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Welcome to the Xbox Deals and Discussion thread.

General info
  • 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​

May 5 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Apr 30 - Wednesday drops / Spring Sale DLCs

Apr 29 - Tuesday drops

Apr 28 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Apr 23 - Wednesday drops

Apr 22 - Tuesday drops

Apr 21 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Apr 17 - Spring Sale carry over

Apr 16 - Spring Sale - Other drops

Apr 15 - Tuesday drops

Apr 14 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Apr 9 - Wednesday drops

Apr 8 - Tuesday drops

Apr 7 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Apr 3 - Thursday drops

Apr 2 - Wednesday drops

Apr 1 - Tuesday drop

Mar 31 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Mar 27 - Thursday drops

Mar 26 - Wednesday drops

Mar 25 - Tuesday drops

Mar 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Mar 19 - Wednesday drop

Mar 18 - Tuesday drops

Mar 17 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Mar 13 - Thursday drops

Mar 12 - Wednesday drops

Mar 11 - Tuesday drops

Mar 10 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Mar 6 - Thursday drops

Mar 5 - Wednesday drops

Mar 4 - Tuesday drop

Mar 3 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Feb 27 - Thursday drops

Feb 26 - Wednesday drop

Feb 25 - Tuesday drops

Feb 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Feb 20 - Thursday drops

Feb 19 - Wednesday drops

Feb 17 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Feb 13 - Thursday drops (Anime Month)

Feb 12 - Wednesday drops

Feb 11 - Tuesday drops

Feb 10 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Feb 7 - Thursday drops

Feb 5 - Wednesday drops

Feb 3 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 30 - Anime Month

Jan 29 - Wednesday drops (Team17 sale)

Jan 28 - Tuesday drops

Jan 27 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 24 - Lunar New Year sale follow up

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale

Jan 22 - Wednesday drops

Jan 20 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 14 - Tuesday drops

Jan 13 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Jan 8 - Wednesday drops (Wired Productions sale)

Jan 7 - Tuesday drops (Wired Productions sale)

Jan 6 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 3 - Beyond Countdown follow up

Jan 2 - Beyond Countdown Sale

Jan 1 - Wednesday drop

Latest Countdown Posts​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2025-05-01
What is this?
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 2026. 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
2025-05-05 23:59:59
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​
Arx Fatalis (PC)​
Ashen​
Assassin's Creed Origins​
Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition​
Dead by Daylight​
DREDGE​
Fallout 3​
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PC)​
Fallout Tactics (PC)​
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​
For The King II​
Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) - Grand Theft Auto V: Story Mode (Xbox Series X|S)​
Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) (Not available for purchase)
Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S)​
Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One) (Not available for purchase)
Mafia: Definitive Edition​
Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​
PlateUp!​
South Park: The Fractured but Whole​
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (PC)​

2025-05-06 09:59:59
Flock​
Isonzo​
Isonzo (Windows)​
Legend of Mana​
Monster Sanctuary - Game Pass Core
Neon Abyss​
Neon White​
OCTOPATH TRAVELER​
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​
PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core
SnowRunner - Game Pass Core
SnowRunner (Windows 10)​
STAR WARS Battlefront (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
STAR WARS Battlefront II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​
STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​
The Gunk​
TRIALS of MANA​
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-05-12 23:59:59
Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​
Age of Mythology: Retold​
Ara: History Untold (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold Standard Edition (PC)​
Ara: History Untold, Alexander the Great (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold, Confucius (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold, Harriet Tubman (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold, John A. Macdonald (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Arcade Paradise​
As Dusk Falls​
Avowed (Not available for purchase)
Avowed Standard Edition​
Bleeding Edge​
BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​
Broken Age​
Broken Age (PC)​
Brütal Legend​
Costume Quest​
Crackdown 3​
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​
Disneyland Adventures​
Fuzion Frenzy​
Galacticare​
Gears 5 - Boost: 30 Day Bonus (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core
Gears 5 Ultimate-Add-On (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Gears 5: Hivebusters - Game Pass Core
Gears of War 4​
Gears Tactics​
Gears Tactics - Base Game (Not available for purchase)
Goat Simulator: Remastered​
Grounded - Game Pass Core
Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core
Halo Infinite (Campaign)​
Halo Wars 2 - Welcome to the Ark (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​
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 (Not available for purchase)
Hypnospace Outlaw​
Joy Ride Turbo​
Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​
Mass Effect - EA Play -​
MASSIVE CHALICE​
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​
Microsoft Flight Simulator - Digital Ownership (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)
Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Pentiment​
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: Royal Edition Upgrade Pack (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part I (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part II (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition (PC)​
Psychonauts​
Psychonauts (Windows 10)​
Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core
Quantum Break​
Quantum Break (PC)​
ReCore​
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​
Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends​
Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​
Ryse: Legendary Edition​
Ryse: Son of Rome - Blade of Favor (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Son of Rome - Centurion Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Son of Rome - Glott Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Son of Rome - Gorgon's Fury (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Son of Rome - Legendary Edition Bonus Bundle (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Son of Rome - Marius Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)
ScreamRide​
Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​
Stacking​
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core
State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)
Sunset Overdrive​
Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)
Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)
Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​
The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​
The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​
Torment: Tides of Numenera​
Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​
Wasteland Remastered​
We Happy Few​
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2025-05-13 09:59:59
Borderlands 3 Season Pass​
Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​
Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition Extra Content​

