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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Jun 10 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jun 3 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

May 30 - Skull & Bones​

May 29 - Assetto Corsa Competizione​

May 28 - Tera Coins / Terminal 81​

May 27 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

May 23 - Activision​

May 22 - Warhammer​

May 21 - "Just for Everyone" deals - Party Games​

May 20 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

May 16 - Mid-week drops​

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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Jun 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jun 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

May 27 - Pre-weekly countdown​

May 20 - Pre-weekly countdown​

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 - 2024-06-08

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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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2024-06-10 23:59:59

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

Watch Dogs®2​

2024-06-11 09:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

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

No Man's Sky​

SpiderHeck​

2024-06-18 09:59:59

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

As Dusk Falls​

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed® Origins​

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​

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Bleeding Edge​

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night​

Bluey: The Videogame​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Brütal Legend​

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

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Control​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Dead by Daylight​

Dead by Daylight Windows (PC)​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

DEATHLOOP​

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

Dishonored® Definitive Edition​

Dishonored® Definitive Edition (PC) (PC)​

Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™​

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

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Disneyland Adventures​

DOOM​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC) (PC)​

EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ - EA Play -​

Exoprimal​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 3​

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

Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 4 (PC) (PC)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 - PC (PC)​

Fallout Tactics (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Far Cry® 6​

FOR HONOR​

Forza Horizon 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Fuzion Frenzy®​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

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​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

Have a Nice Death​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

Hi-Fi RUSH​

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged​

Immortals of Aveum™ - EA Play -​

Indivisible​

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

Joy Ride Turbo​

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)​

Lies of P​

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​

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

Monster Hunter Rise​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox One​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox Series X|S​

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​

Neon Abyss​

NHL® 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL® 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered​

No More Heroes 3 Xbox​

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​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

PAW Patrol World​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Game Pass Core​

Pentiment​

Persona 5 Tactica​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

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

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

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10) (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

Remnant II® - Standard Edition​

Remnant: From the Ashes​

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows (PC)​

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

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

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

Rollerdrome​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

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

ScreamRide​

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

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition​

Stacking​

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 -​

Starfield​

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

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

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

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

Sunset Overdrive​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

Super Mega Baseball™ 4 - EA Play -​

Tales of Arise​

Terraria​

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

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

The Elder Scrolls® Online - Game Pass Core​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

The Quarry for Xbox Series X|S​

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season​

The Yakuza Remastered Collection​

The Yakuza Remastered Collection for Windows 10 (PC)​

Titanfall® 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege Deluxe Edition​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

We Happy Few​

WILD HEARTS™ Standard Edition - EA Play -​

Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein: Youngblood​

Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein® II: The New Colossus™​

World War Z: Aftermath​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2024-06-08 15:59:59

Little Kitty, Big City​

2024-06-09 09:59:59

Diablo® IV (Not available for purchase)​

2024-06-09 16:59:59

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

2024-06-15 23:59:59

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

2024-06-16 09:59:59

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Batman™: Arkham Knight (moved from 2024-06-01)​

Bramble: The Mountain King (moved from 2024-07-01)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows) (PC)​

Generation Zero® (moved from 2024-06-01)​

High On Life​

Mortal Kombat 11​

Rune Factory 4 Special​

Rune Factory 4 Special - Windows Edition (PC) (moved from 2024-06-01)​

Spacelines from the Far Out (moved from 2024-06-01)​

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)​

2024-06-20 07:59:59

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II​

2024-06-20 13:59:59

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

2024-06-22 13:59:59

Galacticare​

Hauntii​

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​

2024-06-29 16:59:59

Humanity​

2024-07-01 09:59:59

Arcade Paradise​

Cricket 22​

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​

2024-07-01 16:59:59

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

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

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

2024-07-04 13:59:59

Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends​

2024-07-05 23:59:59

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

2024-07-08 13:59:59

Botany Manor​

Botany Manor (PC)​

2024-07-15 12:59:59

Harold Halibut​

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​

2024-07-24 15:59:59

Another Crab's Treasure​

2024-07-25 12:59:59

Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​

2024-07-28 17:59:59

The Rewinder​

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 - 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​

Soccer Story​

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​

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

A Little to the Left​

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night​

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC)​

Return to Grace​

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​

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

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)​

Chants of Sennaar​

Chants of Sennaar (Windows) (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​

Firework (Windows) (PC)​

Goat Simulator 3​

Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition (PC)​

Hypnospace Outlaw​

Moving Out 2​

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)​

NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2024-06-16)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2024-06-16)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2024-06-16)​

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection (moved from 2024-06-16)​

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

Lords of the Fallen​

Lords of the Fallen (PC)​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

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 -​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ - 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 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: 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) (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)​

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​

Immortals of Aveum™ - EA Play -​

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​

NHL® 23 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

NHL® 23 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-04-13​

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)​

 

[Blade]

The last Star Wars trilogy would've been better if they hadn't switched directors for each movie. 

