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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Mar 13 - Thursday drops​

Mar 12 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 11 - Tuesday drops​

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

Mar 6 - Thursday drops​

Mar 5 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 4 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 3 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 27 - Thursday drops​

Feb 26 - Wednesday drop​

Feb 25 - Tuesday drops​

Feb 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Feb 20 - Thursday drops​

Feb 19 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 17 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 13 - Thursday drops (Anime Month)​

Feb 12 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 11 - Tuesday drops​

Feb 10 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 7 - Thursday drops​

Feb 5 - Wednesday drops​

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

Jan 30 - Anime Month​

Jan 29 - Wednesday drops (Team17 sale)​

Jan 28 - Tuesday drops​

Jan 27 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jan 24 - Lunar New Year sale follow up​

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale​

Jan 22 - Wednesday drops​

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

Jan 14 - Tuesday drops​

Jan 13 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Jan 8 - Wednesday drops (Wired Productions sale)​

Jan 7 - Tuesday drops (Wired Productions sale)​

Jan 6 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Jan 3 - Beyond Countdown follow up​

Jan 2 - Beyond Countdown Sale​

Jan 1 - Wednesday drop​

Dec 31 - Tuesday drops​

Dec 30 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Dec 25 - Wednesday drops​

Dec 24 - Tuesday drops​

Dec 23 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Dec 20 - Friday drops​

Dec 19 - Thursday drops​

Dec 18 - Wednesday drops​

Dec 17 - Tuesday drops​

Dec 16 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Dec 16 - Chunsoft Sale​

Dec 13 - Thursday evening drops​

Dec 12 - Countdown Sale​

Dec 11 - Wednesday drops​

Dec 9 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Dec 8 - Sunday drops​

Dec 4 - Wednesday drop​

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

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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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Mar 17 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 24 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 17 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 27 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale countdown​

Jan 20 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 13 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 10 - Lunar New Year sale countdown​

Jan 6 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 30 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 23 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 16 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 12 - Countdown Sale​

Dec 9 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 3 - Year End Countdown follow up​

Dec 2 - Pre-weekly countdown​

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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 - 2025-03-15

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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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2025-03-17 23:59:59

All You Need is Help​

Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Standard Edition (PC)​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

DayZ - Game Pass Core​

Dungeons Of Hinterberg​

For The King II​

Homestead Arcana​

Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core​

Humanity​

Legend of Mana​

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

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

Lil Gator Game​

My Friend Peppa Pig​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

Riders Republic​

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

TRIALS of MANA​

Turbo Golf Racing​

2025-03-18 09:59:59

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

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 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

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

Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Crusader Kings III (PC)​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​

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

F1 24 - EA Play -​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Go Mecha Ball​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​

Inscryption​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

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

Madden NFL 25 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Mafia: Definitive Edition​

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

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

Monster Train​

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 Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black​

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

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

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

Sifu​

Skate 3 - 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 Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​

STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​

Stellaris (PC)​

Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​

Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

UFC 5 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2025-03-21 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed Origins​

Assassin's Creed Valhalla​

Far Cry 5​

Far Cry 6​

Far Cry New Dawn​

FOR HONOR​

Immortals Fenyx Rising​

Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)​

South Park: The Fractured but Whole​

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

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

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​

Watch Dogs: Legion​

Watch Dogs2​

2025-03-24 23:59:59

Hunt: Showdown 1896​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows)​

No Man's Sky​

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

2025-03-25 09:59:59

Cricket 24​

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​

The Elder Scrolls Online - Game Pass Core​

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

2025-03-16 09:59:59

Evil West​

Evil West (Windows)​

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

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

Lies of P​

MLB The Show 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2025-02-01)​

MLB The Show 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2025-02-01)​

No More Heroes 3 Windows​

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​

Yakuza 5 Remastered​

Yakuza 5 Remastered for Windows 10​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for Windows 10​

2025-03-19 09:59:59

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

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

2025-03-20 17:59:59

Avowed (Not available for purchase)​

Avowed Standard Edition​

2025-03-27 09:59:59

Monster Sanctuary​

Neon Abyss​

2025-03-27 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​

Open Roads​

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)​

The Lamplighters League - PC Edition (PC)​

Yakuza 0​

Yakuza 0 for Windows 10​

Yakuza Kiwami​

Yakuza Kiwami 2​

Yakuza Kiwami 2 for Windows 10​

Yakuza Kiwami for Windows 10​

YAKUZA Series Starter Pack​

Yakuza: Like a Dragon​

Zombie Army 4: Dead War​

2025-04-05 16:59:59

One Lonely Outpost​

2025-04-08 10:00:00

Palworld (Game Preview)​

2025-04-08 15:59:59

South of Midnight​

2025-04-11 23:59:59

MULLET MADJACK​

2025-04-16 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows​

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​

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

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

This War of Mine: Final Cut​

Turbo Golf Racing​

2025-04-21 10:59:59

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders​

2025-04-24 06:59:59

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33​

2025-04-28 11:59:59

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap​

2025-04-28 15:59:59

Eternal Strands​

2025-04-30 13:59:59

Sniper Elite: Resistance​

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​

2025-05-01 15:59:59

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector​

2025-05-12 23:59:59

DOOM: The Dark Ages (Not available for purchase)​

DOOM: The Dark Ages Void DOOM Slayer Skin (Not available for purchase)​

2025-05-14 23:59:59

DOOM: The Dark Ages Standard 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)​

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)​

Generation Zero​

Goat Simulator 3​

Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition​

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)​

Far Cry 6​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows)​

Keplerth (PC)​

My Time at Sandrock​

My Time at Sandrock (Not available for purchase)​

My Time at Sandrock Online (Not available for purchase)​

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)​

Persona 3 Reload (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders​

SteamWorld Dig​

SteamWorld Dig 2​

2025-07-11 03:59:59

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Content Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Cross-Gen Edition​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Wireframe Tony Shader (Not available for purchase)​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Not available for purchase)​

2025-07-15 09:59:59

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​

2025-07-16 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed Valhalla​

Cricket 24​

Cricket 24: The Official Game Of The Ashes (PC)​

Flock​

Gigantic: Rampage Edition​

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess​

Magical Delicacy (moved from 2026-07-16)​

Moonlighter (moved from 2024-12-01)​

No Man's Sky​

Tchia​

The Case of the Golden Idol​

2025-08-01 09:59:59

Cooking Simulator​

Cooking Simulator Windows​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (moved from 2025-02-01)​

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

NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection​

Starbound (PC)​

2025-08-16 09:59:59

Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand - Free Upgrade​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​

