59:59

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10) (PC)​

2799-05-17 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

2799-05-18 23:59:59

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

2799-05-31 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B​

Banjo-Kazooie​

Banjo-Tooie​

Disneyland Adventures​

Fable III​

Gears of War​

Gears of War 2​

Gears of War: Judgment​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo: Spartan Assault​

Jetpac Refuelled​

Kameo​

Perfect Dark Zero​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Sunset Overdrive​

Viva Piñata​

Viva Piñata: TIP​

2799-06-09 05:59:59

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

Crackdown 3: Wrecking Zone (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 4​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 (PC)​

Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile / PC)​

Halo: Spartan Strike​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC)​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​

ReCore​

2799-06-09 06:58:59

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition (PC) - Game Pass Core​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

2799-06-09 23:59:59

Gears 5​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

2799-06-13 18:59:59

Arx Fatalis (PC)​

BATTLETECH (PC)​

Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™​

Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™ (PC) (PC)​

DOOM​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 3​

Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PC)​

Fallout Tactics (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

RAGE​

The Evil Within® 2​

The Evil Within® 2 (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​

Wolfenstein® II: The New Colossus™​

2799-06-14 23:59:59

ScreamRide​

2799-06-17 23:59:59

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

2799-06-21 23:59:59

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase)​

2799-06-26 23:59:59

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

2799-06-30 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B (Not available for purchase)​

Banjo-Kazooie (Not available for purchase)​

Banjo-Tooie (Not available for purchase)​

Fable II​

GoldenEye 007 (Not available for purchase)​

Jetpac Refuelled (Not available for purchase)​

Perfect Dark​

Perfect Dark (Not available for purchase)​

Perfect Dark Zero (Not available for purchase)​

Rare Replay​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)​

State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)​

2799-07-13 23:59:59

Halo 3 (PC)​

2799-07-18 23:59:59

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​

Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™​

2799-07-21 23:59:59

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

2799-08-13 14:59:59

The Bard's Tale Trilogy​

2799-08-16 23:59:59

Microsoft Solitaire Collection​

2799-08-17 23:59:59

New Super Lucky's Tale​

2799-08-19 14:59:59

Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-08-19 19:59:59

Quake​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

2799-08-19 23:59:59

Battletoads​

2799-08-24 23:59:59

Halo Infinite​

2799-08-27 14:59:59

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

2799-08-31 23:59:59

Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 3​

Mass Effect​

2799-09-19 23:59:59

Tell Me Why​

Tell Me Why - Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why - Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

Wasteland 3​

Wasteland 3 (PC) (PC)​

2799-09-22 02:59:59

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

2799-09-30 23:59:59

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Phoenix Point​

2799-10-07 23:59:59

Brütal Legend​

2799-10-14 23:59:59

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

NHL® 23 Xbox One - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

NHL® 23 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

2799-10-27 23:59:59

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

2799-10-28 14:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

2799-11-03 23:59:59

Minecraft Launcher (PC)​

2799-11-08 23:59:59

Battlefield™ 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

2799-11-09 15:59:59

Gears Tactics​

2799-11-14 23:59:59

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

RAGE 2​

RAGE 2 (PC) (PC)​

2799-11-16 23:59:59

ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (Not available for purchase)​

2799-11-23 00:59:59

Forza Horizon 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)​

2799-11-23 23:59:59

Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core​

2799-12-03 15:59:59

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC) (PC)​

2799-12-07 23:59:59

Need for Speed™ Unbound - EA Play - 2023-06-22​

2799-12-11 23:59:59

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (PC) (PC)​

2799-12-13 23:59:59

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

2799-12-17 23:59:59

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

2799-12-30 23:59:59

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Battlefield™ 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​

Burnout™ Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Fe - EA Play - 2018-09-03​

Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

Need for Speed Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed™ - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed™ Heat - EA Play - 2020-07-14​

Need for Speed™ Payback - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

NHL® 94 REWIND - EA Play - 2021-03-01​

Peggle 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ - EA Play - 2020-03-04​

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ - EA Play - 2020-11-10​

STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

STAR WARS™: Squadrons - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball 3 - EA Play - 2022-03-03​

The Sims™ 4 - EA Play -​

The Sims™ 4 EA Play Edition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-05-22​

Titanfall® 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

UFC® 4 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

2799-12-31 22:59:59

skate. (2007) - EA Play - 2021-08-05​

9998-12-30 00:00:00

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Alice: Madness Returns - EA Play - 2019-10-25​

