This week in the news we discuss an Xbox Series XS trademark, a possible tease for the Elder Scrolls Hammerfell, Outriders was delayed again and a demo announced, Madden 21 and Spongebob crossover, inXile’s next RPG might be an FPS, Forza Horizon 4 is teasing the C8 Corvette, STALKER 2 will have ray tracing and January Game Pass additions. Plus first impressions from our preview of Olija.
This week we talk about our time with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Gears 5 Hivebusters, Call of the Sea and Gears Tactics during downtime over the holidays. Plus in a light news week we discuss a fresh rumor that Ubisoft+ may be coming to Game Pass this year, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla getting transmogrification, rumor that Netflix is developing an Elder Scrolls series, January Games with Gold games and tease for a returning Game Pass game.
This week we go through our favorite games that we played in 2020 and look ahead to the games we are anticipating most in 2021. We also discuss what the end of the console generation has meant for games this year and which games missed the mark the most in 2020. Happy New Year!
This week in the news we discuss the stumblings of Cyberpunk 2077 including the blowback to the issues on base consoles, save file corruption, and the recent patches. In other news 343 Industries outlines updates to Master Chief Collection coming in 2021, Halo Xbox 360 games are sunsetting online features in December 2021, BioWare is getting the band back together for the next Mass Effect, Control announced the release date for Series S/X enhanced versions including ray-tracing, Assassin’s Creed added seasonal Yule Festival event to Valhalla and Among Us is coming to Xbox consoles and Game Pass in 2021.
This week we discuss the release of Cyberpunk 2077! We also break down the interesting reveals from The Game Awards including the announcement of Perfect Dark, Cyberpunk 2077 in Forza Horizon 4, Flight Simulator Xbox release window, Dragon Age 4 trailer, the next Mass Effect tease, and a few other tidbits. In other news from the week, Halo Infinite has a new release window, Gears 5 Hivebusters DLC got a release date, big Destiny 2 features coming in 2021, Xbox Cloud Streaming is coming to PC and iOS in Spring 2021, EA is competing with Take-Two to buy Codemasters, Scott Pilgrim vs The World Remaster got a release date, Prince of Persia Remake was delayed, Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo exclusivity window revealed and more new games coming to game pass in December including Skyrim.