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J4MES OX4D

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  1. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
  2. Absolutely. It's not just about footballers abilities but what they bring to the dressing room and Grealish has been involved in the setup for years, has played with the likes of Stones, Walker and Foden for club and country and carries a huge presence off the field. His absence will surely be felt in more ways than one. If our midfield is as bland and limited as it looked the other day and it costs England then Southgate will be toast. I personally feel that we are going into this tournament with so many unproven players and whilst Maguire's absence is unfortunate and Maddison out of form, to drop someone like Grealish could be fatal.
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    Just been released on Steam in early access and is another one of those photorealistic shooters like Unrecord. Not really interested but I hope one day a major developer utilises such aesthetics and makes a proper military-type sim out of it. We'll probably see more of these bordering on asset flips and whilst it's encouraging to see the potential, I think many will struggle to deliver a worthwhile concept over the visuals.
  4. England 0-1 Iceland A pretty shambolic way to go into the Euros especially with so many bad individual performances as well as a team collective. It's only a friendly but to lose a game like that with a big tournament a week away is not encouraging. I think we are really going to miss Maguire and Phil Foden also has to step it up like he does for club. For all his critics, Pickford is also a key player. Dropping Grealish is such a massive call especially when he maintained Henderson for so many years so that could come back to haunt Southgate.
  5. Crazy how 19 voted in favour of it. I think Wolves should've changed their approach and instead requested it be suspended and overhauled rather than it being outright removed. It's a wake-up call though but I hope this unanimous vote doesn't mean they can carry on like previous.
  6. My point is they will need to claw back the deficit on revenue of unit sales lost from players choosing the pass instead of paying full whack. So instead of getting $70 for a sale, they may get $1 for an install. That's probably another three extra bundles they'll factor in just to mitigate the difference there. Then will also need to reassure the shareholders that the product will make even more money than the previous outings especially with a racially new business model so I'd expect even more content padding thrown in for good measure. Not only that, they have paid off Bobby about $300,000,000 and they somehow need to start chipping away at the $70bn they blew on the merger. So sure, they could probably even afford to pay people $70 to play the game and still make billions but that isn't going to claw back the money lost at retail. Even though Microsoft print money for fun, the recent brutal layoffs, sweeping cut-backs and dismal growth numbers of their gaming division still demonstrate its ran as a typical business so it will be very interesting to see how this change will impact each aspect. Losing potentially $1bn at retail right off the bat is not a good start.
  7. They've spent the last decade covering up negatives attributed to active players and total unit sales and as they've got this down to a tee, I can't see them needing to do it again. I reckon they (Microsoft) are simply willing to take a monumental financial hit at launch in a bid to prop up game pass figures and then bleed what players are left even harder down the line to recoup any lost revenue. No matter how many more sign up to the pass just for this game, it wouldn't come anywhere close to had those prospective players bought it outright. They can also play the 'we have 25m players' card even thought they just count people who try the game once and aren't considered active players. I can see it going the same way as Starfield especially in terms in it failing to grow the pass and instead having existing pass holders getting a free ride. Bethesda thought they could get 100m users on board across 1bn devices and in the end they got about 10m players and new game pass subscriptions practically flatlined. Microsoft will need about 220m game pass subscribers every time they plug an in-house AAA title yet I don't think they've reached 40m yet and like the Epic Game Store, it ain't growing. Black Ops 6 is more a Gulf War game so it may have more modern elements and there's rumoured to be a mission surrounding 9/11 so the early 90's to 00's could very well be the setting.
  8. Dortmund 0-2 Real in the Champions League Final. First half was very entertaining and Dortmund were excellent but you always knew those missed chances and overall dominance would come back to haunt them. Took Real 70 minutes to get going and once they got the first one it was game over. Should've never taken off Adeyemi for Reus as that's when their attacking threat was erased and Reus is basically the Harry Kane-luck equivalent when it comes to winning things. Dortmund must really hate Wembley now - two Champions League finals and two defeats to Spurs there in 11 years🤣
  9. Chivalry 2 FREE on Epic until June 6th.
  10. Confirmed for Game Pass day one. This may seem a good deal initially for the consumer but the loss of retail sales could see more aggressive monetisation in play down the line. Also people likely aren't going to keep rolling monthly subscriptions just to play this long term. It may get an early spike at the crippling detriment of other games on the pass but it will never be as viable as it would be just plain selling the game. They could sell 5m copies through their store at $70 a pop making a tidy $350m gross on digital alone or they could have 8m people playing via the pass and if they game gets a cut of $2 per install then it'll net just $16m. The volume of users will also detract from other games and cut-potential so they will throw their other products available on the pass under the bus for a period. Definitely one last throw of the dice of desperation for Microsoft and a borderline nuclear option for the pass. Either way, it's not going to make the revenues needed to claw back their disastrous takeover and the pass isn't going to get anywhere near the quantity of players needed to justify its existence from a business and conceptual standpoint. It's a lose lose situation for MS and their partners alike but it could be a short term win for a minority who just want to play the game for a few weeks or experience the campaign.
  11. Insane that they are still releasing old gen versions. The franchise just keeps on holding itself back.
  12. 'Ellen Droad' radio prank🤣 Radio prank to Absolute Radio after Leeds lost to Southampton | Not... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Not non league related but to end the day on a laugh, some bloke calling up Absolute Radio and requested a song for someone called ‘Ellen Droad’ and...
  13. Leeds 0-1 Southampton Very close game but Leeds just didn't turn up and were too slow to get going. Their playoff curse strikes again! Shame because Southampton away would've been ideal next season for me and them against Portsmouth would've been a great derby to see again. Any other season and Leeds would've won the title with their tally but that's football - top 3 way too strong.
  14. Very exciting recompilation of a classic and could pave the way for more flawless N64 PC ports
  15. So Valve's new MOBA shooter 6v6 game has leaked. Really not sure about this - CS2 is in a state with cheaters and TF2 is in a mess with hackers so releasing a new game that probably should've come out in 2018 may not be the best idea. Their last new IP Artifact which was supposed to dominated the card market for years, died within weeks and this was after a huge development process of time and highly experienced personnel. Really not sure why they aren't looking at Half Life 3, TF3, Portal and L4D3 especially with Source2. This could be another huge flop for a massive company
  16. No Steam, no play. Only making it available on Ubisoft connect immediately kills 95% of your potential reach. Glad it's finally released but I don't have the desire to even try it.
  17. Hope the game is more original than the name
  18. Another bad decision by them. Poch was really turning it around towards the end and you could see them continuing this form into next season. Now they've shot themselves in the foot and will probably have to turn back to Tuchel.
  19. Really looking forward to the Championship Playoff Final but it's just too close to call and will come down to who is best on the day. The gulf between those two compared to Norwich and West Brom was really significant but Leeds and Southampton are too close to call. Saints have won home and away against Leeds this year but both sides have had similar dips in form and good runs. Ipswich went up despite losing heavily to Leeds twice so there's no reason why Leeds can't beat Southampton on the day despite losing to them twice this season. It would be a far worse loss for Leeds though as they were toe to toe with the top two places for the majority of the season but faded at the wrong time. Southampton never looked like getting autos at all but remained up there throughout. Pressure will definitely be on Saints for an immediate return but Leeds will be feeling it more especially with their poor playoff record.
  20. These two live Along with this Block 134 at Wembley is really lucky for me😎 Also on TV England 4-1 v Holland in Euro 96 was absolutely incredible back then but this was the shit
  21. Bolton 0-2 Oxford - what a day!
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  23. Game now available on PC today minus 180 countries where PSN is not supported.
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