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Xbox Game Pass adds three games in August 2024

  • KaloudzKaloudz418,314
    Posted on 06 August 24 at 17:49
    Dialga88 said:
    Don't think i've ever played Crash so good chance for me to do so. Even though i own Spyro, i hope it comes in the second half of the month.
    It's very, very good. Simply completing it is fairly challenging enough, but collecting all gems per-level (which equates to finding hidden areas in a level, smashing all boxes in a level etc...) can be a little taxing. One of the best series going imo.
  • demon jonzeydemon jonzey628,794
    Posted on 06 August 24 at 18:32
    Keen for Crash Trilogy and Mafia. Don't know much about Creatures of Ava but wouldn't rule it out either. I havent played a Crash Bandicoot since the original.
  • Vok 250Vok 250473,591
    Posted on 06 August 24 at 19:05
    I'd rather have 3 bangers like these than 20 useless bin games. Though the bin games have been great for boosting my gamerscore.
  • Posted on 06 August 24 at 20:18
    Everyone who hasn't played Mafia yet really needs to give it a try.

    An absolute masterpiece!
    If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing.
  • Major1tyof1Major1tyof1639,043
    Posted on 06 August 24 at 20:55
    Last month and this have been short in games with drip-fed Activision games being the "highlight' I'm not happy with this coupled with a incoming price increase. I can buy Crash Trilogy or all 3 Mafia games not one for $30 to own as opposed to $40 for 2 months of gamepass. The best deal in gaming is getting less and less best.
  • BIG SH0RTYBIG SH0RTY944,611
    Posted on 06 August 24 at 21:13
    Which of the 3 Crash Bandicoot games is hardest to get all the achievements in?
  • Posted on 06 August 24 at 21:40
    I'm so happy for crash. My ratio will be boosted to unforeseen heights. Thank you game pass Dx
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  • Posted on 06 August 24 at 21:41
    BIG SH0RTY said:
    Which of the 3 Crash Bandicoot games is hardest to get all the achievements in?
    Probably the 1st one. There's some really hard levels in it plus you don't have any special abilities to help.
    And 3rd is probably the easiest.
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  • SolipsismSolipsism625,147
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 00:58, Edited on 07 August 24 at 00:59 by Solipsism
    C'mon, dammit! Crash 4 and Tony Hawk 1+2! Been holding off on them since the acquisition was announced, but I never imagined it would take this long to get a handful of ABK games on GamePass. What a truly awful and worthless acquisition this has turned out to be so far. Not that I expected much from the company that has bullied all of it's talent into being Call of Duty support staff...

    The best thing to come from this acquisition is Toys for Bob being set free and going independent.
  • LORDOFDOOKIE69LORDOFDOOKIE692,274,229
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 03:38
    Been wanting to play the first Mafia for a while so I'm excited for that. Creatures of Ava looks like it could be a chill game you can just throw on and not worry about any stressful gameplay.
    “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.”
  • VeedrockVeedrock844,007
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 04:59
    An overlooked bit of info in this news is Crash coming to Cloud. Remember MS had to give Ubisoft the cloud rights for Activision games as part of the acquisition, so this shows MS is both able to and willing to lease them back for Game Pass. That's great news.
    "If you haven’t completed the arena why shouldo you get a say for anything arena related at any point?" - DaxterDude, on Sea of Thieves discontinueds
  • JustJeyesJustJeyes791,238
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 06:15
    The game engine and physics, combined with the story was absolutely phenomenal in Mafia!

    Unsure on Crash but one of my favourites, might as well start the trilogy.
  • aphexbraphexbr291,262
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 06:40
    RancidVessel14 said:
    Only 3 per half-month?
    Cannot wait to see when GP will be getting only 2 games per month
    1. Game Pass announce games every two weeks. Sometimes one announcement is lighter on games than others. There will be another announcement later, it might have many more games.

    2. There's really no pleasing you people is there? When there's 10 games you whine that it's all bad because they're not all AAA games or the list wasn't directly catered to your personal tastes. They offer 5 high quality games (the Crash trilogy is 3 games, as the name suggests), and it's not enough. Hundreds and hundreds of games at your disposal for a fraction of what one of the newer releases would normally cost you to buy, and there's always a reason to complain roll
  • aphexbraphexbr291,262
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 06:45
    RancidVessel14 said:
    Jay Cowl said:
    RancidVessel14 said:
    Only 3 per half-month?
    Cannot wait to see when GP will be getting only 2 games per month
    It seems like they’ve switch to a week by week model since right before the MW3 reveal. Hoping it’s just an outlier but it may be that way for the foreseeable future
    That model sucks, especially for those who buy GP for 1 month only to play a certain game they expect to appear.
    Those people are very stupid, though. First, because they're paying the money while trying to guess what's coming out instead of waiting to see what's actually announced (you can buy Game Pass any day of the month, you know?). Second, because they're just renting the game. Why pay a monthly fee just to access one game instead of buying, unless you expect to finish the game in that one month and never return to it?

