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Did Xbox Just Have the Best Week for Game Pass in 2025?

TNS: Xbox Game Pass released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remastered, making it one of the best weeks for the platform.

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Lightning771d 9h ago

People tried telling me that GP was some how dying.

Seems fine to me.

Obscure_Observer1d 7h ago

"People tried telling me that GP was some how dying."

They been sing the same some song since 2017. They never get tired of it.

Johnh52231d 6h ago

Just beat avowed halfway through summer midnight just started oblivion best 20$ spent

thesoftware7301d 5h ago (Edited 1d 5h ago )

Good stuff, I'm 1/2 way through Avowed, started South of Midnight, and downloaded Oblivion lol.

ZeekQuattro1d 6h ago

I specifically signed up last month because of everything that's been dropping in recent weeks. A sound investment imo.

jjb19811d 1h ago

Its a crazy value now for Xbox gamers. Its gotten so much better now that better games are getting released.

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LucasRuinedChildhood1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

I generally prefer playing on PS5 but gotta give credit to GamePass.

Some examples just up to July:
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
Doom: The Dark Ages
Pro Skater 3+4
Oblivion Remastered
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
South Of Midnight
Avowed
Mad Mullet Jack
Blue Prince
Atomfall

Would cost a lot of money to buy all these Day 1. I love my gaming childhood but this much access to games would have been cool growing up.

Lexreborn21d 1h ago

Sure if you want all of those games it could cost a lot of money. For me, I only wanted 4 of them on the list and I really don’t have a problem with buying them and letting them know I’m willing to support them.

GotGame8181d 1h ago

Great! Go ahead and buy them!

Lexreborn21d 1h ago

@got I did, playing Obscure on my ps5 now and have south of midnight installed on my pc and series X. Even bought NG2B day and date

Eidolon23h ago

Game Pass is about saving money, though. You do you, supporting developers is great, some of us are poor, though :(

thesoftware73023h ago(Edited 23h ago)

4 games is a good amount of playtime and easily over $100, and I would argue that playing their game on GP is supporting the dev, They track that type of stuff and were paid from MS for it being there.

Additionally it raises interest in a dev, and IP which is a big deal for ongoing development.

My point being , you playing on GP would still let them know you are playing, and your comment in no way dispells thae fact of the topic that GP is a great value at the moment.

Lexreborn222h ago

Gamepass ultimate is 20 a month, that’s 240 a year. And before you start talking about deals I’ve been down that road, I’ve done the 1dollars and stacking already. And truthfully? It wasn’t saving me money. I had a catalogue of games but I had the year to play them, and with the games rotating I had a couple months at best to play most.

You know how long I have to play the games I bought? As long as I please without being rushed. That was my biggest problem with having Gamepass and praising it for adding games I never get around to playing doesn’t make it a great value for me.

I don’t like feeling like I HAVE to prioritize a game. Heck I beat Star Wars fallen order THIS year after playing it the last 3 years. I am playing rise of the ronin, ghost of Tsushima and horizon forbidden west STILL. And it’s just micro chunks of each at a time.

I don’t praise the PS plus offerings either because of the same conundrum. I can also buy 6 games throughout the year for the same cost of both subscriptions combined with no time limit,

For me it’s not about being broke, it’s about time management. I work 5 days a week in an office, I get maybe 4 hours end of day those 5 days to balance time with my family and play a game or watch a show,

The subscription life for games don’t fit these windows for me. And that’s why I said SUREif you WANT ALL of those games. But not everyone does, some of us are cool with the 4-5 on the list we want and maybe even waiting for a sale.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Dynamic Music Explained

Game Rant sits down with the composer of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Lorien Testard, who discusses how he made the game's dynamic soundtrack.

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Oblivion Remastered PC: impressive modernisation blighted by dire performance problems

Eurogamer writes: "History repeats itself with this week's brand-new remaster - and it's perhaps one of the worst-running games I've ever tested for Digital Foundry."

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mkis0079h ago

Thankfully playing on pro isn't quite as bad tbh. Curious to see how it compares.

1nsomniac6h ago

They’re releasing this on the Switch 2… I genuinely wonder how that’s going to turn out?..

isarai4h ago

I was enjoying it, but im gonna shelf it while i catch up on my backlog and see what gets patched in the meantime. Hopefully better optimized and maybe a classic color filter by then 🤞

badz1491h ago

As long as that archaic engine is still in play, this issue won't be resolved for Bethesda's games

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sold 1 million copies

Clair Obscur Official Twitter:
"And here we are.
Three days after launch.
One million copies sold.

Thank you for believing in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33."

lukasmain16h ago

Congratulations and well deserved. I bought a copy but won't be playing it this year, just have too much lined up to play and I can only play 1 big game at a time.

RpgSama13h ago

Nice, I'm one those copies! I was thinking the same thing as you, I only started it because I wanted to like see how the first couple of hours were, now here I am down the rabbit hole, this game grabs you and it grabs you quick.

lukasmain13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Awesome. I've got it penciled in for after I platinum GTA 6. Maybe I could squeeze it in after I platinum Ghost Of Yotei, but we'll see. The game does look really great and I haven't played a turn-based game in a long time, I used to really love them.

TricksterArrow12h ago

I would suggest playing it soon. It has some heavy and unexpected twists that will soon be common knowledge throughout the internet.

FACTUAL evidence10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

I’ll take my Final Fantasy 17 turn based, please!

Lexreborn27h ago

I’ll take Square evolving the landscape, and play with games like Clar telling tales in the ones who came before them

-Foxtrot2h ago

"I’ll take Square evolving the landscape"

LMAO

Yeah because Final Fantasy XVI really evolved things alright...and this is coming from someone who didn't mind the game.

thorstein7h ago

Same. I'm still on Unicorn Overlord. I might save this for summer, when I can play all night and really dive deep.

badz1491h ago

Question. Games are expensive now. Why buy games 1st day if you already know you're not going to play it anytime soon? Just to support the devs?

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Lexreborn213h ago

It’s a very quality rpg so far, the life in the environment, core mechanics, character expressions/details, quality graphics, solid performance. This game definitely deserves the hype.

Elda12h ago

12 hours in & the game is really good so far.

Sie12h ago

I'm playing on gamepass but i have purchased a copy on steam this game is soooo good.

victorMaje12h ago

Wow nice. Getting my copy soon, but I’m mostly happy because it’s turn based!

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