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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Dec 2 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Nov 27 - Tuesday drops​

Nov 25 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Nov 24 - Black Friday follow up​

Nov 21 - Thursday drops​

Nov 20 - Wednesday drop​

Nov 18 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Nov 16 - Black Friday follow up​

Nov 14 - Black Friday sale - Evening drops​

Nov 13 - Wednesday drops​

Nov 12 - Tuesday drops​

Nov 11 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Nov 6 - Wednesday drops​

Nov 5 - Tuesday drops​

Nov 4 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Nov 3 - Saturday drops​

Oct 31 - Thursday drops​

Oct 30 - Wednesday drops​

Oct 28 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Oct 23 - Wednesday drops​

Oct 22 - Tuesday drops​

Oct 21 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Oct 18 - Shocktober Sale​

Oct 17 - Thursday drops​

Oct 16 - Wednesday drops​

Oct 15 - Tuesday drops​

Oct 14 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Oct 10 - Thursday drop​

Oct 9 - Wednesday drops​

Oct 7 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Oct 1 - Tuesday drops​

Latest Countdown Posts​

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Dec 3 - Year End Countdown follow up​

Dec 2 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Nov 25 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Nov 24 - Year End Countdown follow up​

Nov 18 - Year End Countdown Sale​

Nov 18 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Nov 14 - Final Black Friday countdown​

Nov 11 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Nov 4 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Nov 1 - Black Friday list update after Shocktober sale​

Oct 28 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Oct 21 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Oct 18 - Black Friday countdown​

Oct 14 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Oct 7 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2024-12-08

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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 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

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2024-12-09 23:59:59

Cassette Beasts​

Riders Republic™ (Not available for purchase)​

SteamWorld Build​

2024-12-10 09:59:59

Broforce​

Hypnospace Outlaw​

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

Orcs Must Die! 3​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

2024-12-12 19:59:59

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

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)​

Aliens: Dark Descent​

All You Need is Help​

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)​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla​

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

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​

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​

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) (PC)​

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)​

Control - Game Pass Core​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy​

Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​

Crash™ Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Dead by Daylight​

Dead by Daylight Windows (PC)​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

DEATHLOOP​

Diablo® IV (Not available for purchase)​

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

Dishonored® Definitive Edition​

Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™​

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

Disneyland Adventures​

DOOM​

DOOM + DOOM II​

DOOM 64​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC) (PC)​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

Dragon Age™ 2 - EA Play -​

Dungeons Of Hinterberg​

EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS™ WRC (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

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

Evil West​

Evil West (Windows) (PC)​

Exoprimal​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 (PC) (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Far Cry® 6​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

FOR HONOR​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Fuzion Frenzy®​

Gears 5 - Game Pass Core​

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​

Generation Zero®​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Halo 3 - Halo: Reach​

Halo 3 (PC)​

Halo 3: ODST​

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

Have a Nice Death​

Hell Let Loose​

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged​

Immortals of Aveum™ - EA Play -​

Indivisible​

Inscryption​

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

Joy Ride Turbo​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Legend of Mana​

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​

Little Kitty, Big City​

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

Mafia: Definitive Edition​

Maneater​

Mass Effect - EA Play -​

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Minecraft Legends​

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

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

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered​

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​

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​

No Man's Sky​

No More Heroes 3 Xbox​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

Palworld (Game Preview)​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

PAW Patrol World​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Game Pass Core​

Pentiment​

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

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

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

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10) (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quake​

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quake II​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

Quantum Break​

ReCore​

Redfall​

Remnant II® - Standard Edition​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC)​

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

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

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

ScreamRide​

Sea of Thieves: 2024 Edition​

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

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

Sifu​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated​

Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy​

Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy (PC)​

Stacking​

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

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ - EA Play -​

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

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)​

Still Wakes the Deep​

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

Sunset Overdrive​

Super Mega Baseball™ 4 - EA Play -​

Terraria​

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

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

The Elder Scrolls® Online - Game Pass Core​

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within® 2 (PC) (PC)​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

Titanfall® 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

TRIALS of MANA​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

WILD HEARTS™ Standard Edition - EA Play -​

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty​

Yakuza: Like a Dragon​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2024-12-13 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows (PC)​

Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows) (PC)​

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Crusader Kings III​

Dead Island 2​

Descenders - Game Pass Core​

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

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

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows) (PC)​

Forza Horizon 4 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Forza Horizon 4 Formula Drift Car Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core​

Kona II: Brume​

Lords of the Fallen​

Moving Out 2​

My Friend Peppa Pig​

Neon Abyss​

Persona 3 Reload​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

Space Engineers​

Star Trucker​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

Train Sim World® 5: Standard Edition​

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide​

2024-12-08 23:59:59

Age of Mythology: Retold Standard Edition​

As Dusk Falls​

Forza Horizon 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Not available for purchase)​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™ Standard Edition​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™: The Last Crusade™ Pack - Lion Tamer Whip (Not available for purchase)​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™: The Last Crusade™ Pack - Traveling Suit Outfit (Not available for purchase)​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Monster Hunter Rise​

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

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

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

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows (PC)​

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

Sea of Stars​

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II​

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 Walking Dead: Season Two​

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season​

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

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

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege Deluxe Edition​

2024-12-12 23:59:59

theHunter: Call of the Wild™​

2024-12-16 09:59:59

Amnesia: The Bunker (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Forager​

Forager (PC)​

Forza Horizon 4​

No Man's Sky​

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan​

Rise of the Tomb Raider​

Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC)​

The Gunk​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

The Quarry for Xbox Series X|S​

This War of Mine: Final Cut​

Tin Hearts​

VALORANT​

World War Z: Aftermath (moved from 2024-12-01)​

World War Z: Aftermath (PC) (moved from 2024-12-01)​

2024-12-16 14:59:59

Train Sim World® 5: Standard Edition​

2024-12-16 23:59:59

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

2024-12-18 09:59:59

Wargroove 2​

2024-12-19 14:59:59

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition​

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

2024-12-19 15:59:59

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Standard Edition​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (Not available for purchase)​

