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[Bumblebeetuna]

What an insane list. Just up until May 15th with Doom, if games like 33 and Atomfall and Midnight are good, it’s by far the best year either console will have had thus far this gen and we’d be a mere five months in. Throw in the end of last year with Stalker and Indy, damn. Acquisition machine finally firing on all cylinders.

 

[Sony]

Best deal in gaming by far.

 

[Topher]

MS Rewards will be paying off in spades this year it would seem

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

• Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders – January 21
• Ninja Gaiden 2 Black – January 23
• Eternal Strands – January 28
• Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap – January 28
• Sniper Elite: Resistance – January 30
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – January 31
• Date Everything – February 14
• Avowed – February 18
• Atomfall – Thursday, March 27
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Apr 24
• South of Midnight – April 8
• Doom: The Dark Ages – May 15
• The Alters – Q1 2025
• Ninja Gaiden 4 – Fall 2025
• Mixtape – TBD 2025
• Subnautica 2 – TBD 2025
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – TBD 2025
• FBC: Firebreak – TBD 2025
• The Outer Worlds 2 – TBD 2025
• Fable – TBD 2025
• New Call of Duty – TBD 2025

Fuck me that's already a lot of quality choices and genre range for 2025. Kids, wife and myself gaming well this year indeed.

Enjoyed the MTB version of Lonely Mountains so downloading Snow Riders today to check it out with my son.

Microsoft have saved gaming.

 

[acm2000]

Still refuse to believe fable is 2025, we can dream but its surely 2026 along with gears.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Didn't even know there will be a new Orcs Must Die. Nice.

 

[Ridicululzz]

Such great value

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Remember folks, it's okay to subscribe for a one-off month and then cancel. Really pillage that selection. But don't ever let Microsoft bill you on a recurring basis. Yonder lies sadness.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Remember folks, it's okay to subscribe for a one-off month and then cancel. Really pillage that selection. But don't ever let Microsoft bill you on a recurring basis. Yonder lies sadness.

Remember folks, it's okay to get 18 months GPU for like 70 Euro if you buy it from India/Turkey/Brasil. Microsoft can afford it.

 

[Big Baller]

Phil dropping weight left and right

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Remember folks, it's okay to get 18 months GPU for like 70 Euro if you buy it from India/Turkey/Brasil. Microsoft can afford it.

For 70 eurobucks you might be able to just buy a real game!

 

[Cakeboxer]

For 70 eurobucks you might be able to just buy a real game!

Exactly.

 

[evanft]

Remember folks, it's okay to get 18 months GPU for like 70 Euro if you buy it from India/Turkey/Brasil. Microsoft can afford it.

Is there a guide on how to do this?

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Is there a guide on how to do this?

That's... that's not how you ask this... you ask... like this:

 

[Cakeboxer]

Is there a guide on how to do this?

Short version:
Requirement: You don't have an active GP sub!

You buy India/Turkey/Brasil keys for 36 months Game Pass Core from Eneba/Kinguin/Gamivo whatever
You redeem the keys with a vpn
You book one month of GPU for 1 Euro and Core gets converted 1:2 = 18 months GPU

 

[Luipadre]

oh wow the alters is game pass day 1? Didnt know, im excited for that one

 

[Black_Stride]

Guys guys blockbuster has heaps of movies this year. Can't wait to watch them.

See that's a weird thing to say. Even if it was 2005.

How serendipitous you should mention Blockbusters.


The way I survived college playing so many games while being broke as fuck is actually because I used to constantly rent games from blockbusters.
I would legit go check just to see what new games they had in store, id even chitchat with the clerks to find out if a specific game I was looking for was coming soon or at another store.

Absolutely spot on analogy
Absolutely terrible conclusion.




P.S I actually did the same thing with movies, unfortunate the BB wasnt close enough for me to constantly pass by otherwise id probably be in store everyday.

 

[Aguero9320]

Guys guys blockbuster has heaps of movies this year. Can't wait to watch them.

See that's a weird thing to say. Even if it was 2005.

I don’t understand why that would be a weird thing to say? First sentence sounds great?

You know what killed Blockbuster was streaming, not people wanting “ownership”, right? In fact, streaming also largely killed movie “ownership” not just Blockbuster because other than a few diehards, nobody gives a fuck about “owning” something they will watch once in most cases.

Gaming’s just a few years behind, but it’s inevitable…

 

[ManaByte]

I never would've played Atlas Fallen if not for GP and it's a great game (the intro is terrible but once you get through that it's amazing).

 

[Ozriel]

Gamepass is awesome if you're a kid or teen with no job nor responsibilities and you can game all day everyday if you want. But for an adult that has a job, a wife/husband, kids, i just don't see how you're going to have enough time to play on gamepass to justify the price of it. I feel like alot of adults have to use their time wisely so they're going to be more selective in what they play meaning it makes more sense to buy what they want because that game will hold them over for awhile and they're not stuck in a subscription service.

