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With two big hitting console/PC exclusives, November on Game Pass was, on paper, one of the strongest in ages. The reality, however, didn’t quite match the hype.

In June we learnt that Forza Horizon 4 was the latest game to suffer from delisting due to licenses expiring (happening December 15th 2024). This is nothing new for racing games, with Forza Horizon 3 delisted in 2020, and The Crew suffering the same fate earlier this year. However, Microsoft have the opportunity to get … Read more

UPDATE 13/11/2024: Today Dragon Age: Veilguard has appeared at number 15 in the UK Most Played chart on Xbox, and number 16 in the US, which isn’t a bad position if it can hold onto it for a few weeks. It is curious that in the first week it was apparently not one of the … Read more

October 2024 was the biggest month in the history of Game Pass – in importance, if not in numbers. In this feature we look at the month as a whole and see how it stacks up both to September 2024 and October 2023 to see how the service is evolving.

Many people rightly questioned the impact Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 coming to Game Pass would have on sales of the game on Xbox, and some have been quick to highlight shortfalls compared to previous games from the launch week. GamesIndustry.biz recently reported that sales of the game in the UK were down 15% … Read more

A game that had been thought cancelled or at the very least in development hell, Rare’s Everwild has resurfaced of late – first through comments last week on Jez Corden & Rand Al Thor’s Xbox Two podcast that it was finally “progressing well”. We’ve now had confirmation from Phil Spencer himself that Everwild is indeed … Read more

If you want to get the most from your Xbox Game Pass subscription, we list the top 10 games in the service as rated by Metacritic and Xbox players.

Metaphor: ReFantazio set the internet ablaze with its trademark Atlus execution and the generous provision of an extensive free demo ahead of launch. Early indications, however, are that it has failed to make a big impression on consoles.

This evening Microsoft hosted their latest “Partner Preview” event – basically a chance outside the hustle and bustle of gamescom, TGS or one of the “Geoff events” (as we are now calling them) for third parties to show some of their games or make announcements. Usually we get relatively low level news from these events, … Read more

Having released last week, it’s not taken long for Phil Spencer to dive into the full version of Metaphor ReFantazio, a game Xbox had exclusive marketing rights for.