2024-12-19 17:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

2024-12-20 15:59:59

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Windows Edition (PC)​

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Edition​

2024-12-25 10:59:59

All You Need is Help​

2024-12-26 07:59:59

Nine Sols​

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​

HUMANKIND™​

HUMANKIND™ (PC)​

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​

Party Animals​

2025-01-01 23:59:59

Carrion​

Carrion (PC)​

2025-01-04 16:59:59

Overthrown (Game Preview)​

2025-01-14 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Clans​

2025-01-16 09:59:59

Common'hood​

Exoprimal​

Figment: Journey Into the Mind​

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

Insurgency: Sandstorm​

Insurgency: Sandstorm (Windows) (PC)​

Maquette​

Medieval Dynasty​

Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​

Palworld (Game Preview)​

Stellaris (PC)​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

Those Who Remain​

Those Who Remain. (PC)​

2025-01-28 13:59:59

Sniper Elite: Resistance (Not available for purchase)​

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​

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

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

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

Persona 3 Reload​

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem​

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (PC)​

2025-02-03 14:59:59

Metal Slug Tactics​

2025-02-04 23:59:59

Goat Simulator: Remastered​

Goat Simulator: Remastered (Windows Edition) (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)​

2025-02-18 17:59:59

Avowed (Not available for purchase)​

2025-03-01 09:59:59

Bluey: The Videogame​

Dead Island 2​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Genesis Noir (moved from 2024-08-01)​

Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (PC) (moved from 2024-08-01)​

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​

2025-03-16 09:59:59

Evil West​

Evil West (Windows) (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 (PC) (moved from 2024-11-16)​

Football Manager 2024 Console (moved from 2024-11-16)​

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)​

2025-03-24 13:59:59

Atomfall (Not available for purchase)​

2025-04-01 09:59:59

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged​

Lil Gator Game​

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

Open Roads​

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)​

The Lamplighters League - PC Edition (PC)​

The Yakuza Remastered Collection (Not available for purchase)​

Yakuza 0​

Yakuza 0 for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 3 Remastered​

Yakuza 3 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 4 Remastered​

Yakuza 4 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 5 Remastered​

Yakuza 5 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life​

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

Yakuza Complete Series​

Yakuza Kiwami​

Yakuza Kiwami 2​

Yakuza Kiwami 2 for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza Kiwami for Windows 10 (PC)​

YAKUZA Series Starter Pack​

Yakuza: Like a Dragon​

Zombie Army 4: Dead War​

2025-04-16 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows (PC)​

Botany Manor​

Botany Manor (PC)​

Coral Island (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Harold Halibut​

Homestead Arcana​

Kona​

Mafia: Definitive Edition​

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​

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​

Turbo Golf Racing​

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​

The Rewinder​

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)​

Hauntii​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Little Kitty, Big City​

Planet of Lana​

2025-06-01 09:59:59

Against the Storm (PC)​

Cassette Beasts​

Dune: Spice Wars (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Firework (Windows) (PC)​

Generation Zero®​

Goat Simulator 3​

Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition (PC)​

Goat Simulator 3: Xbox One Edition​

Humanity​

Hypnospace Outlaw​

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​

The Big Con​

2025-06-16 09:59:59

Depersonalization (PC)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows) (PC)​

Far Cry® 6​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows) (PC)​

Keplerth (PC)​

My Time at Sandrock​

My Time at Sandrock (Not available for purchase)​

Sandrock Online (Not available for purchase)​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

The Callisto Protocol™ for Xbox One​

The Callisto Protocol™ for Xbox Series X|S​

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

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege Deluxe Edition​

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)​

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders​

SteamWorld Dig​

SteamWorld Dig 2​

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​

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess​

Moonlighter (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Tchia​

The Case of the Golden Idol​

2025-08-01 09:59:59

Cooking Simulator​

Cooking Simulator Windows (PC)​

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) (PC)​

PlateUp!​

2025-09-01 09:59:59

Call of the Wild: The Angler™​

Sea of Stars​

2025-09-16 09:59:59

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

2025-10-01 09:59:59

Cocoon​

Sifu​

We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-10-16 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​

Donut County​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows (PC)​

2025-11-01 09:59:59

Dead Island 2 (Windows) (PC)​

Jusant​

Return to Monkey Island​

Wartales​

2025-11-16 09:59:59

Spirittea​

2025-12-01 09:59:59

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows) (PC)​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Lords of the Fallen​

Lords of the Fallen (PC)​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

SteamWorld Build​

2025-12-16 09:59:59

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​

Mortal Kombat 11​

Still Wakes the Deep​

2026-01-01 09:59:59

Injustice™ 2​

Injustice™ 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™​

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​

2026-01-16 09:59:59

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​

Neon White​

2026-03-01 09:59:59

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows) (PC)​

2026-03-16 09:59:59

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

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​

2026-04-16 09:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

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

Inscryption​

2026-05-01 09:59:59

Another Crab's Treasure​

Ashen​

Citizen Sleeper​

Creatures of Ava​

DayZ (moved from 2024-05-01)​

Descenders - Game Pass Core​

Goat Simulator - Game Pass Core​

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 (PC)​

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - Game Pass Core​

theHunter: Call of the Wild™​

theHunter: Call of the Wild™ - Windows 10 (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

Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core​

Slay The Spire (PC)​

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) (PC)​

Magical Delicacy​

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​

Roboquest (moved from 2024-08-01)​

2026-08-16 09:59:59

Firewatch - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO (PC)​

2026-09-01 09:59:59

Neon Abyss​

Neon Abyss (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​

2026-11-01 09:59:59

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-16 09:59:59

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Wreckfest (PC)​

2026-12-01 09:59:59

Monster Sanctuary (moved from 2024-12-01)​

Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version) (PC) (moved from 2024-12-01)​

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 - 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)​

2027-04-01 09:59:59

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

2027-05-01 09:59:59

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core (moved from 2024-05-01)​

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

2027-06-01 09:59:59

Batman™: Arkham Knight​

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​

Immortals Fenyx Rising™​

My Friend Peppa Pig​

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

Watch Dogs®2​

2027-09-16 09:59:59

Riders Republic™​

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)​

2028-07-01 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 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 - EA Play -​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

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 -​

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)​

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​

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 3​

DOOM 64​

Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 4 (PC) (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) (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion​

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 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

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

2799-06-26 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​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

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)​

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 - 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) (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 3 - Halo: Reach​

Halo 3: ODST​

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

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

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

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

ARK: Survival Ascended​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​

As Dusk Falls​

Broken Age​

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 Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered​

