Xbox Deals and Discussion

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Welcome to the Xbox Deals and Discussion thread.

General info

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

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

Latest Sales Posts​

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

May 13 - Non-BC discounts​

May 6 - Weekly Sale​

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

Apr 22 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Apr 18 - Game Pass Super Saver / Publisher Spotlight​

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

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

Apr 4 - Spring Sale - Part 2​

Apr 1 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

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Mar 28 - Spring Sale Sneak Preview​

Mar 25 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Mar 18 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Mar 11 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Mar 4 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Feb 26 - Weekly Sale​

Feb 19 - Weekly Sale​

Feb 14 - Anime Month, Pt 2​

Feb 12 - Weekly Sale​

Feb 5 - Weekly Sale​

Jan 31 - Anime Month​

Jan 29 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Jan 22 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Jan 16 - Exoprimal / Street Fighter 6​

Jan 15 - Weekly Sale​

Jan 8 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Jan 2 - Last Chance Sale​

Jan 1 - Weekly Sale - Follow up​

Dec 25 - Weekly Sale​

Dec 18 - Weekly Sale​

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

Latest Countdown Posts​

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May 13 - Pre-weekly countdown​

May 6 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 29 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 22 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 15 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 8 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 4 - Spring Sale final preview​

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

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Mar 28 - Spring Sale Sneak Preview​

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

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

Mar 12 - Initial Spring Sale list​

Mar 11 - Post-weekly countdown​

Mar 4 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 26 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 19 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 12 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 5 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 29 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 22 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 15 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 8 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 2 - Last chance countdown​

Jan 1 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 25 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 18 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Dec 14 - Look ahead at Dec 18 weekly​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2024-05-16

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What is this?

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

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

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

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

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

Most likely current and pending sales

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2024-05-20 23:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows (PC)​

Chants of Sennaar​

Evil West​

Insurgency: Sandstorm​

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

Like a Dragon: Ishin!​

PAC-MAN MUSEUM+​

Persona 3 Reload​

Yakuza 0​

Yakuza 0 for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 3 Remastered​

Yakuza 3 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 4 Remastered​

Yakuza 4 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 5 Remastered​

Yakuza 5 Remastered for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life​

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

Yakuza Kiwami​

Yakuza Kiwami 2​

Yakuza Kiwami 2 for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza Kiwami for Windows 10 (PC)​

Yakuza: Like a Dragon​

2024-05-21 09:59:59

A Little to the Left​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC)​

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

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

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

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

As Dusk Falls​

Bleeding Edge​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Brütal Legend​

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Disneyland Adventures​

Figment 2: Creed Valley​

Figment: Journey Into the Mind​

Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery​

Fuzion Frenzy®​

Gears 5​

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

Gears of War 4​

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

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

Gears Tactics​

Go Mecha Ball​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

Homestead Arcana​

Joy Ride Turbo​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Lil Gator Game​

Mass Effect​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox One​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox Series X|S​

New Super Lucky's Tale​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

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

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

Pentiment​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Planet of Lana​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10) (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan​

Return to Monkey Island​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Rollerdrome​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

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

ScreamRide​

Somerville​

Spacelines from the Far Out​

SpiderHeck​

Stacking​

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

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

SteamWorld Build​

Sunset Overdrive​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

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

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

The Quarry for Xbox Series X|S​

The Wandering Village (Game Preview)​

Tin Hearts​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

Trailmakers​

Turbo Golf Racing​

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​

Venba​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

We Happy Few​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2024-05-27 23:59:59

Atomic Heart (Windows) (PC)​

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

PAYDAY 3​

SnowRunner (Windows 10) (PC)​

2024-05-28 09:59:59

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed® Origins​

Batman™: Arkham Knight​

Battlefield™ 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield™ 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

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

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

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

Coral Island​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ - EA Play -​

Far Cry® 5​

Far Cry® 6​

Forager​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

Gotham Knights​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale​

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

Kona​

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

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

Madden NFL 24 - EA Play -​

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

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

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™​

Mineko's Night Market​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

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

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

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

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

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

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

NHL® 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL® 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

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

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

Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core​

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

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ - EA Play -​

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

STAR WARS™: Squadrons - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball™ 4 - EA Play -​

Titanfall® 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

Unpacking - Game Pass Core​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Wasteland 3​

While the Iron's Hot​

WILD HEARTS™ Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2024-05-16 12:59:59

Harold Halibut​

2024-05-16 13:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

2024-05-16 23:59:59

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla​

2024-05-19 23:59:59

Return to Grace​

2024-05-21 15:59:59

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

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

2024-05-21 23:59:59

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

2024-05-22 23:59:59

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​

2024-05-23 13:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

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

2024-05-23 23:59:59

Diablo® IV (Not available for purchase)​

2024-05-25 15:59:59

Another Crab's Treasure​

2024-05-26 12:59:59

Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​

2024-05-27 09:59:59

Hell Let Loose​

2024-05-29 17:59:59

The Rewinder​

2024-06-01 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed® Origins​

Batman™: Arkham Knight​

Chicory: A Colorful Tale​

Cricket 22​

Farworld Pioneers​

FOR HONOR​

Generation Zero®​

Insurgency: Sandstorm​

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

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

Little Witch in the Woods (Game Preview)​

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

NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase)​

NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection​

PAC-MAN MUSEUM+​

Railway Empire 2​

Railway Empire 2 (Win) (PC)​

Rune Factory 4 Special​

Rune Factory 4 Special - Windows Edition (PC)​

Soccer Story​

Spacelines from the Far Out​

2024-06-08 15:59:59

Little Kitty, Big City​

2024-06-16 09:59:59

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows) (PC)​

High On Life​

Mortal Kombat 11​

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

The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales​

2024-06-16 23:59:59

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

2024-06-17 03:59:59

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

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

2024-06-18 08:59:59

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

2024-06-23 09:59:59

Minecraft​

Minecraft Dungeons​

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

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

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

Minecraft Legends​

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

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

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

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

2024-06-26 15:59:59

Open Roads​

2024-07-01 09:59:59

Arcade Paradise​

Bramble: The Mountain King​

F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch​

Far Cry® 5​

Injustice™ 2​

Injustice™ 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

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

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

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

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

Stranded Deep​

Stranded Deep (PC)​

Sword and Fairy: Together Forever​

2024-07-08 13:59:59

Botany Manor​

Botany Manor (PC)​

2024-07-16 09:59:59

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly​

Common'hood​

Figment 2: Creed Valley​

Forager​

Forager (PC)​

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

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

My Friend Peppa Pig​

Neon Abyss​

Neon Abyss (PC)​

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (PC)​

The Wandering Village (Game Preview)​

TOEM​

Watch Dogs®2​

2024-08-01 09:59:59

A Short Hike​

Genesis Noir​

Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (PC)​

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

Inkulinati​

Roboquest​

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

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

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

Train Sim World® 4: Standard Edition​

Turbo Golf Racing​

Venba​

2024-08-16 09:59:59

Airborne Kingdom​

Atomic Heart​

Atomic Heart (Windows) (PC)​

Conan Exiles​

EVERSPACE™ 2​

HUMANKIND™​

HUMANKIND™ (PC)​

Offworld Trading Company (PC)​

Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition​

Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition (PC)​

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre​

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

2024-09-01 09:59:59

Call of the Wild: The Angler™​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Goat Simulator Windows 10 (PC)​