An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​

Anthem™ - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​

Army of Two™ - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

As Dusk Falls​

Battlefield 3™ - EA Play - 2011-10-08​

Battlefield™ 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield™ Hardline (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-07-08​

Bejeweled 2 - EA Play - 2008-03-08​

Bejeweled 3 - EA Play - 2011-10-14​

BLACK™ - EA Play -​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Contrast​

Costume Quest​

Costume Quest 2​

Crysis - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Crysis 2 - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Dante's Inferno™ - EA Play - 2018-08-02​

Dead Space (2008) - EA Play - 2008-10-08​

Dead Space™ 2 - EA Play -​

Dead Space™ 3 - EA Play -​

Dead Space™ Ignition - EA Play - 2010-10-13​

DEATHLOOP​

Diablo® IV (Not available for purchase)​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

Dragon Age™ 2 - EA Play -​

Dragon Age™: Inquisition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2014-10-28​

Feeding Frenzy - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Feeding Frenzy 2 - EA Play - 2008-09-17​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Horizon 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Hi-Fi RUSH​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Mass Effect 2 - EA Play -​

Mass Effect™ 3 - EA Play -​

Mass Effect™: Andromeda (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2017-03-15​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Medal of Honor Airborne - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Minecraft​

Minecraft Dungeons​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft for Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends​

Minecraft Legends - Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC (PC)​

Minecraft: Java Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Mirror's Edge™ - EA Play - 2008-11-05​

MLB® The Show™ 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)​

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered​

Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Pentiment​

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition (PC) (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Plants vs. Zombies - EA Play - 2010-09-24​

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quake II​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

Redfall​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Xbox (Not available for purchase)​

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Sea of Solitude - EA Play - 2020-01-21​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

SSX - EA Play - 2012-02-21​

Stacking​

STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Starfield​

The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Episode 1) (PC)​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

We Happy Few​

We Happy Few (PC)​

Wolfenstein 3D (PC)​

Zuma - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Zuma's Revenge! - EA Play - 2012-07-07​

No set date

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Assassin's Creed® Origins (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Crysis® 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Diablo® IV PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 Standard Edition Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-05-16​

EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 Standard Edition Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-05-16​

EA SPORTS™ UFC® 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-08-19​

F1® 22 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-06-30​

F1® 22 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-06-30​

Far Cry® 5 (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Far Cry® 6 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

FIFA 22 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2021-11-21​

FIFA 22 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2021-11-21​

FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (Not available for purchase)​

Immortals Fenyx Rising™ (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Iron Brigade - Rise of the Martian Bear (Not available for purchase)​

Iron Brigade (Not available for purchase)​

League of Legends (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Legends of Runeterra (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Madden NFL 23 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-02-09​

Madden NFL 23 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-02-09​

Minecraft Preview (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Preview for Windows (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

MLB® The Show™ 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase)​

NHL® 21 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2021-04-12​

Starfield - Starfield: Old Mars Skin Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Super Lucky's Tale (Not available for purchase)​

Teamfight Tactics (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

The Cave (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands - Standard Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

VALORANT (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Watch Dogs®2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

 

[jsivley]

If like me you don’t have Spotify, I have found FH5 + Xbox Wireless Headset + phone to be a great solution to the music problem

 

[Artistic]

Spotify is virtually free on Xbox.

 

[jlazenby1]

So idk if anyone cares but if you jump on the PayPal app and buy $25+ of crypto they'll give you a bonus $25 in reward. I bought with fees, sold it and used the rewards at Walmart for a $25 Xbox Card. Cost me around $2

Edit-There was an ad for it at the top of the app when you 1st log in

 

[FuzzmeisterJ]

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1460845057922285573?t=x_5J946k41lkmbpG_k9FbQ&s=19

Like 6 month delay I think from the original busy ass date of February? I think it needs more to get excited over regardless.

With 2 or 3 other co-op games that month, I'm fine with this.

 

[awp]

So idk if anyone cares but if you jump on the PayPal app and buy $25+ of crypto they'll give you a bonus $25 in reward. I bought with fees, sold it and used the rewards at Walmart for a $25 Xbox Card. Cost me around $2

Edit-There was an ad for it at the top of the app when you 1st log in

Wonder if that’s targeted. I didn’t have that ad in my app.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

With 2 or 3 other co-op games that minth, I'm fine with this.

Yeah. It's a bummer but I'd rather the game be done and polished when it comes out, now more than ever. Plus, there are so many games out right now that I have a real interest in playing, it's probably for the best.

