Beat The Sheet - An Xbox Game Pass Challenge

On this week's show it’s the return of gaming’s second most popular Cloud in Final Fantasy 7, we go to bat for big rounders in MLB The Show, and Sony run a grift that would make even 2K Games jealous.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[04:01] - New Additions Overview

[06:29] - MLB The Show 21 Review

[22:58] - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[26:13] - Leaving Soon Overview

[27:12] - For The King Review

What are we Playing?

[44:36] - Plants Vs Zombies Review

[56:27] - Final Fantasy 7 Review

News

01:19:46 Xbox Cloud Gaming comes to PC and iOS

01:24:28 Ubisoft's E3 conference date revealed

01:29:50 Sony reverses decision to close PS3 and PS Vita stores.

On this weeks show it's time for a different kind of Xbox Cloud Gaming in Rain on your Parade, we try to stay level-headed in the worlds longest tutorial and we run down all the games highlighted in Nintendo's Indie World Showcase event.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[04:40] - New Additions Overview

Reviews

[06:23] - NHL 21

[18:32] - Rain on your Parade

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[29:49] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[31:55] - Fractured Minds

[38:58] - Levelhead

[55:13] - Moving Out

News

[01:04:06] - Nintendo Indie World Showcase impressions

[01:35:30] - Resident Evil Showcase news

On this weeks show the biggest franchise in gaming returns to Xbox Game Pass with GTA V, we get into the groove with Wargroove and in this weeks What are we (EA) Playing we finally get tangled up in Unravel 1 and 2.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[04:35] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[06:45] - Zombie Army 4: Dead War

Reviews

[17:21] - Grand Theft Auto V

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[31:14] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[32:54] - Wargroove

What are we (EA) playing?

Reviews

[50:13] - Unravel

[01:02:53] - Unravel 2

News

[01:16:19] - E3 Returns for 2021

[01:20:33] - The Last of Us remake and Issues at PlayStation development studios

It's a wild week in the world of Xbox Game Pass as this weeks new additions see us taking on god damned electro freaks in Outriders, travel back to the 80's in Narita Boy and a Sony developed game is revealed to be launching straight in to Game Pass later in the month.

After that we have animals in mechs and moon deliveries in our leaving soon titles, we take you through all the Original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles now available to play on mobile with Xbox Cloud Gaming and we discuss the disappointing end of digital game purchases on older PlayStation consoles.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[03:18] - New Additions Overview

Impressions

[04:22] - Outriders

Reviews

[21:10] - Narita Boy

Coming Soon

[35:43] Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[41:06] - Leaving Soon Overview

Reviews

[43:02] - Deliver us the Moon

[56:31] - Gato Roboto

Feature of the Week

[01:03:29] - Original Xbox and Xbox 360 Cloud Gaming Impressions

News

[01:36:24] - Sony Confirms shutdown for PS3, PSP and PS Vita stores.

On this week's show we create the universe in Genesis Noir and try to follow 8 stories at once in Octopath Traveller. Then we go for a day out to the theme park in our feature of the week before taking you through all 22 of the Indie games announced for Xbox Game Pass during this weeks ID@Xbox Event.

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Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[03:31] New Additions Overview

Impressions

[04:51] - Octopath Traveller

[15:36] - Yakuza Series

Reviews

[20:28] - Genesis Noir Review

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[33:01] - Leaving Soon Recap

Feature of the Week - A Day at the Theme Park

[34:22] - Overview

Reviews

[35:05] - Train Sim World 2020

[47:07] - Planet Coaster

[01:02:37] - Two Point Hospital

News

[01:09:26] - ID@Xbox Indie Games Showcase Overview

[01:15:30] - Impressions on the 22 games revealed for Xbox Game Pass

On this weeks show we take over 1920's Chicago in Empire of Sin, it's X-Wing vs Tie Fighter in Star Wars Squadrons, and Josh's favourite game of the last console generation finally comes to Xbox and Xbox Game Pass.

Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[01:54] - Overview

Reviews

[04:04] - Empire of Sin

[23:54] - Star Wars Squadrons

[37:44] - Undertale

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[01:02:22] - Overview

Reviews

[01:03:36] - Hyperdot

[01:10:11] - Journey to the Savage Planet

News

[01:20:29] - EA Play comes to Xbox Game Pass for PC

[01:24:21] - Xbox Series S is finally staying in stock

[01:26:02] - Square Enix Presents event recap.

