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[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

• 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.

 

[Roberts]

I spent most of my MS reward points on a year worth of Game Pass which means I will get to play all these for free. Happy dance.

 

[Mattyp]

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• 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.

First party finally delivering.

buTayh think of The DeVS and MoneY LOsTtt

Let Microsoft worry about the financial side of it, and enjoy the best deal in gaming.

 

[Hawkeye2890]

Looks great tbh. Glad I didn’t give up on the platform and sell my box.

 

[dorkimoe]

ready to see how atomfall is. Also new sniper elite yes plz.

Obviously doom, avowed, fable (never coming out)

 

[Bridges]

Lots of good stuff there but Fable is the real prize for me. It's been so long since 3 came out and this new one looks fantastic.

Pretty pumped for Avowed and Outer World 2, too. It's gonna be a good year for Game Pass in spite of all the doom and gloom around the brand

 

[adamsapple]

havoc00 get in here boiiiiiii !!!!

 

[T-0800]

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.

 

[ManaByte]

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.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Dont forget Oblivion remaster if it's true.

As crazy as it sounds, out of that list I want to see how good Atomfall is.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

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.

Damn I am old enough to remember getting excited when a movie came to BlockBuster I wanted to see

 

[adamsapple]

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 had no idea Blockbuster got movies the same day they launched in theaters

 

[Pop]

All those games on that list and Xbox might get $20 out of me

Great business model

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

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

 

[Zuzu]

It's a great service. The combination of day 1 first-party releases, fairly regular good quality third-party offerings and a very large catalogue really sets it apart from any other subscription service.

 

[StereoVsn]

Damn I am old enough to remember getting excited when a movie came to BlockBuster I wanted to see

Or a game. I couldn’t afford those $60-$80 games back in late 80s and early to mid 90s as a high school kid and then college. I was poor AF, lol.

So rentals, trading with friends, buying used and PC piracy went a long way!

 

[ManaByte]

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

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

You think Phil is going to leave these loopholes open? Not gonna happen, the days of cheap GamePass are going to be over, price already increased

 

[ManaByte]

You think Phil is going to leave these loopholes open? Not gonna happen, the days of cheap GamePass are going to be over, price already increased

I’m not using any loopholes. I buy 3 month cards on sale, and supplement with MS rewards. I’m stacked though 2027.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

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

This defeats purpose of gamepass.

“Games I am interested in” are only good ones is a misconception.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Or a game. I couldn’t afford those $60-$80 games back in late 80s and early to mid 90s as a high school kid and then college. I was poor AF, lol.

So rentals, trading with friends, buying used and PC piracy went a long way!

My wife and I loved having movie nights and still enjoy going out to the movies often.

We would have a movie night every couple of weeks or so and our Doberman at the time LOVED laying on the couch between us

He knew what movie nights meant so much we would come home with a couple and he would grab them and run them to the TV

Honest truth

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

This defeats purpose of gamepass.

“Games I am interested in” are only good ones is a misconception.

I tried out GP for a few years. Not for me, I know what I like, everytime I play something I’m on the fence about I just lose interest and should have trusted my intuition.

 

[StereoVsn]

My wife and I loved having movie nights and still enjoy going out to the movies often.

We would have a movie night every couple of weeks or so and our Doberman at the time LOVED laying on the couch between us

He knew what movie nights meant so much we would come home with a couple and he would grab them and run them to the TV

Honest truth

That’s pretty awesome. And yeah, I still love having physical movie media and going to the movies in this age of streaming.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

This defeats purpose of gamepass.

“Games I am interested in” are only good ones is a misconception.

I have found a lot of gems via Gamepass that I would have never purchased


Most stuff I try never lasts long but every once in awhile I find a good one

 

[StereoVsn]

I have found a lot of gems via Gamepass that I would have never purchased


Most stuff I try never lasts long but every once in awhile I find a good one

I also often treat GamePass as a rental and when I really like a game I will grab it on Steam or GoG.

 

[Sebastian1295]

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.

 

[saintjules]

People say they're not profiting with gamepass but yet they keep putting more games there, specifically day 1 games.

So are they really thriving and people just don't know the numbers behind the scenes or what?

 

[Syphon Filter]

gamepass is bad since you dont own the games.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

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

And youre the guy who always states you dont care about old games. So why does owning it forever matter?

 

[Jesb]

Is this a confirmation that gears isn’t this year? Not that I was expecting it.

 

[RyanEvans21]

People say they're not profiting with gamepass but yet they keep putting more games there, specifically day 1 games.

So are they really thriving and people just don't know the numbers behind the scenes or what?

Thanks to microsoft money.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

gamepass is bad since you dont own the games.

Then cable TV, Spotify, Netflix, Disney+ and PSN are bad too since you dont own any content either.

Key difference is Gamepass you get first party games day one and the third party games that get added are a lot more recent than PS+.

PS+ you dont even get all the first party games since Sony rotates them. What a rip off.

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

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.

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.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Price increase incoming in 2025.

 

[bender]

Meh

 

[HJuggernaut]

Citizen Sleeper and The Alters are must titles for me

Fable no chance of 2025, Ill check out the Obsidian cash grabs

 

[adamsapple]

Is this a confirmation that gears isn’t this year? Not that I was expecting it.

OP just curated the games that we know are confirmed / announced with 2025 dates, we don't know what else is releasing in general, or on the service, for the entire year yet.

Then cable TV, Spotify, Netflix, Disney+ and PSN are bad too since you dont own any content either.

Key difference is Gamepass you get first party games day one and the third party games that get added are a lot more recent than PS+.

PS+ you dont even get all the first party games since Sony rotates them. What a rip off.

You'd think people would know full well what a 'subscription service' is, yet there's always one or two of these 'but derrr u don't ownn itttt' kind of posts in these topics.

Odd.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

And youre the guy who always states you dont care about old games. So why does owning it forever matter?

Because I don’t always complete them in a timely fashion

I don’t want to be held hostage to a sub service

Games also get DLC that requires ownership of the base games

 

[twilo99]

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

Impressive..

 

[adamsapple]

And youre the guy who always states you dont care about old games. So why does owning it forever matter?

Because I don’t always complete them in a timely fashion

I don’t want to be held hostage to a sub service

Games also get DLC that requires ownership of the base games

Nothing stops you from buying DLC for games on GP or PS+.

 

[havoc00]

havoc00 get in here boiiiiiii !!!!

Im already full and we dont even have the full menu!!

 

[havoc00]

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.

 

[Aguero9320]

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

 

[adamsapple]

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

Some of us on GAF are more than happy with renting via gamefly too.

Different folks different strokes, it works better for some of us.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

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 was always in it for my N64 UFO HDD backup from game rentals.

 

[DavidGzz]

Kicked off the year by saving me from spending $70 on Indiana Jones and $50 on Ninja Gaiden 2. Avowed soon!

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Meh

I'm hoping a new console and a new blockbuster Halo 2025 or 2026 that is full crossplatform too. I need those Halo noobs in my lobbies.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

I'm hoping a new console and a new blockbuster Halo 2025 or 2026 that is full crossplatform too. I need those Halo noobs in my lobbies.

Miss those noobs.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Miss those noobs.

I crave new Nintendo, Sony, PC, streaming and mobile noobs...bring on the bloodbath. Hoorah.

 

[peish]

It is.

It is also why im surprised to see replies here after Xbox Direct'24, about buying " NG2B on Steam now! Buying NG4 on Steam now! Buying Expedition 33 on Steam now! "

Dudes, get a Gamepass now!