Guilty Gear -Strive-​

Immortals Fenyx Rising™​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox One​

NBA 2K24 for Xbox Series X|S​

2024-09-16 09:59:59

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation (PC)​

Assassin's Creed® Odyssey​

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

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

PAYDAY 3​

Slime Rancher 2​

SpiderHeck​

Valheim (Game Preview)​

You Suck at Parking® Complete Edition​

2024-10-01 09:59:59

Cocoon​

Gotham Knights​

Let's Build a Zoo​

Loop Hero​

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

My Time At Portia (PC)​

PAW Patrol: Grand Prix​

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy​

The Walking Dead: Season 1 (PC)​

The Walking Dead: Season 2 (PC)​

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide​

2024-10-16 09:59:59

Dyson Sphere Program (Game Preview) (PC)​

F1® Manager 2023​

From Space​

Like a Dragon: Ishin!​

Scorn​

Stellaris (PC)​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

2024-11-01 09:59:59

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

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

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale​

Lonely Mountains: Downhill​

Mineko's Night Market​

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

2024-11-16 09:59:59

Dicey Dungeons​

Dune: Spice Wars​

Dungeons 4​

Dungeons 4 (Win) (PC)​

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

Persona 5 Tactica​

Somerville​

2024-12-01 09:59:59

Amnesia: The Bunker​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Monster Sanctuary​

Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version) (PC)​

Moonlighter​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

Remnant: From the Ashes​

Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC)​

Rollerdrome​

Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition​

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

The Walking Dead: The Final Season (PC)​

While the Iron's Hot​

World War Z: Aftermath​

World War Z: Aftermath (PC)​

2024-12-16 09:59:59

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Hello Neighbor 2​

No Man's Sky​

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan​

The Gunk​

The Quarry for Xbox One​

The Quarry for Xbox Series X|S​

Tin Hearts​

2025-01-01 09:59:59

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition​

Close to the Sun​

Close to the Sun. (PC)​

Death's Door​

Death's Door (PC)​

Hell Let Loose​

House Flipper​

LEGO® 2K Drive Cross-Gen Standard Edition​

LEGO® 2K Drive for Xbox One​

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

McPixel 3​

2025-01-16 09:59:59

Exoprimal​

Figment: Journey Into the Mind​

Insurgency: Sandstorm (Windows) (PC)​

Maquette​

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

Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​

Palworld (Game Preview)​

Those Who Remain​

Those Who Remain. (PC)​

2025-02-01 09:59:59

Anuchard​

Broforce​

Brotato​

Crusader Kings III​

Crusader Kings III (PC)​

Darkest Dungeon PC (PC)​

Darkest Dungeon®​

Escape Academy​

Go Mecha Ball​

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

Persona 3 Reload​

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem​

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (PC)​

2025-02-16 09:59:59

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night​

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC)​

Tales of Arise​

Tales of Arise (Windows) (PC)​

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

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

2025-03-01 09:59:59

Bluey: The Videogame​

Dead Island 2​

GRIS​

Gris (PC)​

Indivisible​

Indivisible (PC)​

Maneater​

Merge & Blade​

PAW Patrol World​

Space Engineers​

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​

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

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

2025-03-16 09:59:59

Evil West​

Evil West (Windows) (PC)​

Lies of P​

No More Heroes 3 Windows (PC)​

No More Heroes 3 Xbox​

No More Heroes 3 Xbox​

Solar Ash​

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated​

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

TUNIC (moved from 2024-04-01)​

2025-04-01 09:59:59

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ 2 - Turbocharged​

Lil Gator Game​

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

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)​

The Lamplighters League - PC Edition (PC)​

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

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

Yakuza 0 (moved from 2024-04-01)​

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zombie Army 4: Dead War​

2025-04-16 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows (PC)​

Coral Island​

Homestead Arcana​

Kona​

Orcs Must Die! 3​

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

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

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

2025-05-01 09:59:59

Have a Nice Death​

Kona II: Brume​

Sniper Elite 5​

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition​

Thirsty Suitors​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

2025-05-16 09:59:59

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons​

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (PC)​

Farming Simulator 22​

Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Planet of Lana​

2025-06-01 09:59:59

Against the Storm (PC)​

Cassette Beasts​

Goat Simulator 3​

Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition (PC)​

Hypnospace Outlaw​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Game Pass Core​

Remnant II® - Standard Edition​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