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

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​

9998-12-30 00:00:00

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

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, Alexander the Great (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​

Army of Two™ - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Battlefield 3™ (Not available for purchase) - 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 (PC)​

Call of Duty® (Not available for purchase)​

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 (PC)​

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® 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 Motorsport Standard Edition​

Genshin Impact​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

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​

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

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

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 - 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​

Overwatch® 2​

Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

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

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (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 -​

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 (PC) (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 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

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

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

Train Sim World® 4 (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

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

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​

Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Cities: Skylines II (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™ 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)​

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)​

Killer Instinct 2 Classic (Not available for purchase)​

Killer Instinct Classic (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)​

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​

Overwatch® 2 PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Riders Republic™ (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

South Park™: The Fractured but Whole™ (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

StarCraft® II Campaign Collection (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

StarCraft® Remastered (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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)​

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

VALORANT PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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

 

[awp]

I think a big part of Ubisoft’s problem is that everyone knows their stuff drops in price like a rock. So game sales aren’t going to be as great up front.

 

[rpgaymer]

The cringe zoomer haircut on the protagonist didn’t help. I played it and it was legitimately one of the ugliest games I’ve played in a long while. Terrible, deliberately hideous character designs and bland enemies and levels that look like they’re out of an upscaled ps2/wii game. I pretty much always find 2D games with 3D art to be visually unappealing but PoP Lost Crown really amped up all those aesthetic issues to 11.

Gameplay wise it’s nothing special. It’s a retro-hard metroidvania with soulslike 2D combat and the Prince of Persia IP grafted onto it. The critics liked it for the usual reasons (diversity… metroidvania & sorta soulslike, so awards bait… a new installment in a dead IP… Ubisoft actually released something that isn’t an open-world Ubisoft checklist game… etc) but the actual player reception seemed more mixed. I dunno what kind of numbers they were expecting with a 2D metroidvania that’s ugly as sin and in a dormant IP that has a dwindling fanbase, especially when there are countless indie metroidvanias that look and play better and regularly sell for less than $10 each.

But at this point I’m just enjoying the schadenfreude from all the avalanche of these terrible Ubisoft news articles and headlines. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving publisher

 

[SackAttack]

Prince of Persia the Lost Crown is one of the best games that came out this year. Definitely in my personal top five.
I just don't understand what is expected anymore for sales. I was planning on buying the DLC story expansion too in the near future.

Part of the issue is Ubsioft eats their seed corn. They condition the consumer to expect $20 shortly after launch, their new title doesn't sell, so they put it on sale for $20 right away and...the cycle perpetuates. They have no understanding of the long tail, and their sales expectations even without that are out od touch with reality.

 

[starmartyr]

For those who care about Alienware/Dell stuff, there are only 9 days left to get the Chai Stones artifact.

 

[Bloomy]

Of the 450 items dated for this morning, 108 shifted to the Black Friday sale.

Spoiler

2K Ball N’ Brawl Bundle
After Us
America’s Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune® & Jeopardy!®
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ - $55.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ Gold Edition - $87.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Black The Fall
Carnival Games®
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION
CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION
CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION
Deadbeat Heroes
Disintegration
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition
FAR CRY ANTHOLOGY BUNDLE - $119.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Far Cry Insanity Bundle - $71.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Far Cry Primal - Apex Edition - $27.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Far Cry® 3 Blood Dragon Classic Edition - $11.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Far Cry® 5 - $47.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+) - Game Pass
Far Cry® 5 Gold Edition + Far Cry ® New Dawn Deluxe Edition Bundle - $103.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Far Cry® New Dawn - $31.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
FINAL FANTASY IX
FINAL FANTASY VII
FINAL FANTASY VII WINDOWS EDITION (PC)
FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE
FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION (PC)
Grounded - Game Pass Core
Insurgency: Sandstorm - Game Pass
Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3: XXL Edition
Just Cause 4 - Complete Edition
Just Cause 4 - Gold Edition
Just Cause 4: Reloaded
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ Re Mind
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ Re Mind (JP)
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ Re Mind + CONCERT VIDEO
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ Re Mind + コンサート映像
KINGDOM HEARTS Melody of Memory (International)
LEGO® 2K Drive Cross-Gen Standard Edition - Game Pass
Life is Strange 2 - Complete Season
Life is Strange 2 - Episode 1 - Life is Strange 2 - Episode 2
Life is Strange 2 - Episode 1 - Life is Strange 2 - Episode 3
Life is Strange 2 - Episode 1 - Life is Strange 2 - Episode 4
Life is Strange 2 - Episode 1 - Life is Strange 2 - Episode 5
Life is Strange 2 - コンプリート・シーズン
Life is Strange Remastered Collection
Life is Strange: True Colors
Life is Strange: True Colors
Life is Strange: True Colors - Deluxe Edition
Life is Strange: True Colors - Deluxe Upgrade
Life is Strange: True Colors - Ultimate Edition
Mafia: Definitive Edition - Game Pass
Mafia: Trilogy
Moving Out 2 - Game Pass
Murdered: Soul Suspect
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
NieR:Automata BECOME AS GODS Edition (PC)
NieR:Automata™ BECOME AS GODS Edition
OCTOPATH TRAVELER - Game Pass
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II - Game Pass
Oh My Godheads
OUTRIDERS
Pentiment - Game Pass
PGA TOUR 2K23
PGA TOUR 2K23 Cross-Gen Edition
PGA TOUR 2K23 Tiger Woods Edition
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition - Game Pass
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition - Game Pass
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC) - Game Pass
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)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown - $31.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Riders Republic™ - $31.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+) - Game Pass
Riders Republic™ Skate Edition - $47.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Risk of Rain
Risk of Rain 2
Rollerdrome - Game Pass
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI (PC)
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI Anthology Upgrade (PC)
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI Anthology Upgrade Bundle
Skull and Bones Deluxe Edition
Sleeping Dogs™ Definitive Edition
SnowRunner - Game Pass Core
SnowRunner (Windows 10) (PC) - Game Pass
The Settlers®: New Allies - $47.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint Gold Edition - $79.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Tom Clancy's The Division - $23.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU) - $39.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+) - Game Pass
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction - $31.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
TopSpin 2K25 Cross-Gen Digital Edition
TopSpin 2K25 for Xbox One
TopSpin 2K25 Grand Slam® Edition
TRIVIAL PURSUIT Live! 2 - $15.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
WATCH_DOGS™ - $15.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+)
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
WWE 2K Battlegrounds Digital Deluxe Edition
WWE 2K24 Cross-Gen Digital Edition
WWE 2K24 for Xbox One
WWE 2K24 Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition
XCOM® 2 Collection
ドラゴンクエストXI 過ぎ去りし時を求めて S (Dragon Quest XI (JP))