[01:33:20] - Upcoming ID@Xbox Twitch Event

It's our biggest show ever this week as we toss a coin to our Witcher in the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Microsoft finally welcomes Bethesda to the Xbox family with a huge set of Xbox Game Pass additions, and we celebrate with a definitive ranking of every Bethesda game available on Game Pass (and some which will be available soon!)

Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[02:34] - Overview

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[05:10] - Overview

Reviews

[05:45] - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Feature - Ranking Every Bethesda Game on Xbox

[45:15] - Overview

[46:22] - Doom (1993)

[58:47] - Doom II (1994)

[01:06:25] - Doom 64 (1997)

[01:13:03] - The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)

[01:19:21] - Doom 3 (2004)

[01:25:40] - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)

[01:31:04] - Fallout 3 (2008)

[01:36:55] - Fallout New Vegas (2010)

[01:41:25] - Rage (2011)

[01:45:22] - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[01:50:03] - Dishonored (2012)

[01:56:00] - Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

[02:01:43] - The Evil Within (2014)

[02:06:27] - Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (2015)

[02:08:24] - The Elder Scrolls Online (2015)

[02:12:14] - Fallout 4 (2015)

[02:17:28] - DOOM (2016)

[02:21:54] - Dishonored 2 (2016)

[02:29:14] - Prey (2017)

[02:34:23] - Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

[02:38:52] - The Evil Within 2 (2017)

[02:42:25] - Wolfenstein II: The New Collosus (2017)

[02:48:18] - Fallout 76 (2018)

[02:52:39] - Rage 2 (2019)

[02:56:17] - Wolfenstein: Youngblood (2019)

[02:59:30] - Doom Eternal (2020)

[03:03:26] - The Final Rankings

News

[03:10:35] - Phil Spencer speaks out on Bethesda Xbox exclusivity

[3:15:26] - Square Enix event coming this week

[3:16:16] - Outro

On this weeks show Xbox Game Pass thanks us for last weeks sports special by adding even more sports to the service. In our leaving soon titles we battle monsters and demons in Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and sibling love goes too far in Alvastia Chronicles. Finally we talk through the latest rumours on the Nintendo Switch Pro and Sony's bananas new controller plans.

Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[02:49] - Overview

Reviews

[05:29] - Football Manager 21: Xbox Edition

[25:01] - Madden NFL 21

[34:39] - NBA 2K21

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[48:15] - Overview

Reviews

[51:15] - Alvastia Chronicles

[01:05:44] - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

[01:19:48] - Kona

News

[01:33:23] - Potential Nintendo Switch Pro details

[01:41:46] - Microsoft shoot down game reveal rumours

[1:50:26] - PlayStation's bananas new controller patent

In a rare bonus episode we rank the sports of Xbox Game Pass with rankings based on not only the games but also what we think of the sport itself.

Note: This feature was recorded before the announcement that NBA 2K21 was coming to the service, this means that the sport of Basketball has instead been represented by NBA Live 19.

We're sorry, Basketball.

TimeStamps

[02:20] - Cricket 19 and Cricket

[08:00] - F1 2019 and Formula 1

[15:05] - Fifa 20 and Football

[22:32] - Fight Night: Champion and Boxing

[29:36] - Madden NFL 20 and American Football

[39:21] - Moto GP 20 and Moto GP

[42:00] - NBA Live 19 and Basketball

[50:45] - NHL 20 and Ice Hockey

[58:52] - Rory McIlroy's PGA Tour and Golf

[01:09:21] - Skate 3 and Skateboarding

[01:15:05] - SSX and Snowboarding

[01:22:42] - UFC 3 and Mixed Martial Arts

[01:31:11] - The Final Rankings

On this week's show Xbox Game Pass once again puts us in the mud in Dirt 5, we go for the Snail Victory in Killer Queen Black, and we drop our shining pearls of wisdom about this weeks Pokémon Direct and PlayStation State of Play events.

Timestamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[03:19] - Overview

Impressions

[06:00] - Elite Dangerous Impressions

Reviews

[09:44] - Dirt 5 Review

[25:44] - Killer Queen Black Review

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[33:35] - Overview

News

[34:50] - EA pulls the plug on Anthem

[38:03] - Sony's Japan Studio is being shut down

[42:30] - PlayStation State of Play reveals

[01:07:11] - New Final Fantasy 7 mobile games announced

[01:11:38] - Pokémon Anniversary event reveals