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

Apr 9 - Wednesday drops​

Apr 8 - Tuesday drops​

Apr 7 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Apr 3 - Thursday drops​

Apr 2 - Wednesday drops​

Apr 1 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 31 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Mar 27 - Thursday drops​

Mar 26 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 25 - Tuesday drops​

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

Mar 19 - Wednesday drop​

Mar 18 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 17 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 13 - Thursday drops​

Mar 12 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 11 - Tuesday drops​

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

Mar 6 - Thursday drops​

Mar 5 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 4 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 3 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 27 - Thursday drops​

Feb 26 - Wednesday drop​

Feb 25 - Tuesday drops​

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

Feb 20 - Thursday drops​

Feb 19 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 17 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 13 - Thursday drops (Anime Month)​

Feb 12 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 11 - Tuesday drops​

Feb 10 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 7 - Thursday drops​

Feb 5 - Wednesday drops​

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

Jan 30 - Anime Month​

Jan 29 - Wednesday drops (Team17 sale)​

Jan 28 - Tuesday drops​

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

Jan 24 - Lunar New Year sale follow up​

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale​

Jan 22 - Wednesday drops​

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

Jan 14 - Tuesday drops​

Jan 13 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Jan 8 - Wednesday drops (Wired Productions sale)​

Jan 7 - Tuesday drops (Wired Productions sale)​

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

Jan 3 - Beyond Countdown follow up​

Jan 2 - Beyond Countdown Sale​

Jan 1 - Wednesday drop​

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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Apr 14 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 7 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 31 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 24 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 20 - Spring Sale​

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 - 2025-04-11

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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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2025-04-14 23:59:59

Donut County​

Jusant​

Tchia​

Thirsty Suitors​

2025-04-15 09:59:59

Dead Cells - Game Pass Core​

2025-04-16 19:59:59

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

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

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Age of Mythology: Retold​

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

Another Crab's Treasure​

Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

As Dusk Falls​

Assassin's Creed Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed Valhalla​

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​

Avowed (Not available for purchase)​

Avowed Standard Edition​

Balatro​

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

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

Bleeding Edge​

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​

Bluey: The Videogame​

Borderlands 3​

Borderlands 3 Boost Mods Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Brütal Legend​

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

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021​

Chants of Sennaar​

Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​

Crusader Kings III​

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

DEATHLOOP​

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)​

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

Dishonored Definitive Edition​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Disneyland Adventures​

DOOM​

DOOM + DOOM II​

DOOM 64​

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

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows)​

Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS College Football 25 - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​

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

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

Eternal Strands​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​

Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core​

Fable II​

Fable III​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Far Cry 6​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Fuzion Frenzy​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 - Game Pass Core​

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

Gears of War 4​

Gears Tactics​

Generation Zero​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Gigantic: Rampage Edition​

Go Mecha Ball​

Goat Simulator 3​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Halo 3 (PC)​

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

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

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

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

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

Have a Nice Death​

Hell Let Loose​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

House Flipper​

Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

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

Joy Ride Turbo​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

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

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

Little Kitty, Big City​

Lords of the Fallen​

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 -​

Mass Effect - EA Play -​

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

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

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

Metal Slug Tactics​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

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

Monster Train​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

Moving Out 2​

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​

New Super Lucky's Tale​

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

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

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black​

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

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

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

Pentiment​

Persona 3 Reload​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Planet of Lana​

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​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quake​

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quake II​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

Quantum Break​

ReCore​

Redfall​

Remnant II - Standard Edition​

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​

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

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Roboquest​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

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

ScreamRide​

Sea of Stars​

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​

Shady Part of Me​

Sifu​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

Sniper Elite 5​

Sniper Elite: Resistance​

Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

Stacking​

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 -​

Starfield​

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

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

SteamWorld Dig​

SteamWorld Dig 2​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

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

Sunset Overdrive​

Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

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

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

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

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

Terraria​

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​

The Case of the Golden Idol​

The Elder Scrolls Online - Game Pass Core​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

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

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within 2 (PC)​

theHunter: Call of the Wild​

Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

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​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​