PlateUp!​

2025-09-01 09:59:59

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Sea of Stars​

2025-09-16 09:59:59

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​

Wargroove 2​

2025-10-01 09:59:59

All You Need is Help​

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​

2025-11-01 09:59:59

Dead Island 2​

Dead Island 2 (Windows)​

Jusant​

Metal Slug Tactics​

Return to Monkey Island​

Wartales​

2025-11-16 09:59:59

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

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

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

Spirittea​

2025-12-01 09:59:59

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

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

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Genesis Noir (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Lords of the Fallen​

Lords of the Fallen (PC)​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

SteamWorld Build​

2025-12-16 09:59:59

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​

Hunt: Showdown 1896​

Mortal Kombat 11​

Still Wakes the Deep​

Wildfrost​

2026-01-01 09:59:59

Carrion​

Carrion (PC)​

Hell Let Loose​

House Flipper​

Injustice 2​

Injustice 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War​

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​

Road 96​

2026-01-16 09:59:59

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​

Medieval Dynasty​

Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​

Neon White​

Palworld (Game Preview) (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Starbound​

2026-02-01 09:59:59

Brotato (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Shady Part of Me​

Shady Part of Me (Windows)​

2026-03-01 09:59:59

Bluey: The Videogame (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​

Nine Sols​

2026-03-16 09:59:59

Enter The Gungeon​

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 - Game Pass Core​

Descenders - Game Pass Core​

Goat Simulator - Game Pass Core​

Goat Simulator: Remastered​

Goat Simulator: Remastered (Windows Edition)​

Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​

2026-05-16 09:59:59

Galacticare​

Shadowrun Returns PC (PC)​

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

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

2026-06-01 09:59:59

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Dead by Daylight​

Dead by Daylight Windows​

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - Game Pass Core​

theHunter: Call of the Wild​

theHunter: Call of the Wild - Windows 10​

World War Z: Aftermath​

World War Z: Aftermath (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)​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

Stellaris (PC)​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

2026-08-01 09:59:59

Celeste - Game Pass Core​

Crusader Kings III (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Crusader Kings III (PC) (moved from 2025-02-01)​

Go Mecha Ball​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

Roboquest​

2026-08-16 09:59:59

Firewatch - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO (PC)​

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader​

2026-09-01 09:59:59

Neon Abyss​

Neon Abyss (PC)​

Star Trucker​

2026-09-16 09:59:59

Dead Cells - Game Pass Core​

Dead Cells (PC)​

Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

Superliminal - Game Pass Core​

2026-10-01 09:59:59

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-01 09:59:59

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-16 09:59:59

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Wreckfest (PC)​

2026-12-01 09:59:59

Legend of Mana​

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

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

Overthrown (Game Preview)​

Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core​

Stardew Valley (PC)​

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core​

TRIALS of MANA​

Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core​

2027-01-01 09:59:59

VALORANT​

2027-02-01 09:59:59

Trailmakers​

2027-02-16 09:59:59

Kingdom Two Crowns​

2027-03-01 09:59:59

Balatro​

2027-03-16 09:59:59

Control - Game Pass Core​

Control 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​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

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 Dogs2​

2027-09-16 09:59:59

Riders Republic​

Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)​

2027-10-16 09:59:59

South Park: The Fractured but Whole​

2027-12-16 09:59:59

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Overcooked! 2 (PC)​

2028-02-01 09:59:59

Far Cry New Dawn​

2028-07-01 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 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

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

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

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​

UFC 5 - EA Play -​

WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2049-12-30 23:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

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

NHL 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

2098-12-31 23:59:59

Battlefield 1 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

NBA LIVE 19 - EA Play - 2019-05-10​

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

2099-02-01 19:59:59

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

2099-04-04 09:59:59

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

2099-04-18 09:59:59

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

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

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

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

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

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

2099-12-29 23:59:59

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

2100-06-12 23:59:59

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

2220-10-06 03:59:59

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

2220-10-13 23:59:59

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

2220-10-22 23:59:59

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

2220-12-11 23:59:59

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

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)​

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)​

DOOM 3​

DOOM 64​

Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 4 (PC)​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​

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

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion​

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

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

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC)​

2799-03-16 23:59:59

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

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 (PC)​

2799-03-24 07:59:59

Bleeding Edge​

2799-03-26 23:59:59

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

2799-03-28 09:59:59

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

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

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

The Walking Dead: Michonne - The Complete Season​

2799-03-28 23:59:59

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

2799-04-10 23:59:59

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

2799-04-29 23:59:59

Joy Ride Turbo​

2799-04-30 08:59:59

Sea of Thieves: 2024 Edition​

2799-05-12 23:59:59

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10)​

2799-05-17 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

2799-05-18 23:59:59

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

2799-05-31 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B​

Banjo-Kazooie​

Banjo-Tooie​

Disneyland Adventures​

Fable III​

Gears of War​

Gears of War 2​

Gears of War: Judgment​

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

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo: Spartan Assault​

Jetpac Refuelled​

Kameo​

Perfect Dark Zero​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Sunset Overdrive​

Viva Piñata​

Viva Piñata: TIP​

2799-06-09 05:59:59

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Gears of War 4​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10​

Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile / PC)​

Halo: Spartan Strike​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC)​

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

ReCore​

2799-06-09 06:58:59

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

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

2799-06-09 23:59:59

Gears 5 - Game Pass Core​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

2799-06-13 18:59:59

Arx Fatalis (PC)​

BATTLETECH (PC)​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)​

DOOM​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 3​

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

Fallout Tactics (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

RAGE​

The Evil Within 2​

The Evil Within 2 (PC)​

Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus​

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)​

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)​

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)​

2799-12-07 23:59:59

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

2799-12-11 23:59:59

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-12-13 23:59:59

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

2799-12-17 23:59:59

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

2799-12-30 23:59:59

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

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

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

Fe - EA Play - 2018-09-03​

Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​

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

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

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

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

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

NHL 94 REWIND - EA Play - 2021-03-01​

Peggle 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

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

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

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

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

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​

STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​

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

The Sims 4 - EA Play -​

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

Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

UFC 4 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

2799-12-31 22:59:59

ARK: Survival Ascended​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​

As Dusk Falls​

Broken Age​

Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​

Contrast​

Costume Quest​

Costume Quest 2​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy​

DEATHLOOP​

DOOM + DOOM II​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Hi-Fi RUSH​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Minecraft​

Minecraft Dungeons​

Minecraft Legends​

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

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​

Pentiment​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Quake II​

Quantum Break​

Redfall​

skate. (2007) - EA Play - 2021-08-05​

Stacking​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

We Happy Few​

9998-12-30 00:00:00

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

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

Age of Mythology: Retold​

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

An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​

Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

Ara: History Untold (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold Standard Edition (PC)​

Ara: History Untold, Alexander the Great (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​

