10 Most Anticipated Xbox Series X Games (May 2020)

This past week we got our first look at some Xbox Series X games, now some of these are coming to Xbox One and PlayStation's that you might be excited about them coming to your PS4.

I do also want to point out that 13 games were shown on the Inside Xbox but actually over 30 games have been confirmed to becoming to Series X and from those 30+ games I've picked the games I'm excited about.

Ubisoft will be bringing Assassin's Creed to Series X in what looks to be a great Action Adventure game set in Britain with Vikings.

The first game shown during Inside Xbox was this time travelling FPS from a one man dev team. A previous entry is on PC if you want a taste of what is to come.

Call of the Sea is adventure game which from the trailer to have Firewatch vibes which continues as Cissy Jones will be voicing the lead in this Game Pass title.

Cyberpunk 2077 was a one of the few games confirmed for Series X awhile ago and to use the Smart Delivery system meaning you can buy on Xbox One and when the game becomes available on Series X you can upgrade for free.

Dirt 5 from the trailer looks a lot like Forza Horizon which is never a bad thing and always good to have a racer on a new system.

Now Xbox list would be complete without Halo which will be launching alongside the Series X and in Game Pass.

The Xbox One's biggest misstep for me has been the so-so Japanese support that to see a game like this shown is a positive.

My favourite game from the Inside Xbox this new horror title from the team behind the recent Blair Witch game along with the composer of Silent Hill working on the score for this Game Pass title.

The trailer was a tad rough that was shown for this but the overall look has me excited to play this Vampire RPG.

I was very pleased to this as for the longest time the Yakuza series has been on associated with PlayStation that the seventh entry to come to Xbox at the same time is great for gamers as more people get to play right away.

That's my 10 games, the one I was tempted most to include was Hellblade 2 but till we see more I decide to leave of this list which I will comeback to update every so often.

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A Plague Tale: Innocence Review

Bonjour everyone, I recently had the pleasure to review A Plague Tale: Innocence. Which I've had on my radar for a while now and even featured in a YouTube video of mine just before E3 2018.

Apart from popping up now and again on gaming news sites, there hasn't been a great deal of buzz around APTI. Which is a real shame as developers Asobo Studio has done a fantastic job on what is a tad old fashioned approach to games especially in 2019. 

I say this because a lot of games now are open-world, have a boatload of sidequests, different endings and the like. Where APTI is a linear level-based experience.

With Asobo just wanting to tell you this story of Amica and Hugo are two leads during the Hundred Years' War in the French countryside, whilst a plague has broken out. This is done incredibly well through the interactions between Amica who you mainly play as and her younger brother Hugo, who turns out to be rather special. 

As you're rather regular people, the gameplay is very stealth based which won't be for everyone as you can't go in guns blazing (a sling in this case),  meaning you will need to figure out how to get past soldiers and plague-infested rats in the various puzzles in each level. On your journey, you will meet various allies who will teach you new things and give a helping hand to puzzles.

I really enjoyed my time with APTI as what it does it does very well be it the aforementioned story, the gameplay and sounds design, also it looks fantastic especially one scene in Chapter IV if you're using HDR.

If you enjoyed The Last of Us, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and similar games then you will enjoy APTI. I do know the length, it took me about 9hrs and lack of replayability part from trying to find all the collectables will put some of you off otherwise an excellent game.

Sony can get away with anything with PS5 due first party as important as Nintendo's

Now in 2019 and late last year more and more talk about next-gen consoles has been happening, I've been thinking for a while about the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett with what they will bring to the table. I'm not going to talk about the Xbox Scarlett for the minute as I've got some interesting thoughts on the PS5 and PlayStation in general.

Sony has just announced numbers for the PS4 which has now sold 91.6m SKU's worldwide along with numbers for Spider-Man which has sold 9m. Because of things like that and if you go back further with the PS2 then PS3, I believe Sony will (and they have already) become arrogant with the announcement of the PS5.

Can do whatever a Mario can do

Now I don't think it will be as bad the PS3 with the whole get a second job deal or $599 in 2006.

I do however think Sony can get away with it due to the first party games and this might sound a bit controversial are as important and sell consoles as much as Nintendo's first party.

That might sound a bit daft and you might be thinking The Last of Us or Uncharted isn't as big a Zelda or Mario and maybe not but if you look at the 1m club for first-party titles on the PS4.

MLB The Show 1m (avg)
Shadow of the Colossus 1.07m
The Last Guardian 1.29m
The Order 1.62m
Until Dawn 1.87m
Knack 1.88m
Detroit 2m
LittleBigPlanet 2.02m
Ratchet and Clank 2.33m
Driveclub 2.37m
Uncharted Lost Legacy 2.88m
Infamous 2.98m
Killzone 3.02m
Bloodborne 3.06m
Gran Turismo 3.63m
Uncharted Collection 5.66m
God of War 5.67m
Horizon Zero Dawn 7.6m
The Last of Us 6.66m (12.93m with the PS3 version)
Spider-Man 9m
Uncharted 4 10.26m

PS4 or PS5?

I know it's slightly hard to compare The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild to Uncharted 4  (both have sold almost the same) due to each console's install base but I do think four generations and over 24 years in the gaming market Sony has built up a fanbase along with people knowing a Sony first party game is going to be good.