The Big Con​

2025-06-16 09:59:59

Far Cry® 6​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

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

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege Deluxe Edition​

2025-07-15 09:59:59

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​

2025-07-16 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed® Valhalla​

2025-08-01 09:59:59

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

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

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

2025-08-16 09:59:59

PlateUp!​

2025-09-01 09:59:59

Sea of Stars​

2025-09-16 09:59:59

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

2025-10-16 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows (PC)​

2025-11-01 09:59:59

Jusant​

Return to Monkey Island​

Wartales​

2025-11-16 09:59:59

Spirittea​

2025-12-01 09:59:59

SteamWorld Build​

2025-12-16 09:59:59

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​

2026-04-01 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​

Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition​

2026-05-01 09:59:59

Citizen Sleeper​

DayZ (moved from 2024-05-01)​

Descenders - Game Pass Core​

2026-05-16 09:59:59

Shadowrun Returns PC (PC)​

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

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

2026-06-01 09:59:59

Dead by Daylight​

Dead by Daylight Windows (PC)​

theHunter: Call of the Wild™​

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

2026-06-16 09:59:59

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

2026-07-01 09:59:59

Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core​

Slay The Spire (PC)​

Unpacking - Game Pass Core​

2026-07-16 09:59:59

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

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

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

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

2026-08-01 09:59:59

Celeste - Game Pass Core​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

2026-08-16 09:59:59

Firewatch - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO (PC)​

2026-09-16 09:59:59

Dead Cells - Game Pass Core​

Dead Cells (PC)​

Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

Superliminal - Game Pass Core​

2026-10-01 09:59:59

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

2026-11-16 09:59:59

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Wreckfest (PC)​

2026-12-01 09:59:59

Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core​

Stardew Valley (PC)​

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core​

Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core​

2027-02-01 09:59:59

Trailmakers​

2027-03-16 09:59:59

Control​

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

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

Control Standard Edition (PC)​

Control Ultimate Edition​

Control Ultimate Edition - Xbox Series X|S​

Control Ultimate Edition (PC)​

2027-04-01 09:59:59

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

2027-05-01 09:59:59

SnowRunner (moved from 2024-05-01)​

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

2027-06-01 09:59:59

Terraria​

2027-06-16 09:59:59

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

2027-12-16 09:59:59

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Overcooked! 2 (PC)​

2028-07-01 09:59:59

Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core​

Far future dates, mostly first party and EA Play

Spoiler

2048-12-30 23:59:59

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ - EA Play -​

F1® 23 - EA Play -​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Madden NFL 24 - EA Play -​

Super Mega Baseball™ 4 - EA Play -​

WILD HEARTS™ Standard Edition - EA Play -​

2049-12-30 23:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

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

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

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

NHL® 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​

NHL® 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​

2098-12-31 23:59:59

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

NBA LIVE 19 - EA Play - 2019-05-10​

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

2099-02-01 19:59:59

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

2099-04-04 09:59:59

Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase)​

2099-04-18 09:59:59

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

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

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

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

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

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

2099-10-02 23:59:59

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

2099-12-29 23:59:59

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

2100-06-12 23:59:59

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

2220-10-06 03:59:59

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

2220-10-13 23:59:59

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

2220-10-22 23:59:59

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

2220-12-11 23:59:59

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

2779-12-30 23:59:59

DIRT 5 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​

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

2798-12-30 21:59:59

Wasteland Remastered​

2798-12-31 23:59:59

Fuzion Frenzy®​

The Elder Scrolls® Online - Game Pass Core​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2799-01-14 23:59:59

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-02-01 09:59:59

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

2799-02-08 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season​

2799-02-08 23:59:59

Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​

2799-02-17 23:59:59

Wolfenstein: Youngblood​

Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PC) (PC)​

2799-02-28 09:59:59

The Walking Dead: Season Two​

2799-03-02 23:59:59

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

2799-03-07 23:59:59

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

2799-03-11 23:59:59

Dishonored® Definitive Edition​

Dishonored® Definitive Edition (PC) (PC)​

DOOM (1993)​

DOOM 3​

DOOM 64​

DOOM II (Classic)​

Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 4 (PC) (PC)​

Oblivion​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​

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

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

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

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The New Order​

Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC) (PC)​

2799-03-16 23:59:59

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

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 - PC (PC)​

2799-03-17 23:59:59

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

2799-03-20 23:59:59

Sea of Thieves: 2024 Edition​

2799-03-24 07:59:59

Bleeding Edge​

2799-03-26 23:59:59

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

2799-03-28 09:59:59

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

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

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

The Walking Dead: Michonne - The Complete Season​

2799-03-28 23:59:59

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

2799-04-10 23:59:59

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

2799-04-29 23:59:59

Joy Ride Turbo​

2799-05-12 23:59:59

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10) (PC)​

2799-05-17 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

2799-05-18 23:59:59

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

2799-05-31 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B​

Banjo-Kazooie​

Banjo-Tooie​

Disneyland Adventures​

Fable III​

Gears of War​

Gears of War 2​

Gears of War: Judgment​

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

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo: Spartan Assault​

Jetpac Refuelled​

Kameo​

Perfect Dark Zero​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Sunset Overdrive​

Viva Piñata​

Viva Piñata: TIP​

2799-06-09 05:59:59

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 4​

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

Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile / PC)​

Halo: Spartan Strike​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC)​

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

ReCore​

2799-06-09 06:58:59

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

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

2799-06-09 23:59:59

Gears 5​

The Outer Worlds​

The Outer Worlds (PC)​

2799-06-13 18:59:59

Arx Fatalis (PC)​

BATTLETECH (PC)​

Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™​

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

DOOM​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 3​

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

Fallout Tactics (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

RAGE​

The Evil Within® 2​

The Evil Within® 2 (PC) (PC)​

Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​

Wolfenstein® II: The New Colossus™​

2799-06-14 23:59:59

ScreamRide​

2799-06-17 23:59:59

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

2799-06-21 23:59:59

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

2799-06-26 23:59:59

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

2799-06-30 23:59:59

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

Banjo-Kazooie (Not available for purchase)​

Banjo-Tooie (Not available for purchase)​

Fable II​

GoldenEye 007 (Not available for purchase)​

Jetpac Refuelled (Not available for purchase)​

Perfect Dark​

Perfect Dark (Not available for purchase)​

Perfect Dark Zero (Not available for purchase)​

Rare Replay​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

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

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

2799-07-13 23:59:59

Halo 3 (PC)​

2799-07-18 23:59:59

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​

Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™​

2799-07-21 23:59:59

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

2799-08-13 14:59:59

The Bard's Tale Trilogy​

2799-08-16 23:59:59

Microsoft Solitaire Collection​

2799-08-17 23:59:59

New Super Lucky's Tale​

2799-08-19 14:59:59

Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​

2799-08-19 19:59:59

Quake​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

2799-08-19 23:59:59

Battletoads​

2799-08-24 23:59:59

Halo Infinite​

2799-08-27 14:59:59

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

2799-08-31 23:59:59

Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 3​

Mass Effect​

2799-09-19 23:59:59

Tell Me Why​

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

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

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

Wasteland 3​

Wasteland 3 (PC) (PC)​

2799-09-22 02:59:59

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

2799-09-30 23:59:59

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Phoenix Point​

2799-10-07 23:59:59

Brütal Legend​

2799-10-14 23:59:59

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

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

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

2799-10-27 23:59:59

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

2799-10-28 14:59:59

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

2799-11-03 23:59:59

Minecraft Launcher (PC)​

2799-11-08 23:59:59

Battlefield™ 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

2799-11-09 15:59:59

Gears Tactics​

2799-11-14 23:59:59

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

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

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

RAGE 2​

RAGE 2 (PC) (PC)​

2799-11-16 23:59:59

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

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

2799-11-23 00:59:59

Forza Horizon 5 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)​

2799-11-23 23:59:59

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

2799-12-03 15:59:59

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC) (PC)​

2799-12-07 23:59:59

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

2799-12-11 23:59:59

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

2799-12-13 23:59:59

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

2799-12-17 23:59:59

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

2799-12-30 23:59:59

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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