Army of Two - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​

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

Bejeweled 2 - EA Play - 2008-03-08​

Bejeweled 3 - EA Play - 2011-10-14​

BLACK - EA Play -​

Broken Age (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)​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Crysis - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Crysis 2 - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

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

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

Dead Space 2 - EA Play -​

Dead Space 3 - EA Play -​

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

Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)​

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

Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​

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

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

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

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

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Genshin Impact​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Mass Effect 2 - EA Play -​

Mass Effect 3 - EA Play -​

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

MechWarrior 5: Clans​

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

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Standard Edition​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

Minecraft for Windows (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends - Windows (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

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

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

Mirror's Edge - EA Play - 2008-11-05​

Overwatch 2​

Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

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

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

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

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quantum Break (PC)​

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

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

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

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​

SSX - EA Play - 2012-02-21​

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

Starfield​

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

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

The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​

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

The Gunk​

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

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

33 Immortals (Game Preview) (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) (Not available for purchase)​

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

Diablo (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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

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

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

Far Cry New Dawn (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)​

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)​

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 24 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

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

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

Minecraft Preview (Not available for purchase)​

Minecraft Preview for Windows (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 Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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

Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)​

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

Watch Dogs: Legion (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Watch Dogs2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

 

[Mason_mellon]

Right so

Spoiler: long-winded discussion that no one cares about

Under that scenario it really is over for Xbox then. You might as well call your company Gamepass. Because a customer is either in it for Gamepass, or else they're out.

Words are just words, and apparently "Xbox" doesn't mean anything anymore. If everything is an Xbox. If it's not going to be a console system. It's one in the sea of many other digital distribution platforms. "Xbox" would just be the MS store's app then.

By losing their own console they would also lose the ability to charge people for paid multiplayer. Do you see? That's the whole point. If you don't have a home, then customers can just go play in someone else's home. The other platforms don't need ya. In fact you're not welcome; they take their own cuts.

People play on Xbox in order to have an Xbox console as their home. They like the interface, presentation, and layout. If "80% of customers are choosing Gamepass Ultimate," then somewhere around ~20% or something are PC only. If it's not working for corporate then fine. But then you're also applying a tourniquet and chopping off your leg in order to survive. You no longer get to stand on that leg anymore. People don't pay for Xbox paid multiplayer on other branded devices. You don't get to have it both ways. Your Gamepass business IS having a modern, in-house console system.

If one wants to sell a premium digital service then you have to offer something of value. Well, current subscription number totals tell you where the market currently values Gamepass Ultimate. Do you know what happens to that market share if you take away the console?

One thing is abundantly clear. Xbox is currently at a crossroads, and 6-9 months ago the company still had zero clue where they were headed. I wonder what they've decided. Customers aren't going to pay $20/month just to be your friend.

Microsoft will have another Xbox home console but the routes they are currently choosing automatically means that fewer people are going to buy into it next cycle, if they can play your games on other platforms. That is where we are at today. It really seems like they don't have a direction. Each new press release and Pow wow tee-up continues to prove that point. They don't appreciate the delicate nature of these symbiotic relationships. Like I honestly don't know what they're doing unless they plan to play extreme hardball with Elder Scrolls 6 and CoD in a couple years. Microsoft doesn't know what they're doing either. They are making this stuff up as they go along. Like I've said before, they are the dog that caught the car.

You actually make some really good points I hadn't thought about before. I currently don't game enough to make Ultimate worth it. I only have core so that I can play multi-player pretty much. If there is no Xbox console are they still going to charge people $20/month or more bc they will eventually raise the price. Ultimate is only a good deal bc it combined GP Core and GP Console. But with no console core is essentially useless.

 

[Bloomy]

On Another note...wasn't that Anime Month sale scheduled for today?

The next batch is set for a little over 2 hours from now.

 

[briandadude]

Right so

Spoiler: long-winded discussion that no one cares about

Under that scenario it really is over for Xbox then. You might as well call your company Gamepass. Because a customer is either in it for Gamepass, or else they're out.

Words are just words, and apparently "Xbox" doesn't mean anything anymore. If everything is an Xbox. If it's not going to be a console system. It's one in the sea of many other digital distribution platforms. "Xbox" would just be the MS store's app then.

By losing their own console they would also lose the ability to charge people for paid multiplayer. Do you see? That's the whole point. If you don't have a home, then customers can just go play in someone else's home. The other platforms don't need ya. In fact you're not welcome; they take their own cuts.

People play on Xbox in order to have an Xbox console as their home. They like the interface, presentation, and layout. If "80% of customers are choosing Gamepass Ultimate," then somewhere around ~20% or something are PC only. If it's not working for corporate then fine. But then you're also applying a tourniquet and chopping off your leg in order to survive. You no longer get to stand on that leg anymore. People don't pay for Xbox paid multiplayer on other branded devices. You don't get to have it both ways. Your Gamepass business IS having a modern, in-house console system.

If one wants to sell a premium digital service then you have to offer something of value. Well, current subscription number totals tell you where the market currently values Gamepass Ultimate. Do you know what happens to that market share if you take away the console?

One thing is abundantly clear. Xbox is currently at a crossroads, and 6-9 months ago the company still had zero clue where they were headed. I wonder what they've decided. Customers aren't going to pay $20/month just to be your friend.

Microsoft will have another Xbox home console but the routes they are currently choosing automatically means that fewer people are going to buy into it next cycle, if they can play your games on other platforms. That is where we are at today. It really seems like they don't have a direction. Each new press release and Pow wow tee-up continues to prove that point. They don't appreciate the delicate nature of these symbiotic relationships. Like I honestly don't know what they're doing unless they plan to play extreme hardball with Elder Scrolls 6 and CoD in a couple years. Microsoft doesn't know what they're doing either. They are making this stuff up as they go along. Like I've said before, they are the dog that caught the car.

I completely agree. Microsoft has one foot on Xbox and one in the cloud. I play free to play games online or on Nintendo where it's like 1/20th the cost to play online.

Microsoft and their studios have great games. I don't think they can grow their subscriber base charging $15-$20 a month. That's simply too much for all but the most extreme Xbox fan.

 

[adonfraz]

Seems Microsoft’s ultimate goal is for everyone to subscribe to Game Pass. I think they’re hoping that releasing select games on other platforms will entice non-Xbox owners to become Game Pass subscribers (via phone, tablet, PC, whatever devices they can get).

I would release games day 1 on Xbox and game pass. This helps Xbox players still feel slightly special. If games are successful, port to other platforms in 6-12 months along with new DLC for all. DLC is not on Game Pass so it juices revenue for the studios.

Microsoft's goal is for Xbox to make back (and then some) all the money they spent buying gaming companies.

Bringing Xbox games to other consoles isn't going to attract many new players to Game Pass.

Only way to access GP on phones and tablets is cloud streaming through Ultimate and that's $20/month.