Some shifted to Nov 1

Back 4 Blood: Ultimate Edition - $9.99 - 90% off
F.E.A.R. 2 - $4.99 - 75% off
Hogwarts Legacy: Digital Deluxe Edition - $23.99 - 70% off

Other shifts

PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs - Deluxe Edition - $14.99 - 50% off (GP Core) - 10/28/2024 23:59:59
South Park™: The Fractured but Whole™ - Gold Edition - $9.99 - 80% off - $39.99 - 20% off (Ubisoft+) - 11/15/2024 09:59:59

This morning's countdowns. Ending 10am Eastern on Nov 6.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition - $12.49 - 75% off - Game Pass
CODE SHIFTER - $2.99 - 80% off
Double Dragon 4 - $3.44 - 50% off
Guilty Gear -Strive- - $19.99 - 50% off
Guilty Gear -Strive- - GGST Season Pass 3 - $17.49 - 30% off
Guilty Gear -Strive- : Season Pass 2 - $12.49 - 50% off
STAY COOL, KOBAYASHI-SAN!: A RIVER CITY RANSOM STORY - $1.29 - 90% off
The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories - $7.49 - 75% off

Tonight's countdowns

Ends morning of Oct 31

EA SPORTS FC™ 25 Ultimate Edition Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S - $74.99 - 25% off

Ends morning of Nov 1

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - Headbangers - Feeling Peckish - $3.74 - 25% off
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - Headbangers - Flock and Roll - $3.74 - 25% off
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - Headbangers - Fright or Flight - $3.74 - 25% off
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale - Pigeon Pass - $8.03 - 33% off

Ends morning of Nov 3

MLB® The Show™ 24 - Digital Deluxe Edition - $24.99 - 75% off
MLB® The Show™ 24 - MVP Edition - $17.49 - 75% off

Ends morning of Nov 6

Golf With Your Friends - Bouncy Castle Course - $3.59 - 60% off
Golf With Your Friends - Caddy Pack - $1.59 - 60% off
Golf With Your Friends - Corrupted Forest Course - $2.49 - 50% off
Golf With Your Friends - Fairytale Fables Pack - $1.99 - 50% off
Golf With Your Friends - Peaceful Pines Course - $4.49 - 50% off
Golf With Your Friends - Pizza Party Pack - $1.59 - 60% off
Golf With Your Friends - Racing Pack - $1.99 - 50% off
Golf With Your Friends - Sports Pack - $1.99 - 50% off
Golf With Your Friends - Summer Party Pack - $1.99 - 50% off
Neon Abyss - $4.99 - 75% off - Game Pass

 

[CoolBuffalo]

For those who care about Alienware/Dell stuff, there are only 9 days left to get the Chai Stones artifact.

Are they worth it? Sorry, if this has been covered before.

 

[Deadpool]

I liked Metroid Dread but if I'm being honest I enjoyed Prince of Persia way more than Dread.
It sucks that more people didn't buy and play Prince of Persia Lost Crown.

And i never heard of either. Shocker sales weren't great.

 

[starmartyr]

Are they worth it? Sorry, if this has been covered before.

This one feels like it because I spent fragments on upgrading it some. A +5 bonus on any calendar award that involves ARP. (so nothing on the monthly side on the days you get a border or something) An extra 10 ARP on most days is pretty nice. I also have the ones that increase your earned ARP from Twitch watching and time on site. So, I'll passively get 42 ARP "today" before any mini games or Discord polls. It's not a ton...there are people who get a lot more because they do Steam quests and such, but for a lowly console peasant like myself, it's good.

 

[adam31]

This one feels like it because I spent fragments on upgrading it some. A +5 bonus on any calendar award that involves ARP. (so nothing on the monthly side on the days you get a border or something) An extra 10 ARP on most days is pretty nice. I also have the ones that increase your earned ARP from Twitch watching and time on site. So, I'll passively get 42 ARP "today" before any mini games or Discord polls. It's not a ton...there are people who get a lot more because they do Steam quests and such, but for a lowly console peasant like myself, it's good.

How much ARP do you have to spend though?

 

[starmartyr]

How much ARP do you have to spend though?

The Chai Stones are 1,250 ARP. I had enough leftover at the time after getting the 2k and 3k Dell Rewards. I'm not so much interested in customization for my avatar, (Did spend enough to make it look mostly like Pinhead) so I didn't really have anything else to spend on. Figured the artifact would be worth it over time. I've got 2,081 at the moment, so it won't take much for me to get the (assumed) 2k and 3k Rewards next cycle.

 

[davemoseley]

It's 1250 points to buy (1237 with the discount from the other artifact). I reckon it'll take about 5 months to make that back in bonus points.

 

[LucarioLG]

This was the first month I truly put any effort into getting ARP beyond just doing the weekly Steam quests. I get it now, investing in Chai Stones and all that really makes a huge difference.

 

[CoolBuffalo]

This was the first month I truly put any effort into getting ARP beyond just doing the weekly Steam quests. I get it now, investing in Chai Stones and all that really makes a huge difference.

Yeah, looking at it as someone who is somewhat new to the program it seems to me that you would want to build up fragments first so when you make an outlay of points like that you can start maximizing the artifacts perks right away. I may be completely off base on that though.

 

[flybrione]

especially when there are countless indie metroidvanias that look and play better and regularly sell for less than $10 each.

Name me five indie metroidvanias that look and play better than Lost Crown that were released in the last few years.

Since you seem to be an expert on the subject I’d love to know what I’m missing out on.

 

[Xfactor19990]

So, can I expect Prince of Persia the Lost Crown Deluxe for $10 digitally soon?

Hasn't this happened before like they rebooted Prince of Persia then they made some DLC I think and no sequel.

