Phil writes, "With the recent surprising announcement of XIII being remastered for all current platforms, I couldn't help but think of other games from the past decade that have been revived much to my amazement. Now don't get me wrong--games like the stylish third-person shooter XIII and games like de Blob on Wii of all titles, are good surprises, but on the list of games that I just couldn't wait to see remastered, they sort of weren't at the top of my list.
Here comes Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, a game that like XIII, released during the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox generation--though this time around it was published by THQ. This 16 year-old action-adventure game set in an Ancient Egyptian world and clearly inspired by The Legend of Zelda is a blast from the past, but while the visuals have been improved, unfortunately nothing else really has. It makes for a game that is a product of 2003, cracks in its foundation and all."
The remastered version of Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is now available for PlayStation 4 via PlayStation Store for $14.99 / £11.99 / €14.99, publisher THQ Nordic announced. An Xbox One version will follow on April 15.
Goddamn. Croc in the beginning of April and now Sphinx in the middle? Let's have Tak and the Power of Juju cap off the month for us.
Didn't realize this wasn't on other platforms. It dropped on the Switch about 4 years ago.
Phil at SPC writes, "Welcome to the return of One & Done, an article series on SPC that talks about games that never became franchises. They were literally one and done! Now, the purpose of these articles isn't to beg for sequels, as some of these games don't need them and not every game needs to become a franchise. Instead, we're just exploring and fondly remembering these terrific titles from generations' past and giving them some more time in the old spotlight."
I also remember Cold Fear. Never wound up buying it but I watched some of the walkthrough years later.
Gun could’ve gone on, but RDR was a tough act to follow.
Early years of the following gen had quite a few one-shots. Heavenly Sword, Lair, Haze, Folklore, Stranglehold. Bah gawd Stranglehold had expensive DLC for its day.
Xbox Wire writes - "Get ready for a Spooktacular October Games with Gold lineup! On Xbox One, play as an adorable villain in the throwback horror puzzle game Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut, and keep your wits about you in the creepy stealth title Maid of Sker. On the Xbox 360, and Xbox One via Backward Compatibility, warp through ancient Egypt in Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy and get your trick-or-treating fix in Costume Quest."
This service is probably on its way out anyway. With Game Pass getting beefed up this really doesn’t make sense. They’re not even trying to put out quality games
if they will abandon it completely, then MS would make online multiplayer free or require it on Game Pass which is unlikely due to the higher cost than Gold. They could get rid of Games with Gold in favor of Game Pass games though or degrade the feature to offer Xbox 360/OG Xbox games only.
Good for me as i was looking to buy Maid of Sker, so ok month in my opinion.
Everyone's entitled to theirs
Enjoy your 64 metacritic game. But you know, I don't believe a word you've typed.
I do not buy games according to their Metacritic rating.
If it looks like i'll play it, i'll buy it. Just like i bought "the complex", which after looking is a 68 metacritic game, but i really enjoyed it.
If you buy games according to a website that can be biased ratings, then more power to you.
I'll screenshot the game when i get it and send it PM'd to you if you like?
Have fun play games and form your own opinions about it don't let someone else's opinions on a website scoring control what you want to play.
Maid of Sker is a new game that’s gotten pretty good reception. I’m
Hype on that game
but you're still paying the same $ for Gold - why would game pass impact the quality of a completely different service?
Everyone been paying gold membership even before games with gold was a thing. The free games was always a added bonus. I noticed it get worse as soon as gamepass got bigger.
If games with gold gave out huge AAA games all the time no one will want to go to gamepass. If gamepass did not get doom eternal for october 1- that would be without a doubt a free with gold game.
I have gamepass ultimate i don't sub to gold. Having gold is just a bonus lol
No it's not. It's still 'free' games that you 'own,' while Gamepass games will, or may, eventually leave causing you to have to purchase it.
Not to mention, it gives you games, sometimes, that you normally never would have tried, at 'zero' cost. And, as long as you are subscribed, you can play it whenever you want.