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

Fe - EA Play - 2018-09-03​

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peggle 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

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

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

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

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

STAR WARS™: Squadrons - EA Play -​

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

The Sims™ 4 - EA Play -​

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

Titanfall® 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

UFC® 4 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

2799-12-31 22:59:59

skate. (2007) - EA Play - 2021-08-05​

9998-12-30 00:00:00

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (PC)​

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

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

An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​

Anthem™ - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​

Army of Two™ - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

As Dusk Falls​

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

Battlefield™ 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

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

Bejeweled 2 - EA Play - 2008-03-08​

Bejeweled 3 - EA Play - 2011-10-14​

BLACK™ - EA Play -​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Contrast​

Costume Quest​

Costume Quest 2​

Crysis - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Crysis 2 - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

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

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

Dead Space™ 2 - EA Play -​

Dead Space™ 3 - EA Play -​

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

DEATHLOOP​

Diablo® IV (Not available for purchase)​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

Dragon Age™ 2 - EA Play -​

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

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

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

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Horizon 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

Hi-Fi RUSH​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Mass Effect 2 - EA Play -​

Mass Effect™ 3 - EA Play -​

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

MASSIVE CHALICE​

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

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Minecraft​

Minecraft Dungeons​

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

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

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

Minecraft Legends​

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

Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​

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

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

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

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

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered​

Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Pentiment​

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

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

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

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quake II​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

Redfall​

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

Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

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

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

SSX - EA Play - 2012-02-21​

Stacking​

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

Starfield​

The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1​

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

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

We Happy Few​

We Happy Few (PC)​

Wolfenstein 3D (PC)​

Zuma - EA Play - 2008-03-15​

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

No set date

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iron Brigade (Not available for purchase)​

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

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

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

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

Minecraft Preview (Not available for purchase)​

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Cave (Not available for purchase)​

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

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

VALORANT (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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

 

[bee01]

Everything since day 1 from the FTC (and CMA) has been from the perspective that Sony is in last place and hanging on for survival.

I appreciate that more of Sony's strong-arm tactics as market leader are coming to light.

 

[Wa1terSobchak]

That's what I was afraid of. I kept hearing about how much people loved it and how it's a masterpiece but I haven't seen that since the intro. Did you just finish one play through or did you work on the multiple paths?

It may be something I just slowly make my way through while playing other games.

I did 1 play-through and then got a second ending shortly thereafter. Neither was the happy ending I expected. The game is clunky and I felt like they lifted the controls out a game from 2010.

No way in hell was I going to play to get all then different paths/perspectives, not funny enuf fo dat!

 

[Z-Saber]

Let me be the lone dissenting voice in the current sea of negativity against Automata. Suppose it's not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it going in fairly blind. Maybe it's been built up too much and people's expectations are too high.

Spoiler tagging the multiple playthroughs and endings thing as well since I think this point gets overblown. Still trying to be vague enough about it but only read if you don't care to be spoiled in some way.

Spoiler

You do kinda play through what you understand to be the "whole" game (up to the point where the game first ends) twice, but it has deviations. You play a different character, the combat isn't exactly the same, and the character's path branches off from where the original character was for certain portions. As such, more of the story is revealed from this different perspective.

After the game eventually "ends" again at around the same point, there's a whole new playthrough unlocked, but this is all brand new and continues from where the previous two endings occurred.

If you wind up not playing this bit, you essentially miss the second half of the game, the climax, and the real ending(s). It's like giving up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching Infinity War and never making it to Endgame.

I think this is why the multiple playthrough bit is intimidating, confusing, or frustrating to some. The impression is "Didn't I just do all of this? Why do I have to play the same thing again?" when it's more complicated than that, but it's hard to explain without completely spoiling the game.

Also, when people say the game has 26 endings, keep in mind most of them are accidental deaths and just a joke. The game has 5 "real" endings, with the first two being after the first two playthroughs, the third and fourth after an endgame decision that can go one way or the other, and then a final one unlocked after doing both of those that is the actual ending.

Saying that it's 5 full playthroughs of the game from the very beginning to the very end is extremely inaccurate. It's one playthrough, a shortened alternate second playthrough, and a conclusion that you just have to replay the very very end of twice followed by the real end.

Nier: Replicant, on the other hand...

 

[awp]

My Series finally got the new dashboard update overnight. Going to take a bit of getting used to but I like it so far. Need to find a better background than the one I’m using to show off the extra space dedicated to it.

Like the way it’s organized too. Even having the latest GamePass additions front and center is nice.

 

[Ryuukishi]

Let me be the lone dissenting voice in the current sea of negativity against Automata. Suppose it's not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it going in fairly blind. Maybe it's been built up too much and people's expectations are too high.

Spoiler tagging the multiple playthroughs and endings thing as well since I think this point gets overblown. Still trying to be vague enough about it but only read if you don't care to be spoiled in some way.

Spoiler

You do kinda play through what you understand to be the "whole" game (up to the point where the game first ends) twice, but it has deviations. You play a different character, the combat isn't exactly the same, and the character's path branches off from where the original character was for certain portions. As such, more of the story is revealed from this different perspective.

After the game eventually "ends" again at around the same point, there's a whole new playthrough unlocked, but this is all brand new and continues from where the previous two endings occurred.

If you wind up not playing this bit, you essentially miss the second half of the game, the climax, and the real ending(s). It's like giving up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching Infinity War and never making it to Endgame.

I think this is why the multiple playthrough bit is intimidating, confusing, or frustrating to some. The impression is "Didn't I just do all of this? Why do I have to play the same thing again?" when it's more complicated than that, but it's hard to explain without completely spoiling the game.

Also, when people say the game has 26 endings, keep in mind most of them are accidental deaths and just a joke. The game has 5 "real" endings, with the first two being after the first two playthroughs, the third and fourth after an endgame decision that can go one way or the other, and then a final one unlocked after doing both of those that is the actual ending.

Saying that it's 5 full playthroughs of the game from the very beginning to the very end is extremely inaccurate. It's one playthrough, a shortened alternate second playthrough, and a conclusion that you just have to replay the very very end of twice followed by the real end.

Nier: Replicant, on the other hand...

I enjoyed the game as fun hack-and-slash with great atmosphere, cool designs, and some inventive/surprising gameplay. I would recommend if you like JRPGs or Japanese-style weirdness in general.