 

[Rockabye]

I would say that it's pretty close to unbelievable that people would respond to the unexpected early drop of a beloved franchise's beloved multiplayer mode (during a still-churning pandemic that has affected all of us, but maybe most relevant to this specific context made game development a nightmare) for "free" (or no extra cost to anyone with a subscription service that many or most people have gotten for steep discounts) by complaining about its progression systems less than 24 hours into playing the game ... but. then again, I have gleaned far more dismal knowledge about the entitlement, selfishness, myopia, and misery of my fellow Americans over the course of this pandemic.

If we were still in the custom of gifting horses, the phrase wouldn't be "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" but "don't accept gift horses without full and clean dental records."

It's Halo multiplayer. I played enough of it as a kid to have nostalgia for it; I played enough of this one in the last 24 hours to know this is a fine version of what people want from Halo. If you like Halo multiplayer, I suspect you're going to like it even if you totally ignore the progression; if you don't, I have to wonder both why are you even playing the game and how could you possibly care about its progression system?

 

[jimbo8574]

I want Binary Domain. Hoping it’ll be in the BF sales.

I tried to play this back in the day. Guess I was being stupid but it was repeatedly telling me to get to the roof. This was at the start of the game. I couldn't figure out how and it wouldn't STFU. So rage quit. lol Maybe it was a demo not sure. Type of game that is in my wheel house but it was annoying ASF. One of the reasons I was never a big fan of games that are always yelling at you. Found Crackdown annoying for the same reason.

I always wanted to give BD another try but never did.

 

[jimbo8574]

If like me you don’t have Spotify, I have found FH5 + Xbox Wireless Headset + phone to be a great solution to the music problem

I was thinking of doing the same. Just picked up the headset last week.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

I would say that it's pretty close to unbelievable that people would respond to the unexpected early drop of a beloved franchise's beloved multiplayer mode (during a still-churning pandemic that has affected all of us, but maybe most relevant to this specific context made game development a nightmare) for "free" (or no extra cost to anyone with a subscription service that many or most people have gotten for steep discounts) by complaining about its progression systems less than 24 hours into playing the game ... but. then again, I have gleaned far more dismal knowledge about the entitlement, selfishness, myopia, and misery of my fellow Americans over the course of this pandemic.

If we were still in the custom of gifting horses, the phrase wouldn't be "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" but "don't accept gift horses without full and clean dental records."

It's Halo multiplayer. I played enough of it as a kid to have nostalgia for it; I played enough of this one in the last 24 hours to know this is a fine version of what people want from Halo. If you like Halo multiplayer, I suspect you're going to like it even if you totally ignore the progression; if you don't, I have to wonder both why are you even playing the game and how could you possibly care about its progression system?

Oh yeah, the response to criticism where someone reveals they have low standards and project their own cynicism on others. I think the point you are missing is that the criticism about Halo's progression (and other things, lest we forget) is from people who enjoy the game but have genuine issues with certain aspects of it's design. I mean are you suggesting everyone should have no opinion about all the various gear presented in the the various menus you have to sit through? That everyone complaining about a regressive matchmaking system that doesn't even let you choose which gametypes you want should be like 'I'm thankful this was released during a pandemic after being delayed for a year?'

I mean for crying out loud, "It's Halo multiplayer" is literally your counter argument. A series that radically reinvented itself to the point it almost lost it's very identity and became a Call of Duty in space.

 

[MillerTime2523]

I would say that it's pretty close to unbelievable that people would respond to the unexpected early drop of a beloved franchise's beloved multiplayer mode (during a still-churning pandemic that has affected all of us, but maybe most relevant to this specific context made game development a nightmare) for "free" (or no extra cost to anyone with a subscription service that many or most people have gotten for steep discounts) by complaining about its progression systems less than 24 hours into playing the game ... but. then again, I have gleaned far more dismal knowledge about the entitlement, selfishness, myopia, and misery of my fellow Americans over the course of this pandemic.

If we were still in the custom of gifting horses, the phrase wouldn't be "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" but "don't accept gift horses without full and clean dental records."

It's Halo multiplayer. I played enough of it as a kid to have nostalgia for it; I played enough of this one in the last 24 hours to know this is a fine version of what people want from Halo. If you like Halo multiplayer, I suspect you're going to like it even if you totally ignore the progression; if you don't, I have to wonder both why are you even playing the game and how could you possibly care about its progression system?