    If someone pays for a rental service because they're trying to second guess what will be released, and they guess wrong, then they consider it a waste because they paid for access to hundreds of games but the one they want isn't there... that's on them, not Microsoft.
  • Posted on 07 August 24 at 08:41
    aphexbr said:
    RancidVessel14 said:
    Only 3 per half-month?
    Cannot wait to see when GP will be getting only 2 games per month
    1. Game Pass announce games every two weeks. Sometimes one announcement is lighter on games than others. There will be another announcement later, it might have many more games.

    2. There's really no pleasing you people is there? When there's 10 games you whine that it's all bad because they're not all AAA games or the list wasn't directly catered to your personal tastes. They offer 5 high quality games (the Crash trilogy is 3 games, as the name suggests), and it's not enough. Hundreds and hundreds of games at your disposal for a fraction of what one of the newer releases would normally cost you to buy, and there's always a reason to complain roll
    Never whined about 10 games being included because many of them turned out to be hidden gems. I complain because I was paying for this for three years, and I know they can do better, and if this is their best then I don't want to pay anymore.

    Where are hidden gems? Where?
  • Posted on 07 August 24 at 08:46, Edited on 07 August 24 at 08:48 by RancidVessel14
    aphexbr said:
    RancidVessel14 said:
    Jay Cowl said:
    RancidVessel14 said:
    Only 3 per half-month?
    Cannot wait to see when GP will be getting only 2 games per month
    It seems like they’ve switch to a week by week model since right before the MW3 reveal. Hoping it’s just an outlier but it may be that way for the foreseeable future
    That model sucks, especially for those who buy GP for 1 month only to play a certain game they expect to appear.
    Those people are very stupid, though. First, because they're paying the money while trying to guess what's coming out instead of waiting to see what's actually announced (you can buy Game Pass any day of the month, you know?). Second, because they're just renting the game. Why pay a monthly fee just to access one game instead of buying, unless you expect to finish the game in that one month and never return to it?

    If someone pays for a rental service because they're trying to second guess what will be released, and they guess wrong, then they consider it a waste because they paid for access to hundreds of games but the one they want isn't there... that's on them, not Microsoft.
    I said in other reply that not every console gaming situation is similar to US', and in some countries you can't buy GP on your own, which is why people rely on rumors and 1 month offers. I saw it multiple times here, in Russia, and to avoid it I paid for 9 months, i earned enough to afford it, but then again - sometimes this "rent" is the only way to play, not everyone can pay 50$ for 9 months like me, it's a 1/3 of normal paycheck here.
  • Posted on 07 August 24 at 10:08
    Solipsism#9025 said:
    C'mon, dammit! Crash 4 and Tony Hawk 1+2! Been holding off on them since the acquisition was announced, but I never imagined it would take this long to get a handful of ABK games on GamePass. What a truly awful and worthless acquisition this has turned out to be so far. Not that I expected much from the company that has bullied all of it's talent into being Call of Duty support staff...

    The best thing to come from this acquisition is Toys for Bob being set free and going independent.
    Just wait for them to get bought by Sony and then turned into live-service game developers lul
  • byndfitalitybyndfitality480,383
    Posted on 07 August 24 at 12:36
    Major1tyof1 said:
    Last month and this have been short in games with drip-fed Activision games being the "highlight' I'm not happy with this coupled with a incoming price increase. I can buy Crash Trilogy or all 3 Mafia games not one for $30 to own as opposed to $40 for 2 months of gamepass. The best deal in gaming is getting less and less best.
    Quit paying full price for GP. It is easy to get it either FREE or HALF PRICE.

    1. MS Rewards gets it free
    2. Use CDkeys and get Ultimate for $10 per month.

    Bam, easy and still a fantastic deal
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    Smash Brandi's Cooch yas!!!!!!!!!
  • Spartan 343xSpartan 343x376,197 376,197 GamerScore
    Posted yesterday at 09:09
    Bought Mafia for $3 at Gamestop last year. Going thru all of them now. Geeat series.
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