As for the supposed philosophical brilliance or how it's supposed to blow your mind and destroy your emotions or whatever... eh. I did the multiple playthroughs and all the endings, and it's same type of JRPG surrealism that any number of games since Xenogears have trafficked in. I didn't find it to be particularly unique in that way.

 

[Monty 4.0]

Let me be the lone dissenting voice in the current sea of negativity against Automata. Suppose it's not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it going in fairly blind. Maybe it's been built up too much and people's expectations are too high.

Spoiler tagging the multiple playthroughs and endings thing as well since I think this point gets overblown. Still trying to be vague enough about it but only read if you don't care to be spoiled in some way.

Spoiler

You do kinda play through what you understand to be the "whole" game (up to the point where the game first ends) twice, but it has deviations. You play a different character, the combat isn't exactly the same, and the character's path branches off from where the original character was for certain portions. As such, more of the story is revealed from this different perspective.

After the game eventually "ends" again at around the same point, there's a whole new playthrough unlocked, but this is all brand new and continues from where the previous two endings occurred.

If you wind up not playing this bit, you essentially miss the second half of the game, the climax, and the real ending(s). It's like giving up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching Infinity War and never making it to Endgame.

I think this is why the multiple playthrough bit is intimidating, confusing, or frustrating to some. The impression is "Didn't I just do all of this? Why do I have to play the same thing again?" when it's more complicated than that, but it's hard to explain without completely spoiling the game.

Also, when people say the game has 26 endings, keep in mind most of them are accidental deaths and just a joke. The game has 5 "real" endings, with the first two being after the first two playthroughs, the third and fourth after an endgame decision that can go one way or the other, and then a final one unlocked after doing both of those that is the actual ending.

Saying that it's 5 full playthroughs of the game from the very beginning to the very end is extremely inaccurate. It's one playthrough, a shortened alternate second playthrough, and a conclusion that you just have to replay the very very end of twice followed by the real end.

Nier: Replicant, on the other hand...

I honestly thought there must be another game called Automata that you were talking about people being negative about. Nier Automata is amazing. Then I thought maybe you meant Replicant which is awful. Who are these people being negative about Nier Automata and have they actually played the game before being that way? I am guessing they did not play it.

 

[Z-Saber]

Read the last few pages, I guess. No one was hating, but they weren't positive about it.

 

[josekortez]

PSA - today is the last day that you can get 15% off $25 Xbox Live gift cards at Dollar General.  In-store only.

Pro-tip: I bought two $25 cards this morning, and I had to do two transactions to make the discount come off of both cards.  

Waiting for the guy who mentions Costco every time that I post a Dollar General deal to arbitrarily mention Costco in 3, 2, 1...

 

[walletandgromice]

PSA - today is the last day that you can get 15% off $25 Xbox Live gift cards at Dollar General. In-store only.

Pro-tip: I bought two $25 cards this morning, and I had to do two transactions to make the discount come off of both cards.

Waiting for the guy who mentions Costco every time that I post a Dollar General deal to arbitrarily mention Costco in 3, 2, 1...

Costco membership is stupidly expensive. $60 at the cheapest and online the fee is 5% for non members. If you're spending $1200/year then you break even. Little wonder that poster is eager for Costco deals -- gotta hit that $1200!

 

[Donken]

YMMV

Stolen from SlickDeals, but Amazon currently has a promotion where if you spend 0.01 (or more) of your Chase Ultimate Rewards points you can get up to $60 off $120. I just preordered Pikmin 4 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder for $65 total with tax.

Deal Instructions:

1. Click here to link your Chase Ultimate Rewards account to your Amazon account if they are not already linked
   • Note, you often have to wait 24 to 48 hours after linking your rewards account before you can "activate" the offer. Check the link in the next step after a few days for eligibility.
2. Visit the promotion page and click the yellow "Activate now" button to activate the promotion on your Amazon account.
   • Note that you will NOT receive the promotion unless you click on the yellow "Activate now" button.
3. Add eligible products sold and shipped by Amazon.com to your shopping cart
4. Proceed to checkout & select your Chase Card as your payment method
5. Select the amount of Ultimate Rewards Points you would like to use for the purchase (must use at least 1 point or $.01)
   • Note there may be a minimum point spend of 100 ($.80) for some users
6. Up to 50% Off discount (max $60 Discount) will be applied to qualifying items at checkout

 

[Ervgotti85]

I just spent $500 on a PS5 to play Final Fantasy. So it's pretty funny to me to see people raging over needing an Xbox to play Indiana Jones or Starfield. That's the way of the world, if you want to play the game, buy the console. Or don't.

Thank you I always find it weird when Sony does exclusivity you here Sony. But Microsoft also does it and Nintendo as well but I didn’t hear people raging when Microsoft locked up dead or alive 3 and 4 to Xbox consoles where they still remain today. I did see people upset that Nintendo locked up Bayonetta but how else would you be able to play the sequels? None of these companies are saints they are all after the same thing consumer dollars.


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[Antarael Dulacre]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1672346074122686465

Was actually able today to do some online stuff/progress towards some in FH2...still won't be able to finish it off lol

(Including being able to download tuning set ups for the Super Meet Boy achievement..even though I already have that one)

 

[Strider Turbulence EX]

Thank you I always find it weird when Sony does exclusivity you here Sony. But Microsoft also does it and Nintendo as well but I didn’t hear people raging when Microsoft locked up dead or alive 3 and 4 to Xbox consoles where they still remain today. I did see people upset that Nintendo locked up Bayonetta but how else would you be able to play the sequels? None of these companies are saints they are all after the same thing consumer dollars.


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Wait, are you tying morality to exclusive rights?

 

[LoganDX]

Ahem...Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

 

[Bloomy]

Was actually able today to do some online stuff/progress towards some in FH2...still won't be able to finish it off lol

(Including being able to download tuning set ups for the Super Meet Boy achievement..even though I already have that one)

Was surprised the online related menus were available in FH2 today when I fired up the game, including the daily payout and a bunch of rivals. Still can't get into an online road trip, though.

 

[darthfracas]

Anyone else find it odd that we get the announcement of the Metal Gear collection and a revolt by Russian mercenaries in the same week?

 

[Antarael Dulacre]

Was surprised the online related menus were available in FH2 today when I fired up the game, including the daily payout and a bunch of rivals. Still can't get into an online road trip, though.

Aye, tried the Road trips as well. Got queued, but everytime you tried to join the servers were not allocated lol.

 

[Bloomy]

Aye, tried the Road trips as well. Got queued, but everytime you tried to join the servers were not allocated lol.