2025-05-15 09:59:59
Blizzard Arcade Collection​
Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Standard Edition (PC)​
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy​
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)
Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy​
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​

2025-05-01 15:59:59
Anno 1800 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 6 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector​
2025-05-05 17:59:59
Revenge of the Savage Planet (Not available for purchase)
Revenge of the Savage Planet PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)
2025-05-06 23:59:59
Dungeons Of Hinterberg​
Metal Slug Tactics​
2025-05-07 21:59:59
Still Wakes the Deep​
2025-05-07 23:59:59
MechWarrior 5: Clans​
South of Midnight​
2025-05-08 09:59:59
Farming Simulator 22​
Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​
2025-05-08 13:59:59
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited - The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Upgrade (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
2025-05-08 23:59:59
Commandos: Origins​
Commandos: Origins (Win) (PC)​
2025-05-10 14:59:59
Blue Prince​
2025-05-14 09:59:59
Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core
Fable II​
Fable III​
Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​
2025-05-14 23:59:59
DOOM: The Dark Ages (Not available for purchase)
DOOM: The Dark Ages Standard Edition​
DOOM: The Dark Ages Void DOOM Slayer Skin (Not available for purchase)
2025-05-16 09:59:59
Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons​
Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (PC)​
Chants of Sennaar​
Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​
Dune: Spice Wars (moved from 2025-06-01)
Farming Simulator 22​
Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​
Hauntii​
Jurassic World Evolution 2​
Little Kitty, Big City​
Planet of Lana​
The Big Con (moved from 2025-06-01)
2025-05-17 06:59:59
Crime Scene Cleaner​
2025-05-17 14:59:59
Tempopo​
2025-05-20 23:59:59
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​
2025-05-21 23:59:59
Creatures of Ava​
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Edition​
2025-05-22 14:59:59
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered​
2025-05-24 06:59:59
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33​
2025-06-01 09:59:59
Against the Storm (PC)​
Cassette Beasts​
Firework (Windows)​
Generation Zero​
Goat Simulator 3​
Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition​
Goat Simulator 3: Xbox One Edition​
Humanity​
Hypnospace Outlaw​
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2025-05-01)
Moving Out 2​
PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Remnant II - Standard Edition​
Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends​
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​
2025-06-04 16:59:59
One Lonely Outpost​
2025-06-10 23:59:59
MULLET MADJACK​
2025-06-13 11:59:59
The Alters​
2025-06-16 09:59:59
Depersonalization (PC)​
Dordogne​
Dordogne (Windows)​
Far Cry 6​
Isonzo​
Isonzo (Windows)​
Keplerth (PC)​
My Time at Sandrock​
My Time at Sandrock (Not available for purchase)
My Time at Sandrock Online (Not available for purchase)
REMATCH (Not available for purchase)
Shadowrun Returns​
Shadowrun Trilogy​
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​
The Callisto Protocol (Not available for purchase)
The Callisto Protocol for Xbox One​
The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S​
The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Not available for purchase)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 1 Operators (Not available for purchase)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Operators (Not available for purchase)
2025-06-16 14:59:59
33 Immortals (Game Preview)​
2025-06-19 09:59:59
REMATCH (Not available for purchase)
2025-06-25 13:59:59
Atomfall​
2025-07-01 09:59:59
Arcade Paradise​
Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month​
Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month (PC)​
Persona 3 Reload (moved from 2025-02-01)
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders​
SteamWorld Dig​
SteamWorld Dig 2​
2025-07-11 03:59:59
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Content Pack (Not available for purchase)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Cross-Gen Edition​
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Wireframe Tony Shader (Not available for purchase)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Not available for purchase)
2025-07-15 09:59:59
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​
2025-07-16 09:59:59
Assassin's Creed Valhalla​
Cricket 24​
Cricket 24: The Official Game Of The Ashes (PC)​
Flock​
Gigantic: Rampage Edition​