Wish they remade the 3 PoP on original Xbox. Combine them as a collection!

 

[soonerdoc]

The cringe zoomer haircut on the protagonist didn’t help. I played it and it was legitimately one of the ugliest games I’ve played in a long while. Terrible, deliberately hideous character designs and bland enemies and levels that look like they’re out of an upscaled ps2/wii game. I pretty much always find 2D games with 3D art to be visually unappealing but PoP Lost Crown really amped up all those aesthetic issues to 11.

Gameplay wise it’s nothing special. It’s a retro-hard metroidvania with soulslike 2D combat and the Prince of Persia IP grafted onto it. The critics liked it for the usual reasons (diversity… metroidvania & sorta soulslike, so awards bait… a new installment in a dead IP… Ubisoft actually released something that isn’t an open-world Ubisoft checklist game… etc) but the actual player reception seemed more mixed. I dunno what kind of numbers they were expecting with a 2D metroidvania that’s ugly as sin and in a dormant IP that has a dwindling fanbase, especially when there are countless indie metroidvanias that look and play better and regularly sell for less than $10 each.

But at this point I’m just enjoying the schadenfreude from all the avalanche of these terrible Ubisoft news articles and headlines. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving publisher

You’re drunk. The game is fantastic.

 

[rpgaymer]

Name me five indie metroidvanias that look and play better than Lost Crown that were released in the last few years.

Since you seem to be an expert on the subject I’d love to know what I’m missing out on.

Sure,

Monster Sanctuary (probably my favorite indie of the last few years, so underrated)
Haiku the Robot
Animal Well
Record of Lodess War
Timespinners (cringe story and characters, but fun to play)

Going back further, the Guacamelee games are awesome especially in co-op.

Not an indie, and while I do hate the stealth bits, Metroid Dread is fantastic. It also does that 2.5D art style like PoP Lost Crown, but there is an elegance to it. The glossy sci-fi setting with it’s atmospheric lighting looks beautiful, and Samus has never moved more fluidly.

And can’t go wrong with the Igavanias… any of the stellar Konami collections or Bloodstained. I am in the middle of Portrait of Ruin from the CastleVania Dominus Collection, and it honestly does not get much better than that as far as metroidvanias go.

Though SotN will always be my personal GoaT.

 

[rpgaymer]

You’re drunk. The game is fantastic.

Maybe it is if you’re into the Hollow Knight strain of metroidvanias and can overlook the visuals. I ultimately do not like retrohard platformers or soulslike combat. If the gameplay was actually enjoyable for me I’d probably overlook the artstyle, but as it is it just didn’t appeal to me at all.

And really I dunno who the game was really for anyway, so the low sales don’t surprise me. The graphics and characters are obviously zoomer bait, but they don’t even know what Prince of Persia is so why would they pull themselves away from Fortnite long enough to care? The gameplay obviously harkens back to old-school 2D Prince of Persia, but I doubt there are many people who experienced those in the 80s & 90s who are even still gaming. Seems to me the series was at peak popularity during the PS2 era, so any PoP fans that still exist probably want something similar to those 3D action-adventure games. Or they even just want a remake of Sands of Time…. Oh wait, that’s right, that’s currently forever stuck in development hell for whatever reason (And I doubt it will ever release with the current state of Ubisoft and the low sales of Lost Crown).

Also, I dunno if this is still the case, but I remember reading that Ubisoft does not actually completely own the PoP IP. They have some sort of deal worked out with the original game’s creator so that he gets a cut of any game’s sales. This was the reason given by Ubisoft once as to why Assassins Creed, which was originally a PoP game, was spun off into its own thing and why the PoP series suddenly became dormant. Any PoP game needs to sell a good bit more copies in order to be profitable for Ubisoft because of this giant asterisk. Seems to me that’s why Lost Crown turned out to be a 2D metroidvania in the first place- Ubisoft was testing the waters with a game that would cost a lot less to develop than something on the scale of the PS2-era 3D games. And it looks like the fish weren’t biting lol.

 

[CoolBuffalo]

The gameplay obviously harkens back to old-school 2D Prince of Persia, but I doubt there are many people who experienced those in the 80s & 90s who are even still gaming.

Whoa there chief. There are plenty of us who were alive when Atari was born, kids when pong came to homes, preteens when Electronic Arts came about, and were popping quarters into machines in our teens like the kids pop Adderall these days that are still gaming. We’re the ones who grew up with cola wars and don’t buy into the console wars - we own them all. Puzzle, JRPG, WRPG, FPS, TPS, Metroidvanias, Platformers, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Sports, Racing, Sandbox, or Strategy doesn’t matter we’ll give them a go.

 

[bobbyblane]

 

[blueweltall]

Severance has been talked about a few times here. The second season has a release date.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1849073296643437043

 

[podunk320]

Severance has been talked about a few times here. The second season has a release date.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1849073296643437043

that actor from Parks&Rec is starting to looking like a young Tom Cruise with that hairstyle lol

 

[valiki7375]

Whoa there chief. There are plenty of us who were alive when Atari was born, kids when pong came to homes, preteens when Electronic Arts came about, and were popping quarters into machines in our teens like the kids pop Adderall these days that are still gaming. We’re the ones who grew up with cola wars and don’t buy into the console wars - we own them all. Puzzle, JRPG, WRPG, FPS, TPS, Metroidvanias, Platformers, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Sports, Racing, Sandbox, or Strategy doesn’t matter we’ll give them a go.

Completely agree...we own all the consoles because we have careers and can afford them. No need to be stuck behind a company and make a choice between Odyssey vs Atari vs Intellivsion or Nintendo vs Sega or PS1 vs Xbox. It is funny to watch retro gaming come back and see things like the Atari collection or Evercade Console

You "kids" have it so good, back in my day the batter was a stick and the ball was a square! We were happy to have 4 colors!

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

Guacamelee is filled to the brim with cringe memes, pass.

I bought PoP but haven't gotten to it yet. Visually I think it looks pretty solid as far as 2.5 Metroidvanias are concerned, especially compared to Ubisoft's frequent blandness. Only the small gripe about the overused Kilmonger hairstyle. With the sales numbers so low, I don't think the "Ubisoft discount" was the real problem, as that should have meant a weak launch with decent sales over time.

Actual issues:
The Ubisoft formula of games design puts people off of their games in general, "how did they screw this one up" skepticism.

