Beat The Sheet - An Xbox Game Pass Challenge

We run very long this week as we take you through all 8 of the new games to hit Xbox Game Pass this week, including Call of the Sea, SUPERHOT: Mind Control Delete and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair.

We wrap up a brutal set of games leaving Game Pass by getting stuck in the mud in MudRunner and living the plague life in the unbearable Pathologic 2.

Finally, Andy gets real grumpy about CD Projekt Red hiding an unplayable console version of Cyberpunk 2077 from players until they've already bought it, and we close out the show by breaking down all of the big reveals from The Game Awards.

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[02:30] - Overview

Impressions

[04:58] - Assetto Corsa

[13:55] - GreedFall

[17:16] - Monster Sanctuary

[19:28] - SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

Reviews

[25:53] - Call of the Sea

[31:55] - Morkredd

[37:47] - Unto the End

[49:07] - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[53:35] - Overview

Impressions

[54:44] - Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Reviews

[56:30] - MudRunner

[01:05:11] - Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker

[01:10:25] - Pathologic 2

News

[01:29:26] - Cyberpunk 2077 launch issues

[01:39:00] - Reveals from The Game Awards

It's a huge week as Control and Dragon Quest XI join Xbox Game Pass alongside some great indie titles launching straight into the service, Andy continues his quest to reclaim his lost Xbox Gamerpic and we begin the battle against what is easily the most challenging set of games leaving Game Pass yet!

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[05:07] - Overview

Impressions

[07:28] - Control

[11:24] - Slime Rancher

[14:15] - Yes, Your Grace

[16:22] - Dragon Quest XI S

[20:32] - Haven

[25:48] - Phogs

Reviews

[33:02] - NHL '94 Rewind

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[41:17] - Overview

Reviews

[45:51] - eFootball PES 2020

[58:54] - Ticket to Ride

[01:03:51] - The Turing Test

[01:10:27] - Untitled Goose Game

News

[01:18:01] - Xbox November Dashboard Update

The team is back together this week as we break down the latest batch of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, we get Josh's thoughts on his next-gen experience so far and his hatred of one of Andy's favourite games, and finally we close out the show with some big Uri Geller news.

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[05:07] - Overview

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[06:16] - Overview

Reviews

[09:35] - Dead Island: Definitive Edition

[16:25] - The Escapists 2

[25:44] - Wandersong

Feature of the Week - Catching up with Josh

[33:13] - Overview

[33:44] - Xbox Series S Impressions

[47:28] - PlayStation 5 Impressions

[58:14] - Super Mario Bros Game and Watch (Nintendo Clock 'N' Ball)

News

[01:02:23] - An Xbox TV app should be coming in 2021

[01:05:14] - Deathloop DualSense controller functionality

[01:10:14] - Red Dead Online is going standalone

[01:11:56] - The 20 year ban on Kadabra Pokemon cards ends.

Andy's back for another solo show this week as a retro classic makes a comeback in our new additions to Xbox Game Pass, we have a Beat The Sheet origin story hidden amongst our leaving soon titles and we close out the show with some hands-on impressions for the PlayStation 5 and some of it's biggest launch games.

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[00:54] - Overview

Impressions

[01:53] - Star Renegades

[03:16] - River City Girls

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[07:13] - Overview

Reviews

[09:04] - Absolver

[13:32] - Demon's Tilt

[16:36] - Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Feature of the Week - PlayStation 5 Console Review

[24:39] - Overview

[25:01] - Console Design and UI

[28:07] - Astro's Playroom and the DualSense Controller

[35:50] - Spider-Man: Miles Morales

[43:05] - Loading Times and Activity Cards

[46:10] - Xbox Series X vs PlayStation 5

It's a rare solo show this week as we continue trying to complete all of Xbox Game Pass even though 91 new games have been added, we are officially all puzzled out from The Talos Principle, we pick out some hidden gems from EA Play and we’ll be going into some hands on impressions of the Xbox Series X.

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[00:47] - Overview

Impressions

[03:31] - Gears Tactics

[07:28] - Planet Coaster: Console Edition

Reviews

[10:30] - Tetris Effect: Connected

[13:33] - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[22:29] - Overview

Reviews

[22:59] - The Talos Principle

Feature of the Week

[29:24] - EA Play Hidden Gems

News

[39:32] Xbox Series X Console Review

This week we've got one of the best games of the current generation coming to Xbox Game Pass, we unleash our fury on Darksiders III, we run down some of our top suggestions for games to play on mobile with Xbox Cloud Streaming and finally we break down all the key points from this weeks Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 review coverage.