And if a PlayStation (or Switch 2) user already had a PC then PC Game Pass has been a thing for years and it's probably a better deal than Ultimate at this point.

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

I just don't like the playstation experience. UI is clunky and the controller isn't comfortable. If Xbox keeps making consoles, I'll be there.

100%
The UI, the controller, the hardware is often the laggiest of the current gen consoles (going back to ps1) , the marketplace (I couldn't buy a copy of Dragons Crown for PS3 because I had a ps+ sub that claimed it as a free game and when the sub expired, it wouldn't let me buy it on sale), I've never been a fan of playstation but they got the games no one else has, but that's starting to becoming an ever shrinking list of exclusive titles found nowhere else.

 

[awp]

I completely agree. Microsoft has one foot on Xbox and one in the cloud. I play free to play games online or on Nintendo where it's like 1/20th the cost to play online.

Microsoft and their studios have great games. I don't think they can grow their subscriber base charging $15-$20 a month. That's simply too much for all but the most extreme Xbox fan.

But GamePass is more than just Microsoft games. Just in the last week or so we got Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Eternal Strands, Citizen Sleeper 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance and Orcs Must Die Deathtrap.

I’ve never had to pay full price for GamePass but especially this year with all the first party games and bangers like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I think it is a great value. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Nothing-]

"The Cloud"

"Artificial Intelligence" and "generative AI"

A Jedi needs not these things.

 

[supaet]

Microsoft's goal is for Xbox to make back (and then some) all the money they spent buying gaming companies.

Bringing Xbox games to other consoles isn't going to attract many new players to Game Pass.

Only way to access GP on phones and tablets is cloud streaming through Ultimate and that's $20/month.

no, I don't know how many times this came up already, there is no "making back" the money that they never lost it in the first place. it's cash asset converted to higher earning assets.

As for the future of "xbox", I see it will be similar to surface and bing, those still exists despite having significantly less market/mind share than xbox ever have.
they will keep trying new stuff to make decent profits and generate large amount of data for future strategic direction of other MS products.

 

[briandadude]

But GamePass is more than just Microsoft games. Just in the last week or so we got Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Eternal Strands, Citizen Sleeper 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance and Orcs Must Die Deathtrap.

I’ve never had to pay full price for GamePass but especially this year with all the first party games and bangers like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I think it is a great value. Just my 2 cents.

You're getting the most out of it. None of those games interest me, so I must be more of a casual gamer. For me, I lump Game Pass in with other streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Apple TV+. It is easier for me to justify paying for 1 or 2 of those than Game Pass because the content is more easily consumed (no controller or super reliable Internet needed), and the range of content appeals to my entire household.

 

[supaet]

But GamePass is more than just Microsoft games. Just in the last week or so we got Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Eternal Strands, Citizen Sleeper 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance and Orcs Must Die Deathtrap.

I’ve never had to pay full price for GamePass but especially this year with all the first party games and bangers like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I think it is a great value. Just my 2 cents.

it's not just gamepass though.
it's the whole xbox ecosystem with playanywhere with xbox and pc (might get blurrier in the future)

not only are those upcoming games on game pass, they are all play anywhere. that means every time you buy on xbox (at least all first party games) you are future proof with a pc copy. every other console platform is a dead end by comparison.

 

[awp]

You're getting the most out of it. None of those games interest me, so I must be more of a casual gamer. For me, I lump Game Pass in with other streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Apple TV+. It is easier for me to justify paying for 1 or 2 of those than Game Pass because the content is more easily consumed (no controller or super reliable Internet needed), and the range of content appeals to my entire household.

Fair enough but I don’t think you need to be “the most extreme Xbox fan” to think GamePass is worth subscribing to.

 

[whitereflection]

it's not just gamepass though.
it's the whole xbox ecosystem with playanywhere with xbox and pc (might get blurrier in the future)

not only are those upcoming games on game pass, they are all play anywhere. that means every time you buy on xbox (at least all first party games) you are future proof with a pc copy. every other console platform is a dead end by comparison.

If that was much of a selling point, then Epic would be the most popular launcher for PC users and not Steam for its weekly free games, which we've had over a hundred by now. And they're actually free free, not subscription-required free.

 

[Mason_mellon]

This is a decent piece on XCloud but I would be super interested to see a whole breakdown. Which I'm sure MSFT would never give us. What games are actually being played? Single player vs MP games? What devices are the most used? How long is the average play session on cloud, etc.

Xbox Cloud Gaming has hit 140 million playtime hours according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Cloud gaming was a boon for Microsoft's earnings this past fiscal quarter, even as the rest of the Xbox division saw revenue fall.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[flybrione]

Fair enough but I don’t think you need to be “the most extreme Xbox fan” to think GamePass is worth subscribing to.

While I agree with that I also think that some of us here are kind of game unicorns. I personally love having all these games at my finger tips and playing tons of different games from all different types of genres. I think that I am unique in that aspect. Most people do not consume video games the way I do.

 

[supaet]

If that was much of a selling point, then Epic would be the most popular launcher for PC users and not Steam for its weekly free games, which we've had over a hundred by now. And they're actually free free, not subscription-required free.

so you see how hard is it to get mind share/market share?
based on the logic of many, epic should have given up on their store a long time ago since they are losing billions?

I mean, if you really have to compare that way, do you really want to compare the play anywhere games from MS 1st party to what epic is giving for free?

all epic have is alan wake at this point? so it's over for them when it hits steam right?

if you guys noticed, there wasn't a epic games coupon during the last holiday sale, they are probably not as willing to burn more $ to take sales from steam going forward.

so wouldn't you say xbox is in way better shape in terms of generating revenue/mind share/market share than bing/surface/epic games?

 

[NAG007]

you realized that they license others to make xbox controllers right?
I also miss the part where they get rid of the console? they still sell the surface line when it has less than 1% market share?

Licensed wireless controllers are higher priced than the 1st party controllers. This goes back to my original argument that people are going to want to buy the cheaper controller. If you can get the newest game on a PC, why bother getting a licensed or 1st party controller when any Bluetooth controller will work? And do you think Nintendo and Sony will ever allow Xbox controllers to natively work on their systems? You kill the console, you kill your controllers.

The console will be gone eventually. Look at the Surface line- the RT just wasn't selling well so they eventually killed it off. Same with Microsoft Band. Same with Windows Phone. There's always going to be people who own multiple consoles*, but the average person has only 1 console that they game on (not counting mobile here). If you're looking to upgrade to a new console generation (and assuming consoles are close enough to the same price), would you either get the system that only plays X games on it or the system that play Y and X games? For the average person- that's a no brainer.

*For this entire argument, I mean console to include PC alongside the traditional big 3.