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess​
Mafia: Definitive Edition​
Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Magical Delicacy (moved from 2026-07-16)
Moonlighter (moved from 2024-12-01)
No Man's Sky​
Tchia​
The Case of the Golden Idol​
2025-07-24 01:59:59
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers (PC) (Not available for purchase)
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers (Not available for purchase)
2025-08-01 09:59:59
Cooking Simulator​
Cooking Simulator Windows​
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (moved from 2025-02-01)
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​
Starbound (PC)​
2025-08-16 09:59:59
Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand - Free Upgrade​
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​
PlateUp!​
2025-09-01 09:59:59
Borderlands 3​
Borderlands 3 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Borderlands 3 Gearbox Cosmetic Pack​
Borderlands 3 Gold Weapon Skins Pack​
Borderlands 3 Neon Cosmetic Pack​
Borderlands 3 Retro Cosmetic Pack​
Borderlands 3 Season Pass​
Borderlands 3 Toy Box Weapons Pack​
Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​
Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition​
Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition (PC)​
Call of the Wild: The Angler​
Core Keeper​
Core Keeper (PC)​
Sea of Stars​
This War of Mine: Final Cut​
2025-09-16 09:59:59
RESIDENT EVIL 2​
Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: Frankfurt - Fulda: Kinzigtalbahn​
Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles - San Bernardino​
Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes​
Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​
Wargroove 2​
2025-10-01 09:59:59
All You Need is Help​
Cocoon​
Sifu​
Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) (moved from 2025-04-01)
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​
2025-10-16 09:59:59
A Plague Tale: Requiem​
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows​
Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​
Donut County​
Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) - Grand Theft Auto V: Story Mode (Xbox Series X|S)​
Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) (Not available for purchase)
Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S)​
Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One) (Not available for purchase)
Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox Series X|S)​
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (PC)​
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy (PC) (Not available for purchase)
RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game​
2025-11-01 09:59:59
Dead Island 2​
Dead Island 2 (Windows)​
Jusant​
Metal Slug Tactics​
Return to Monkey Island​
Wartales​
2025-11-16 09:59:59
Football Manager 2024 (PC)​
Football Manager 2024 Console​
Frostpunk (PC)​
Frostpunk: Console Edition​
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Windows Edition​
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Edition​
Spirittea​
2025-12-01 09:59:59
Aliens: Dark Descent​
Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (moved from 2024-12-01)
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​
Genesis Noir (moved from 2025-03-01)
Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (moved from 2025-03-01)
Lords of the Fallen​
Lords of the Fallen (PC)​
OCTOPATH TRAVELER​
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​
PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​
SteamWorld Build​
2025-12-16 09:59:59
Ben 10: Power Trip​
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​
Hunt: Showdown 1896​
Mortal Kombat 11​
Still Wakes the Deep​
Wildfrost​
2026-01-01 09:59:59
Carrion​
Carrion (PC)​
Hell Let Loose​
House Flipper​
Injustice 2​
Injustice 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​
Middle-earth: Shadow of War​
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Standard Edition Content (Not available for purchase)
Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Not available for purchase)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​
Road 96​
2026-01-16 09:59:59
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders​
Medieval Dynasty​
Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​
Neon White​
Palworld (Game Preview) (moved from 2025-02-01)
Starbound​
2026-02-01 09:59:59
Brotato (moved from 2025-02-01)
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap​
Shady Part of Me​
Shady Part of Me (Windows)​
2026-03-01 09:59:59
Bluey: The Videogame (moved from 2025-03-01)
Disney Dreamlight Valley​
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​
Monster Train​
Nine Sols​
2026-03-16 09:59:59
Enter The Gungeon​
Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island​