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[02:23] - Overview

Impressions

[03:28] - Deep Rock Galactic

[05:30] - Eastshade

[08:34] - Knights and Bikes

Review Recap

[12:14] - Celeste

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[15:18] - Overview

Reviews

[18:20] - Munchkin: Quacked Quest

[23:04] - Tracks: The Train Set Game

[27:33] - Darksiders III

Feature of the Week

[44:11] - Xbox Game Streaming Recommendations

News

[53:40] - Next-gen console review coverage

[55:20] - Xbox Series S|X review impressions

[01:07:03] - PlayStation 5 review impressions

This week we point and click our way through some LucasArts classics, we map out a journey through indie newcomer Carto and it's time for the main event of our month of Generation Wrap Up features as we count down our favourite games of the entire console generation.

Timestamps

Game Pass New Additions

[05:19] - Overview

Impressions

[07:53] - Unruly Heroes and Five Nights at Freddy's 1-4

Reviews

[14:53] - Carto

[19:15] - Day of the Tentacle Remastered / Grim Fandango Remastered

Generation Wrap Up Week 4 - The Best Games of the Generation

[24:13] - Overview and Honourable Mentions

[46:22] - The Main Countdown

News

[01:52:50] - PS5 Controller and Astro's Playroom details.

[01:54:23] - Destruction All-Stars Delayed, Coming to PS Plus

[01:58:35] - PSVR to be used for PS4 games only on PS5

[02:01:30] - Ubisoft adds cross-saving to upcoming titles between Xbox and PlayStation.

It's an almost offensively massive episode of BTS this week as we break down 5 new additions to Xbox Game Pass including Rainbow Six Siege and the delightful Supraland, we review 3 more games leaving the service and we give a clumsy but definitive ranking of every Xbox Game Studios title released in this console generation (which can all be found on Game Pass).

TimeStamps

Xbox Game Pass - New Additions

[05:33] - Overview

Impressions

[07:35] - Supraland

[09:31] - Gonner2

[13:14] - Rainbow Six Siege

Reviews

[16:28] - Cricket 19

[26:58] - Scourgebringer

Xbox Game Pass - Leaving Soon

[33:32] - Overview

Reviews

[34:11] - Tacoma

[38:40] - Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

[44:39] - Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game

Generation Wrap up

[55:19] - Week 3: Ranking every Xbox Game Studios Game of the Generation

News

[02:02:08] - Atari take the fight to Xbox and Playstation this November.

On this weeks show we follow the way of the Samurai in Katana Zero, we have an afterparty for our previous AfterParty review, there's even more good news for backwards compatibility fans on Xbox and PS5 and finally we count down our 12 biggest failures and disappointments of the entire console generation.

Timestamps

Game Pass New Additions

[01:27] - Overview (Tales of Vesperia, Katana Zero)

[03:38] - Katana Zero Review

Games Leaving Game Pass

[13:13] - Overview

[16:16] - Afterparty Review Recap

[20:12] - Rise and Shine Review

Generation Wrap Up

[26:39] - Week 2 - Top 12 Disappointments/Failures of the Generation

News

[01:27:51] - Even more Xbox backwards compatibility news

[01:30:29] - Xbox Series X overheating rumours

[01:33:08] - PS5 UI revealed

[01:34:36] - Games added to PS5 backwards compatibility list

On this weeks show we rock out to Brutal Legend and finally finish our back-to-front journey through the Metro series, in our first Generation Wrap Up feature we take a look back at the Xbox 360 games we'd most like to see come to Xbox Game Pass, and finally we close out the show with all the big Playstation 5 details and there's some heart-breaking news for a very specific batch of backwards compatibility fans.

Timestamps

[03:42] - Game Pass New Additions (Forza Motorsport 7, Brutal Legend, Ikenfell)

[16:03] - Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass (Felix the Reaper, Minit, Metro 2033)

Reviews

[16:24] - Metro 2033

Generation Wrap Up

[25:10] - Week 1: Xbox 360 Games we'd like to see in Game Pass

News

[01:03:35] - Playstation 5 Teardown

[01:10:17] - Playstation 5 Backwards compatibility details revealed

[01:20:05] - Astro's Playroom: length and level names

[01:22:31] - PS5 games coming to the UK before the PS5