 

[jimbo8574]

I don't game as much as I used to. If the handful of MS console exclusives come to PS5 I might not buy another XBox console. As it is now both my consoles site dormant much of the time. I let my PS+ basic run out for several months last year before renewing it.

I might double dip on Forza Horizon 5 when it comes out though. I was never a huge Halo fan but have played through the main releases. Was a huge Gears of War fan but that series seems to have cooled a bit for me. I am looking forward to the next Gear of War too though. There hasn't been XBox Series X release. GOW 5 was an Xbox One game.

The Elite controller is better but the DS4 isn't that bad.

Interesting times.

 

[Bloomy]

Today's countdowns

Ends morning of Feb 4

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - $24.99 - 50% off - Game Pass

Anime Month, ends morning of Feb 14

Spoiler

Afterimage - $8.74 - 65% off
AMEDAMA - $9.99 - 60% off
Anime Studio Story - $5.99 - 50% off
Card-en-Ciel - $18.74 - 25% off
Clock Tower: Rewind - $14.99 - 25% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - $14.99 - 75% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Additional Costume Pack - Kimetsu Academy Summer Uniforms - $2.49 - 50% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Daki Character Pack - $2.49 - 50% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Gyutaro Character Pack - $2.49 - 50% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Nezuko (Advanced Demon Form) Character Pack - $2.49 - 50% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke (Entertainment District) Character Pack - $4.99 - 50% off
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Tengen Uzui Character Pack - $2.49 - 50% off
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! - $11.24 - 25% off
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons - $9.99 - 60% off
DRAGON BALL FighterZ - FighterZ Edition (Xbox Series X|S & Xbox One) - $13.49 - 85% off
DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ(Xbox One) - DRAGON BALL FighterZ - FighterZ Pass 2 - $9.99 - 60% off
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE - $5.99 - 85% off
Dragon Ball Xenoverse - Season Pass - $12.49 - 50% off
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT Deluxe Edition - $16.99 - 80% off
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT Season Pass 2 - $19.99 - 50% off
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 - $24.99 - 50% off
FINAL FANTASY - $8.39 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY I-VI Bundle - $52.49 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY II - $8.39 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY III - $12.59 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY IV - $12.59 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD - $7.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD - $6.39 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY V - $12.59 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY VI - $12.59 - 30% off
FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered WINDOWS EDITION (PC) - $7.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY XIII (PC) - $6.39 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 (PC) - $7.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY XV MULTIPLAYER: COMRADES - $3.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY XV POCKET EDITION HD - $11.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL PACK - $5.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY XV Season Pass - $5.99 - 60% off
FINAL FANTASY 零式 HD - ¥2464 - 60% off
Forspoken (PC) - $20.99 - 70% off
Forspoken Digital Deluxe Upgrade (PC) - $7.5 - 70% off
Forspoken In Tanta We Trust (PC) - $3.74 - 70% off
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 1 & 2 - Double Pack - $35.99 - 50% off
Giraffe and Annika（ジラフとアンニカ） - $11.99 - 60% off
Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai - $29.99 - 50% off
Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai Digital Deluxe Upgrade - $2.49 - 50% off
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Ultimate Edition - $29.74 - 65% off
Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash Deluxe Edition - $51.99 - 35% off
KINGDOM HEARTS - HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX - - ¥2992 - 60% off
KINGDOM HEARTS - HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX - - $19.99 - 60% off
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue - $23.99 - 60% off
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ - ¥3872 - 60% off
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ - $23.99 - 60% off
Legend of Mana - $11.99 - 60% off - Game Pass
Light Fairytale Episode 1 - $2.99 - 70% off
Light Fairytale Episode 2 - $2.99 - 70% off
LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII (PC) - $7.99 - 60% off
Little Goody Two Shoes - $11.99 - 40% off
Marfusha - $8.39 - 30% off
MY HERO ONE'S JUSTICE - $4.99 - 75% off
MY HERO ONE'S JUSTICE 2 Deluxe Edition - $14.99 - 75% off
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 - $9.99 - 50% off
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER - $4.99 - 75% off
NARUTO X BORUTO Ultimate Ninja STORM CONNECTIONS Deluxe Edition - $50.99 - 40% off
NieR:Automata BECOME AS GODS Edition (PC) - $15.99 - 60% off
Noel the Mortal Fate - $9.99 - 60% off
ONE PIECE BURNING BLOOD - Gold Edition - $8.44 - 90% off
ONE PIECE World Seeker Deluxe Edition - $8.99 - 90% off
ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 (Windows) - ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 Character Pass 2 (PC) - $19.49 - 35% off
ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 Deluxe Edition (Windows) (PC) - $12.99 - 80% off
ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 Deluxe Edition(Xbox One) - $12.99 - 80% off
ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4(Xbox One) - ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 Character Pass 2 - $19.49 - 35% off
ONE PUNCH MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS Deluxe Edition - $7.99 - 90% off
Pocket Academy - $9.59 - 20% off
Romancing SaGa 2 - $7.49 - 70% off
Romancing SaGa 3 - $8.69 - 70% off
Sclash - $2.99 - 70% off
SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE Deluxe Edition - $25.49 - 70% off
Slitterhead - $34.99 - 30% off
Space Invaders: IG - $1.49 - 85% off
STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE - $23.99 - 60% off
STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE DIGITAL DELUXE UPGRADE - $7.99 - 60% off
STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN - $19.99 - 50% off
STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN - Season Pass - STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN - $7.49 - 50% off
SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization Lycoris Deluxe Edition - $20.99 - 80% off
SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream - $40.19 - 33% off
SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection Deluxe Edition - $29.74 - 65% off
SWORD ART ONLINE: FATAL BULLET Complete Edition - $10.49 - 85% off
The DioField Chronicle - $23.99 - 60% off
The Rumble Fish + - $2.39 - 70% off
The Rumble Fish 2 - $7.49 - 50% off
The Sushi Spinnery - $9.59 - 20% off
TOKI Juju Densetsu - $1.49 - 85% off
TRIALS of MANA - $19.99 - 60% off - Game Pass
Umbraclaw - $13.74 - 45% off
WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA - $15.99 - 60% off
Yars Rising - $22.49 - 25% off
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist - $4.99 - 75% off
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution - $9.99 - 75% off

Sale ended

Space Invader 7 - 12/30/9998 00:00:00

Added to EA Play

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - $19.99 - 60% off - 02/07/2025 09:59:59 - EA Play

Date shifts

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle - $48.99 - 30% off - 02/07/2025 09:59:59 - Game Pass
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows) (PC) - $48.99 - 30% off - 02/07/2025 09:59:59 - Game Pass
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Vault Edition - 02/10/2025 23:59:59
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Vault Edition (Windows) (PC) - 02/10/2025 23:59:59
Sniper Elite: Resistance - 08/01/2026 09:59:59 - Game Pass
Sniper Elite: Resistance - Target Führer - Lights, Camera, Achtung - 08/01/2026 09:59:59

 

[Donken]

Reading through these last pages, just thought I would add my two cents.