2026-04-01 09:59:59
Cities: Skylines - Remastered​
Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​
Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition - Game Pass Core
Mad Streets​
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT​
SMITE 2 (Game Preview)​
THE FINALS​
2026-04-16 09:59:59
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)
Hunt: Showdown 1896 (Windows)​
Inscryption​
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​
2026-05-01 09:59:59
Another Crab's Treasure​
Ashen​
Citizen Sleeper​
Creatures of Ava​
DayZ - Game Pass Core
Descenders - Game Pass Core
Goat Simulator - Game Pass Core
Goat Simulator: Remastered​
Goat Simulator: Remastered (Windows Edition)​
Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​
2026-05-16 09:59:59
Galacticare​
Shadowrun Returns PC (PC)​
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut PC (PC)​
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition PC (PC)​
2026-06-01 09:59:59
ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core
Dead by Daylight​
Dead by Daylight Windows​
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - Game Pass Core
theHunter: Call of the Wild​
theHunter: Call of the Wild - Windows 10​
World War Z​
World War Z - WWZ Upgrade to Aftermath​
World War Z (PC)​
World War Z: Aftermath​
World War Z: Aftermath (PC)​
World War Z: Aftermath Upgrade (PC)​
2026-06-16 09:59:59
Among Us - Game Pass Core
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core
2026-07-01 09:59:59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)
Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core
Slay The Spire (PC)​
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (moved from 2025-05-01)
Unpacking - Game Pass Core
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide​
2026-07-16 09:59:59
Dungeons Of Hinterberg​
Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core
Golf With Your Friends (Windows Version)​
PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core
Stellaris (PC)​
Stellaris: Console Edition​
Techtonica (Game Preview)​
2026-08-01 09:59:59
Celeste - Game Pass Core
Crusader Kings III (moved from 2025-02-01)
Crusader Kings III (PC) (moved from 2025-02-01)
Go Mecha Ball​
INSIDE - Game Pass Core
Roboquest​
Sniper Elite: Resistance​
2026-08-16 09:59:59
Firewatch - Game Pass Core
LIMBO - Game Pass Core
LIMBO (PC)​
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader​
2026-09-01 09:59:59
Neon Abyss​
Neon Abyss (PC)​
Star Trucker​
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
2026-11-01 09:59:59
Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core
2026-11-16 09:59:59
Frostpunk 2 (PC)​
Wreckfest - Game Pass Core
Wreckfest (PC)​
2026-12-01 09:59:59
Legend of Mana​
Monster Sanctuary - Game Pass Core
Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version)​
Overthrown (Game Preview)​
Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core
Stardew Valley (PC)​
Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core
TRIALS of MANA​
Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core
2026-12-16 09:59:59
For The King II​
2027-01-01 09:59:59
VALORANT​
2027-01-16 09:59:59
NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black​
2027-02-01 09:59:59
Eternal Strands​
Trailmakers​
2027-02-16 09:59:59
Kingdom Two Crowns​
2027-03-01 09:59:59
Balatro​
2027-03-16 09:59:59
Control - Game Pass Core
Control Expansion 1 "The Foundation" - Game Pass Core
Control Expansion 2 "AWE" - Game Pass Core
Control Season Pass - Game Pass Core
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 - Game Pass Core
Control Ultimate Edition - Xbox Series X|S - Game Pass Core
Control Ultimate Edition (PC)​
TUNIC - Game Pass Core
2027-04-01 09:59:59
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core
Zombie Army 4: Dead War (moved from 2025-04-01)
2027-05-01 09:59:59
SnowRunner - Game Pass Core
SnowRunner - Anniversary DLC - Game Pass Core
SnowRunner (Windows 10)​
SnowRunner (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
2027-06-01 09:59:59
Batman: Arkham Knight - Game Pass Core
Terraria​
2027-06-16 09:59:59
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​
2027-07-01 09:59:59
Assassin's Creed Odyssey​
Assassin's Creed Origins​
Far Cry 5​
FOR HONOR​
FOR HONOR - Standard Edition (Not available for purchase)
Immortals Fenyx Rising​
My Friend Peppa Pig​
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​
Watch Dogs2​
2027-09-16 09:59:59
Riders Republic​
Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)
2027-10-16 09:59:59
South Park: The Fractured but Whole​
2027-12-16 09:59:59
Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core
Overcooked! 2 (PC)​
2028-02-01 09:59:59
Far Cry New Dawn​
2028-05-01 09:59:59
Far Cry 4​
2028-07-01 09:59:59
Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core
Watch Dogs: Legion​