It's... not a "gift horse" though? I mean MS didn't just drop this out of the kindness of their hearts, and last I checked they are still dropping the campaign at 59.99. I don't understand how "well it's free to play" somehow should shield them from all criticisms. (Not really speaking directly to you with this but I've seen this narrative a lot out there). Who asked for this? I have game pass, and even if I didn't, I probably would have gladly dropped 60 bucks to have a multiplayer suite with customization and progression consistent with what we've come to expect from the series from Halo Reach on. I don't remember ever sitting there playing MCC and thinking man, you know what would be awesome? If this was free and included a bunch of manipulative systems to get me to want to spend more time and money on it. I get that all these systems are consistent with pretty much every other "games as a service" online multiplayer game, but I don't think it's fair to label everyone as entitled for being critical of a beloved longstanding AAA franchise because they're talking about something you personally don't care about.

 

[blueweltall]

It is a beta released to the public to get feedback, you are suppose to voice your opinion.

 

[sixspeednissan]

The whole point of a beta is to work out issues with the game, and get feedback from the participants so the game can be made better. Progression has been a big part of Halo since 3 whether some people care about it or not. If you don’t care, then enjoy your game and don’t worry about other’s opinions. Go to Reddit and tell 343 you think the game is great as is.

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[whitereflection]

I tried to play this back in the day. Guess I was being stupid but it was repeatedly telling me to get to the roof. This was at the start of the game. I couldn't figure out how and it wouldn't STFU. So rage quit. lol Maybe it was a demo not sure. Type of game that is in my wheel house but it was annoying ASF. One of the reasons I was never a big fan of games that are always yelling at you. Found Crackdown annoying for the same reason.

I always wanted to give BD another try but never did.

There's a staircase. Don't see how you could have missed it. I don't like games that have guide arrows or markers telling you exactly where to go. Those games feel like they're designed for toddlers or someone who has never played a video game.

 

[jimbo8574]

There's a staircase. Don't see how you could have missed it. I don't like games that have guide arrows or markers telling you exactly where to go. Those games feel like they're designed for toddlers or someone who has never played a video game.

Yeah like I said I think I was being stupid but I couldn't get to where ever they wanted me to go. I don't need arrows (well ok in driving they are nice). Just need the game to STFU instead of repeating the same unhelpful instructions over and over. Perhaps I was on the roof and couldn't get past a section. It was a long time ago.

 

[Rockabye]

Oh yeah, the response to criticism where someone reveals they have low standards and project their own cynicism on others. I think the point you are missing is that the criticism about Halo's progression (and other things, lest we forget) is from people who enjoy the game but have genuine issues with certain aspects of it's design. I mean are you suggesting everyone should have no opinion about all the various gear presented in the the various menus you have to sit through? That everyone complaining about a regressive matchmaking system that doesn't even let you choose which gametypes you want should be like 'I'm thankful this was released during a pandemic after being delayed for a year?'

I mean for crying out loud, "It's Halo multiplayer" is literally your counter argument. A series that radically reinvented itself to the point it almost lost it's very identity and became a Call of Duty in space.

You're projecting to say my standards are low, no? I've played a lot of video games in my life. What is on offer in the actual gameplay in this one is decidedly not substandard. It's not "a series that radically reinvented itself to the point it almost lost its very identity and became a Call of Duty in space": It's Halo, done pretty damn well.

I am also not missing the point about players having real issues. The lack of playlists is a significant quality of life thing that should be fixed, but unless you've done nothing else but play Infinite since Tuesday, I can't imagine it's really impacted your game-to-game fun or total enjoyment all that much -- and I think that's also a much larger concern than any related to progression.

I'm also not sure where you're deriving any resistance to you or others having genuine opinions about the game. Have them all you want. When you share them in public, you might get them called out for being miserable and/or overwrought.

It's... not a "gift horse" though? I mean MS didn't just drop this out of the kindness of their hearts, and last I checked they are still dropping the campaign at 59.99. I don't understand how "well it's free to play" somehow should shield them from all criticisms. (Not really speaking directly to you with this but I've seen this narrative a lot out there). Who asked for this? I have game pass, and even if I didn't, I probably would have gladly dropped 60 bucks to have a multiplayer suite with customization and progression consistent with what we've come to expect from the series from Halo Reach on. I don't remember ever sitting there playing MCC and thinking man, you know what would be awesome? If this was free and included a bunch of manipulative systems to get me to want to spend more time and money on it. I get that all these systems are consistent with pretty much every other "games as a service" online multiplayer game, but I don't think it's fair to label everyone as entitled for being critical of a beloved longstanding AAA franchise because they're talking about something you personally don't care about.

The multiplayer is fully free-to-play even apart from Game Pass, which I probably should have noted originally, making it very much free to millions of humans (who previously paid the access fees of owning an Xbox One+ and having Internet access and so forth). And while how many is up for debate, there are both Halo fans/diehards who will not touch the campaign and curious players who will play the multiplayer who would never have done so without this being dropped as a F2P game.