Ubisoft had basically no track record or "cred" for Metroidvanias.

Prince of Persia was dead for a long time, and previous popular games were 3D and over a decade ago. Metroidvania is more in line with the ancient original games, that Ubisoft didn't make.

Crowded release window, probably priced a bit too high.

 

[flybrione]

Sure,

Monster Sanctuary (probably my favorite indie of the last few years, so underrated)
Haiku the Robot
Animal Well
Record of Lodess War
Timespinners (cringe story and characters, but fun to play)

Going back further, the Guacamelee games are awesome especially in co-op.

Not an indie, and while I do hate the stealth bits, Metroid Dread is fantastic. It also does that 2.5D art style like PoP Lost Crown, but there is an elegance to it. The glossy sci-fi setting with it’s atmospheric lighting looks beautiful, and Samus has never moved more fluidly.

And can’t go wrong with the Igavanias… any of the stellar Konami collections or Bloodstained. I am in the middle of Portrait of Ruin from the CastleVania Dominus Collection, and it honestly does not get much better than that as far as metroidvanias go.

Though SotN will always be my personal GoaT.

Monster Sanctuary is a good game but a little too grindy. I enjoyed the time I spent with it but never finished it.

Haiku the Robot is in my backlog got it for cheap for Steam Deck.

Animal Well - one of the best games of the year. Loved it.
Record of Lodess War - Super fun had a great time with it on Gamepass.
Timespinners - Fantastic game that I played on Vita.

Both Guacamelee Games are excellent. Bloodstained is a great game. I need to go back and finish it. I started it on Switch but then I got it for cheap on Xbox. I need to restart it on Xbox.

Metroid Dread is harder than Prince of Persia. Those stealth sequences are not fun and I usually like stealth games.
Still a great game but I found it way more frustrating than POP. Could never get the timing down to counter if I got caught by EMMI.

Prince of Persia the Lost Crown is still an excellent Metroidvania.
POP reminds me a lot of Guacamelee with it fun combo based combat systems and really fun traversal.
I didn't find the game hard at all and the game has a ton of great systems at play that are super fun. I love a good parry, the combat and combo system is top notch, the ranged combat it really good and the memory shards systems where you can capture an image of a area so you can remember why you are backtracking to it is one of the best additions to a Metroidvania style games in years. I also really enjoyed the challenge areas of the game that are classic Prince of Persia. The game was definitely made for me a older player that likes Prince of Persia franchise.

I bought POP at launch for $30 using the QVC deal, It was well worth the purchase price.
I saw the DLC expansions is on sale so I am going to purchase that today.

I will add that I think Tales of Kenzera: Zau was another good Metroidvania released this year that I had fun playing even if it was a little on the short side. One of my favorites Metroidvania released in the last few years was F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch. That game's combat system is incredible.

A few more I have enjoyed
Greak: Memories of Azur
The Mummy Demastered
Chasm
Steamworld Dig 2
Axiom Verge
Ghost Song
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ori and the Blind Forest

I was hoping to see something new that I may have missed but I didn't miss anything. I need to play Haiku the Robot.

 

[bardockkun]

All this talk of Metroidvania makes me think WB should do a remake of Goonies II. Cheap to make (compared to their big dumb games as service gambles) and can actually make use of their catalog.

 

[bobbyblane]

My copy of Alan Wake 2 just arrived. The DLC is on the disc. It's on the DISC! Nice for Cyberpunk Ultimate and this to not have a code for the expansions.

FYI - Disc installation size was 31.67gb with a 69.03gb download

 

[pjgamer007]

Severance has been talked about a few times here. The second season has a release date.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1849073296643437043

Excellent! I was wondering when this would come back.

I broke my own rule of not watching shows with only 1 season and really enjoyed the first season of this show.

 

[pjgamer007]

Monster Sanctuary is a good game but a little too grindy. I enjoyed the time I spent with it but never finished it.

Haiku the Robot is in my backlog got it for cheap for Steam Deck.

Animal Well - one of the best games of the year. Loved it.
Record of Lodess War - Super fun had a great time with it on Gamepass.
Timespinners - Fantastic game that I played on Vita.

Both Guacamelee Games are excellent. Bloodstained is a great game. I need to go back and finish it. I started it on Switch but then I got it for cheap on Xbox. I need to restart it on Xbox.

Metroid Dread is harder than Prince of Persia. Those stealth sequences are not fun and I usually like stealth games.
Still a great game but I found it way more frustrating than POP. Could never get the timing down to counter if I got caught by EMMI.

Prince of Persia the Lost Crown is still an excellent Metroidvania.
POP reminds me a lot of Guacamelee with it fun combo based combat systems and really fun traversal.
I didn't find the game hard at all and the game has a ton of great systems at play that are super fun. I love a good parry, the combat and combo system is top notch, the ranged combat it really good and the memory shards systems where you can capture an image of a area so you can remember why you are backtracking to it is one of the best additions to a Metroidvania style games in years. I also really enjoyed the challenge areas of the game that are classic Prince of Persia. The game was definitely made for me a older player that likes Prince of Persia franchise.

I bought POP at launch for $30 using the QVC deal, It was well worth the purchase price.
I saw the DLC expansions is on sale so I am going to purchase that today.

I will add that I think Tales of Kenzera: Zau was another good Metroidvania released this year that I had fun playing even if it was a little on the short side. One of my favorites Metroidvania released in the last few years was F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch. That game's combat system is incredible.

A few more I have enjoyed
Greak: Memories of Azur
The Mummy Demastered
Chasm
Steamworld Dig 2
Axiom Verge
Ghost Song
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ori and the Blind Forest

I was hoping to see something new that I may have missed but I didn't miss anything. I need to play Haiku the Robot.

This genre is probably my favorite. I own or have access to pretty much all of these.

Really started for me back with SOTN and Super Metroid, great great games.

I loved Chasm and Timespinners was fun also.

I will add a couple to this list:

Ender Lilies - excellent game, only platinum I have on PS. really looking forward to the next game.
Afterimage - have not really tried it out yet on PS5

 

[HaloGX]

My copy of Alan Wake 2 just arrived. The DLC is on the disc. It's on the DISC! Nice for Cyberpunk Ultimate and this to not have a code for the expansions.