Far future dates, mostly first party and EA Play
2048-09-10 23:59:59
NHL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
2048-12-30 23:59:59
Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​
EA SPORTS College Football 25 - EA Play -​
EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​
F1 23 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
F1 24 - EA Play -​
GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​
Madden NFL 24 (Not available for purchase) - 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 -​
Madden NFL 25 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Madden NFL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​
Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​
UFC 5 - 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)​
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) - Game Pass Core
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)​
2099-12-29 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​
2229-01-03 23:59:59
ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass​
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) - Game Pass Core
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)​
2799-02-28 09:59:59
The Walking Dead: Season Two​
2799-03-02 23:59:59
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC) (Not available for purchase)
2799-03-07 23:59:59
Halo Infinite (Campaign)​
2799-03-11 23:59:59
Dishonored Definitive Edition​
Dishonored Definitive Edition (PC)​
DOOM 3​
DOOM 64​
Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core
Fallout 4 (PC)​
Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​
Prey (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion​
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (PC) - 2009 (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PC)​
The Evil Within​
The Evil Within (PC)​
Wolfenstein: The New Order​
Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC)​
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC)​
2799-03-16 23:59:59
DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE - PC) (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core
Fallout 76 (PC)​
2799-03-24 07:59:59
Bleeding Edge​
2799-03-26 23:59:59
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Season Pass​
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​
2799-04-30 08:59:59
Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​
2799-05-12 23:59:59
Psychonauts​
Psychonauts (Windows 10)​
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)
Gears of War 4​
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10​
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 - Game Pass Core
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)​
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)​
Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus​
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PC) (Not available for purchase)
2799-06-14 23:59:59
ScreamRide​
2799-06-17 23:59:59
The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​
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)
Kameo (Not available for purchase)
Perfect Dark​
Perfect Dark (Not available for purchase)
Perfect Dark Zero (Not available for purchase)
Rare Replay​
Rare Replay (Not available for purchase)
Ryse: Legendary Edition​
Ryse: Son of Rome - Colosseum Pack​
Ryse: Son of Rome - Duel of Fates Pack​
Ryse: Son of Rome - Mars' Chosen Pack​
Ryse: Son of Rome - Morituri Pack​
Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)
State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)
Viva Piñata (Not available for purchase)
Viva Piñata: TIP (Not available for purchase)
2799-07-13 23:59:59
Halo 3 (PC)​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
2799-07-18 23:59:59
BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Add-on Support​
2799-07-21 23:59:59
Grounded - Game Pass Core
2799-07-24 23:59:59
Killer Instinct​
2799-08-13 14:59:59
The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​
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 - EA Play -​
2799-09-19 23:59:59
Tell Me Why​
Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)
Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)
Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​
Wasteland 3​
Wasteland 3 (PC)​
2799-09-22 02:59:59
Halo 3: ODST (PC)​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST (PC) (Not available for purchase)
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​
2799-10-10 23:59:59
The Sims 4 Get to Work - EA Play -​
2799-10-14 23:59:59
Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​
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 - Age of Empires IV: 4K HDR Video Pack (PC)​
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 4 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo REACH (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC) (Not available for purchase)
RAGE 2​
RAGE 2 (PC)​
2799-11-16 23:59:59
ARK: Survival Evolved​
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberration (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Extinction (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Genesis Season Pass​
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Genesis Season Pass (PC)​
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Scorched Earth (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved (PC)​
ARK: Survival Evolved Aberrant Skins (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass​
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)​
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)​
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 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​
Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
Burnout Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
EA SPORTS WRC (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Fe - EA Play - 2018-09-03​
Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​
Mirror's Edge Catalyst - EA Play - 2019-05-14​
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​
Need for Speed Rivals - 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 Battlefront II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​
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
ARK: Survival Ascended​
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberrant Skins (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberration (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Extinction (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Scorched Earth (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​
As Dusk Falls​
Broken Age​
Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​
Contrast​
Costume Quest​
Costume Quest 2​
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy​
DEATHLOOP​
DOOM + DOOM II​
Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core
Ghostwire: Tokyo​
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​
Hi-Fi RUSH​
Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​
MASSIVE CHALICE​
Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​
Minecraft​
Minecraft Dungeons​
Minecraft Legends​
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition​
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​
Pentiment​
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​