I think Xbox is in a tough spot, kind of like Disney. Xbox/Sony/Nintendo and Disney are trying to find their way in a world that doesn't really care about those properties as much anymore. My kids would rather watch YouTube for free then Disney+ and they would rather play Roblox, Fortnite, Rocket League, Brawl Stars, and Marvel Snap then anything that Nintendo/Xbox/Sony have to offer. They usually choose a free to play game before a paid one until they see me playing Halo or Mario Kart. This new generation just doesn't care about a lot of these expensive properties, they are fine with ads or paid season passes and random other crap.

It honestly drives me nuts sometimes because we have two xbox, a bunch of switches, a PS5 and they will still choose to play some dumb free to play game when they could play just about any hit game since I buy so many of them.

 

[supaet]

Licensed wireless controllers are higher priced than the 1st party controllers. This goes back to my original argument that people are going to want to buy the cheaper controller. If you can get the newest game on a PC, why bother getting a licensed or 1st party controller when any Bluetooth controller will work? And do you think Nintendo and Sony will ever allow Xbox controllers to natively work on their systems? You kill the console, you kill your controllers.

The console will be gone eventually. Look at the Surface line- the RT just wasn't selling well so they eventually killed it off. Same with Microsoft Band. Same with Windows Phone. There's always going to be people who own multiple consoles*, but the average person has only 1 console that they game on (not counting mobile here). If you're looking to upgrade to a new console generation (and assuming consoles are close enough to the same price), would you either get the system that only plays X games on it or the system that play Y and X games? For the average person- that's a no brainer.

*For this entire argument, I mean console to include PC alongside the traditional big 3.

your argument would make perfect sense if sony didn't start putting games on the PC

btw, sony is the only one that is traditional here, the wii and nes are already gone, xbox is no longer just a console. that makes the ps the only traditional console.

but in the end, all traditional console dies and only the pc lives on. 10 years from now you won't want to be playing the games you buy today on playstation, so you better be buy them on pc today, no brainer right?

 

[supaet]

Reading through these last pages, just thought I would add my two cents.

I think Microsoft is in a tough spot, kind of like Disney. Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo and Disney are trying to find their way in a world that doesn't really care about those properties as much anymore. My kids would rather watch YouTube for free then Disney+ and they would rather play Roblox, Fortnite, Rocket League, Brawl Stars, and Marvel Snap then anything that Nintendo/Microsoft/Sony have to offer. They usually choose a free to play game before a paid one until they see me playing Halo or Mario Kart. This new generation just doesn't care about a lot of these expensive properties, they are fine with ads or paid season passes and random other crap.

It honestly drives me nuts sometimes because we have two xbox, a bunch of switches, a PS5 and they will still choose to play some dumb free to play game when they could play just about any hit game since I buy so many of them.

I think it would make more sense if you replace Microsoft with "xbox". disney/sony/nintendo sells entertainment, and nothing else.

microsoft on the other hand sells enterprise/ecosystems/data. I bet amazon/google/apple/meta etc. would die to have a gaming ecosystem like xbox under their wing (you can see in their effort of trying to get anything going for gaming). it's all about getting the data of millions of gamers to fight the next generation of data/information driven war for endless profits.

 

[Donken]

I think it would make more sense if you replace Microsoft with "xbox". disney/sony/nintendo sells entertainment, and nothing else.

microsoft on the other hand sells enterprise/ecosystems/data. I bet amazon/google/apple/meta etc. would die to have a gaming ecosystem like xbox under their wing (you can see in their effort of trying to get anything going for gaming). it's all about getting the data of millions of gamers to fight the next generation of data/information driven war for endless profits.

You are correct, I was referring to the Xbox division specifically, I edited my post.

 

[jsivley]

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

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Just now seeing this. Tried, but could not replicate.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

Reading through these last pages, just thought I would add my two cents.

I think Xbox is in a tough spot, kind of like Disney. Xbox/Sony/Nintendo and Disney are trying to find their way in a world that doesn't really care about those properties as much anymore. My kids would rather watch YouTube for free then Disney+ and they would rather play Roblox, Fortnite, Rocket League, Brawl Stars, and Marvel Snap then anything that Nintendo/Xbox/Sony have to offer. They usually choose a free to play game before a paid one until they see me playing Halo or Mario Kart. This new generation just doesn't care about a lot of these expensive properties, they are fine with ads or paid season passes and random other crap.

It honestly drives me nuts sometimes because we have two xbox, a bunch of switches, a PS5 and they will still choose to play some dumb free to play game when they could play just about any hit game since I buy so many of them.

The big F2P games are popular for a reason, generally they are polished, packed with content, and get updates frequently. For kids, I imagine they have many of their friends playing these games, way more than the days where you needed to buy consoles/games/DLC/Gold.

Youtube and such are a bit harder to nail down, the content is generally pretty different from what you get with paid streaming services. A lot more specific and you can find literally any niche interest you want. I know I tend to watch more YT and Twitch than traditional TV lately unless I'm binging something, but I'm skewed by being able to watch at work, and mostly gaming when home.

 

[bardockkun]

That proud feeling of 100%'ing a JRPG and killing all the super bosses with swords and anime abilities that come with it followed by the feeling of wanting to now play something where I wander around a town giving people headshots with guns.

 

[CoolBuffalo]

I just realized that I have had a full circle moment with Alan Wake Remastered today. I managed to grab the free copy earlier.

I was thinking about it and some years back(maybe 5-7 yrs) there was some major pricing glitch/error on the GameStop website with a multitude of games(like a lot) and many people placed online orders for them. Now, most of these orders were cancelled and refunded but for those who got the cancellation GameStop sent a $10 voucher for the “inconvenience”.

The game I got for free with that voucher…Alan Wake for the Xbox 360. Which still sits in my backlog. Maybe the gaming Gods are trying to tell me I need to play this finally.

 

[Deadpool]

It's a really good game. Do it.

 

[Xfactor19990]

Shame that Balatro is not play anywhere I would love to play on PC and earn achievements etc

Also picked up Hong Kong Massacre, Ninja Gaiden Black and Conan. Are there any old school Conan shit up similar games on sale too?

On side note I remember buying Alan Wake same week as Read Dead Redemption. Never played Alan Wake. Bought Alan Wake remastered never played it. Bought Alan Wake 2 Deluxe....... obviously never played it! Oh and I have American nightmare lol

 

[Legendbatista]

Fair enough but I don’t think you need to be “the most extreme Xbox fan” to think GamePass is worth subscribing to.