Been that way for a while. IIRC, they wouldn't even find a session for a while. Had a little hope when they started finding a session but then got the allocation failure, thought they might've actually been getting them going again.

 

[JohnnyCage]

If this Blizzard deal does go through Sony really needs to tread carefully going forward with any 3rd party deals they make. They are ing around and finding out. Microsoft will keep buying any company or developer that they deem essential to Xbox succeeding if they catch wind of Sony trying to pay for exclusivity. 

 

[ritchardf]

If this Blizzard deal does go through Sony really needs to tread carefully going forward with any 3rd party deals they make. They are ing around and finding out. Microsoft will keep buying any company or developer that they deem essential to Xbox succeeding if they catch wind of Sony trying to pay for exclusivity.

i don't know why, Microsoft buying a developer pretty much guarantees they will be closed or reduced to a shell of their former self within 5 years. it's not like any of their past acquisitions are pumping out AAA games.

 

[Kromis]

If this Blizzard deal does go through Sony really needs to tread carefully going forward with any 3rd party deals they make. They are ing around and finding out. Microsoft will keep buying any company or developer that they deem essential to Xbox succeeding if they catch wind of Sony trying to pay for exclusivity.

i don't know why, Microsoft buying a developer pretty much guarantees they will be closed or reduced to a shell of their former self within 5 years. it's not like any of their past acquisitions are pumping out AAA games.

Microsoft has been mostly hands off post-acquisitions though so if any dev becomes a shell of their former self, it wasn't because of Microsoft. Redfall lost a lot of people because people didn't want to work on it and they were hoping Microsoft would come in to axe it but they didn't. If anything, Microsoft needs to come in to manage the shit out of these companies and take out the existing garbage management.

I am very curious what happens if Sony does buy Square Enix. Would've been nice for Microsoft to pick up Crystal Dynamics and Eidos from them but ah well... Embracer gonna embrace~

 

[TTAZ]

Costco membership is stupidly expensive. $60 at the cheapest and online the fee is 5% for non members. If you're spending $1200/year then you break even. Little wonder that poster is eager for Costco deals -- gotta hit that $1200!

Doesn’t make sense to get a Costco membeehsip just to buy gift cards, but it easily pays for itself in other ways If you use it for normal shopping/gas

 

[josekortez]

With all of the indie games that are on sale this week, I decided not to wait until Monday night to start making my digital purchases. 

I've already bought 8 games since this morning.  Most of them were $1.99.  The most expensive game was Harvest Moon Light of Hope Complete Edition for $10.49.  That said, it's a pretty good sale.

But when purchasing through Microsoft Cashback, I've encountered the problem before where it stops you from making purchases if you try to buy too many games in a short span of time.  Usually, it times out after the sixth purchase.  I guess they're trying to combat fraudulent purchases, but it's stupid.

 

[Ervgotti85]

Wait, are you tying morality to exclusive rights?

No just trying to understand why people get upset at a practice that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will do over and over again if it gets them a leg up over the others. The saints part is why there should be no picking sides in it.


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[Wa1terSobchak]

I honestly thought there must be another game called Automata that you were talking about people being negative about. Nier Automata is amazing. Then I thought maybe you meant Replicant which is awful. Who are these people being negative about Nier Automata and have they actually played the game before being that way? I am guessing they did not play it.

I played it (about 20hrs), I don't think I got as far as Z-Saber says where you get to play 'the second half' of the game where 'new stuff happens'. It just isn't that fun. The controls are wack. I was done after 'finishing' the first ending.

It's kinda the same problem I had with Resident Evil 2 (remake). I don't really wanna go back through as Claire after doing a play-through as Leon. Maybe some people dig that, great, I would rather more content as just Leon than play through a fairly similar rehash of previous content.

 

[JohnnyCage]

Microsoft has been mostly hands off post-acquisitions though so if any dev becomes a shell of their former self, it wasn't because of Microsoft. Redfall lost a lot of people because people didn't want to work on it and they were hoping Microsoft would come in to axe it but they didn't. If anything, Microsoft needs to come in to manage the shit out of these companies and take out the existing garbage management.

I am very curious what happens if Sony does buy Square Enix. Would've been nice for Microsoft to pick up Crystal Dynamics and Eidos from them but ah well... Embracer gonna embrace~

I feel like Square got rid of all their good IPs aside from FF and Nier. Crazy to think they sold Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Sleeping Dogs, Legacy of Kain, Thief and Gex for peanuts to Embracer. And they dumped IOI awhile back giving up the Hitman IP.

 

[bardockkun]

Let me be the lone dissenting voice in the current sea of negativity against Automata. Suppose it's not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it going in fairly blind. Maybe it's been built up too much and people's expectations are too high.

Spoiler tagging the multiple playthroughs and endings thing as well since I think this point gets overblown. Still trying to be vague enough about it but only read if you don't care to be spoiled in some way.

Spoiler

You do kinda play through what you understand to be the "whole" game (up to the point where the game first ends) twice, but it has deviations. You play a different character, the combat isn't exactly the same, and the character's path branches off from where the original character was for certain portions. As such, more of the story is revealed from this different perspective.

After the game eventually "ends" again at around the same point, there's a whole new playthrough unlocked, but this is all brand new and continues from where the previous two endings occurred.

If you wind up not playing this bit, you essentially miss the second half of the game, the climax, and the real ending(s). It's like giving up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching Infinity War and never making it to Endgame.

I think this is why the multiple playthrough bit is intimidating, confusing, or frustrating to some. The impression is "Didn't I just do all of this? Why do I have to play the same thing again?" when it's more complicated than that, but it's hard to explain without completely spoiling the game.

Also, when people say the game has 26 endings, keep in mind most of them are accidental deaths and just a joke. The game has 5 "real" endings, with the first two being after the first two playthroughs, the third and fourth after an endgame decision that can go one way or the other, and then a final one unlocked after doing both of those that is the actual ending.

Saying that it's 5 full playthroughs of the game from the very beginning to the very end is extremely inaccurate. It's one playthrough, a shortened alternate second playthrough, and a conclusion that you just have to replay the very very end of twice followed by the real end.

Nier: Replicant, on the other hand...

I Enjoyed Nier Automata a great deal, but by the end it was one of those games where I don't think I want to ever play again just on the basis of yowza I don't want to feel sad for the miserable life of robots.

 

[jimbo8574]

PSA - today is the last day that you can get 15% off $25 Xbox Live gift cards at Dollar General. In-store only.

Pro-tip: I bought two $25 cards this morning, and I had to do two transactions to make the discount come off of both cards.

