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Oh god it's coming

I recently just got an XB1 controller for my PC after my Xbox 360 one finally died after 10 years. Hoping this one will last equally as long and if I ever get an Xbox One; I can use it on there too. I think Microsoft left it a bit too late to get a foothold back in the PC gaming market and after the Games For Windows Live nightmare, I'm surprised they gave it another shot and it seems they are suffering the usual fundamental problems that caused GFWL to struggle. The whole Windows 10 Gaming platform seem to be a bit of a rushed job too and whilst I can seem them improving the format in the next few years; they perhaps would have been better just swallowing their pride for slacking over the years and just publishing the games through Steam and taking the 30% a key hit. Forza 3 and GOW 4 would have sold in droves on there without any hassle and it makes you wonder how many are holding back or not buying at all because of the platform. Hopefully they'll turn it around and expand the catalogue in time but they've certainly got themselves in a pickle right now!

Looks amazing and is rated as one of the best from the early access members. Cannot wait to try the others too and the only one that's failed to impress is the one from the beta!

The camo's in this game look really decent and not too ridiculous. There was talk about hopefully having your emblems carved into the guns also which would be pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Rockstar have teased this on Twitter and altered some other branding which suggests a reveal of some kind is imminent..

I reckon MW:R will be released as a standalone either way as Activision always plug any gaps in revenue streams and people wanting to play MW:R without having to buy IW is gonna be one hell of a potential consumer base with cash at the ready. It's just a question of when this happens - either early next year when the revenue of IW dries up and people's interest wanes or even as soon as before the year end so the shareholders get a post Christmas bumper pay-off from both titles. I don't think Acitivison even give a fuck about unit sales these days and they don't even disclose this to shareholders now whether that be from embarrassing low sales figures or just the fact that supply drops have overtaken the brand as the biggest line of income. They could probably make the games F2P and still gross bigger than what they were 5 years ago it's got that insane. I dread to think what the average spend per copy sold has been on supply drops but when you see ordinary people blowing hundreds of bucks on them; you can see why Activision wouldn't be too concerned about low sales as they know the mugs that currently play happily mitigate the losses from former customers.

FIFA 17 is really good this year and I highly recommend that over PES. I've been more of a PES fan and it has come a long way in the last few years after a poor performance last gen but this year it's not really gone anywhere and is looking a bit threadbare features and content-wise. FIFA 17 is a massive step up from last year and the gameplay is massively improved. With tonnes of modes, teams and on the pitch quality; it's the only one to consider this time around IMO. BF1 will be hugely popular on PS4 here so that's a great choice whereas CoD has lost all interest and barely anyone talks about or plays it nowadays.

I got Gears of War 4 refunded in the end as the Windows Store is quite literally the worst platform I've ever encountered - even more comical than the uPlay alpha build. I installed the 73gb which took about 3 hours but was pretty plain sailing but then like many thousands of other users; we couldn't download the update without getting an error message so those affected couldn't play the game. Microsoft offered no solutions and seemed pretty confused and no fixes given by users worked consistently. The products in the store are also tied to the C:/ drive and you can't install to another one, not even an SSD which is laughable and you are required to have the amount of total disk space that the game takes available just to install updates even if they are below 100mb for some stupid reason. Users were even reporting the store syncing and removing the game which is really the last straw. I got into the Microsoft Live chat and told the guy that the platform was the worst thing I've ever seen and I want my money back and he fully agreed and granted me a refund I know MS are a bit rusty and trying to get back into PC Gaming but this is embarrassing.

I did see part of Nadeshot's stream when it was conked out and he was trying to respond to messages in the chat except he was receiving about 50 a second - most of which asking him why he wasn't playing the game despite the screen clearly saying not in so many words that the servers were buggered! I even saw some guy pretending to play the beta by overlaying someone elses captured gameplay from Cod XP Still it looks like they got it going eventually and I must say; I'm not all that impressed really - looks like a Chinese F2P version of Black Ops 3. I'll just wait for the inevitable MW:R standalone or stick with BF1 for the foreseeable.