You’re right. Gamepass is worth its weight in gold I’m surprised they don’t see that.

 

[JohnnyCage]

You’re right. Gamepass is worth its weight in gold I’m surprised they don’t see that.

Ehh. I think it's worth it if you are the type who plays and finishes games in a short period of time. For someone like me who might play a game for a couple hours, put it back on the shelf and then return to it months later it's better just to buy games instead. Games are a much bigger time investment than a movie or show.

 

[LucarioLG]

You’re right. Gamepass is worth its weight in gold I’m surprised they don’t see that.

As someone that's still taking advantage of Game Pass, it's not more valuable than doing things on your own time.

 

[Donken]

I still buy movies too because I’m the type that rewatches old movies years later and replays games years later. I currently don’t have Netflix because I bought so many full seasons of shows on sale at Christmas I’m just watching all of those.

 

[Jodou]

Right so

Spoiler: long-winded discussion that no one cares about

Under that scenario it really is over for Xbox then. You might as well call your company Gamepass. Because a customer is either in it for Gamepass, or else they're out.

Words are just words, and apparently "Xbox" doesn't mean anything anymore. If everything is an Xbox. If it's not going to be a console system. It's one in the sea of many other digital distribution platforms. "Xbox" would just be the MS store's app then.

By losing their own console they would also lose the ability to charge people for paid multiplayer. Do you see? That's the whole point. If you don't have a home, then customers can just go play in someone else's home. The other platforms don't need ya. In fact you're not welcome; they take their own cuts.

People play on Xbox in order to have an Xbox console as their home. They like the interface, presentation, and layout. If "80% of customers are choosing Gamepass Ultimate," then somewhere around ~20% or something are PC only. If it's not working for corporate then fine. But then you're also applying a tourniquet and chopping off your leg in order to survive. You no longer get to stand on that leg anymore. People don't pay for Xbox paid multiplayer on other branded devices. You don't get to have it both ways. Your Gamepass business IS having a modern, in-house console system.

If one wants to sell a premium digital service then you have to offer something of value. Well, current subscription number totals tell you where the market currently values Gamepass Ultimate. Do you know what happens to that market share if you take away the console?

One thing is abundantly clear. Xbox is currently at a crossroads, and 6-9 months ago the company still had zero clue where they were headed. I wonder what they've decided. Customers aren't going to pay $20/month just to be your friend.

Microsoft will have another Xbox home console but the routes they are currently choosing automatically means that fewer people are going to buy into it next cycle, if they can play your games on other platforms. That is where we are at today. It really seems like they don't have a direction. Each new press release and Pow wow tee-up continues to prove that point. They don't appreciate the delicate nature of these symbiotic relationships. Like I honestly don't know what they're doing unless they plan to play extreme hardball with Elder Scrolls 6 and CoD in a couple years. Microsoft doesn't know what they're doing either. They are making this stuff up as they go along. Like I've said before, they are the dog that caught the car.

At least Sony is giving them a break by not really doing anything this generation. Well, maybe except for TLOU show which has been excellent. Will be subbing in April just for it.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

Multiversus is kill.

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

MultiVersus Season 5 is its final season ending May 30th. "Players will be able to enjoy the game offline for the foreseeable future" https://multiversus.com/en/news/multiversus-update FAQ multiversus.com/en/faq

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[bardockkun]

Multiversus is kill.

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

MultiVersus Season 5 is its final season ending May 30th. "Players will be able to enjoy the game offline for the foreseeable future" https://multiversus.com/en/news/multiversus-update FAQ multiversus.com/en/faq

bsky.app

I'm fine if this doesn't get in my collection, but if they so happen to have sale or something with everything marked down to a ridiculous price (or better yet, free) then I'll pick it up. Also another win for WB's commitment to games as a service games!

 

[Bowie88]

Just now seeing this. Tried, but could not replicate.

Looks like it was supposed to be you buy AW 2 and get the remaster for free.

 

[Nothing-]

I still buy movies too because I’m the type that rewatches old movies years later and replays games years later. I currently don’t have Netflix because I bought so many full seasons of shows on sale at Christmas I’m just watching all of those.

I'm not kidding at all when I say that my 4K UHD and anime BD collection is going to be worth a tiny fortune after several years. If and when physical media stops being made completely. Fans are always going to watch shows in the best possible video quality, and have nice bookshelf collector pieces.

I waste a ton of money on this stuff. Most people would think it is crazy. But current OOP prices and availability already prove it to be true. I just sold a particular Funimation chipcover box collector's edition from 2015 for $340 yesterday.

The only drawback is that it causes you to not want to open your own premium items. But I enjoy the hobby immensely. I love all the great presentations that have been coming to Criterion 4K lately: David Lynch, Terrence Malick, and now we are getting more Wuxia and foreign films.

Spoiler

This is what collectors are all about this week. Kill Bill 1&2, Jackie Brown just released on 4K last Tues. Unfortunately the 4K discs are being given bad review scores for very poor video quality.

 

[HektiK]

Found myself recently purchasing CDs again after many years of relying on streaming services. I enjoy having apple music and its conveniences but there is something to be said for owning and knowing it's not going anywhere unless destroyed.

 

[Monty 4.0]

Found myself recently purchasing CDs again after many years of relying on streaming services. I enjoy having apple music and its conveniences but there is something to be said for owning and knowing it's not going anywhere unless destroyed.

I did the same but with vinyl. Re-buying all of the CDs I sold off a while ago made me feel sad. Starting a new record collection makes me happy.

 

[bardockkun]

The problem with buying physical media is I straight up ain't got the room for it anymore. I Have something over 1000 DVD/Blu/4K and I still pick up things here and there, but streaming and lack of deals these days means I just can't bother all the more. Same with my 400 or so CD's and I don't even want to get into comics that I still collect. Switch games and the rare odd cheap PS4/PS5/XBox game and collector's edition here and there are the only things I get physical gaming wise these days.

 

[jimbobvaquero]

I hope y'all have some good data hoarding strategies. Rip them discs as highest possible quality and put them on a NAS.

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

I want to get/make a NAS but it seems complicated. I need to figure something out because I'm just juggling normal HDD back ups for my media.

I have a lot of anime DVDs from when that was a thing. At least most of it is older shows so a bluray upgrade isn't too drastic of a diffrence. I know some of them are worth a decent amount just due to remaining out of print. Even some recent stuff going out of print seems to shoot values up quickly. I had a hell of a time finding a region 1 bluray of Eureka Seven HI Evolution 1 for under $80.

I pretty rarely buy physical movies/shows anymore, maybe 2 or 3 a year, but I'm aware of how to find stuff free pretty easily.

 

[awp]

Ehh. I think it's worth it if you are the type who plays and finishes games in a short period of time. For someone like me who might play a game for a couple hours, put it back on the shelf and then return to it months later it's better just to buy games instead. Games are a much bigger time investment than a movie or show.