I like Rian Johnson. Knives Out is easily the best mystery movie of the past 50 years. Abrams also created some of the best Star Trek movies, and he clearly has a knack for action/sci-fi directing. But the idiots at Disney created the worst possible scenario by letting Johnson set up his own interpretation in 8, then giving it back to Abrams. Neither director was able to realize their vision.

 

[Thebacklash]

Wasn’t it a 3rd director for the last one? And he quit or was replaced and they brought Abraham back?

On its own... it’s passable. As part of the whole franchise, not so much. Who would have believed that the 2nd trilogy was as a whole better than the last trilogy (for myself and many others, still hate jar-jar though. Granted the cgi better in the last 3)

 

[kemosahbe]

Wasn’t it a 3rd director for the last one? And he quit or was replaced and they brought Abraham back?

It was initially Colin Trevorrow as the director but he was fired when Disney got scared after the Solo flop.

 

[2ndopp]

Clearly my sacrifice to Bloomy worked

Sacrifices to Bloomy bring Gears skins and new Forza cars, not Mass Effect dlc

I won't go into detail but there is some major new story content in FFVII Remake to spoil, outside the discussion of normal 20 year old spoiler.

A more straight remake like Resident Evil 2 fits your point better.

Finished Final Fantasy 7 Remake a couple days ago and loved every minute of it. It hit every nostalgic note and got me to tear up many times. It just may be Square Enix's best Final Fantasy game ever. My first playthrough clocked in at 60 hours. With the new story elements, I took a day to process everything. It all clicked right away but I had to wrap my head around all the tiny details. I'm going to go insane waiting for others to play/finish the game because the discussions are like when each episode of Game of Thrones Season 6 came out, or speculating what Avengers: Endgame would be through the trailers. It's that level of hype for the fans.

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[gldndomer]

I like Rian Johnson. Knives Out is easily the best mystery movie of the past 50 years.

Knives Out is mainstream mystery crap. Just ONE episode of the Sherlock miniseries is even better than it. The beginning set-up was trying too hard to be different, yet it fell into the same phoned-in culprit as made-for-TV-mysteries. And this is despite the great performances of Michael Shannon, don Johnson, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie also dialed in to some politics, which is not why people go see mystery movies? Rian does this with all his current movies now.

Go watch Gosford Park. It's much better and it doesn't have Daniel Craig attempting a terrible southern accent.

But it's true, there aren't many great mystery movies if you read anything from Christie, Doyle, Chandler, Sayers, James, or Poe. Even The Orient Express remake was trash.

I'm just upset about mystery movies in general, I guess. They don't leave much up to imagination like mystery books do. They are geared more towards a large audience that hasn't read The Purloined Letter, Ten Little Indians, or the Sign of Four. I just want more people to know the thrill of a great mystery, not a passable one like Knives Out.

 

[captbrannigan]

Yeah I was not so lucky. I should just buy shitty achievement padding games from now. When I buy an actual game I end up eating shit.

Was Inquisitor really that bad in your opinion? For $10? If you didn't play it much you might still be able to request a refund. Maybe you could just have support take your license away so you don't have that stain on your account.

Re:Star Wars
The guy made it this long without spoilers, don't ruin any chance of enjoyment for him. My brother and his kids liked it.

Spoiler

Which makes them crazy, because it was a nonsensical pile of crap. They spent half the run time back tracking on "mistakes" from Last Jedi, and the rest of the runtime bouncing from planet to planet to get the thing to lead them to the thing to get the thing.