Your dedication to shitposting in GP threads is quite impressive. Keep it up!

gamepass is bad since you dont own the games.

I’m subbed to GP until 2027. Anything I want to own forever after my sub ends, it’ll be deeply discounted by then.

 

[TheKratos]

Doom and Outer Worlds, maybe NG4. Rest is meh.

 

[GymWolf]

I doubt fable is a 2025 game...

 

[Sebastian1295]

Your dedication to shitposting in GP threads is quite impressive. Keep it up!



I’m subbed to GP until 2027. Anything I want to own forever after my sub ends, it’ll be deeply discounted by then.

Ya that post you're linking too was a clear joke post so how about you relax a little. I know you love xbox and anyone that dares to joke about them or criticize them is met with your wrath but it's not that serious my man.

 

[Jaybe]

Game Pass is a fine service as a customer to buy a month or two of in a year and catch up on whatever the big game of the month is an other ones you were minority interested in. Staying subscribed only made sense to me when the conversation rate was super cheap and yet you get ultimate for like $5 a month. It made the weak months in 2022 a bit easier to stomach. Do people actual stay subscribed to the service at full price month to month?

 

[Sebastian1295]

You can get it for like $10 a month with minimal effort. In the last month I played through Indy which was worth more than that by itself in addition to a couple other games that would have cost me 10-20 each. It's actually perfect if you have kids since kids are expensive and kids love playing video games.

Ya if you got kids its a no brainer tbh. Gamepass saves people alot of money and it's a great service for families and for people who have time to game alot.

 

[Brakum]

I’ll buy the games I’m interested for less than a year of gamepass and get to keep them forever

Gamepass could still be worth it if you play a lot. Like if you wanted to play all the games listed in OP it would be cheaper to pay for a year of gamepass + buy all the games vs just buying all those games.

I'm on PC and was a big fan of game pass but i avoid it now but just saying.

 

[adamsapple]

Best deal in gaming by far.

Phil cooked well.

 

[Taur007]

There's always that one guy

I’ll buy the games I’m interested for less than a year of gamepass and get to keep them forever

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

Remember folks, it's okay to subscribe for a one-off month and then cancel. Really pillage that selection. But don't ever let Microsoft bill you on a recurring basis. Yonder lies sadness.

How is this possible if gamepass holds you hostage?

 

[nemiroff]

Damn, didn't know Subnautica 2 was on its way to GP as well. That's great news to me.

 

[Jibran#one]

Still got a year left from the 3 year gp I did a couple of years ago.
Still the best deal in gaming

 

[tTHANOSs]

Not the most exciting list. But maybe sub for a month every few months and take down a few games is a good deal. Netflix is increasing their prices again this year so watch out gamepassers.

 

[Cakeboxer]

There's always that one guy

It's always the same handful of assclowns. Actually not a fan of it, but finally started using the ignore list today. Already 2 names on it made it much better, should have done that earlier.

 

[Raven117]

It really is the best deal in gaming (especially when there aren’t many big headline games on the horizon)

They have to be thinking about wholesale putting “gamepass” on all systems and treating it like Netflix to the extent they can.

 

[ManaByte]

I doubt fable is a 2025 game...

Fable and Gears are both 2025 right now.

 

[BigLee74]

I’ll buy the games I’m interested for less than a year of gamepass and get to keep them forever

Where they will be played once before being dumped on a shelf, unloved and gathering dust, watching you beat your softie over your PS5 Home Screen.

Or something like that.

 

[adamsapple]

Fable and Gears are both 2025 right now.

Fable I can see being their big Q4 title but I would personally be very impressed if Gears also makes it this year.

 

[ManaByte]

Fable I can see being their big Q4 title but I would personally be very impressed if Gears also makes it this year.

Ninja Gaiden 4 is this fall and they just announced it. Coalition has been working on Gears longer.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Atomfall will be in Game Pass? Nice catch by Phil.

 

[bighugeguns]

You can spend MS reward points on many great charities.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Fable and Gears are both 2025 right now.

Some rumours around Oblivion remake, Clockwork Revolution and Contraband too.

 

[Krappadizzle]

If they can launch Fable and Perfect Dark this year, it'd be a stellar year for them. I'm not confident they will, but it'd be nice.

 

[ReBurn]

Blockbuster was amazing. Saw so many movies that were great but I didn’t need to “own”.

Games, too. I rented tons of games at Blockbuster. I never liked buying games at full price only to find out I hated them but couldn't return them. So unless I knew I was going to like it I would rent from Blockbuster first. Makes me glad GameFly is still around.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I think every year going forward I’ll get about 3 months a year, 1 month at a time, and for as cheap as I can find it. Like I did in 2024.