FYI - Disc installation size was 31.67gb with a 69.03gb download

I thought Remedy said the second DLC wasn't on disc for Xbox? Is the 69.03GB download the anniversary update that was just released?

 

[lomaxgnome]

I think the biggest problem a game like PoP Lost Crown has is that its primary competition in the genre is budget priced indie games. Like, I want to play it and certainly will pick it up at some point, but I'm even waiting for a sale on Animal Well and that's a base price of $25. Hell, it even has $20 competition now with the same IP. The game industry is in a really weird point right now with pricing.

 

[ChefMason]

For Honor x Destiny Halloween collaboration is something I would never have expected.

 

[Nothing-]

The nice part about metroidvanias is that there are so many of them that I only need to play the very best ones. like, you've got a pretty high bar to clear if your game is going to be worthy enough to be played. Just like crappy souls games. I didn't even finish Nioh 2; you think I'd spend my time messing around with other subpar titles?

I finally got around to trying Bloodstained this year and couldn't get over how slow and sluggish the controls and their responsiveness were. Put it down after a couple hours because the controls really were not 'snappy' at all. I was shocked; it did not feel good. It was a hard adjustment after coming over from Dead Cells: Castlevania (which was fantastic btw). I finally got around to Hollow Knight in 2023 and wow it was incredible. one of the best games I've ever played. I also got Animal Well in the mail last week! But yeah, there are so many great games these days you really don't need to waste your time playing the 80%'er, B- metroidvanias.

I haven't even gotten to Metroid Dread yet. There's this new one I'm hearing about called Nine Souls. You can get the entire flippin Casltevania Anniversary Collection for $4 on digital right now. Then we're going to have Prime 4 by next summer.

We live in great times.

 

[bobbyblane]

I thought Remedy said the second DLC wasn't on disc for Xbox? Is the 69.03GB download the anniversary update that was just released?

The disc contains the token for the Deluxe Content as a 10mb item, so the actual dlc probably isn't on the disc. I think the download is bigger than the anniversary update so not sure what's on disc vs download. I had assumed all Deluxe content would come on a code so I was happily surprised by that. The Alan Wake Remastered game is on a code

 

[bardockkun]

For Honor x Destiny Halloween collaboration is something I would never have expected.

That YouTube cover art almost works perfectly as a representation of two companies doing their damnedest to survive these days.

 

[shoethiefrexyk9]

Xbox live working for Anyone else right now?

 

[Bryson]

Guacamelee is filled to the brim with cringe memes, pass.

I bought PoP but haven't gotten to it yet. Visually I think it looks pretty solid as far as 2.5 Metroidvanias are concerned, especially compared to Ubisoft's frequent blandness. Only the small gripe about the overused Kilmonger hairstyle. With the sales numbers so low, I don't think the "Ubisoft discount" was the real problem, as that should have meant a weak launch with decent sales over time.

Actual issues:
The Ubisoft formula of games design puts people off of their games in general, "how did they screw this one up" skepticism.

Ubisoft had basically no track record or "cred" for Metroidvanias.

Prince of Persia was dead for a long time, and previous popular games were 3D and over a decade ago. Metroidvania is more in line with the ancient original games, that Ubisoft didn't make.

Crowded release window, probably priced a bit too high.

Cringe memes? I'm sorry that your soul is devoid of any humor. Guacamelee is considered a classic for a reason. And when did memes become a bad thing?

Ubisoft had no cred for Metroidvanias? Did Team Cherry have any "street cred" before making wildly successful Hollow Knight? Did Supergiant games have any "cred" for making roguelikes before making Hades? A good game is a good game, no cred needed.

Prince of Persia was a good game but I don't think it was the game that fans really wanted. It was meant to wet the appetites of PoP fans. What fans really wanted was a full 3D PoP game like we got over 20 YEARS ago!

At least the game couldn't have cost that much to make. No where near the $800 million that Skull and Bones did. Another factor that doesn't factor into the sales numbers is Ubisoft+. Ubisoft got $20 out of me for one month. That's how I played PoP. Along with Avatar Frontiers of Pandora as well as getting 1000gs in Skull and Bones. For $20, that's tremendous value!

One last point, Lost Crown PC release was originally locked behind their Ubisoft launcher. Nobody wants one Thousand different launchers just to play their games. One by one they are all falling like dominoes, Ubisoft, EA, Epic and Sony is about to learn the hard way... Lord Gabben is the one True King!

 

[jimbobvaquero]

I purchased the that Prince of Persia game a month of so ago from Best Buy. Haven't cracked open the shrink wrap yet. You all are welcome for the upcoming sub $10 pricing.

 

[Nothing-]

I think a big part of what makes or breaks a new metroidvania game is the movement and the traversal. In addition to having cool equipment and abilities, and satisfying loot acquisition of course. But you spend so much time moving around, jumping, running across maps, and backtracking that the movement has to feel really good in order for the game to be good. (and the jump / dash attacks)

 

[flybrione]

This genre is probably my favorite. I own or have access to pretty much all of these.

Really started for me back with SOTN and Super Metroid, great great games.

I loved Chasm and Timespinners was fun also.

I will add a couple to this list:

Ender Lilies - excellent game, only platinum I have on PS. really looking forward to the next game.
Afterimage - have not really tried it out yet on PS5

Ender Lilies I have on Playstation in the backlog. Definitely need to play it. I heard lots of good things.

I got Afterimage on Steam Deck for cheap in a bundle and played it for a few hours and enjoyed what I played of it.

There's this new one I'm hearing about called Nine Souls.

We live in great times.

That one is coming to game pass soon. I'm excited to try it out when it arrives.

I saw Bo Path of the Teal Lotus is on sale on PS5 so that was another one I was interested in playing and will pick up with the POP DLC.

Metroidvania is probably one of my favorite genres of games. I love trying new ones out.
That and a good action adventure games or a real good strategy game. Unicorn Overlord is getting most of my attention right now.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

Cringe memes? I'm sorry that your soul is devoid of any humor. Guacamelee is considered a classic for a reason. And when did memes become a bad thing?

Ubisoft had no cred for Metroidvanias? Did Team Cherry have any "street cred" before making wildly successful Hollow Knight? Did Supergiant games have any "cred" for making roguelikes before making Hades? A good game is a good game, no cred needed.