That does not shield -- or overshield, do you get it -- any developer or publisher from criticism, of course. But free-to-play games being, uh, free to play makes it very difficult for me to respond to the sort of caterwauling we all hear about battle passes and microtransactions and other ways of subsidizing game development with anything but eye-rolling.

I grew up buying (and having my parents buy) $60+ games that were developed for a fraction of what today's games cost to develop; that was, at that point, a relatively fair trade of labor for income for developers and publishers. In the last 15 or so years, publishers failed to go to war for more expensive games like they should have while costs skyrocketed, instead trying to (and succeeding in) engineer lower-cost games with deeply manipulative monetization strategies, and we've all reaped the whirlwind in that regard, whether that has come in the form of Candy Crush begging for money to get past Level 454, "games as a service" models in which development can never be fully complete, developers thus being in perpetual crunch in overheated frat house environments, Fortnite and Minecraft and Roblox paving the way for games to become platforms and storefronts more than games, or a thousand other examples you and I can point to.

Compared to all that, a bare-bones progression system (related to purely cosmetic items) and some puzzling quality-of-life choices in a surprise early drop of a multiplayer mode that is otherwise rather impressively polished despite its status as a GAAS/F2P monstrosity seem to me to be ... almost benign? Fully forgivable? Likely most worth notice for anyone but people conditioned to find flaws in everything related to the games they play because finding flaws and discussing them is what fuels gaming communities even more than shared enjoyment does, these days?

I'm not calling you, personally, entitled for anything; I was making a blanket statement that is obviously not going to pertain to every complaint or its petitioner. But "who asked for this?" isn't a rhetorical question without an answer: The answer is that no one on our end did, but the realities of the industry and capitalism coerced it and similar from all of us. And the tone and tenor of the complaints about it suggest to me that either a stunning number of adults don't get that this particular war was waged (and, for basically anyone but CEOs, lost) a long time ago or that way more children are in these spaces than I generally think.

(I'd have put this all in a spoiler tag but I cannot for the life of me remember how to do that, so any help on that end would be appreciated.)

 

[jsivley]

Spotify is virtually free on Xbox.

How?

 

[chnandler_bong]

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1460845057922285573?t=x_5J946k41lkmbpG_k9FbQ&s=19

Like 6 month delay I think from the original busy ass date of February? I think it needs more to get excited over regardless.

"They're going to love this remaster remake rerelease, it'll be poppin'!"

*Sees response to GTA Trilogy*

"Uh, yeah we need to delay the release by...six months..."

 

[flybrione]

Loaded up Gunvalkyrie. Game seems interesting but the controls are whack. Bunch of weird choices and no options. It's Inverted by default so use the Xbox Accessories app to fix it if you need to.

I was playing Otogi last night and the camera control is inverted and is driving me crazy. If I change the setting in the Xbox Accessories App will it only effect this game? How exactly does one go about making this change. I also installed Gunvalkyrie yesterday too but only had time for a couple levels of Otogi.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

I'll just say if a core system is ed you can usually tell quickly, and complaining is how stuff gets changed. Is it as big a detriment as actual gameplay being messed up? No, but it is a pillar of the experience for many players.

Armor customization became a talking point in Halo when MCC botched it for years, and unlocks and progression were hated in 5. Even Infinite had people weary from the start since they removed custom colors.

If it doesn't bother you fine, but this is a topic that touches literally every AAA shooter I can think of, even Doom Eternal.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

I was playing Otogi last night and the camera control is inverted and is driving me crazy. If I change the setting in the Xbox Accessories App will it only effect this game? How exactly does one go about making this change. I also installed Gunvalkyrie yesterday too but only had time for a couple levels of Otogi.

No, it's a system level change, but you can swap controller/game profiles in the app once set up. You just need to invert Y on the offending stick.

If you have an Elite controller you can set multiple profiles with the selector switch so you don't have to go to the app as often.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

"They're going to love this remaster, it'll be poppin'!"

*Sees response to GTA Trilogy*

"Uh, yeah we need to delay the release by...six months..."

It's not a remaster, but otherwise, yeah. Too many half-baked games coming out lately.

 

[Sielanas]

I'll just say if a core system is ed you can usually tell quickly, and complaining is how stuff gets changed. Is it as big a detriment as actual gameplay being messed up? No, but it is a pillar of the experience for many players.

See also the last few WoW xpacks. A core system needed reworking and Halsted the overall experience.

