Xbox Game Pass Titles For July 2023 Revealed, Including Surprise GTA 5 Release Today
Xbox has announced the next wave of Xbox Game Pass titles coming to the service in July, with GTA 5 joining it once again and a notable new day-one release also debuting on the service.
This isn’t the first time that GTA 5 has been on the service, but the last time it was on there was in 2021, where it was only around for three months. As mentioned in the Xbox Wire blog post, GTA 5 is available on Game Pass today, July 5, so if you haven’t played it yourself yet, you can now do so–it’s also available to stream via the cloud. Alongside GTA 5, as mentioned in the previous Game Pass announcement, the action-RPG Sword and Fairy: Together Forever is also on the service today. You can play the Chinese mythology-inspired game on cloud, console, and PC.
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Xbox Game Pass Adding 13 More Games This Month, Including 8 New Releases
Microsoft has announced the next wave of Xbox Game Pass titles headed to the subscription service throughout September, and there are lots of games coming. The company also ran through the titles leaving the service and revealed more games that now support touch controls for streaming over the cloud.
Of the 13 games announced for Game Pass, eight of them are launching day-and-date in the library. The games launching on day one into Game Pass include the 2D action platformer Flynn: Son of Crimson (September 15), the wacky and wonderful-looking I Am Fish (September 16), and the extreme sports game featuring a bird, SkateBird (September 16).
The stealth-action co-op game Aragami 2 (September 17) also releases day one on Game Pass, as does the puzzle-adventure game Sable (Septem…
Xbox Pushing Ahead With Plans For Mobile Game Store, Which Isn't "Multiple Years Away"
Microsoft is going ahead with its plans to create a mobile store for Xbox in order to compete with Apple and Google in the space.
In an interview at CCXP in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer said, “It’s an important part of our strategy and something we are actively working on today not only alone, but talking to other partners who’d also like to see more choice for how they can monetize on the phone.”
While he didn’t mention a specific date for the mobile store, he did say, “I don’t think this is multiple years away, I think this is sooner than that.”
Back in March, Spencer said that Microsoft’s mobile store could launch as early as 2024, and that a big part of its merger with Activision Blizzard involved expanding its mobile games business. Activision…
Loki Is Genderfluid, Confirms Teaser Video
Loki has taken the forms of Captain America, Odin, and Thor in the MCU movies; he even once took the form of a snake, according to Thor himself, and the sky’s the limit for a trickster god. Now, Disney has confirmed via a teaser video that the character is genderfluid, as his ability would seem to suggest.
Check out the last couple seconds in the video accompanying the tweet above for a look at Loki’s TVA rap sheet. In Norse mythology and the MCU alike, Loki can take virtually any form he likes. Shapeshifters in Marvel and general fiction alike are often faced with the question, ‘if you can take any shape, what is your actual shape?’ While Loki seems to have chosen the body we see in the films–that of actor Tom Hiddleston–he’s anything but limited.
Xbox Isn't Done Acquiring More Companies, Phil Spencer Suggests
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has suggested the Xbox company might not be finished buying game studios. Speaking to Squawk Asia, Spencer said Microsoft doesn’t have the luxury to be able to slow down due to the competitive nature of the gaming market. He pointed to some of the biggest companies in gaming, Tencent and Sony, who are bigger than Microsoft in games and continue to acquire and invest in more teams and content.
“This is such a competitive market. I don’t think we get to press pause on anything. Tencent is the largest gaming company on the planet today, and they continue to heavily invest in gaming content and game creators,” Spencer said. “Sony is a larger business than we are in gaming today, and they continue to invest. It’s a highly, highly competitive market. We…
What's New On Netflix In July 2021- I Think You Should Leave, Dynasty Warriors, And More
There is plenty to look forward to in July 2021 on Netflix. There are returning shows, new original series and movies, and some familiar IPs you can see in a whole new light. Here is everything coming to Netflix this month along with some recommendations.
If you love the intense action of the Dynasty Warriors series and yelling “Screw you, Lu Bu” at your TV, then you’re in luck. On July 1, Netflix is releasing a live-action Dynasty Warriors series, based on the gaming series from Koei Tecmo. The trailer from early June contains everything you love about the gaming series: battles against thousands of unworthy minions, epic fights between legendary characters, super-powered moves, and some real rad music. Check out the trailer below.
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YouTube TV Could Be Getting Cheaper If It Loses Disney's Channels
Google’s live TV streaming service YouTube TV has given customers a cautious heads up, warning that the company’s partnership with Disney may not be renewed past its contracted date. YouTube has said that if the two companies can’t come to an agreement by the deadline, the streaming service will lose 18 channels–but it will reduce the service’s subscription price by $15 if that comes to pass.
The message was published on YouTube’s news blog, offering some transparency for customers who may be affected by the potential change. “Disney is an important partner for us,” a featured quote in the blog reads. “We’re in active conversations with them and working hard to keep their content on YouTube TV.” The Disney-owned channels at risk include ESPN, Freeform, FX networks, National Geog…
Zombie Sequel 28 Years Later Is On The Way From The Series' Original Creators
28 Days Later is one of the most beloved zombie movies of all time, and is often credited with popularizing the trend of depicting terrifyingly fast zombies after decades of undead shamblers. The braintrust of the original 2002 movie and executive producers of the 2007 follow-up, 28 Weeks Later, is reconvening to create 28 Years Later, a sequel that has intentions to launch a new trilogy.
According to an exclusive report from The Hollywood Reporter, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have plans to shop the movie rights around to various studios and streaming platforms as early as this week. Boyle, the report says, will direct the first film in what is intended to lead to two more thereafter, while Garland will write all three. Both will serve as producers, too.
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Zelda- Tears Of The Kingdom Infinite Item Glitch Will Give You All The Rupees You Want
Just days after it launched, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players have discovered a new glitch in the game that allows them to generate infinite resources. It’s relatively easy to pull off, doesn’t require you to have progressed too far into the game, and once mastered, it can fill Link’s inventory up within minutes. You can probably expect Nintendo to patch this exploit very soon as it essentially upends the delicate economy of Tears of the Kingdom, but if you have a quick trigger finger, here’s how it works.
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As of version 1.1.0 of Tears of the Kingdom, the patch that was installed on launch day, this exploit still works. As mentioned above, Nintendo doesn’t mess around when it comes to plugging this holes in its games and a future patch will lik…
Dying Light 2's Official Modding Tools Are Now Available In A Free DLC
As part of a free Dying Light 2 update, PC players can now create and share their own maps. The beta developer tools are a collaboration between dev Techland and mod.io, a company that helps studios incorporate player-made mods and content into games.
This comes after Techland confirmed that it did have official modding tools in the pipeline for Dying Light 2, similar to Dying Light’s developer tools.