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Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:23 pm**

Oh yeah, it’s not entirely bad. I’ll probably move Batman: The Enemy Within further up my playlist as a result.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:42 pm**

I'm on episode 2 at the moment. Its really good so far. The engine is really looking old though!

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:13 pm**

Did the Rec Room challenge and the Surviving Mars one today. Really quick and easy.
In the 5 seconds I could hear online chat in RR I heard more ultra racist language than I think I have ever heard in my life though. Guess it’s the week for it....

Posted: **Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:11 pm**

Introducing the New Xbox Wireless Controller – Pulse Red

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/11/ ... pulse-red/

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:51 pm**

Looks like my external hard drive has failed again. strawberry floating brilliant.

Posted: **Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:01 pm**

Little Nightmares II demo is available.

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:18 pm**

Sounds like updates/fixes will be smaller and quicker at some point in the future -

twitter.com/WorkWombatman/status/1350214091583975426

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:08 pm**

twitter.com/majornelson/status/1352617179921797120

Gears 5 is an odd inclusion, seeing as it’s one of the big draws of Game Pass.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:26 pm**

Update on Xbox Live Gold Pricing

Since we launched Xbox Live (18 years ago!), we’ve been working to make it the most advanced multiplayer network available, for the greatest community of gamers — and there are a lot of you. Millions of people come together on Xbox to play with friends and discover great games. We invest in our community by strengthening the digital safety of our players, enabling new ways to share, communicate and play with your friends, and delivering industry leading reliability across our network.

Periodically, we assess the value and pricing of our services to reflect changes in regional marketplaces and to continue to invest in the Xbox community; we’ll be making price adjustments for Xbox Live Gold in select markets. In many markets, the price of Xbox Live Gold has not changed for years and in some markets, it hasn’t changed for over 10 years

If you’re an existing online 12-month or 6-month Xbox Live Gold member, there’s no price change. If you choose to renew your membership, it will renew at the current price.
[*]The price of a 1-month Gold membership is increasing $1 USD and the price of a 3-month membership is increasing $5 USD or the equivalent amount in your local market.
[*]If you’d like to upgrade your Gold membership to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate your remaining Gold time will also convert directly to Ultimate (up to 36 months). For example, if you have 11 months of Xbox Live Gold now, and you upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, those 11 months convert to 11 months of Ultimate at no additional cost.

Members have already been notified in some regions. If you’re in a region where prices are being adjusted, you will receive an email and a message center notification over the next month letting you know what the new pricing is for your membership. Going forward, new pricing will be 1-month for $10.99, 3-months for $29.99, and 6-months for $59.99, or your local market equivalent. You can always visit your account to manage your membership, and prices won’t adjust until at least 45 days after you receive the messages.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/ ... d-pricing/

No change for existing members. Unclear if anything is changing at all for the UK.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 2:39 pm**

They already increased the UK price by 25% a couple of years ago, so I wouldn’t expect it to go up again so soon. It would be a piss-take if it did. Also, clever way of shifting more people to Game Pass, by reducing the value proposition of stand-alone Gold.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:14 pm**

rinks wrote:They already increased the UK price by 25% a couple of years ago, so I wouldn’t expect it to go up again so soon. It would be a piss-take if it did. Also, clever way of shifting more people to Game Pass, by reducing the value proposition of stand-alone Gold.

We get about a 50% increase instead of 100%

twitter.com/eurogamer/status/1352658806908579844

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:29 pm**

BID0 wrote:
rinks wrote:They already increased the UK price by 25% a couple of years ago, so I wouldn’t expect it to go up again so soon. It would be a piss-take if it did. Also, clever way of shifting more people to Game Pass, by reducing the value proposition of stand-alone Gold.

We get about a 50% increase instead of 100%

twitter.com/eurogamer/status/1352658806908579844

That’s strawberry floating outrageous. It’s gone from £40 to £86 in less than two years. They clearly want to shift everyone off stand-alone Gold.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:55 pm**

twitter.com/verge/status/1352675856271945729

Even Tom Warren is criticising it :shock:

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:55 pm**

I’m not sure why they don’t just get rid of Gold and just have Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate? Bump them each up by a couple of quid (which would still make GPU very good value for Game Pass and Live) and I imagine nearly all of the current Gold subscribers would just shift to Game Pass Ultimate anyway?

When is this taking effect from anyway? Wasn’t really 100% sold on getting 3 years of Gold and upgrading it to GPU but this might force my hand a little....

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:06 pm**

This is a cynical push for people to get Gamepass Ultimate.

Posted: **Fri Jan 22, 2021 6:18 pm**

I assume standard Game Pass isn’t upping in price either? If its not it does just feel like a reason for all the Gold subscribers to upgrade to GPU for the small ish increase in price over the new Gold pricing.

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:51 am**

No Changes to Xbox Live Gold Pricing, Free-to-Play Games to be Unlocked [Update]

[UPDATED on 1/22/2021 at 8:52 PM PT]

We messed up today and you were right to let us know. Connecting and playing with friends is a vital part of gaming and we failed to meet the expectations of players who count on it every day. As a result, we have decided not to change Xbox Live Gold pricing.

We’re turning this moment into an opportunity to bring Xbox Live more in line with how we see the player at the center of their experience. For free-to-play games, you will no longer need an Xbox Live Gold membership to play those games on Xbox. We are working hard to deliver this change as soon as possible in the coming months.

If you are an Xbox Live Gold member already, you stay at your current price for renewal. New and existing members can continue to enjoy Xbox Live Gold for the same prices they pay today. In the US, $9.99 for 1-month, $24.99 for 3-months, $39.99 for 6-months and $59.99 for retail 12-months.

Thank you.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/01/22/ ... d-pricing/

twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1352845625658810370

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:59 am**

£30 to £43 :lol:

How did nobody at MS see how strawberry floating stupid that was?

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:11 am**

I can't quite believe that Microsoft was gonna increase their Gold subscription price by that much for the UK. It was only the quick backlash from players that stopped it going ahead. I'm pretty mad about this and... (hurrumph!) I'll continue my rant in the "Ask GR about gaming subscriptions" thread.

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:16 am**

With the speed of the U-turn, I’m cynically thinking they never intended changing the price, and this was all to give them even more goodwill.

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Xbox Chat - ID@Xbox Digital Showcase details.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII now free with Gold.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII now free with Gold.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII now free with Gold.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII now free with Gold.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII now free with Gold.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII now free with Gold.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares, Dead Rising and Breakdown now free with Gold. Little Nightmares II demo.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares, Dead Rising and Breakdown now free with Gold. Little Nightmares II demo.

Re: Xbox Chat - Little Nightmares, Dead Rising and Breakdown now free with Gold. Little Nightmares II demo.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Maybe a price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Maybe a price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Maybe a price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. Price increase for new Gold members.

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. No price change for new Gold members, F2P to not require Gold soon..

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. No price change for new Gold members, F2P to not require Gold soon..

Re: Xbox Chat - February Games with Gold announced. No price change for new Gold members, F2P to not require Gold soon..