OG SW had multiple directors, but it still had a cohesive creative vision because Lucas was heavily involved and only Kasdan was hired to rework Empire and Return. New Trilogy could have worked, but JJ is a much better director than writer and his mystery box schtick only works as a setup not conclusion. They needed someone to provide an outline for the trilogy, a good writer to "yes and" what JJ started, keep RJ from answering every audience expectation and previous setup with "who cares", and unite the trilogy in the final movie into a satisfying story. Instead they completely wasted their potential and likely stunted the careers of half a dozen fine actors. Adam Driver will be fine, but I think Daisy Ridley will have to deal with a lot of audience backlash for awhile.

In the words of David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans, *snap* *snap* Hated It! I liked all the rest of the new Star Wars, they weren't perfect but they were fun. Rise of Trashpacker was just depressing.

On a positive note, Midnight Gospel on Netflix was amazing. I think it was brilliant to have the animation telling it's own bizarre visual story. By forcing you to pay attention to follow that story, it helps keep you engaged in the podcast like discussions going on between Trussel and his guests. That episode about buddhism and the soul prison was one of the greatest things I've ever seen. It's just a silly little show made by a psychedelic comedian, but I'm definitely going to watch it again and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the best aspects of "spirituality."


I haven't been playing many video games lately, but since they're on sale I'll once again recommend any of the Souls series. If the difficulty intimidates you, just know that you can co-op through like 90% of the whole series and there's still a decently active community tab to find help. The difficulty isn't nearly as bad as its hyped up to be anyways. I think of it like real time turn based combat. The enemies and especially bosses are much stronger than you, but they always have a windup and provide openings to counter attack. You have to get a feel for what parts of your dodge are invulnerable, which direction to dodge to land in a safe position, when it's safe to get aggressive, and not to get greedy trying to end the fight on the first opportunity.

The worlds and lore are incredibly deep if you want to dive into them, but very little is forced on you if you just want to hack and slash your way through. Starting classes are just initial stat allocation and starting gear, you have the option to progress however you'd like. Character progression is slow, but there are numerous build options for armor weight, weapon speed, magical abilities, and playstyle. Nothing beats the sense of accomplishment when you get the hang of the mechanics, learn a bosses patterns and weaknesses, and finally take them down. You can also learn how to time parries, spell casting, or giant buster sword swings and make an absolute joke out of end game and ng+ bosses. All the games were built with multiplayer in mind, so don't feel bad if you have to look up strategies or where to go on a wiki. When they were more populated, player notes and bloodstains could provide a lot of that guidance in game.

Dark Souls Remastered has the best interconnected world, but the mechanics are pretty stiff and PvP will likely frustrate you because the people still doing it have the timings mastered and will chain backstab you or one shot you with magic. The weapon upgrade progression is needlessly obscure and basically requires a chart to follow. The remaster also doesn't address the final, rushed areas of the game that feel incomplete. DS is probably the most satisfying to beat and introduces characters who would go on to be mainstays in the series. Ornstein and Smough is quite possibly the best boss fight in the whole series.

Dark Souls 2 throws a lot of hordes at you to challenge players who co-oped or plinked at everything in DS with a bow. The length is overly padded and clearly has a ton of boss fights just to advertise how big the game is. The animations and movement feel a little stiffer than DSR. Coop/pvp is gated by total experience earned including lost exp from dying repeatedly and exp spent on consumables and upgrades. It's also arguably the easiest since you can easily afford consumable healing items. That said, it has the most variety in overpowered builds that come "online" earlier in the game. Most players prefer the PvP for that reason, especially with magic that isn't just one shot nukes nor as weak as DS3. I would recommend it to players who've beat DSR and DS3 looking for more content and a challenge.

Dark Souls 3 has the most fluid movement and multiplayer. It suffers from a predictable story at that point and what many feel is fan service with returning characters. It doesn't have boss fights as good as O&S, but it also doesn't have anything near as frustrating as the Bed of Chaos from DSR. Weapon upgrades are much easier to understand since upgrade level and elemental damage are separate complimentary paths. Unfortunately, offensive miracles (faith magic) are weak for lore purposes and are downright useless for PvE or PvP. PvP only a handful of pyromancies and sorceries are viable because of slow cast times, poor tracking, and weak damage. Also weapon damage compared to attack speed is heavily weighted in favor of fast mid tier weapons like one handed straight and curved swords. However, as I said at the start the movement and animations are much smoother making the game easier to get the hang of and the multiplayer is less finicky if you're trying to co-op with a friend. It easily sports the most boss fights in the top twenty of the whole series, with many arguing that the Unnamed King, Dancer of Boreal Valley, Soul of Cinder, Lorian twins, and Slave Knight Gael being the very best of the best.


