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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Top 10 Wii U games that are yet to come to Switch

This past week we had a Nintendo Direct which showed off some great games coming to the Switch, amongst those was a re-release of Wii U game Tokyo Mirage Sessions #fe as the Encore edition coming January 2020.

TMS joins a long list of Wii U games that have had a second lease of life on the Switch or sequels such as Super Mario Maker 2 that have made the previous game almost redundant.

Because of this, I've seen a bit of chat about poor Wii U and how it hasn't got much left going for it, well I managed to come up with a Top 10 (there is more) games that are still on Wii U.

Kirby on the Wii U relied heavily on the Wii U gamepad that a port might be hard to pull off but with games that can't be played on the Switch Lite and some getting Switch Lite touch features, then maybe it is possible as something just in handheld mode.

Now the issue with Pikmin 3 coming over to Switch is that we're more likely to see a Pikmin 4 for the console. 

Paper Mario was released very late into the Wii U's life that I even missed it on release, I have since picked it up and got to say it's rather good. It, however, has the same issue as Pikmin 3 a new Paper Mario game is more likely. 

Project Zero or Fatal Frame had only limited edition as a physical release in Europe and never got any sort of physical version in North America,  making this one of the rarer Wii U games that a re-release on Switch would give people the opportunity to play this rare game.  

Okay these aren't great and Boom is tied to the TV show but Lost World isn't actually that bad and maybe a double pack could be worth another look.

If you don't want Sonic then what about Mario in 3D World which is quite different to Odyssey and I feel would be most welcome on the Switch.

With the success of Astral Chain and Bayonetta making her way over from Wii U, it only seems fair that The Wonderful 101 also comes to Switch.

Now this has been ported to 3DS and the Switch has a very similar Yoshi game, I do think it would pair well with the Kirby game as a nice double pack.

The recent Nintendo Direct had a remaster of Xenoblade Chronicles from the Nintendo Wii coming to Switch to join Xenoblade 2 and it's standalone expansion, meaning only X will be missing on Switch.

I know ports of HD remasters seem a stretch to far but come on its Zelda and once again could be a great double pack.

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Best Games on Xbox Game Pass

To be honest, I don't have the most original of ideas, someone will talk about their favourite RPG's which will get me thinking what are my favourites and I'll go write a blog post or do a video on them.

This past week, a friend on twitter brought up that she was looking at getting an Xbox One S which led to replies from a few people, including myself, bringing up the great value you can get from an Xbox One S due to its price and the services on offer such as Backwards Compatibility and Game Pass.

I've done a few videos on Backwards Compatibility which you can find on the blog but never on Game Pass.

Game Pass has some great games on it but as I know my friend has never owned an Xbox console, which got me thinking what are the best games on the service and is this good for someone new to the ecosystem.

With rumours of a fourth entry, using Game Pass you can go back to Albion to play the three main games including the Xbox 360 HD Anniversary version of the first which might still be the best Fable out of the three.

FH4 shows the incredible value of Game Pass, it's one of the best games of the year and is available just to play with a sub to the service. I'm not even the biggest racing fan but FH4 gameplay just rewards you for playing, that you can come 6th in a race and still feel you've progressed.

Much like Fable, with a fifth mainline game upcoming Game Pass allows someone to go back and experience this great series, also both the 360 and Remaster of the first are playable through Game Pass.

With the recent addition of Halo Master Chief Collection to Game Pass, and Halo 5 on it as well this brings all five mainline games to the service and not only that but the excellent Halo Wars and its sequel are also playable.

I only played this one recently due to it being on Game Pass, I don't know if I ever would have if it wasn't on service. And it's decent 3rd person action game with a neat idea due to the blend of gameplay and live action. 

Yep I mean the studio Rare as if you're new to Xbox you might want to check out some familiar faces with Banjo-Kazooie and what Rare has been up to after becoming an Xbox First Party Studio, not everything has been good or on Game Pass but with likes of the three Banjo-Kazooie games, Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo, Sea of Thieves and Viva Pinata there's bound to be something for someone.

All the games on here are Xbox games and shows what Xbox is all about but like I said at the start, Game Pass does have some big third party games on service and Rise of the Tomb Raider is one of the best plus if you've got an Xbox One X then you're in for a real treat.

RotTR also showed me some great things about Xbox One as I played RotTR on release and since sold it. One day I decide to download it via Game Pass and my game save from my old Xbox One S was right there on my One X due to the automatic cloud saves and being in Game Pass I get a discount on DLC, that I decided to continue Lara's adventure.

This is the most criminally overlooked game on Xbox One, it's just a fantastic action platformer, which you should be playing.

A great 3D platformer which would have felt right at home during the late 90s / early 2000's, that is well worth a look.

Game Pass might allow us to play Xbox One first party games on the day of release, go back to some classic games and big 3rd party games but it also allows us to checkout some great indies which we may have never played if it wasn't for the service.

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