Most games are there at least a year. I figure if you don’t finish a game in a year, you probably never will.

 

[Kromis]

I want to get/make a NAS but it seems complicated. I need to figure something out because I'm just juggling normal HDD back ups for my media.

I have a lot of anime DVDs from when that was a thing. At least most of it is older shows so a bluray upgrade isn't too drastic of a diffrence. I know some of them are worth a decent amount just due to remaining out of print. Even some recent stuff going out of print seems to shoot values up quickly. I had a hell of a time finding a region 1 bluray of Eureka Seven HI Evolution 1 for under $80.

I pretty rarely buy physical movies/shows anymore, maybe 2 or 3 a year, but I'm aware of how to find stuff free pretty easily.

Recently, I've been loading up on some 4K REMUXes so I have something to do on my flight to Japan next week. I've never done such a thing before but I wanted to see how they would look on my MacBook Pro (and also sound since the 16 is supposed to have better speakers than the 14). I got a bit too curious after testing them out though. Hot damn they look SO good. I watched John Wick 4 and Deadpool & Wolverine for the first time this way using the IINA player. I read Infuse (Pro) has better HDR but I don't really wanna pay $99 for a lifetime license though

This little experiment has me itching to set up some kind of PLEX or Jellyfin server to stream some 4K stuff or at least a NAS to store it. It's too bad HDD prices have gone up quite a bit since 2023

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

Things are not looking good for Bioware. They chopped the studio down below 100 people and apparently the "temporary relocations" we've heard about in the last few weeks were actually stealth permanent transfers to those other EA studios

They must have made basically zero progress on Mass Effect.

Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social)

NEW: After the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, dozens of BioWare employees were told they were temporarily assigned to other projects within EA. This week, a twist: those temp assignments are now *permanent* transfers. And BioWare has shrunk. Story...

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[bee01]

I hope y'all have some good data hoarding strategies. Rip them discs as highest possible quality and put them on a NAS.

Disc rot is real. Years ago when I was ripping my DVD collection, a surprising number of discs had errors or were completely unreadable. Dual layer discs in particular were problematic.

I want to get/make a NAS but it seems complicated. I need to figure something out because I'm just juggling normal HDD back ups for my media.

Getting an off the shelf NAS (Synology, QNAP, TerraMaster, Asustor) up and going is pretty simple. You just populate it with drives and the OS will walk you through the rest.

Recently, I've been loading up on some 4K REMUXes so I have something to do on my flight to Japan next week. I've never done such a thing before but I wanted to see how they would look on my MacBook Pro (and also sound since the 16 is supposed to have better speakers than the 14). I got a bit too curious after testing them out though. Hot damn they look SO good. I watched John Wick 4 and Deadpool & Wolverine for the first time this way using the IINA player. I read Infuse (Pro) has better HDR but I don't really wanna pay $99 for a lifetime license though
This little experiment has me itching to set up some kind of PLEX or Jellyfin server to stream some 4K stuff or at least a NAS to store it. It's too bad HDD prices have gone up quite a bit since 2023

I recently went down the 4K remux rabbit hole after getting my OLED. The open matte 4K HDR version of Tron Legacy is pretty eye popping.

I bought the lifetime license for Infuse Pro in 2020 for $60. It has been completely worth the price for me. I have an older Netgear NAS with 6x 16TB drives for my media. I use it as a simple file server with SMB shares (no docker apps). I run Infuse on a couple Apple TV 4K's and my iPad. I like Infuse because it just streams to my devices - no transcoding like Plex. It supports HDR/Dolby Vision and high res audio (although TrueHD and DTS-HD are decoded to 7.1 PCM). I dabbled with Jellyfin a bit, but it seemed pointless for my use when Infuse was the only decent Jellyfin client available on iPad/Apple TV.

Couple pics of Infuse on iPad accessing my NAS media library.

Spoiler

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

The leak/rumor situation seems to be going into overdrive today. A lot of reiterating, a couple new claims for people with OK records. The last one is a sketch source.

Realistically this is a good time to throw out guess and be "proven right".

Gears of War Trilogy Collection - day one, crossplay on all platforms (XB,PS5, PC, Switch 2)

Killer Instinct 2013 and Starfield on PS5 "soon". Filight Simulator 2024 PS5 and Switch 2.

Fable PS5 day one

Halo Infinite on PS5 "soon", with a build existing 6 months ago

 

[bardockkun]

The leak/rumor situation seems to be going into overdrive today. A lot of reiterating, a couple new claims for people with OK records. The last one is a sketch source.

Realistically this is a good time to throw out guess and be "proven right".

Gears of War Trilogy Collection - day one, crossplay on all platforms (XB,PS5, PC, Switch 2)

Killer Instinct 2013 and Starfield on PS5 "soon". Filight Simulator 2024 PS5 and Switch 2.

Fable PS5 day one

Halo Infinite on PS5 "soon", with a build existing 6 months ago

Microsoft acknowledging Killer Instinct always feels like someone had to win a bet or sell their own child to get that to go through. If it gets more eyes on the franchise again then I'm all for it.

 

[jimbobvaquero]

I want to get/make a NAS but it seems complicated. I need to figure something out because I'm just juggling normal HDD back ups for my media.

I have a lot of anime DVDs from when that was a thing. At least most of it is older shows so a bluray upgrade isn't too drastic of a diffrence. I know some of them are worth a decent amount just due to remaining out of print. Even some recent stuff going out of print seems to shoot values up quickly. I had a hell of a time finding a region 1 bluray of Eureka Seven HI Evolution 1 for under $80.

I pretty rarely buy physical movies/shows anymore, maybe 2 or 3 a year, but I'm aware of how to find stuff free pretty easily.

Spoiler: NAS ramblings

There are some pretty good solutions out there. Just the stuff from Synology or QNAP or similar brands will cost more money, but are pretty much plug and play.

You can also repurpose an old PC. If you just want storage. Or you can build your own using any combo of consumer or enterprise parts. It's fun if you want to tinker.

Software also has many options. You can simply store stuff on hard drives on Windows. You can run some Linux servers. You can run TrueNAS. You can run Unraid. Lots of options. I prefer Unraid since it allows you to throw all your different sized disks into an array and it shows up on your network as one big storage pile.

My personal recommendation if you're starting out is to look at something like the Aoostar WTR Pro. 4 bays for hard drives. The Intel N100 is super power efficient but can handle video very well. Look at serverpartsdeals for cheaper storage. I think that would get you started with a good mixture of being cheaper than the name brands but still easier than building a new machine.

 

[Khalid]

Private Division games on Xbox are now delisted... e.g. Penny's Big Breakaway, After Us, Rollerdrome, etc.