Prince of Persia was a good game but I don't think it was the game that fans really wanted. It was meant to wet the appetites of PoP fans. What fans really wanted was a full 3D PoP game like we got over 20 YEARS ago!

At least the game couldn't have cost that much to make. No where near the $800 million that Skull and Bones did. Another factor that doesn't factor into the sales numbers is Ubisoft+. Ubisoft got $20 out of me for one month. That's how I played PoP. Along with Avatar Frontiers of Pandora as well as getting 1000gs in Skull and Bones. For $20, that's tremendous value!

One last point, Lost Crown PC release was originally locked behind their Ubisoft launcher. Nobody wants one Thousand different launchers just to play their games. One by one they are all falling like dominoes, Ubisoft, EA, and Sony is about to learn the hard way... Lord Gabben is the one True King!

I have no problem with memes in general but they went way too hard integrating them in the first games. "Dude, refrence, get it" humor. Just takes me out of it.

These are bad comparisons. Debut indie teams making their first games or experimenting with genres can't be compared well to a mega publisher like Ubisoft that has been around for decades and has tens of thousands of devs. Ubisoft barely makes 2D games, before Lost Crown is was basically just Rayman Legends in the last decade with some bad AC handheld games.

If a game is good, the cred thing doesn't matter In the longrun. Ubisoft makes a lot of slop though, so anything different is going to be treated cautiously. Look at the reception to Mario + Rabbids before and after launch.

 

[Bloomy]

You can get the entire flippin Casltevania Anniversary Collection for $4 on digital right now.

Simon's Quest is the only one in that collection that could qualify as a Metroidvania. Advance Collection hasn't dipped that low on sale yet.

I started the Blaster Master Zero games for my TA Bean Dive this year, and am about 3/4 through the first one. Fun nostalgia trip so far. First one isn't a remake of the NES original, but I think it borrowed a bit for the map layout. Pretty straight forward about where you have to go, maybe there's an option to turn the indicators on the map off. Not too difficult in the Jason portions if you can keep your gun upgraded. Hasn't made me wish for the bomb / pause trick.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

 

[Burning Karma]

Hasn't this happened before like they rebooted Prince of Persia then they made some DLC I think and no sequel.

Yes, Prince of Persia (2008). It was a bit on the easy side, but I enjoyed it. I remember playing the base game over Christmas break and then the DLC over spring break while I had the flu.

 

[bardockkun]

And ya'll naming Metroidvania's on XBox and I have to throw one out there that I don't think any of ya'll listed, Moonscars. Very dark and very Souls style esque in gameplay and I thoroughly enjoyed it when it was on Game Pass. Not huge into the Souls aesthetic, but man the combat was fantastic with doing things like timing parries to knock enemies into spikes to instant kill them was satisfying as hell. Plus the boss battles were just some fantastic twitch and recognizing animations based showdowns, but never felt unfair. Under 20 hours and was one of my favorite Game Pass surprises.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

Metroidvanias are weird to me because when there are games where it's REALLY good like Super Metroid or Axion Verge, I am utterly engrossed in it's game world and replay it several times. And then there is Shantae or the newer Castlevania titles where they feel like gigantic amounts of down times in between the good parts. I often just get bored and move onto other titles halfway through.

Now I gotta rant about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster and by extension, oldschool games and 2D/Pixel games in general. It's recently come to my attention that so many indie/retro style games are made with pixelated graphics because many people played older games via emulation on PC or HD consoles. That's fine in of itself, it's just those games were made for CRT screens and the graphics were designed for them and often came out with jagged edges and other deformities on modern displays. So many new games are designed with heavily pixelated characters and it personally bothers me but....eh, it's art. It's some developer's artistic expression and I can respect that, especially since they design their graphics with that look in mind.

What I don't like, it's something like Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster that takes the gorgeous, 2D spritework of classic Final Fantasy and turns it into an absolute pixelated puke fest in 1440p. I mean seriously, wtf. Even the original FF1 looks great with it's pixel art but it looks like dogshit on it's default setting. The options for CRT display are horrendous where it's blurry and dark, but it looks leagues better than the default so I'm stuck with that. It boggles my mind that nobody at SquareEnix didn't add better CRT options for these games. It's things like this that is pushing me towards PC gaming because I'm sure the Steam version, which I'm going to get eventually, will have mod support for better graphics filter options. I also need to point out how the aspect ratio s up something as basic as the FF6 intro to the point where the mode 7 walking intro with the mechs looks horrific and completely different to barely being able to see Kefka in the intro, but I digress.

Don't get me wrong, the remixed OST is DIVINE and I love the HD facelift with the spritework. I just can't believe these classic games lack basic options to make them look better.

 

[flybrione]

And ya'll naming Metroidvania's on XBox and I have to throw one out there that I don't think any of ya'll listed, Moonscars. Very dark and very Souls style esque in gameplay and I thoroughly enjoyed it when it was on Game Pass. Not huge into the Souls aesthetic, but man the combat was fantastic with doing things like timing parries to knock enemies into spikes to instant kill them was satisfying as hell. Plus the boss battles were just some fantastic twitch and recognizing animations based showdowns, but never felt unfair. Under 20 hours and was one of my favorite Game Pass surprises.

That's one I was mad at myself for not playing it before it left game pass. I bought a cheap key for it for Steam Deck. It's in the backlog lol.
Currently playing Pinball Spire on Steam Deck.

 

[bardockkun]

That's one I was mad at myself for not playing it before it left game pass. I bought a cheap key for it for Steam Deck. It's in the backlog lol.
Currently playing Pinball Spire on Steam Deck.

Allot of clenched butthole in playing Moonscars. Both from trying to survive and quietly worried in the back of my head that this boss that killed me four times means I might not beat it before it leaves at times. So thankfully you'll have one less reason to clench them cheeks when you play it I hope.

 

[aenima122]

Love me some Metroidvanias. Been working through Cookie Cutter lately which is pretty decent. I just want to know why we never got a Shadow Complex sequel.

 

[flybrione]

Love me some Metroidvanias. Been working through Cookie Cutter lately which is pretty decent. I just want to know why we never got a Shadow Complex sequel.

Cookie Cutter is another one I have in the backlog. I chose to play Last Faith first which I really enjoyed but that was definitely a harder souls like metroidvania. AR purchases was a good thing back when it was around.