I've checked out a few streams and all I've seen so far is zero gameplay and a shitload of error messages and red faces from streamers. Doesn't look like anyone can get on it!

If you thought that was funny; you can also play as a pigeon

Anyone that gets killed by this has to uninstall the game and go back to CoD

Quality!

Out today and is absolutely epic! If you like Uncharted and The Last of Us; this is pretty much as close as it gets and is equally polished. The PS4 version is also the complete bundle with DLC plus new extras. Strongly recommend checking it out

After a fairly quiet period of games; seems they are coming in thick and fast now which is great and also terrible at the same time as money and fitting them all in wont be easy and I may even have to overlook a couple that I was particularly looking forward to. I've bought Gears of War 4 for PC today and I'm definitely looking to pick up Battlefield 1 next week with just Planet Coaster my only other must buy for the year. With FIFA 17 a game I'm already playing quite regularly; these 4 will eat into my time and keep me occupied long into 2017. This means I'm gonna have to neglect Dishonored 2 for now along with Skyrim Remastered and will even have to overlook Civilization 6 which is definitely a major time sink even on its own. This will also be the first year since before 2007 that I wont be playing a Call of Duty game and I'm quietly thankful that MW:R isn't a standalone at this time else I would've had to rethink my entire Christmas strategy. Infinite Warfare is one game I have absolutely zero interest in and I'm certainly not being baited into buying it with the remaster as leverage. Unlike previous years where Call of Duty has dominated; there is plenty of choice elsewhere thankfully. What's on your shopping list for the rest of the year?

Another fine AAA game

Looks like they've done a pretty amazing job

Mind = Blown!

Seems that Microsoft are really serious on getting back into the PC gaming market and despite some early indications that they were doing this out of desperation after poor Xbox One sales; it looks like it might not be a bad idea and could be quite beneficial to gamers. The Windows store is a pile of utter disorganised dogshit but there are a few decent games cropping up that would never have made it onto PC if it wasn't for Microsoft getting back into the fore. Rise of the Tomb Raider selling 4x as many copies on PC in a week than the XB1 version sold in the first year was the ultimate wake up call for them no doubt. Forza Horizon 3 released last month and there is also an astonishing quality port of Gears of War 4 releasing on Tuesday which is cross platform with Xbox Live like FH3. Halo 5 Forge is also available and with Sunset Overdrive planned; it looks like it could be a nice extra line of PC games that don't have to be held back to sub 1080p and running at below 30fps. Quantum Break also appeared in September in the Store but is also now available on Steam. I've yet to be all that convinced or interested in Windows 10 gaming but it could be great going forward and a good excuse not require an Xbox One but also to not miss out on some decent games it has along the way. Not only are the games cross platform which really compensates the potential lack of players on PC when compared with the Xbox Live community at this time; if you own a game digitally on Windows 10, you can also download it on an Xbox One if you happen to buy one in the future with any saved games/stats transferring over so you can play between both devices. Halo 5 Forge is free for starters and there is also demos available for Forza Horizon 3. You'll need the latest Windows 10 Anniversary update and most of the games are quite chunky downloads plus being £50 which is pricey as hell for a PC game but this certainly could be worth a look now and then especially if the games are decent exclusives with full crossplay support.

http://kotaku.com/fifa-17-accidentally-used-a-real-guys-twitter-handle-a-1787532525

This game looks total dogshit

Haven't started the Journey yet and admittedly it doesn't really interest me although I have heard some good things about it and it exceeding expectation. 15-20 hours is the expected completion time and I may have a look at it in the coming weeks. I thought it was just Alex Hunter at Man Utd the whole time with cliche-ridden garbage in between but actually there is supposed to be an interesting story that unfolds so I'm defo more tempted to try it out. I had a brief look in the beta but decided to score 10 own goals and get sent off on my debut to see what the interview was like

The early access code only grants access to the campaign and you'll need the disc from the release onwards to access the full game and the MP portion it seems.

I called it http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/10/03/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-remastered-requires-infinite-warfare-disc-to-play