TLDR; If you haven't played any, I'd start with DSR or DS3 depending on how forgiving you are of a ten year old game and if you'd rather play a more polished game with a couple friends.

 

[cancerman1120]

Was Inquisitor really that bad in your opinion? For $10? If you didn't play it much you might still be able to request a refund. Maybe you could just have support take your license away so you don't have that stain on your account.

It has nothing to do with the quality of the game. Just a complaint that buying good games seems like a bad idea with GamePass and GWG. I bought the Imperium edition anyway which was a good deal for the DLC. My list of backlog games coming to either service continues to grow so I don't know why I keep buying new games. Nothing more.

 

[lightskintwin]

The movie also dialed in to some politics, which is not why people go see mystery movies? Rian does this with all his current movies now.

What is this complaint? All pieces of media dial in to some politics. However people don't mention the one's they agree with or reinforces the status quo as being political.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

What is this complaint? All pieces of media dial in to some politics. However people don't mention the one's they agree with or reinforces the status quo as being political.

Yup, yup, yup.

I think people are really just noticing it for the first time or just vehemelty disagree with the politcs like you said.

I read alot of comic books and going back to 60/70s/80's Marvel stuff, it surprised me they had a ton of stuff that would be considered 'SJW' and liberal pandering, which is a huge complaint about Marvel comics today and they need to 'get away from injecting politics and going back to good stories'.

 

[gldndomer]

What is this complaint? All pieces of media dial in to some politics. However people don't mention the one's they agree with or reinforces the status quo as being political.

Yes, everything is political, and, therefore, nothing is political. Are we arguing semantics now?

The Times, New York Times, Yahoo News, etc, all did pieces on the politics of Knives Out. That's was about sixty seconds of searching.

So let me amend my statement from it "dialed in to some politics" to "it is a 'mystery' movie more memorable for its politics than screenplay, which was written in less than six months (quoted from Rian)"

But really, the movie was instantly discredited to me in theaters even at the very beginning with the death. It was so painfully obvious that Rian was trying so hard to make Marta look like a freaking hero when all she did was kill an old man. (No spoilers, first ten minutes of movie) It's honestly like a plot a 12-year-old could come up with, but here we have the writer of such esteemed media such as completely-logical Looper and everyone's favorite The Last Jedi.

I do apologize. I have very strong opinions when it comes to murder mysteries. It has been my favorite genre since I was old enough to watch Scooby-Doo. My harshness towards Knives Out and its fans is only a sadness within me, knowing that many people think that trite, hamfisted writing is good mystery, and they won't ever read something from Doyle or PD James. Hell, when people read And Then There Were None in grade/high school, they don't even understand it. So I guess it has to be dumbed down a little to achieve the high-grossing status.

 

[bardockkun]

Just let people enjoy things.

 

[darthfracas]

Here’s my gripe with the sequel trilogy: there was no one in charge of the project as a complete narrative, and it ignored many of the “rules of the universe” established in the first six movies.

From a narrative standpoint, the constant changing of directors and writers looks bad on its own, as seen by how Johnson tried to retcon everything Abrams did, then Abrams returning the favor. Compare this to The Mandalorian or The Clone Wars. Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, respectively, laid out a solid story they wanted to tell in their shows, and both made something that told a complete story. I hope that Disney realizes this and makes one of them the equivalent to Marvel’s Kevin Feige.

As for the Star Wars universe itself, Rey goes from saying “I thought the Jedi were a myth” to mind tricking stormtroopers in an incredibly short amount of time. Compare this to Luke, who goes from learning about the Force in A New Hope to struggling to force-pull his lightsaber in the wampa’s den at the start of Empire. Compare this to the training we see Jedi receiving one the prequel trilogy. Details like this made the sequel trilogy feel more like weak fan fiction than actual Star Wars canon.

/rant

Anyway, how is everyone doing on the TA Hangman challenge?

 

[Touch3]

Anyway, how is everyone doing on the TA Hangman challenge?

Finished it within 1 day. This one was much easier for me than the last time I did it. Last time I had "Look, an achievement for dying" (17 letters) as my phrase. This time it was

Spoiler

Sunset Overdrive

(10 letters).

 

[lightskintwin]

Yes, everything is political, and, therefore, nothing is political. Are we arguing semantics now?

The Times, New York Times, Yahoo News, etc, all did pieces on the politics of Knives Out. That's was about sixty seconds of searching.

