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More The Ascent screenshots!

Source: https://twitter.com/JamieMoranUK/status/1388681238580547585?s=19

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Feel like this will be a great month for gamepass. Starting off strong with Dragon Quest builders.

give it to me GIF

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The Gunk, confirmed as an Xbox Exclusive for eternity. Out in 2021 on Game Pass.

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These games are leaving the catalog soon, probably on may, 15:

  • Alan Wake - Console/PC
  • Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 - PC
  • DayZ - Console/mobile
  • Dungeon of the Endless - Console/PC/mobile
  • Final Fantasy IX - Console/PC
  • Hotline Miami - PC
  • Plebby Quest: The Crusades - PC
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How is Jamie getting these screenshot? Any idea?

Games are like women. Quite often the ugly ones are more fun and offer more satisfaction.

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That sounds like some zany community question for the Podcast…

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FF deal for GP is very underwhelming: they were promised an eternity ago and the majority has already left before all of them appeared on it, meh.

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Surprised to see Alan Wake going away, but I guess off the table now since Remedy owns it’s publishing now. Also I thought FF games were going to be in the service longer.

I wonder how long yakuza games will stay on gamepass? Luckily for me I am on Yakuza 5 and should finish 6 soon

Final Fantasy IX deal was exactly one year, it seems.

The Final Fantasy deal with Game Pass is certainly odd. Every game was promised to be on the platform at once, and we are yet to see some games join the catalogue while the second is already about to leave. I wonder if the Sony deal for FF16 changed something?

Kingdom Hearts III, for example, is on the catalogue for more than one year already.

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I think new games are added soon. Probably Monday or Tuesday.

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“Exclusive in Perpetuity” might be my new favorite expression.

Just a reminder that The Gunk’s release window has been September since the initial press kits went out last July:

Plus, it’s full exclusivity has been known for a while.

“It’ll be Xbox exclusive, period,” a representative of the game’s publisher, Thunderful, told Kotaku in an email.

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There is some really weird shit going on with the whole FF franchise, when even Kingdom Hearts is better represented on Xbox.

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Seems like Sony and MS are battling hard for the franchise, Square is just laughing in the middle gaining money.

Getting the scraps imo doesn’t qualify as “battling hard” from MS part. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

They can’t even get a 8 years old mmorpg (and not for some strange update content delivery bullshit or other fantasy stuff), come on.

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Any info on if The Ascent is a full console exclusive or is it timed?

The Ascent looks amazing by the way and im looking forward to it when it releases. I know some are expecting it this month but my guess and hope is August. Would be perfect as that month is thus far empty for me.

It’s safe to assume it is timed exclusive. I actually think July might be the perfect month because there does not seem to be a lot coming out in the summer months.

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Reddit rumours, anyone? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Another safe fortnight for me then!