It's not dead (or shouldn't be).
Let's be honest they don't even need to give you anything, but they do, bad month or not.
Bad for some, good for others.
"Let's be honest they don't even need to give you anything"
Well... xbox fans will defend them even if they give nothing so I guess that's true... I mean it's your guy's fault we all have to pay for online...
@Hakuoro
"I mean it's your guy's fault we all have to pay for online..."
For Xbox yes, not for PS4/5, that is Sony's fault.
I will not defend anything i don't feel requires defending, i am just happy i get something i pay for, and to be fair £50 a year is like £0.96 per week. I spend £3+ on lunch everyday.
Probably the worst Game with Gold ever, clearly trying to stop the project, they want people to pay $15 a month for Game Pass Ultimate instead of $5 for Gold. I'd rather own my games than rent them.
Not a chance there is $72 worth of content there too, $35 would be pushing it.
So I guess you're not buying Cyberpunk at launch? Or any big 3third party games at launch?
@VersusDMC
"So I guess you're not buying Cyberpunk at launch? Or any big 3third party games at launch?"
What?
Quite sure we are talking about MS 1st party here?
RGB was talking about them wanting to pay for GP ultimate, and i simply said i would rather pay for Ultimate, than pay £60-70 per game on a rival platform. Ala ES6, and future Bethesda, Zenimax games.
3rd party that are not on gamepass, sure i'll buy them, but again cyberpunk is not a PS5/SX game for £60 now is it?
@DJSTotty
"RGB was talking about them wanting to pay for GP ultimate, and i simply said i would rather pay for Ultimate, than pay £60-70 per game on a rival platform. Ala ES6, and future Bethesda, Zenimax games"
Well the games that are day one on game pass aren't available on a rival platform...
"again cyberpunk is not a PS5/SX game for £60 now is it?"
It is on Amazon...
Yeah, see how long this business model lasts giving games for $1 a month, see how many developers go under.
Ori devs have already abandoned Xbox to go multiplatform, only 2 million people downloaded Ori 2 from Game Pass, less than 25% of that 2 million even beat the game. Devs are slowly realising, if your game isn't a GAAS product, you'll be in a graveyard before you know it!
15 million people paying $15 per month = $2.8 billion in REVENUE, they have 23 developers to feed now and all those 3rd party deals... Game Pass needs 50+ million subs at $15 per month to be profitable whilst they keep adding games day 1 and getting 3rd party deals, these deals ain't free, Xbox has paid to get those games on Game Pass.
@VersusDMC
"Well the games that are day one on game pass aren't available on a rival platform..."
Incorrect, Elder scrolls 6 is on PS5, and others most probably will be.
Again, i did not mention day 1 games, you did. I will try another way to best get my point across :-
If a game is multi platform, but is part of gamepass, whether that be day 1 or not, i would rather pay for gamepass, as opposed to buying all said games in question, on a rival platform, with prices ranging from £50+.
"It is on Amazon..." (in response to me stating Cyberpunk 2077 is not a £60 game)
Again incorrect, £49.99
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cy...
Is it weird that no one is talking about how Xbox discontinued 12 month games with gold subs? You can only get 1 month and 3 months on the Xbox web site. So you're options are 120 or 100 a year. I guess you can still find 12 month physical cards...which is a sneaky way of masking a price hike. Well played Microsoft.
They did that so they can finish the service when ever they want and people won't complain they just bought a year's worth.
That's what everyone thought when they announced they discontinued 12 month subs and Microsoft won't correct that narrative so they can auto charge 10 bucks a month for Gold. It's going to be more expensive to play "free" to play games on Xbox...
Gamepass Ultimate is cheaper than buying gold and gamepass seperate.
I think they are aiming to include gold with gamepass (vanilla) eventually. You can still buy 12 month subs (while stocks last) at retailers, after that it will be 3 months.