So let me amend my statement from it "dialed in to some politics" to "it is a 'mystery' movie more memorable for its politics than screenplay, which was written in less than six months (quoted from Rian)"

But really, the movie was instantly discredited to me in theaters even at the very beginning with the death. It was so painfully obvious that Rian was trying so hard to make Marta look like a freaking hero when all she did was kill an old man. (No spoilers, first ten minutes of movie) It's honestly like a plot a 12-year-old could come up with, but here we have the writer of such esteemed media such as completely-logical Looper and everyone's favorite The Last Jedi.

I do apologize. I have very strong opinions when it comes to murder mysteries. It has been my favorite genre since I was old enough to watch Scooby-Doo. My harshness towards Knives Out and its fans is only a sadness within me, knowing that many people think that trite, hamfisted writing is good mystery, and they won't ever read something from Doyle or PD James. Hell, when people read And Then There Were None in grade/high school, they don't even understand it. So I guess it has to be dumbed down a little to achieve the high-grossing status.

Well I didn't have much issue with anything else you said, despite me really enjoying Knives Out; because it's your opinion and you admittedly have strong opinions to murder mysteries due to your in-depth experience into murder mystery stories. As a piece of original storytelling in today's saturation of remakes, reboots, and sequels, I thought it was a pretty engaging piece of cinema and why it stood out amidst the rest.

 

[darthfracas]

Finished it within 1 day. This one was much easier for me than the last time I did it. Last time I had "Look, an achievement for dying" (17 letters) as my phrase. This time it was

Spoiler

Sunset Overdrive

(10 letters).

I'm still working through the letters I need, but I know what my phrase is. It was confusing because I didn't realize it had roman numerals in it until I figured out some of the other words.

Last time my phrase was "In the end, our choices make us", which is definitely not the most famous quote from Bioshock.

 

[Donken]

If you’re an ass lover like me, the ass creed livestream reveal is happening right now:

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BdxYQQjXjoxX

 

[gamegirlpocket]

I hated Episode IX so much, it made me like VII and VIII less. Glad to know someone, somewhere enjoyed it so it wasn't a total waste.

On topic - games are keeping me sane during quarantine and will probably try to play Deliver Us the Moon this week before starting FF7 this weekend. Game Pass continues to be the best option in gaming, with the PC side built in I have been tempted to buy a gaming PC. The new Asus G14 even lists Game Pass on the official web page, which is a pretty big deal. 

 

[Bloomy]

Here’s my gripe with the sequel trilogy: there was no one in charge of the project as a complete narrative, and it ignored many of the “rules of the universe” established in the first six movies.

From a narrative standpoint, the constant changing of directors and writers looks bad on its own, as seen by how Johnson tried to retcon everything Abrams did, then Abrams returning the favor. Compare this to The Mandalorian or The Clone Wars. Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, respectively, laid out a solid story they wanted to tell in their shows, and both made something that told a complete story. I hope that Disney realizes this and makes one of them the equivalent to Marvel’s Kevin Feige.

Anyway, how is everyone doing on the TA Hangman challenge?

Perhaps there is someone trying to handle the narrative, and they aren't as good (as they think they are) or it needs to be a bit more collaborative. A big difference between the original and prequel trilogies, where others had some influence on the direction of the OT, but it seemed no one really questioned Lucas on things in the PT.

I figured out my TA challenge after a couple letters, just a matter of figuring out which achievements to pop to complete it.

 

[Razzel]

The issue with politics in movies today is that it’s clearly prioritized over story. That’s why it’s usually injected into already existing franchises, there’s no creativity to come up with something original.

Plus, nobody wants to be preached at by a millionaire who’s only contribution to society is that they occasionally pretend to be someone else.

 

[Zantra]

What is the TA challenge that people keep talking about?

 

[awp]

Streets of Rage 4 getting great reviews. Anxious to check it out on GP later tonight or tomorrow!

 

[Razzel]

Streets of Rage 4 getting great reviews. Anxious to check it out on GP later tonight or tomorrow!

Same! I’m assuming it’s 9pm pacific release?

 

[lightskintwin]

The issue with politics in movies today is that it’s clearly prioritized over story. That’s why it’s usually injected into already existing franchises, there’s no creativity to come up with something original.

Plus, nobody wants to be preached at by a millionaire who’s only contribution to society is that they occasionally pretend to be someone else.