Waiting for the guy who mentions Costco every time that I post a Dollar General deal to arbitrarily mention Costco in 3, 2, 1...

Crap. I forgot about this. I drove right by one today too.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

The funniest thing to me is Phil saying it "hasn't been decided" about Elder Scrolls 6 not being on Playstation. if Sony is going to prevent FF16 and FF7R from coming to Xbox purely out of spite, there's no ing way Elder Scrolls 6 is released for Sony.

Especially if they refuse to provide dev kits like the Minecraft situation.

 

[Z-Saber]

Ahem...Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

This is the winning example every time.

 

[bardockkun]

The funniest thing to me is Phil saying it "hasn't been decided" about Elder Scrolls 6 not being on Playstation. if Sony is going to prevent FF16 and FF7R from coming to Xbox purely out of spite, there's no ing way Elder Scrolls 6 is released for Sony.

Especially if they refuse to provide dev kits like the Minecraft situation.

Elder Scrolls 6 news wise from that I feel more pissed that Behesda decided to release a teaser for a game five years ago that after Friday's testimony that it was revealed it wouldn't be ready for...AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE YEARS??? Jesus why even announce it in the first place? And it's been so long that some dumb gaming Twitter pages treated like Phil revealed Elder Scrolls 6 was in development.

 

[gamegirlpocket]

Elder Scrolls 6 news wise from that I feel more pissed that Behesda decided to release a teaser for a game five years ago that after Friday's testimony that it was revealed it wouldn't be ready for...AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE YEARS??? Jesus why even announce it in the first place? And it's been so long that some dumb gaming Twitter pages treated like Phil revealed Elder Scrolls 6 was in development.

I 100% forgot they put out an actual teaser trailer for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFdqqyI8y4

I remember Todd Howard saying it wouldn't come out until at least a few years after Starfield. He also confirmed in 2022 it was in pre-production, meaning it won't even start full development until Starfield ships. Seeing an announcement from 2018 with all the Starfield delays and Phil's testimony, though, sure is dumb. Especially when you consider that Fallout 4 wasn't announced until it was about six months from release - the E3 presentation ended with "oh btw it launches in November."

I'm assuming it was just a move for the shareholders since the 2018 Starfield teaser was a new IP. Modern game development is stupid.

 

[JohnnyCage]

The funniest thing to me is Phil saying it "hasn't been decided" about Elder Scrolls 6 not being on Playstation. if Sony is going to prevent FF16 and FF7R from coming to Xbox purely out of spite, there's no ing way Elder Scrolls 6 is released for Sony.

Especially if they refuse to provide dev kits like the Minecraft situation.

They're not going to put anything on PS except Minecraft and CoD. Anything else is just clever wording to get this deal done lol.

 

[LoganDX]

This is the winning example every time.

People like to ignore certain aspects of history

 

[chnandler_bong]

#RoyKentforPresident

Alternately, I've been bingeing Barry and just started the 4th season, so:

#NoHoHankforPresident

 

[Freeze Time]

Costco membership is stupidly expensive. $60 at the cheapest and online the fee is 5% for non members. If you're spending $1200/year then you break even. Little wonder that poster is eager for Costco deals -- gotta hit that $1200!

You can add an extra member so you can split it $30 each. They also offer a very good credit card that gives you 4% cash back on gas. That alone right there makes $30 definitely worth it especially with some of the really good exclusive food they have there along with buying $100 Xbox eShop or PSN card for 80 bucks.

 

[TTAZ]

You can add an extra member so you can split it $30 each. They also offer a very good credit card that gives you 4% cash back on gas. That alone right there makes $30 definitely worth it especially with some of the really good exclusive food they have there along with buying $100 Xbox eShop or PSN card for 80 bucks.

Don’t you have to have the same address to get a second card on the account? Or is that wrong/easily avoidable

 

[awp]

People like to ignore certain aspects of history

And now it just pisses me off when it’s mentioned as justification for the tons of games that PlayStation has made exclusive ever since.

“But Microsoft did it first!” Wah wah wah…Cry me a river

Except “timed” exclusive now means never gonna be on Xbox.

 

[bee01]

I'm still trying to figure out what Shadow of the Tomb Raider did to anybody.

 

[Kromis]

Let me be the lone dissenting voice in the current sea of negativity against Automata. Suppose it's not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it going in fairly blind. Maybe it's been built up too much and people's expectations are too high.

Spoiler tagging the multiple playthroughs and endings thing as well since I think this point gets overblown. Still trying to be vague enough about it but only read if you don't care to be spoiled in some way.

Spoiler

You do kinda play through what you understand to be the "whole" game (up to the point where the game first ends) twice, but it has deviations. You play a different character, the combat isn't exactly the same, and the character's path branches off from where the original character was for certain portions. As such, more of the story is revealed from this different perspective.

After the game eventually "ends" again at around the same point, there's a whole new playthrough unlocked, but this is all brand new and continues from where the previous two endings occurred.

If you wind up not playing this bit, you essentially miss the second half of the game, the climax, and the real ending(s). It's like giving up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe after watching Infinity War and never making it to Endgame.

I think this is why the multiple playthrough bit is intimidating, confusing, or frustrating to some. The impression is "Didn't I just do all of this? Why do I have to play the same thing again?" when it's more complicated than that, but it's hard to explain without completely spoiling the game.

Also, when people say the game has 26 endings, keep in mind most of them are accidental deaths and just a joke. The game has 5 "real" endings, with the first two being after the first two playthroughs, the third and fourth after an endgame decision that can go one way or the other, and then a final one unlocked after doing both of those that is the actual ending.

Saying that it's 5 full playthroughs of the game from the very beginning to the very end is extremely inaccurate. It's one playthrough, a shortened alternate second playthrough, and a conclusion that you just have to replay the very very end of twice followed by the real end.

Nier: Replicant, on the other hand...

I enjoyed the game as fun hack-and-slash with great atmosphere, cool designs, and some inventive/surprising gameplay. I would recommend if you like JRPGs or Japanese-style weirdness in general.

As for the supposed philosophical brilliance or how it's supposed to blow your mind and destroy your emotions or whatever... eh. I did the multiple playthroughs and all the endings, and it's same type of JRPG surrealism that any number of games since Xenogears have trafficked in. I didn't find it to be particularly unique in that way.

