Beat The Sheet - An Xbox Game Pass Challenge

Well this is it, the final episode of Beat The Sheet and our biggest episode ever!

This week we've gone through every game that has come to Xbox Game Pass since 'The Sheet' began in January 2020 to create a countdown of the 50 best Game Pass games we've played during the challenge. Along the way we'll also be breaking away to give out our final ever Beat The Sheet 'Sheety' awards to some deserving winners, and we have a special Icon Award to hand out too.

Thanks for listening to the show and come along to our new show, Pixel Mix, for more games news, reviews and features each and every Friday!

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TimeStamps

The Beat The Sheet Top 50 and The Final Sheeties

[02:10] - The Top 50 Explained

[04:37] - #50-41 and the 1st Sheety

[28:44] - #40-31 and the 2nd Sheety

[01:07:53] - #30-21 and the 3rd Sheety

[01:49:07] - #20-16 and the 4th Sheety

[02:12:46] - #15-11 and the 5th Sheety

[02:36:37] - #10-6 and the 6th Sheety

[03:01:51] - #5-2 and the Final Sheety Award

[03:23:10] - #1 and the Beat the Sheet Icon Award

[03:29:43] - Outro and Goodbye.

On this week's show Microsoft finally catches up to our Bethesda special, we break down all of E3 in our most ridiculously huge Lightning Round ever, and we all must destroy Chaos!

Note: Check out episode #41 for our Big Bethesda Special to hear more on this weeks Xbox Game Pass New Additions!

Coming soon: Pixel Mix - The Pick 'n' Mix Gaming Podcast, our new show launching June 25th!

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass New Additions

[02:30] - New Additions Overview

[03:15] - Bethesda Additions Overview

[10:54] - Yakuza Like a Dragon Overview

Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon

[13:30] - Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon Overview

[14:31] - Battle Chasers Nightwar

[16:58] - Marvel Vs. Capcom Infinite

[21:59] - The Messenger

[23:35] - Monster Hunter World

[27:22] - Outer Wilds

[30:25] - Soul Calibur VI

The E3 2021 Lightning Round

[34:40] - What is the Lightning Round?

[35:57] - The Gearbox Showcase

[42:04] - Capcom E3 Showcase

[45:04] - Namco Bandai E3 Live

[47:04] - Devolver Digital MaxPass+ Showcase

[56:04] - Ubisoft Forward

[01:04:04] - Square Enix Presents

[1:12:04] - Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase

[1:42:04] - Nintendo Direct

It's the long awaited Beat The Sheet World Cup special this week as 32 Games representing 32 (kind of) countries battle it out to determine who takes home the championship.

Plus, news from the opening days of E3 week, including thoughts on the Battlefield 2042 reveal, Geoff Keighleys Summer Games Fest and the disastrous Koch Media Primetime event.

Coming soon: Pixel Mix - The Pick 'n' Mix Gaming Podcast, our new show launching June 25th!

Subscribe here: https://pixel-mix.captivate.fm/listen

Follow us on twitter: @PixelMixPod

Timestamps

[02:22] - Xbox Game Pass New Additions Overview

[05:51] - Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon Overview

[07:17] - The Beat the Sheet World Cup Tournament

[01:53:35] - Battlefield 2042 reveal

[01:55:07] - Summer Games Fest Kickoff Show Highlights

[02:10:51] - Koch Media Primetime highlights(?)

A quick preview episode to take you through all the great content coming to Pixel Mix, our new weekly gaming podcast, in it's first month, with the first episode launching Friday 25th June 2021:

June 25th - The Pixel Mix Games Club, featuring Killer 7

July 2nd - The Games of the Month Special, featuring Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Intergrade and more!

July 9th - Retro Corner, featuring Strider (1990), available on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Mini.

July 16th - The Monthly Rankings Special, ranking every Nintendo franchise!

In each episode we'll be breaking down the latest gaming news alongside the main feature of the week.

Each month will have a new episode of each type (Games Club, Games of the Month, Retro Corner, Rankings Special) so there should be something for everyone to enjoy.

If you have thoughts on our first Games Club and Retro Corner games (Killer 7 and Strider) we'd love to hear from you!

Get in touch with the show via email at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter (@PixelMixPod)

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On this week's show we battle for honor in... For Honor, Pearlman takes one final pounding as West of Dead returns, we take a final pounding of our own in Wizard of Legend and Balan Wonderworld has claimed it’s final victim.

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Coming soon: Pixel Mix - The Pick 'n' Mix Gaming Podcast, launching June 25th!

Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass New Additions

[01:56] - New Additions Overview

Reviews

[03:11] - For Honor

Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon

[09:34] - Leaving Soon Overview

Review Recaps

[09:50] - West of Dead (Original Review in Episode 3)

[15:12] - Night Call (Original Review in Episode 4)

[22:21] - Observation (Original Review in Episode 5)

Reviews

[26:52] - Ace Combat 7 Review

[32:52] - Wizard of Legend Review

News

[42:06] - The full E3 schedule reveal

[55:43] - PlayStation continues to bring games to PS4

[01:02:41] - Yuji Naka leaves Square Enix

On this week's show we’re going to need a bigger podcast as we sink our teeth into Maneater, we try our best to cover approximately 5000 kingdom hearts games, the Sonic Central 30th Anniversary show reminds us of our favourite video on the internet.

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The Sonic 25th Anniversary Train wreck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NL50_W_mgU

Timestamps

[00:00] - Introduction and A Big Announcement

Xbox Game Pass New Additions

[07:29] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[08:59] - Conan Exiles

[14:51] - MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

Reviews

[21:31] - Maneater

Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon

[35:02] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[36:13] - Surviving Mars

[45:19] - Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 HD ReMix Review

[01:08:56] - Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Review

News

[01:27:48] - Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary Celebration Announcements

[01:32:35] - Sonic Central 30th Anniversary Showcase

[01:44:09] - Horizon Forbidden West State of Play

[01:46:51] - Far Cry 6 Gameplay reveal thoughts

[01:49:31] - Nintendo Switch Pro announcement expected before E3

On this week's show we drop into Knockout City as the new leaving soon titles deliver us a knockout blow, somehow Pikmin has found its way onto the service and we’ve beat so much game pass that it’s now just repeating itself.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[02:13] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[03:48] - The Wild at Heart

[08:26] - Knockout City

Reviews

[14:39] - The Catch: Carp and Coarse Fishing

[21:01] - SnowRunner

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[31:18] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[34:08] - Assetto Corsa

[40:06] - Void Bastards

News

[48:03] - Nintendo locks fast travel behind an Amiibo

[56:20] - Timesplitters and Free Radical are back

[01:00:23] - Overwatch 2 goes 5v5, blindsides eSports teams

On this week's show we join the So Solis Crew in Just Cause 4, we buckle up for another trip to the wild west in Red Dead Online, Koei Tecmo comes up with an idea so stupid it might be genius, and has Psychonauts made us suddenly not care about Psychonauts 2?

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[05:41] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[07:44] - Final Fantasy X | X-2

[09:35] - Red Dead Online

Reviews

[16:34] - Just Cause 4: Reloaded

[28:05] - Psychonauts

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[42:05] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[42:37] - Final Fantasy IX

News

[01:02:04] - Ubisoft moves towards more Free to Play titles

[01:07:32] - Sega are making a "Super Game"

[01:11:08] - EA Play event set for July

[01:13:58] - Koei Tecmo wants to make a Mario game

[01:17:09] - Sony reveals number of games in development for PS5

[01:22:54] - The Nintendo Switch calculator

On this week's show FIFA is back and so is Volta for some reason, Game Pass trolls us with an expertly timed miserable horror adventure, Ubisoft tries their best to turn extreme sports into a bland open world experience and can Dragon Quest Builders fix the miserable torrid existence that is the wreckage of our stupid lives.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[05:40] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[08:33] - Dragon Quest Builders 2

[17:30] - Outlast 2 Impressions

Reviews

[28:17] - Fifa 21 Review

[32:27] - Steep Review

Coming Soon

[47:18] - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[51:11] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[53:09] - Dungeon of the Endless

News

[01:03:59] - 74 new FPS boost titles added for Xbox Series consoles

[01:07:19] - S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 to be a 3 month Xbox exclusive

[01:11:30] - Square Enix, Bandai Namco and Sega are coming to E3 2021

On this week's show we ask the probing questions like “Who was asking for a Destroy all Humans remake?”, we’ve got a Dino Crisis on our hands in Second Extinction, Game Pass sets us up for tough DayZ ahead with a rough set of Leaving Soon titles, and Konami hates you and they want to make sure you know it.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[04:41] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[07:01] - Second Extinction

Reviews

[15:16] - Destroy All Humans!

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[29:54] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[33:33] - Alan Wake

What are we Playing?

Reviews

[38:56] - Descenders

[51:24] - Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

News

[01:03:17] - Konami withdraws from E3 2021

[01:07:02] - Toys for Bob demoted to a Call of Duty support studio

[01:11:25] - PlayStation State of Play thoughts