 

[MillerTime2523]

*snip*

I appreciate the reasonable and level headed response here, and honestly, I agree with you on many fronts. The only thing I'll say is that, yes, some of these things have impacted the enjoyment in the game for me, whether it's being lumped into objective based matches with teammates who don't want to PTFO, or teammates just outright grinding stupid battle pass challenges and not focusing on the actual game being played. I played with a couple buddies last night and had a blast, but I do see these things having an impact for the general user at some level. Personally, this is more a million times more annoying to me than the progression thing, but I do understand why that's important to some.

And yeah, I think we're pretty much on the same page as far as the industry trends and everything. You probably came up on Halo 2 and Halo 3 just the same as I did, and I guess on a personal level it's just frustrating to see major titles like Halo move closer to the Fortnite model and further from the stuff we came up wasting thousands of hours on, but that's just kind of where things are at these days. But I'm almost to the point where I want to just stop playing new games altogether, rather than just say "ah well, at least this game isn't a completely in-your-face cash grab." I've actually gone back to some 360 multiplayer games with a bunch of my buddies (Halo 3 customs, COD, Gears, etc) and I'm having way more fun messing around on that than I have with any recent game these days. I don't think I'll be getting rid of my Xbox One any time soon, and I'm sure I'll have Halo Infinite in the rotation as long as my friends keep playing, but it does make me a little sad and reminiscent of days gone by.

 

[sixspeednissan]

There’s another glitched achievement in Halo that’s a lot easier to get than intended. Completing 5 level 1 gun mastery challenges unlocks the achievement. It’s supposed to be by completing 5 level 3 gun challenges. It’ll be fixed soon so hurry and get it.

 

[bardockkun]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1460983140877434884?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Also side note, next week is Thanksgiving. Outside of Wal-Mart WHERE THE ARE MY BLACK FRIDAY ADS???

 

[whitereflection]

How?

I don't know what it's like on Xbox, but it's pretty generous on mobile devices. There, you watch one 30-second ad and then you can listen to 30 minutes of ad-free music. That's different than on PC where there's an ad after every few songs.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1460983140877434884?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Also side note, next week is Thanksgiving. Outside of Wal-Mart WHERE THE ARE MY BLACK FRIDAY ADS???

My guess is that half of it will be online only which means they don't need print ads that leak early.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

"You're projecting to say my standards are low, no? I've played a lot of video games in my life. What is on offer in the actual gameplay in this one is decidedly not substandard. "

You don't know what that word means and use it anyway, it sounds like you don't know what alot of this stuff means and speak on it anyway. 

"It's not "a series that radically reinvented itself to the point it almost lost its very identity and became a Call of Duty in space": It's Halo, done pretty damn well."

Your response to a series that almost lost it's identity is 'It's Halo, done pretty damn well'. That is like me asking what time is it and you say it's sunny outside.

You may have played alot of videogames in your life (how is this even relevant?) but you are demonstrating you don't understand much about them. Among many other things, sprinting, armor abilities, perks and care packages were added to the series in response to more popular shooter like CoD. They have since been removed or tweaked to fit into the series. You can have whatever opinion you want on them, but if you played Halo Reach +Halo 4 and seen them as carbon copies of the prequels with little influence from other popular shooters, not mention the drastic tonal shift when 343i took over, I dunno what to tell you.

"I am also not missing the point about players having real issues. The lack of playlists is a significant quality of life thing that should be fixed, but unless you've done nothing else but play Infinite since Tuesday, I can't imagine it's really impacted your game-to-game fun or total enjoyment all that much -- and I think that's also a much larger concern than any related to progression."

Actually, yeah, you are totally missing the point about players having real issues. No one is complaining about lack of playlists, they are complaining about not being able to select their playlist so they can play the matchtypes they want instead of random ones every time. Lack of playlists isn't even a QoL thing. QoL is in regards to making aspects of a game easier to play.

Again, you are literally demonstrating your own ignorance on the issues at hand, but you'll speak on it anyway.

"I'm also not sure where you're deriving any resistance to you or others having genuine opinions about the game. Have them all you want. When you share them in public, you might get them called out for being miserable and/or overwrought."

You know why I said you were projecting your own cynicism on others? Because you are constantly demonstrating it, like right here. Halo Infinite's reception is mostly positive. There are legions of passionate Youtube videos, Twitch streams and reddit posts that gush over how good it is, how it's so much better than Halo4/5 and a return to form for the series, but also point out the flaws. And that counts as 'miserable and overwrought'. That is your takeaway from all of it.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

There’s another glitched achievement in Halo that’s a lot easier to get than intended. Completing 5 level 1 gun mastery challenges unlocks the achievement. It’s supposed to be by completing 5 level 3 gun challenges. It’ll be fixed soon so hurry and get it.