I bought into the Nier Automata hype but I was also underwhelmed. I set the difficulty to Easy maybe a third of the way through the first run because I just wanted to get through the story and see what the buzz was about. Considering the story is about robots, I thought it was going to share similar themes with Westworld

Spoiler

(Robots "awakening" and an endless cycle of suffering)

I thought gameplay and combat variety was quite interesting. I appreciate the different gameplay styles based on how they lock the camera but I felt it was a bit too simple and it was different just for the sake of being different (weirdness). I'm not a fan of schmups so those sections didn't particularly resonate with me. I THINK I know what they were trying to get at (what advantages do you have in a certain perspective vs free roam camera) though I could really only think of one off the top of my head (top down and side views allow you to gauge the distance between your weapons' reach and enemy (projectiles) better but the constrained direction also mean it's easier to hit something and easier/harder to evade. Otherwise, brain didn't quite register any additional depth beyond "here are the constrained movements/cameras, now deal with it"

I would probably never play it again. I definitely think everyone hyping the game skewed my enjoyment of the game just because of expectations that weren't met. Better to just go into things blind and be pleasantly surprised.

The funniest thing to me is Phil saying it "hasn't been decided" about Elder Scrolls 6 not being on Playstation. if Sony is going to prevent FF16 and FF7R from coming to Xbox purely out of spite, there's no ing way Elder Scrolls 6 is released for Sony.

Especially if they refuse to provide dev kits like the Minecraft situation.

Elder Scrolls 6 news wise from that I feel more pissed that Behesda decided to release a teaser for a game five years ago that after Friday's testimony that it was revealed it wouldn't be ready for...AT LEAST ANOTHER FIVE YEARS??? Jesus why even announce it in the first place? And it's been so long that some dumb gaming Twitter pages treated like Phil revealed Elder Scrolls 6 was in development.

I 100% forgot they put out an actual teaser trailer for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFdqqyI8y4

I remember Todd Howard saying it wouldn't come out until at least a few years after Starfield. He also confirmed in 2022 it was in pre-production, meaning it won't even start full development until Starfield ships. Seeing an announcement from 2018 with all the Starfield delays and Phil's testimony, though, sure is dumb. Especially when you consider that Fallout 4 wasn't announced until it was about six months from release - the E3 presentation ended with "oh btw it launches in November."

I'm assuming it was just a move for the shareholders since the 2018 Starfield teaser was a new IP. Modern game development is stupid.

They're not going to put anything on PS except Minecraft and CoD. Anything else is just clever wording to get this deal done lol.

The ES6 teaser was basically just to confirm they were working on it (I guess anyone could've figured that out regardless of the teaser) but also a way to attract new/more talent (if they had a job listing with "unannounced project", I'd rather know it was ES6 rather than Fallout Shelter 2)

As far as keeping ES6 exclusive, I'm not entirely sure. I want to see what they do with other Bethesda IPs that came out on other platforms. Although ES is closely associated with Xbox, I think it could be a Minecraft/CoD situation where the IP already exists on non-Xbox platforms so they want to keep supporting the fanbase on all platforms though I think could be more relevant for multiplayer titles. New IPs like Starfield are basically Xbox exclusive. Since Bethesda is already optimizing the Starfield/Creation Engine for Xbox, it might mean more work to put it on Playstation which I don't think they'd want to do at this time. Again, I want to see how Xbox handles exclusivity for other IPs existing on other platforms.

 

[Dustin Echoes]

Costco membership is stupidly expensive. $60 at the cheapest and online the fee is 5% for non members. If you're spending $1200/year then you break even. Little wonder that poster is eager for Costco deals -- gotta hit that $1200!

The 5% surcharge for non-members does not equate to meaning that members just save 5% over retail like target red card. Costco has their own pricing negotiations with suppliers that provide deeper discounts than typical just FYI

 

[Deadpool]

The funniest thing to me is Phil saying it "hasn't been decided" about Elder Scrolls 6 not being on Playstation. if Sony is going to prevent FF16 and FF7R from coming to Xbox purely out of spite, there's no ing way Elder Scrolls 6 is released for Sony.

Especially if they refuse to provide dev kits like the Minecraft situation.

That game is 7 years away anyways. No idea why they announced it.

Nier Automata was for me, a boring hodgepodge of better games. I gave it 12 or 14 hours. Big ole bag of meh

 

[Freeze Time]

Don’t you have to have the same address to get a second card on the account? Or is that wrong/easily avoidable

I've been sharing an account with a friend that lives an hour away for like 5 years now. Never had any issues. The card is in his name and he just renews every year.

 

[tyrok]

I kinda think the craziest thing to come out of all this is that Acti threatened to make COD a PS5 console exclusive to get a higher than standard revenue share out of MS.

https://wccftech.com/activision-ceo-threatened-to-skip-call-of-duty-on-xbox-over-higher-than-standard-revenue-share/

 

[entexman]

Doesn’t make sense to get a Costco membeehsip just to buy gift cards, but it easily pays for itself in other ways If you use it for normal shopping/gas

If you sign up for the executive membership ($120 a year) you earn 2% cash back on your annual purchases which can easily pay for the membership plus make you some extra money too if you shop there often. One year I got back over $300 for my annual purchases. The limit is $1000 cashback reward, but I have never hit that threshold.

 

[LoganDX]

And now it just pisses me off when it’s mentioned as justification for the tons of games that PlayStation has made exclusive ever since.

“But Microsoft did it first!” Wah wah wah…Cry me a river

Except now “timed” exclusive now means never gonna be on Xbox.

Bingo. I only bring it up to state that Microsoft has tried similar failings, they aren't perfect and screw up. What Sony has done for a long time has been to protect their healthy market share by any means necessary

 

[ritchardf]

Bingo. I only bring it up to state that Microsoft has tried similar failings, they aren't perfect and screw up. What Sony has done for a long time has been to protect their healthy market share by any means necessary

might want to clarify xbox has tried similar failings, because if we are comparing microsoft anti competitive behavior versus sony, sony looks like an amateur. the only reason this acquisition is even being fought is because of past microsoft behavior and their current stranglehold on cloud services not even related to gaming.

 

[62t]

https://twitter.com/BethesdaSupport/status/1672948106751627269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1672948106751627269%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Starfield will be code in a box.

Edit: They deleted it.

 

[Monty 4.0]

https://twitter.com/BethesdaSupport/status/1672948106751627269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1672948106751627269%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Starfield will be code in a box.

Yikes. More reason to not bother buy it and just play on Game Pass.

 

[LoganDX]

might want to clarify xbox has tried similar failings, because if we are comparing microsoft anti competitive behavior versus sony, sony looks like an amateur. the only reason this acquisition is even being fought is because of past microsoft behavior and their current stranglehold on cloud services not even related to gaming.