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I wondered how things were going , I am pretty jealous as I'm waiting for Friday for my PS4.

The Kinnect apparently works well, how does BF4 feel to have 64 players online. Is Ryse a bit of a disappointment or are you enjoying it.

Dead Rising 3 how are you getting on with it? The videos with hundreds of zombies looked cool.

I read a test on sound levels and I think its quieter than the 360. If you had a PS3 is it quieter than that?

It looks like a good game alright, I'm enjoying the Sherlock Holmes game from this month

Don't know if everyone's aware but the Xbox 360 games for Games with Gold are also available for Xbox One owners, they've changed the backwards compatibility so you don't have to have owned the game previously (and therefore can buy older titles if you wish) but every month now the AAA 360 games will be able to be downloaded. April gets Dead Space and Saints Row 4, if you're quick you can still get Borderlands for this month.

Dead Space... what a game.

Yeah I grabbed borderlands yesterday, was the one I didn't have in my library

Feck I forgot about Boarderlands

You've still got 37 hours or so

For the month of April, Xbox Live Gold members will receive four new free games – two on Xbox One and two on Xbox 360 – as part of the Games with Gold program. You can play both Xbox 360 titles on your Xbox One with Backward Compatibility.

On Xbox One, Xbox Live Gold members can download The Wolf Among Us ($24.99 ERP) for free during the month of April. Sunset Overdrive ($29.99 ERP) will be available as a free download from April 16th to May15th.

On Xbox 360, starting Friday, 01 April, Dead Space ($14.99 ERP) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through April 15th. Then on April 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Saints Row IV ($34.99 ERP) for free through April 30th.

some good games there

The Wolf Among Us is superb.

just got a external hard drive as well which is excellent timing.

bought ea access for 19.99 for the year yesterday, already giving ufc and madden a whirl, already had and completed dragon age. anything else worth a go?

Wolf Among Us was fantastic, my favourite Telltale game by a mile.

On EA, I look forward to NHL games - but you have to be a fan of ice hockey really. Peggle 2 is ace.

Played a short while on Wolf Among Us last night, certainly enjoying it.

I've got it on my iPad. Cracking game but it murders battery life.

Sunset Overdrive is up.

FIFA 16 is also now in EA Access for those like me who don't bother buying it anymore.

Nice I was waiting for it to be free, they have Madden and NHL 16 up ages

Yeah, I'm guessing it coincides with the end of the season, not clued up on Hockey, but the NFL regular season is done around the start of Jan

Presume Star Wars is due soon then for free.

Would make sense, they'll want to milk the DLCs theyre releasing.

On the flip side, I'd keep hold of it if I were EA, make people pay while excitement is hot for the release of Episode VII this week.

The idea behind EA Access is largely to pop buy rates for DLCs/FUT packs etc. I'm guessing FIFA will coincide with the Team of the Year cards being released on FUT, therefore they actually make more cash than they would for a product that has a realistic lifespan of 4 months or so.

Same with Battlefront, they'll be aiming to release the base game and sell season passes (probably discounted). Its a pretty good way at getting a one time cash hit when a games on the downswing. Though they may wait until they have 2-3 DLC expansions out first.

But with Battlefront, there's no sequel being released in September - this is it for some time. Unlike FIFA, which has a new iteration every year. There's no imperative to make each month count.

Presumably before it dies on its ass I guess. To be honest, I heard it didn't exactly live up to the standards of the previous games.

A lot of people said that, but for me, it's been the most enjoyable of all the Battlefront games. Never have trouble finding a server, always a challenge, it's fun but enjoyable. I can't complain about any of it.

Games with gold look pretty decent this month

Goat simulator got 8/10 and the crew doesn't look terrible

Also black ops has gone backwards compatible which is cool, really enjoyed the online on that one (by that it means a rare one I was half decent at)

8/10 as in it was entertaining for the first 8 minutes?

Red dead redemption is backwards compatible as of Friday

Il have to pick it up cheap in Gamestop before they hike the price

https://majornelson.com/2016/07/03/ultimate-game-sale-05-11-july-2016/

Dicey Reilly wrote:Il have to pick it up cheap in Gamestop before they hike the price

I got it for £3 a month or so ago after they accidentally leaked on the xbox store

Titanfall 2 multiplayer beta test is on this weekend, just go into the store and download it, it looks alright

Is anyone picking up any of the new releases this month?

I use Boomerang Rentals and try to get as many of the new games as possible, only have Gears Of War on my list this month though.

I'm getting Skyrim, may get another but not sure which.

Think I'm gonna wait until after Christmas. Need to decided whether I actually want to keep the xbox or not

I keep convincing myself that me not playing it is a phase and I'll go back on it, but it's been six months now that it's been used as a netflix player. I've bought new games as well but still don't really ever feel like playing. I really wanted COD but I refuse to pay £70 when I only want the MW4 bit and already know that whatever they have in store for the new one will stink

gazzyD wrote:Think I'm gonna wait until after Christmas. Need to decided whether I actually want to keep the xbox or not

I keep convincing myself that me not playing it is a phase and I'll go back on it, but it's been six months now that it's been used as a netflix player. I've bought new games as well but still don't really ever feel like playing. I really wanted COD but I refuse to pay £70 when I only want the MW4 bit and already know that whatever they have in store for the new one will stink

I traded in a bunch of Xbox One games, to pre-order CoD, and have enough in credit to pay for it when its out....this is the last ditch attempt at the XBox One, as its quickly gathering dust!

My PS4 seems to get a lot more use though!

Battlefield Early access for Battlefield 1 starts today

Can anyone recommend any decent Kinect games for family nights? got Rabbids and awaiting Sports Rivals but wanna know if there's anymore

If your children are fairly young then Fruit Ninja could appeal to them

The Star Wars game

battlefront is going on ea access soon

Yep before the end of the year.

Also Red Dead 2/Online looks to be announced any day now.

There was talk of it being a sequel called Red Dead Renegades and Red Dead Online has been registered by Take Two who are linked with Rockstar

Just been announced, Red Dead Redemption 2 to be released next Fall/Autumn, trailer coming on thursday

That's too long to wait!!!

Can't wait for this, only just finished the first one a few months back, absolutely fantastic

Red Dead trailer and Nintendo NX reveal today, what a time to be alive

I just saw it, looks interesting, if it plays Skyrim remastered it cant be as underpowered as the last two consoles

EA Access has just added all 3 Mass Effects for free

Do you have to buy the DLC? I already had it on my account so auto downloaded but unsure if that's related to me already having it.