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Yup, someone there thought that COD was the best game in the world and everyone wants to play it so from their perspective it made sense.
 
Ultimately they were expecting everyone on the subscription to pay for the game that probably half of the people subbing wanted essentially subsidising those people.
 
Absolute madness, in fact the initial outcry should really have been the wake up call they needed, instead they have persisted for a few months now and they won't suddenly get those subscribers back now. Many of them will feel a little burnt and will be hesitant about committing to the service again.
 
I had the subscription for my handheld and ended up cancelling it and unlikely will pick it up again soon now unless some special games come to the service.

Yeah i can't see myself going back. If they ever do a Fallout 3, New Vegas remaster, or Elder Scrolls 6 (won't hold my breath) I'll just buy the games themselves.

Smart move from Microsoft to fool consumers once more. Even though the pass is $7 cheaper now, it's still $7 more expensive than it was several months prior. Removing Call of Duty will see them getting paid massively at retail once again, so any freeloaders who choose not to renew the pass even at the cheaper rate, Microsoft will still rake the money in from unit sales of the game which will comfortably exceed any lost revenue at the original pass increase rate. 
 
Arguably $23 a month without a flagship title like Call of Duty is an outrageous rip-off in itself. The only consolation is that the games on the pass, particularly the indie games may actually get to make a better share of income without COD absorbing it all. Some indie titles were probably lucky to walk away with 30 cents an install on products that would cost £20 at retail. 

It might have went better for them if the game was anygood. I got the game pass, tried cod for a month/maybe two. it was garbage so I cancelled the game pass. You can get a lot of the same games on steam cheaper than the cost of game pass so it makes not sense. 

Microsoft Cuts Price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
WWW.IGN.COM Microsoft has dropped the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from $29.99 per month to $22.99 per month, while PC Game Pass is being reduced from $16.49 per month to $13.99 per month. Both changes...  
They added COD to Game Pass with BO6 but then had to increase the price to cover lost sales. Seems that they then lost subscribers due to the ridiculous price increase. So now they're lowering the cost and removing COD.
What a complete fuck up by everybody involved 🤣

Resident Evil Requiem








 

A brand-new The Lord of the Rings PS5 game is in development as per reports.
 
The project has been in the works for some time and may be officially announced this year.

It’s said to be partially funded by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office.

Described as a third-person action title meant to “compete with Hogwarts Legacy”.

When this comes to PS5, I'll purchase it but not doing any gamepass malarkey for it. Looks decent and I agree that a chill open world area to chill and find stuff at your leisure is a good, different way to essentially create the opening menu UI.

Yeah gamepass has become too expensive - I’m not paying £23 a month for it.  Especially when I’m only interested in FH6 and you can get a PC key for £40.
 
It’s coming to PS5 at the end of the year apparently.  So maybe a bit more FG interest then - though I didn’t realise that when I bought my PC key else I might have waited -  oops 😅 

Pretty much, yeah. Did you ever play the open world NFS games? As it's basically like that.  Or GTA if you can't get out of your car.  An open world you can cruise around, find stuff, easter eggs, collectibles or things like speed cameras to try and go the fastest through or drift zone challenges to score the most points on a section of road etc.  Though to progress the story you need to do actual races but, like NFS or GTA, you need to go to the place on the map to start them.  The world is multiplayer too so you'll find other people driving around or you can set up convoys to cruise around with or take photos.

I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this yet given it's out in a a little over a month.
 
 
 
 
 
There's some pretty good reviews coming out in the early previews highlighting the world variance and it feels more alive than previous titles.  Slightly improved physics and tweaks to game modes with the inclusion of time trial that you can do on circuits that are accessible in free roam.
 
 
 
I played FH4 a lot but didn't get on well with FH5 so much - playing it for a week or 2 when it was on game pass.  I've decided to buy this one though so hopefully it's good 😄 

Hi guys,
 
Im new to the forum...and thought I'd post a competition i run ...
 
I run a football prediction app with a twist....
 
The game is predicting Both teams to score - (aka The Chris Kamara club)
 
Pick 8 fixtures per week from the major English divisions. 1 point for a team in your selection that scores a goal or more.  (16 points max)
 
This current season there are 22 players all entering a 1 time payment of £10 at the start of the season  which goes into a prize pool plus a small payment to the site running costs (shared small cost depending how many enter).  THE COMPETITION IS NON PROFIT
 
Here are some screenshots below.   The app iss fully live and automatically scored using an api and live page updates to the scores.
 

 
live results page:
 

 
 
if you are interested in joining for the 26/27 season or want more information  - contact me here.
 
Thanks,
 
Nathan -  a spurs fan!

Sigh… I swear you could put Kepa in goal behind Maldini, Vidic, Desailly and Cafu all in the primes and he’d still find a way to concede a goal. I actually had high hopes going into the match until I saw him on the teamsheet 🤦‍♂️

Great find Seb @ChaosGladiator. Definitely looks like some great fun and a solid mix of building with exploring/fighting. Sea of Thieves is a fun game to play with a bunch of us, but I do miss that slightly styled Black Flag game we had years ago that had lots of mini games and quests to achieve.
 
How many are allowed in a co-op group on the game?

A game in development I've had my eye on recently, kind of a DayZ in America. 
 
The devs seem cool and once they have a playable version I'll definitely give it a go. There's an option in Steam to request access : )
 
 

New trailer showing a lot more stuff and some they have already shown too. Looks like there will be boss battles and also settlements. I got about 10 hours in the demo so far, no more quests to do but I can still sail around and sink ships or build my own little settlement further. Building in this game is smooth as hell btw, when placing foundations, walls or roofs you can just keep holding the mouse button down and drag it to build multiple of what you want as long as you have the materials, and any resources inside chests within your landclaim is automatically used.
 
 
 

This game looks incredible, demo is out for free and seems to have quite a lot of content. I’m definetly enjoying it as so far and it looks like this might be what I was hoping Skull & Bones would be. Looks like it’ll be solo or group pve, not sure if that will change to include pvp later.
 
 

Agree, I reinstalled it yesterday and I'll give it a go this evening. I'm intrigued to see if it turret ends up doing all my work for me 🫠

I grabbed it on PC during the steam sale and I dabble in it occasionally. I think my guy is like lvl 12 now.
 
Is this mode out currently, or coming out?

Looks fantastic tbh. The puzzles, albeit seem very hard, will keep the game fresh and wanting you to discover more and more of the world. I think I may have to add it on my list too. £50 for PS5 is extremely good price online right now for a large open world game.

Just seen this, it looks fucking amazing and I may be tempted to reinstall as I already have the new york dlc
 
 

I wonder if this is the game that will finally get me off my Tarkov addiction, this looks pretty incredible imo
 
 
 

Latest info on this, i'm still quietly hopeful it's going to be decent...
 
 

This has been in development a good while and finally getting released in March. Could be a good 'un but time will tell, hopefully its as good as it looks...
 
 

Can I just say, Bodø/Glimt smashing Inter Milan 5-2 over 2 legs is one of the wildest scores I have ever seen in football 😂