UFC 5 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

We Happy Few​

WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​

World War Z: Aftermath​

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2025-04-21 23:59:59

Cocoon​

Far Cry 5​

Humanity​

Immortals Fenyx Rising​

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​

2025-04-08 23:59:59

Moving Out 2​

2025-04-09 13:59:59

Commandos: Origins​

Commandos: Origins (Win) (PC)​

2025-04-09 23:59:59

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

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​

2025-04-11 23:59:59

MULLET MADJACK​

2025-04-15 23:59:59

Neon White​

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​

2025-04-16 23:59:59

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​

2025-04-17 09:59:59

Dead Island 2​

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

2025-04-17 14:59:59

33 Immortals (Game Preview)​

2025-04-20 17:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

2025-04-21 10:59:59

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders​

2025-04-22 23:59:59

Farming Simulator 22​

Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​

Monster Sanctuary - Game Pass Core​

Neon Abyss​

2025-04-24 06:59:59

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33​

2025-04-26 13:59:59

Atomfall​

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​

2025-05-05 17:59:59

Revenge of the Savage Planet (Not available for purchase)​

2025-05-07 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Clans​

South of Midnight​

2025-05-08 23:59:59

Commandos: Origins​

Commandos: Origins (Win) (PC)​

2025-05-10 14:59:59

Blue Prince​

2025-05-14 23:59:59

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

DOOM: The Dark Ages Standard Edition​

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

2025-05-16 09:59:59

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons​

Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (PC)​

Chants of Sennaar​

Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​

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​

2025-06-04 16:59:59

One Lonely Outpost​

2025-06-16 09:59:59

Depersonalization (PC)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows)​

Far Cry 6​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows)​

Keplerth (PC)​

My Time at Sandrock​

My Time at Sandrock (Not available for purchase)​

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

REMATCH (Not available for purchase)​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

The Callisto Protocol 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

Borderlands 3 Gearbox Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Gold Weapon Skins Pack​

Borderlands 3 Neon Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Retro Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Season Pass​

Borderlands 3 Toy Box Weapons Pack​

Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition​

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Sea of Stars​

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​

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) (moved from 2025-04-01)​

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

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

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

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

Spirittea​

2025-12-01 09:59:59

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

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

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Genesis Noir (moved from 2025-03-01)​

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

Lords of the Fallen​

Lords of the Fallen (PC)​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

SteamWorld Build​

2025-12-16 09:59:59

Ben 10: Power Trip​

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​

Hunt: Showdown 1896​

Mortal Kombat 11​

Still Wakes the Deep​

Wildfrost​

2026-01-01 09:59:59

Carrion​

Carrion (PC)​

Hell Let Loose​

House Flipper​

Injustice 2​

Injustice 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War​

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)​

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island​

2026-04-01 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​

Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition - Game Pass Core​

Mad Streets​

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT​

SMITE 2 (Game Preview)​

THE FINALS​

2026-04-16 09:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

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

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 - Game Pass Core​

Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version)​

Overthrown (Game Preview)​

Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core​

Stardew Valley (PC)​

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core​

TRIALS of MANA​

Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core​

2026-12-16 09:59:59

For The King II​

2027-01-01 09:59:59

VALORANT​

2027-02-01 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)​

TUNIC - Game Pass Core​

2027-04-01 09:59:59

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

Zombie Army 4: Dead War (moved from 2025-04-01)​

2027-05-01 09:59:59

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

2027-06-01 09:59:59

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game Pass Core​

Terraria​

2027-06-16 09:59:59

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

2027-07-01 09:59:59

Assassin's Creed Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed Origins​

Far Cry 5​

FOR HONOR​

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​

Watch Dogs: Legion​

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 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

F1 24 - EA Play -​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

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

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

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

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)​

2799-02-08 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: 2025 Edition​

2799-05-12 23:59:59

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10)​

2799-05-17 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

2799-05-18 23:59:59

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

2799-05-31 23:59:59

Banjo Kazooie: N n B​

Banjo-Kazooie​

Banjo-Tooie​

Disneyland Adventures​

Fable III​

Gears of War​

Gears of War 2​

Gears of War: Judgment​

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

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo: Spartan Assault​

Jetpac Refuelled​

Kameo​

Perfect Dark Zero​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Sunset Overdrive​

Viva Piñata​

Viva Piñata: TIP​

2799-06-09 05:59:59

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

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

Gears of War 4​

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10​

Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile / PC)​

Halo: Spartan Strike​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC)​

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

ReCore​

2799-06-09 06:58:59

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

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​

2799-07-27 23:59:59

Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (Not available for purchase)​

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 -​

Blizzard Arcade Collection​

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)​

Call of Duty: Warzone​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Crysis - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Crysis 2 - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

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

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

Dead Space 2 - EA Play -​

Dead Space 3 - EA Play -​

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

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)​

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

Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​

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

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

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

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

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Genshin Impact​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

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 + 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

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[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.