Funny thing is I saw your post last night about the Mythic Achievement unlocking in bot matches. I was going to fight bots and get it out the way, then I got into a real match and went 26-0.

 

[bardockkun]

My guess is that half of it will be online only which means they don't need print ads that leak early.

With consumer spending up month after month I figure they'd be more...aggressive? Unless supply shortage ed them over more than they imagined. Though I remember last year basically everything went live the Sunday the week of Black Friday. Also I want to know the ads because somehow Best Buy still has the worst and slowest retail website and I just want crap saved (if any crap worth noting) so I can instantly add to my cart instead of browsing through their terribly slow website.

 

[awp]

Interesting news that Alien Isolation is coming out on mobile next month. Think I’ll stick with the FPS boosted version we have but will be curious how it turns out.

 

[sixspeednissan]

Also I want to know the ads because somehow Best Buy still has the worst and slowest retail website and I just want crap saved (if any crap worth noting) so I can instantly add to my cart instead of browsing through their terribly slow website.

Lol yes. Put it in a wish list so when they wipe carts you can add it quickly.

 

[Rockabye]

(snipperino)

You know why I said you were projecting your own cynicism on others? Because you are constantly demonstrating it, like right here. Halo Infinite's reception is mostly positive. There are legions of passionate Youtube videos, Twitch streams and reddit posts that gush over how good it is, how it's so much better than Halo4/5 and a return to form for the series, but also point out the flaws. And that counts as 'miserable and overwrought'. That is your takeaway from all of it.

Two posts by one person on a message board thread seemingly being taken as "constant demonstration" of "cynicism" feels not unlike extrapolating -- from posts focusing on the flaws of a game we seem to agree is being received well -- that focusing on flaws even in a context where few can be found is the result of an uncanny ability of some to dwell on the negative even when it only minimally detracts from the positives.

But, then, I wasn't basing my global observations like "finding flaws and discussing them is what fuels gaming communities even more than shared enjoyment does, these days" on two posts by one person on a message board thread -- I suppose I was thinking more about how a tour of Game Informer, Gamespot, GamesRadar, IGN, Kotaku, and Polygon turns up a slew of posts about the battle pass, including one that calls it "stingy" on the front page of the site and another that goes with "sucks, fans say," or how the Halo subreddit's most popular posts this week tilt more toward "I hate the battle pass" than "This game is great, but I hate the battle pass."

Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Maybe I'm cynical.

 

[Donken]

I’m just happy to see so much Halo talk in this thread again. I plan on playing a lot of infinite, I was having fun playing it for my first time last night. My first thought when looking at the battle pass was “they put stuff that was free on Halo Reach multiplayer behind a pay and grind wall”. I think that sucks but I get that the old $60 price isn’t working for these companies so they need more money. You can see some idiots have already paid the $150 to unlock all the battle pass levels, because some have unlocked the achievement for completing a battle pass, and paying to complete it is the only way to do it this quickly. The fact that people pay $150 for an achievement and some flaming armor means this model is working and they will continue to do it.

To me it’s like Apex Legends, do I think it’s morally good for gaming companies to prey on people with addictive personalities to get them to spend hundreds of dollars on cosmetics? No, probably not. If you don’t care about cosmetics though, it allows you to play 1000’s of hours of quality shooter games at little to no out of pocket cost besides Hardware.

 

[awp]

Yeah, I’m in that latter group. I’ll play for free without flaming armor, thank you very much.

 

[HektiK]

Played it for the first time last night, never even looked at the battle pass.  Despite putting many hours into I have also never bought a premium apex legends battle pass.  I guess it just doesn't appeal to me but for those who like that sort of thing I hope they adjust the progression.

That grappling hook is fun as hell though.  

 

[gamegirlpocket]

Apparently cloud gaming is officially available on X1 and Series S|X today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K_sGV1mM7A

More info:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/11/17/xbox-cloud-gaming-launches-on-console/

"For Xbox One users, cloud gaming also allows you to play some next gen games on the Xbox One console you already own. This means select games that are currently only playable on Xbox Series X|S, like Recompile, The Medium, and The Riftbreaker, are now playable on your Xbox One with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and cloud gaming. We will also continue to support this capability and expand our cloud game library to include more next gen games like Microsoft Flight Simulator in early 2022.