Regardless of what the politics are, great storytelling and character development and arcs must always be the priority. There are plenty of pieces of media where I don't agree with the politics/themes involved but can admit the execution of it's storytelling and characters were well done.

There's nothing wrong with an actor expressing their political views. Feel free to agree/disagree with them or support/don't support them.

 

[Razzel]

Regardless of what the politics are, great storytelling and character development and arcs must always be the priority. There are plenty of pieces of media where I don't agree with the politics/themes involved but can admit the execution of it's storytelling and characters were well done.

There's nothing wrong with an actor expressing their political views. Feel free to agree/disagree with them or support/don't support them.

Agreed on both accounts with one caveat, actors shouldn’t be letting their personal political beliefs impact how they portray a character, but that’s commonplace now.

Also hate how every awards speech is a political rant. It’s like have the smallest amount of self awareness that there’s nothing that qualifies you to lecture anyone on politics.

But on the flip side that lack of self awareness led to the cringetastic singing of imagine lol, which was gold

 

[darthfracas]

What is the TA challenge that people keep talking about?

TrueAchievements has a Hangman challenge going right now. Sign up, get assigned a phrase you have to guess letter by letter based on the first letter of achievements you unlock. Right wrong guesses and you lose.

https://www.trueachievements.com/event/Hangman-2020

 

[lightskintwin]

Agreed on both accounts with one caveat, actors shouldn’t be letting their personal political beliefs impact how they portray a character, but that’s commonplace now.

Also hate how every awards speech is a political rant. It’s like have the smallest amount of self awareness that there’s nothing that qualifies you to lecture anyone on politics.

But on the flip side that lack of self awareness led to the cringetastic singing of imagine lol, which was gold

Using bigger platforms to make political statements have historically been powerful. Depending on what the political statement is, who says it, and how it's executed determines the reception of it ranging from cringeworthy to awesome. Yes that lack of self awareness that led to the singing of Imagine was more in the cringeworthy range. LOL

 

[darthfracas]

Perhaps there is someone trying to handle the narrative, and they aren't as good (as they think they are) or it needs to be a bit more collaborative. A big difference between the original and prequel trilogies, where others had some influence on the direction of the OT, but it seemed no one really questioned Lucas on things in the PT.

I figured out my TA challenge after a couple letters, just a matter of figuring out which achievements to pop to complete it.

There’s definitely a happy medium to be found. The problem with the PT was the fact no one questioned Lucas. Lucas was left to his own devices and while the overall story was solid, there were plenty of moments where he needed a repeat of Harrison Ford’s famous quote from the set of A New Hope; “You can write this shit, but you can’t say it!”. Basically all of Attack of the Clones needed that. It was a poorly executed movie that at least had a coherent plot with episodes 1 and 3.

If someone competent was really in charge of the ST, you wouldn’t have had two movies trying to retcon what the last one did. Marvel did a great job telling a story over 12 years and 20+ films, all with different directors and writers, thanks to Kevin Feige. The ST couldn’t manage that over 3 films.

 

[Thebacklash]

If someone competent was really in charge of the ST, you wouldn’t have had two movies trying to retcon what the last one did. Marvel did a great job telling a story over 12 years and 20+ films, all with different directors and writers, thanks to Kevin Feige. The ST couldn’t manage that over 3 films.

This.

 

[Ryuukishi]

Anyway, how is everyone doing on the TA Hangman challenge?

Finished mine quick, it was "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain." Finding a 'V' achievement was the only semi-challenging thing.

What are we on now for the Assassin's Creed reveal, hour 6? Oh well, I'm working from home anyway. May as well listen to Jorraptor shoot the breeze on stream all day long.

 

[Z-Saber]

Deliver Us The Moon was promising until I quit, came back, and was stuck. Apparently it's a common glitch as well.

Being vague, not that this is spoilery at all. You travel somewhere on a monorail. After the monorail stops, KEEP ING PLAYING. I don't know when or where it becomes safe, but stopping there locks you inside the monorail with no way to exit.

 

[Razzel]

Deliver Us The Moon was promising until I quit, came back, and was stuck. Apparently it's a common glitch as well.

Being vague, not that this is spoilery at all. You travel somewhere on a monorail. After the monorail stops, KEEP ING PLAYING. I don't know when or where it becomes safe, but stopping there locks you inside the monorail with no way to exit.