Quake II​
Quantum Break​
Redfall​
skate. (2007) - EA Play - 2021-08-05​
Stacking​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1​
Torment: Tides of Numenera​
We Happy Few​
2999-12-30 23:59:59
It Takes Two - Digital Version Data (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
It Takes Two (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
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 (Not available for purchase)
Age of Mythology: Retold​
Alice: Madness Returns - EA Play - 2019-10-25​
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​
Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​
Ara: History Untold (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold Standard Edition (PC)​
Ara: History Untold, Alexander the Great (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold, Confucius (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold, Harriet Tubman (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold, John A. Macdonald (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​
Army of Two - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
Battlefield 1 Apocalypse - EA Play -​
Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition Content (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Battlefield 1 Hellfighter Pack (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Battlefield 1 In the Name of the Tsar - EA Play -​
Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​
Battlefield 1 They Shall Not Pass - EA Play -​
Battlefield 1 Turning Tides - EA Play -​
Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​
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 -​
Blizzard Arcade Collection​
Borderlands 3 Boost Mods Pack (Not available for purchase)
Broken Age (PC)​
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Content Pack 6 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Standard Edition (PC)​
Call of Duty: Warzone​
Call of Duty: Warzone - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core
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​
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)
Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)
DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2014-10-28​
Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​
Feeding Frenzy - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Feeding Frenzy 2 - EA Play - 2008-09-17​
FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​
Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​
Genshin Impact​
Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2: Anniversary (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle​
Killer Instinct (PC)​
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​
MechWarrior 5: Clans​
Medal of Honor Airborne - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Standard Edition​
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​
Minecraft for Windows (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Legends - Windows (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​
Overwatch 2​
Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire Pack (PC)​
Plants vs. Zombies - EA Play - 2010-09-24​
Quake 4 (PC)​
Quantum Break (PC)​
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​
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​
Skate 3 - EA Play -​
Spyro Reignited Trilogy​
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​
SSX - EA Play - 2012-02-21​
STAR WARS Battlefront (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
Starfield​
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Windows Edition (Not available for purchase)
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited - The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Upgrade (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
The Gunk​
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 2 (Not available for purchase)
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 3 (Not available for purchase)
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 4 (Not available for purchase)
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Season Pass (Not available for purchase)
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - The Complete Season​
The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Not available for purchase)
Towerborne (Game Preview) (Not available for purchase)
Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)
Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack (Not available for purchase)
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)
Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​
Blizzard Arcade Collection PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle (Not available for purchase)
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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
 
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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.
 
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?

 
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.

 
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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.

 
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.

 
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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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.
 
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.

 
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.)

 
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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..."

 
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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.

 
I'll just say if a core system is fucked 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.
 
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.
 
I'll just say if a core system is fucked 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.
 
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.

 
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.
 
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 fuck ARE MY BLACK FRIDAY ADS???

 
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Also side note, next week is Thanksgiving. Outside of Wal-Mart WHERE THE fuck 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.

 
"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.

 
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.

 
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 fucked 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.

 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.

 
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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.
 
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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.  

 
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."
 
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.

 
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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.

 
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”.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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