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Mobile Syrup

What’s new on Xbox Game Pass on console, PC and mobile in late September 2021

Every month, Microsoft adds new games to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.

Typically, new titles are rolled out in two waves and now, Xbox has unveiled September’s second batch of new Game Pass games:

Flynn: Son of Crimson (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 15th [day one]
I Am Fish (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 16th [day one]
SkateBird (Cloud, Console and PC) ID@Xbox — September 16th [day one]
Superliminal (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 16th
Aragami 2 (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 17th [day one]
Lost Words: Beyond the Page (Cloud, Console and PC) – September 23rd
Sable (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 23rd [day one]
Subnautica: Below Zero (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 23rd
Tainted Grail: Conquest (PC) — September 23rd
Lemnis Gate (Console and PC) — September 28th [day one]
Astria Ascending (Cloud, Console and PC) — September 30th [day one]
Unsighted (Console and PC) — September 30th [day one]

It’s worth noting that Astria Ascending is being developed by the French studio Artisan, which has teams in both Paris and Quebec City, alongside veteran Japanese developers like Kazushige Nojima (co-writer of Final Fantasy VII) and Hitoshi Sakimoto (composer of Final Fantasy XII).

Meanwhile, the following 11 games now have Touch Controls on mobile:

  • Blinx: The Time Sweeper
  • Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
  • Cris Tales
  • Halo: Spartan Assault
  • Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
  • Halo Wars 2
  • Last Stop
  • Omno
  • Raji: An Ancient Epic
  • The Medium
  • Tropico 6

You’ll also want to keep in mind that the following games are leaving the service on September 30th:

  • Drake Hollow (Cloud, Console and PC)
  • Ikenfell (Cloud, Console and PC)
  • Night in the Woods (Cloud, Console and PC)
  • Kathy Rain (PC)
  • Warhammer Vermintide II (Cloud and Console)

As always, you can buy any Game Pass title with a member-exclusive 20 percent discount to keep playing even after it leaves the catalogue.

Finally, Xbox has also teased that Phoenix Point will be coming to Game Pass for Console on October 1st.

Xbox Game Pass is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Android and iOS in beta. Game Pass for Console and Game Pass for PC each cost $11.99 CAD/month.

Meanwhile, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs $16.99/month and is required for streaming (which Xbox refers to as ‘Cloud’). On top of that, this tier includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, as well as an Xbox Live Gold subscription and access to EA Play.

Find out what came to Game Pass in early September here.

Image credit: Dear Villagers

Source: Xbox

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Mobile Syrup

Huge GeForce Now leaks teases tons of PlayStation, unannounced games on PC

A datamine of Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service has seemingly leaked a slew of games that are coming to PC.

As broken down on Reddit, C++ developer Ighor July found listings for dozens of games from PlayStation and other companies that haven’t yet been confirmed to be coming to PC.

Firstly, PlayStation exclusives God of War (2018), Returnal, Demon’s Souls and Ghost of Tsushima are all listed. Further, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection — which was only confirmed last week for both PS5 and PC — is listed with its full, accurate title.

Overall, these ports aren’t too surprising, as PlayStation said in May that it plans to bring more of its games to PC following the successful launch of Horizon Zero Dawn on the platform. Sony also recently acquired Nixxes, a studio with significant PC experience, as part of this initiative. Interestingly, though, PlayStation exclusives Marvel’s Spider-Man and Bloodborne were not listed in the database.

But what’s arguably more interesting is that the datamine also points to the existence of a variety of unannounced games, including Resident Evil 4 Remake, Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remasters, Titanfall 3, Kingdom Hearts IV, BioShock 2022, Final Fantasy IX Remake, Injustice 3: Gods Will Fall and three new, untitled games from Square Enix.

Some of these are games we’ve heard credible reports on but have not yet been confirmed by their respective publishers, like RE4 Remake and the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy remaster. However, games like Kingdom Hearts IV, Final Fantasy IX Remake and Injustice 3 are somewhat surprising to see.

It’s important to stress that these listings aren’t solid confirmations of existing games. These could be placeholder titles, prototypes for games that ultimately become significantly changed or projects that have been (or will be) cancelled. We’ve even seen a major video game convention use random words like “Canada” when testing a list of banned words for its forums and website.

However, Windows Central, a credible source for Microsoft-related news, lent some weight to these listings by corroborating the Xbox-specific games that were listed in the database. This includes Gears 6 from the Vancouver-based The Coalition, a new Forza, Project “Typhoon” (which it says is Avalanche’s recently revealed Contraband) and a new strategy simulator codenamed “Oxide.”

Ultimately, we’ll have to wait and see from the individual publishers about each of these games, which could be a while given the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Ighor July

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Musique

Game on in November

Michael Jackson will come back to life on November 23. That’s when Michael Jackson: The Experience arrives in stores. The video game aims to put gamers in the shoes of one of the best performers of his generation with dazzling performances and new dance moves.

The November 23 release is only related to versions for Nintendo, Wii, DS and Sony PSP consoles. Xbox 360 and PS3 owners will have to wait until the beginning of 2011 for a compatible version to become available. Developers require more time to fine tune these versions.

In Michael Jackson: The Experience, a player can dress up in one of the King of Pop’s famous outfits and recreate some of the performances that made him a pop legend around the world.

The game requires that players recreate choreography as well as sing, both of which placed Jackson in a class above the rest while he was alive.

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Musique

Sgt. Pepper’s Set for Rock Band

The Beatles now have the largest collection of music featured on the game Rock Band. Tomorrow (November 17) the complete Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album will be included on the game.

The first editions of Rock Band have featured several songs from the Fab Four, but the news of the band’s most popular album in history, to be played on the game in its entirety, marks the first of many.  There are also plans for a second album to become available on Rock Band next month.

In the early days of Rock Band, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was already well represented, with songs like With a Little Help From My Friends, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Getting Better, Good Morning Good Morning and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the title track.  Now, players will get the chance to belt out A Day In The Life, which is one of the most popular tunes by the Liverpool lads.

Next month, the album Rubber Soul will be available for Rock Band.

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Musique

Chinese Democracy on Rock Band

After several million Rock Band fans got the chance to play Shackler’s Revenge, the song which appears on Rock Band 2, the band Guns N’ Roses will be making the rest of their Chinese Democracy album available online for downloading.

The highly-awaited album of 14 years did not quite live up to expectations, and it seems that promotional projects for the band’s tour are not materializing as well.

In the meantime, Axl Rose and his band have decided to breathe life into their album by giving amateurs a chance to play their songs on Rock Band for Xbox, Playstation 3, and the Wii.