That going into the PS5, I believe Sony can be arrogant if they have titles like God of War II, Horizon Zero Dawn 2, Spider-Man 2 a much-rumoured Uncharted from someone that isn't Naughty Dog, a new IP from Naughty Dog, some sort of shooter from Guerrilla.

Those are very much system sellers and as important as a The Legend of Zelda or Super Mario is to Nintendo and due to those games, Sony very much can go here's a PS5 enjoy it.

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Christmas Giveaway

I didn't have a giveaway in November as I've got a bigger one for December and Christmas. Like always you can enter by following on Twitter and RT.

Or just leave a comment on the blog, now what could you win? Well for this month after running a poll on Twitter, I'll be giving away an Amazon eVoucher which will be sent on Christmas day.

Meaning if you got a new Xbox One for Christmas, you could buy yourself a second controller, that game you wanted or even elf on Blu Ray.

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Halo Giveaway for October

Something a little different for October's Giveaway as it's not a game or a code but a Blu Ray of Halo.

Like always you can win be giving the Twitter a follow or leave a comment on the blog. 

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Phoenix Down used on Final Fantasy for Xbox One (and this blog)

Hi guys, I've not posted for a while as I was, unfortunately, doing a lot of lates and weekends at work along with going away on holiday that I've not posted much on here even the most basic of news such as what's coming out this week. 

I plan to get back into the swing of things starting with this exciting news from last week, thanks to a Nintendo Direct, where a bunch of Final Fantasy games were announced for the Nintendo Switch, not long after the Final Fantasy twitter account sent out a tweet about the upcoming games and announcing that a few of the games shown will also be coming to Xbox One and join Final Fantasy XV already on the console. 

The games coming include the now released Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD, World of Final Fantasy Maxima an enhanced version of the previously released title elsewhere, which will come to Xbox One on November 6th.

Then in 2019 four (or five depending on your view) games will arrive which includes Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IX (the best one), Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age.

No word yet if the likes of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster will get a physical release like it has on other consoles or will be digital only much like other Square Enix title NieR: Automata.

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Shenmue Giveaway

For the month of August / September, the Giveaway will be Shenmue for Xbox One alongside a bonus game to download.

Just give GuiltySparked a follow and RT the giveaway tweet.

 

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Blog Update: Reviews are Coming

When I started this blog, my plan was to bring you news on Xbox as I found coming back into the Xbox scene I wasn't seeing all the goings on with the platform.

Since then I've brought you news such as when War Thunder would come to Xbox One, New One X Enhancements, the Dolby Vision update and that is the sort of thing I wanted to bring to you. 

That was my plan and nothing else, however, the site has been more popular then I thought it would be which has got me thinking should I really not be doing reviews on here. 

Now I don't play all my games on Xbox One and not all of them are available on the system, yet more I use my One X and the closer I get to 100,000 gamerscore along with keeping up with the goings in the world of Xbox the more likely it has become I will be playing Assassins Creed Odyssey, Battlefield V, Shadow of the Tomb Raider on my One X.

Am I going to review everything that comes out No! and do you want to hear what I've got to say on Assassins Creed Odyssey when they're hundreds of people covering it, I'd think not?

Yet the likes of Kentucky Route Zero, The Last Night, We Happy Few which might go under the radar elsewhere I will certainly look at reviewing when I do play. I hope you found this update useful and the same goes for any game I do a review for in the future, starting tonight. 

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My Top 10 Most Anticipated Xbox One Games

I've been meaning to do this video since E3 and I forgot about Gears 5 when doing so but this should make the list slightly different to others. 

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July Giveaway: Life is Strange

 

Much like last month, we're having a giveaway this time for Life is Strange Before the Storm on Xbox One.

You just need to either leave a comment on the blog or give us a follow & RT on our Twitter.

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Giveaway and Thanks

Hi everyone, as you may know, this blog only started a few days ago and I'm about to hit over 1000 views already.

I've just started a twitter account for the blog which can be found at Guilty Sparked where I'm currently running a giveaway where you can win a £10 Voucher to be used on the Xbox Store.

I know not everyone has or uses Twitter that to give everyone the opportunity to win this voucher, if you leave a comment on this post or any other on the blog, I will enter you into the giveaway as well.

You may have also seen this on posts You can get your Xbox codes here 
that is an affiliate link at CD Keys if you do decide to use that link to get vouchers, gold or whatever via my link that's great and with any funds I get I will put back into the site and run more giveaways in the future.

For now, a big thanks for checking out Guilty Spark.

Guilty Spark: What is it?

Hi everyone Chris here or you may know me as Masofdas on social media and gaming platforms.
I've recently got back into the Xbox scene after being out of it for a long time and the thing I've noticed more than anything is I can't find news.

If I want to find general gaming news I can go to the likes of IGN for PlayStation Push Square or Nintendo Life for umm Nintendo.

But for Xbox outside of Microsoft's own Xbox Wire, I can't find much. That I've decided to have a go myself on bringing you news be it Game with Gold, Gold Deals, Game Preview, New X Enhanced Titles or anything in between.

I won't be doing reviews as I do them already for Gintendo.co.uk and my good friend EofGizmo also does them for Xbox on his blog.

I hope you find this useful and let me know what you think and how I can improve and what content you would like.

Chris "masofdas" Pengilly

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