 
So, boot up your console, look for the cloud icon, and jump into your next favorite game."

 

[sixspeednissan]

That grappling hook is fun as hell though.

It really is. I’m still trying to get the achievement for jacking a flying vehicle.

 

[idogames]

Any criticism of Halo Infinite is good. I don't think anyone should take it personally (hopefully, nobody on the dev team does).

This isn't a single player experience that's over and done with already.

Just look at how far Sea of Thieves has come. It had so much criticism in the beginning but it was so much better at the end of the 1st year, and it keeps getting better and better every season. Part of that is from the feedback and criticism it received.

MS has long term goals with their games now and I'm all for it. I keep going back to State of Decay 2 every time they drop new FREE content.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

Any criticism of Halo Infinite is good. I don't think anyone should take it personally (hopefully, nobody on the dev team does).

This isn't a single player experience that's over and done with already.

Just look at how far Sea of Thieves has come. It had so much criticism in the beginning but it was so much better at the end of the 1st year, and it keeps getting better and better every season. Part of that is from feedback and criticism.

The core gameplay is great and that is what matters most. I think if there is a progression system, it should add to the experience and not feel like a chore, but they can always update / fix that later as you said. The weight, movement, and feel of the game is perfect, though, which is the most important thing. It gives me faith that the campaign will turn out well.

 

[wampler13]

Horizon 5 news here- the Forzathon shop is finally open.

 

[idogames]

Horizon 5 news here- the Forzathon shop is finally open.

OMG Finally! I've been meaning to ask if it was just me.

 

[jimbo8574]

Did they Forza Arcade?  I haven't felt the need to do much in the game since the weekend.  

 

[wormycoolness]

Horizon 5 news here- the Forzathon shop is finally open.

Apparently the patch is going to be out today. I’m not clear which platform as the article seems to indicate its PC only?

 

[Crazyglitcher]

Snip.

Now this delves more into psychology rather than actual video game talk, but the problem isn’t that you’re cynical (I’m not saying you are), the problem is that everything is in a vacuum when it comes to the internet. Of course you’re only going to be seeing people complain on a video game subReddit (it’s not just Americans, it’s the entire gaming culture across the world) because that’s one of the only ways to voice a concern to the devs and get peer recognition/confirmation that it’s “not just me with this problem”. Unfortunately, they’ve (and most of the internet) have become more of a “complaint box” instead of an open forum discussion, and it’s hard to find things perfect enough not to nitpick. And not only that, everyone wants their own little soapbox to stand on so instead of having one mega thread discussing any problems, there’s a bajillion smaller threads taking up space and drowning the other legitimate threads out.

The people who are genuinely having fun with the game and are okay with how things are/waiting for the fixes are too busy playing the game in their off time. They’re going to show the devs support by actually being on the servers and continuing to play, but there are a few who take the time and make the devs’ days by posting a thread saying they love the game.

That’s why a lot of developers/programmers try to ignore any Internet forums/articles that pop up and leave it to the community managers to give them a rundown, because unless a game is perfect in every single way (which logically is impossible), people are going to nitpick at anything they don’t like.
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As stated before, I’m still loving this halo, and it’s bringing back all the memories of times on Halo 2 and 3 trying to get max rank in any of the playlists. I’m really hoping that they bring back map/gametype voting, but with how matchmaking is setup, I don’t think there’s a “lobby” that players wait in, so it doesn’t seem likely.

And speaking of glitched achievements, the one where you have to “participate” in capturing all the zones that results in a point scored in BTB stronghold doesn’t require your team to score the point. You can separately capture each zone at least once, and it’ll give it to you. I popped that achievement halfway into in a match where both teams were constantly revolving capture control and the only point scored happened with 45 seconds left on the timer by the other team.

Extra edit: Also wanted to say that in terms of gameplay, they freaking nailed it. It feels like an actual Halo game instead of “COD with shields”.

 

[gorgo]

Have to say my kid and I are enjoying the GWG Lego Batman 2. Hoping these new BC titles start populating future GWG.

 

[murphyspub]

Anyone still waiting for Lego Batman 2 to show up on the 360 site?

 

[Crazyglitcher]

Have to say my kid and I are enjoying the GWG Lego Batman 2. Hoping these new BC titles start populating future GWG.

Yeah, all the Lego games are surprisingly a ton of fun. There’s something about the animations and the gameplay that click together just right and make them a joy to play.

 

[Donken]

I thought I had Lego Lord of the Rings digitally but I guess I only have the disc. I think I bought way less digital during 360 era since I got burned by the Wii marketplace shutting down.