That sucks, glad I avoided it because it’s a great game, but I would have rage quit on something like that lol

 

[bardockkun]

Deliver Us The Moon was promising until I quit, came back, and was stuck. Apparently it's a common glitch as well.

Being vague, not that this is spoilery at all. You travel somewhere on a monorail. After the monorail stops, KEEP ING PLAYING. I don't know when or where it becomes safe, but stopping there locks you inside the monorail with no way to exit.

Damn, even glitches copying Simpsons now.

 

[Antarael Dulacre]

Achievement tracking/unlocking for anyone else not working (again) ?

 

[Z-Saber]

That sucks, glad I avoided it because it’s a great game, but I would have rage quit on something like that lol

I did rage quit.

Thought I was missing a puzzle piece somewhere, somehow, despite it being kinda clear that there was a door outside the monorail that was opening and closing as I walked by. Looked up two different playthroughs showing people just walking straight out without doing anything first and figured out I was just stuck because of the game saving there.

Immediately deleted the game.

 

[darthfracas]

Damn, even glitches copying Simpsons now.

I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!

 

[deszaras]

Well, at least I'll finally be able to sit down and play Overlord 2. Loved the first one 10 years ago (holy snarks, I'm old). Also, my wife has been asking about the Overlord games recently, so I know she'll be pleasantly surprised too.

I loved the first one. Being evil never felt so good

 

[Thebacklash]

Overlord games are good fun. Own the physicals of both, and of course maybe 50% completion on both.. Time to go back and finish.

 

[kdiddy1989]

Deliver Us The Moon was promising until I quit, came back, and was stuck. Apparently it's a common glitch as well.

Being vague, not that this is spoilery at all. You travel somewhere on a monorail. After the monorail stops, KEEP ING PLAYING. I don't know when or where it becomes safe, but stopping there locks you inside the monorail with no way to exit.

Sorry it happened to you, but thanks for the heads-up. I was just watching the ID@Xbox Showcase on Mixer and this was one of the two games they showed. Looked fun enough to try, and now I'll BOLO for this monorail trap.

 

[p0rn0saur]

Damn, even glitches copying Simpsons now.

Oddly enough that was an exact glitch in the game SOMA... maybe the 3rd Mission and I guess I wasn't Krusty. Seems like it was since patched

Achievement tracking/unlocking for anyone else not working (again) ?

Yeah there are wonky things going down right now. All my games are currently showing 0 Gamerscore and had a couple achievements not pop.

 

[yourmomsnewboyfriend]

Just what the internet needs. Another place to bitch about how a movie wasn’t everything you wanted it to be. Especially Star Wars. Shut it down cheapy, this place is cashed.

 

[Chuck Stank]

I loved all 3 new Star Wars movies.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

Just what the internet needs. Another place to bitch about how a movie wasn’t everything you wanted it to be. Especially Star Wars. Shut it down cheapy, this place is cashed.

What's funny is the last 1-2 hours worth of posts were only about games. Complaining about topics brings them back up.

I am disturbed by the amount of movie discussion posts that are not using a #halo tag though.

 

[Donken]

https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/1255587664612524038?s=20

 

[LoganDX]

Uhhhh, I wanted to thank those that brought out switching the sprint off of L1 and it has made games like Borderlands so much better. I'll find those folks to thank...

 

[HektiK]

Deliver Us The Moon was promising until I quit, came back, and was stuck. Apparently it's a common glitch as well.

Being vague, not that this is spoilery at all. You travel somewhere on a monorail. After the monorail stops, KEEP ING PLAYING. I don't know when or where it becomes safe, but stopping there locks you inside the monorail with no way to exit.

If you get this glitch you better hope you have a damn good monorail conductor.

 

[Blade]

Knives Out is mainstream mystery crap. Just ONE episode of the Sherlock miniseries is even better than it. The beginning set-up was trying too hard to be different, yet it fell into the same phoned-in culprit as made-for-TV-mysteries. And this is despite the great performances of Michael Shannon, don Johnson, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie also dialed in to some politics, which is not why people go see mystery movies? Rian does this with all his current movies now.

Go watch Gosford Park. It's much better and it doesn't have Daniel Craig attempting a terrible southern accent.

But it's true, there aren't many great mystery movies if you read anything from Christie, Doyle, Chandler, Sayers, James, or Poe. Even The Orient Express remake was trash.

