Xbox Game Pass for PC was announced and launched during E3 2019 and has since accrued a significant library of awesome games. These include first-party titles like Forza Horizon 4 and Sea of Thieves, in addition to third-party games like Metro Exodus, Prey, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Now, Alienware is giving away free one-month keys for the program.
You can claim your free month of Xbox Game Pass for PC here, but you should act fast: there’s less than 4,000 codes left at the time of writing. You’ll need to sign up for an Alienware Arena account, which shouldn’t take long but has been causing some people (including myself) a little trouble due to the volume of people visiting the site. Once you login or create your account, you can claim your key and redeem it in the Xbox app (you may need to update your Windows 10 PC to access it).
Thankfully, if you’re an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber like myself, you’re still eligible to redeem your free-month code. There is a catch, however. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate bundles Xbox Live Gold with Xbox Game Pass for both the Xbox One and PC, and if you redeem your free-month code for the PC version of Game Pass, it converts it into 20 days of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
In related news, new subscribers can get two months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $2. That’s an awesome deal for a subscription service that grants you access to a bunch of games on both Xbox One and PC. Some of my favourite games from this year are included–Metro Exodus and Void Bastards–and you can also expect to see Gears 5 hit the service on September 10. You can see some of the latest additions to Xbox Game Pass here.
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima took to the stage at Geoff Keighly’s Gamescom press conference to reveal more new footage of Death Stranding. While the story information we got was still vague, we’re slowly getting more details about the way it plays. Hopefully we’ll have an even clearer picture of Death Stranding by the time it comes out in November, but for now, we’ll have to keep scratching our heads as we analyze and outline the scraps that Kojima feeds us.
The Gamescom gameplay trailer for the PS4-exclusive featured just a sliver of gameplay. Actor Norman Reedus plays protagonist Sam Bridges, whose mission to reconnect the fractured societies of the world amid the bleak remains of a ruined North America grows all the more intriguing with each new reveal.
Here’s an analysis of the most interesting details from the new gameplay footage. If you’re eager to learn even more about the game’s story and characters, be sure to read our in-depth analysis of the previous Death Stranding trailer.
The internet was abuzz with talk of the high-flying Marvel hero Nova after a Wired video featuring the Russo brothers answering fan questions saw them reveal that Nova Richard Rider was somewhere in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame. However, the Russos then released a statement to ComicBook.com that they were joking and Nova is not in Endgame.
“Look closely at that scene again and you will see … Richard Rider in the background of the shot. Easter egg,” Joe Russo said in the original Wired video, only for Joe to later clarify via email, “That was actually a joke on our part.”
A war of words broke out between Respawn Entertainment and some Apex Legends players in the game’s subreddit over the weekend, following a decision to rollback some controversial microtransactions in Apex Legends’ Iron Crown event. Now, Respawn CEO Vince Zampella is apologizing to any fans who may have been offended during the exchange.
“Some of our folks crossed a line with their comments, and that’s now how we want Respawn to be represented,” Zampella wrote in a statement published on his personal Twitter account. “I apologize to any of our fans that were offended.”
If you’re heading back to school and need a perfect pair of wireless bluetooth headphones with a long battery life but still fairly affordable, these Sony WH-XB700 wireless bluetooth headphones are going for just $78, which is a whole $51.99 discount.
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The Sony WH-XB700 wireless bluetooth headphones are light, comfortable, and last for about 30 hours of listening time, plus they’re enhanced with extra bass for a step up from other wireless headphones. They also have Amazon Alexa built-in and can take calls, for added convenience.
Oddworld: Soulstorm, the next game in the Oddworld series, is releasing in 2020 – but if you want the PC version, you’ll need to get it through the Epic Games Store. The news was announced through a tweet from the official Oddworld account, which explained that support from the Epic Games Store was important for funding the game’s development. The tweet contains a statement from Lorne Lanning, the original creator of Abe and Oddworld, who still works on the series.
“We’ve been financing Soulstorm 100% ourselves”, the statement from Lorne Lanning reads. “Soulstorm is our most ambitious game ever and we are committed to creating a great game that meets the highest level of quality”. To do so, they needed additional finances, and Epic has supported them with an advance on their sales to help the game’s development in exchange for exclusivity.
Oddworld Soulstorm, which received a lengthy trailer in May, is essentially a reimagining of Abe’s Exodus, the second game in the Oddworld series, but with a greatly expanded scope and story. It is also coming to PS4 and Xbox One in 2020. It’s unclear whether or not Oddworld: Soulstorm will be a timed exclusive, or if it will eventually come to Steam, as is the case with many Epic Games Store exclusives.
Spoilers ahead for the last season of HBO’s Game of Thrones.
Kit Harington, Jon Snow in HBO’s Game of Thrones, recently revealed some new details about his character and GoT’s last season, including whether or not Jon Snow left Westeros and how Harington really felt about not being chosen to kill the Night King.
Speaking to THR as one of many Emmy-nominated actors, Harington discussed his final scene, which just so happened to also be the final scene of the show, and was asked how he “read that final moment” of him “leading the Free Folk back into the true north.”
The Switch release of the Hotline Miami Collection is the first time that Hotline Miami 2 has been made available in Australia, and fans are wary about whether or not it will remain available indefinitely.
The Collection is available now on Switch with an MA15+ rating, the second-highest in the Australian system. Hotline Miami 2 was previously refused classification upon release, banning it from sale, seemingly on the basis of a scene that implied sexual assault. At the time, it was banned under the reasoning that Australia does not allow games that “depict, express or otherwise deal with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified.”
The local Australian PR representative for Devolver’s releases sent us through a short statement, letting us know that the game had been classified under the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) and that “of course the ratings board can still complain and challenge it, and it could be overturned and banned.” He also noted that “nothing has been removed from the Switch version that was in the original game.” In a follow-up phone call, he clarified that he wasn’t sure if the game would be made available on PC, PS4, or any other systems in Australia yet. It’s likely that Devolver Digital will take a ‘wait and see’ approach here, depending on what happens with the Switch version.
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The IARC classification system allows developers and publishers to submit their games for an automated classification process, filling out a questionnaire that determines the game’s age rating. As Kotaku Australia points out, Hotline Miami Collection was recently refused classification after one such submission – but it seems that they resubmitted it again and got through.
Ultimately, it’s not entirely clear how or why Hotline Miami 2 is available in Australia now, after being unavailable for four and a half years, and there’s the possibility that the game’s rating will be challenged or overturned, removing it from sale again. For now, though, Australians are able to buy the Hotline Miami Collection, featuring Hotline Miami 2, through the Australian eShop on their Switch.