I'm just upset about mystery movies in general, I guess. They don't leave much up to imagination like mystery books do. They are geared more towards a large audience that hasn't read The Purloined Letter, Ten Little Indians, or the Sign of Four. I just want more people to know the thrill of a great mystery, not a passable one like Knives Out.

See, I think you are upset because of a dislike of Rian Johnson and his politics. If his politics matched yours, like they do mine, then you wouldn't have any need to bring up the fact that politics were involved. And this is the core gripe that everyone has with him, that their politics don't match his, thus using the political themes as justification for not liking the movie as much. What's so politically egregious about having a Hispanic caretaker with an illegal parent, anyway? Does that not happen in the America you're from?

The same thing can be said about Episode 8. I've seen dozens of Youtube videos of insecure men whining about the feminism in the movie, which I can only imagine stems from Holdo, Rey, and Leia all being ing badasses. People also disliked the Canto Bight war profiteering adventure, which admittedly didn't amount to much, but involved an explanation behind the reason why The First Order was so well-equipped. And that reason perfectly coincides with the war profiteering introduced in Episode 2, when Obi-Wan visits Kamino and meets the cloners. Are there badass women in positions of power and war profiteers in reality? Yes, making it relatable content.

Btw, I've seen Gosford Park. It's not as good as Knives Out. I also enjoyed Daniel Craig's southern accent. It all depends on how angry you are at things you shouldn't let bother you, apparently.

 

[Ryuukishi]

Yeah there are wonky things going down right now. All my games are currently showing 0 Gamerscore and had a couple achievements not pop.

Just had an achievement not pop.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

I get why Last Jedi was so divisive, but the only thing a I really hate in that movie is the casino detour. I have minor complaints about some other details but nothing that kills the movie for me. IX just has a few to many huge ass pulls, especially the Palpatine stuff, that clearly should have been set up sooner or would have been in VIII if they hadn't changed course with the directors. The whole point of the throwing out the old Legends stuff was to be able to more easily tie all output together while not being tied to 30 years of sprawling continuity, but I don't think they even tried to connect that much into anything except a book that came out really close to the movie.

I've always felt the ancillary stuff for Star Wars has stronger content then the movies made past the OT. Not everything is a banger but there have been great games, books, comics, and shows over the years, which is why this EA contract has been so trash. One good game in 7 years is a joke with the amount of talented studios they had when the contract was signed.

Haven't watched the new season of Clone Wars, but that series, Mandalorian, and (to a lesser degree) Rebels have been pretty solid output in the past decade. They should just put Dave Filoni in charge of some movies at this point.

 

[adonfraz]

Clone Wars is really good this season especially the last two episodes.

On-topic: Streets of Rage 4 should drop on Game Pass soon.

 

[WNYX585AM]

See, I think you are upset because of a dislike of Rian Johnson and his politics. If his politics matched yours, like they do mine, then you wouldn't have any need to bring up the fact that politics were involved. And this is the core gripe that everyone has with him, that their politics don't match his, thus using the political themes as justification for not liking the movie as much. What's so politically egregious about having a Hispanic caretaker with an illegal parent, anyway? Does that not happen in the America you're from?

The same thing can be said about Episode 8. I've seen dozens of Youtube videos of insecure men whining about the feminism in the movie, which I can only imagine stems from Holdo, Rey, and Leia all being ing badasses. People also disliked the Canto Bight war profiteering adventure, which admittedly didn't amount to much, but involved an explanation behind the reason why The First Order was so well-equipped. And that reason perfectly coincides with the war profiteering introduced in Episode 2, when Obi-Wan visits Kamino and meets the cloners. Are there badass women in positions of power and war profiteers in reality? Yes, making it relatable content.

Btw, I've seen Gosford Park. It's not as good as Knives Out. I also enjoyed Daniel Craig's southern accent. It all depends on how angry you are at things you shouldn't let bother you, apparently.

I think it's unfair to paint a broad brush about someone's views and assume they are opposed to a movie because the politics don't line up. I personally hate when any movie, show, game, etc. makes me feel like it's pushing an agenda regardless of it being conservative, liberal, etc. There's too much agenda pushing from reality, social media, the news, etc. and I want to escape that. I may be of one political persuasion, but i'm not happy when I feel like my point of view is being pushed across to myself and the audience on some action movie, suspense, or romantic comedy. If I want to watch stuff that supports my politics and world views and pushes agendas, I can specifically find that content elsewhere. Maybe i'm unique.