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SnowRunner Is An Amazing Game

NovelGamer June 4, 2020 87 comments

Truck Driver Leaves Much Room for Improvement

NovelGamer June 7, 2020 0 comments

Battlefield 4 is Still the Best Combat Game Ever

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Easily Add More USB Ports to Your Xbox with Sabrent

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Xbox Games With Gold Announced for September 2020

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Iconic ‘Black Lives Matter’ Car Is Now Available For NASCAR Heat 5

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Stranded Deep Releases Patch 4 for Xbox

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Every Game on Xbox Game Pass for Console – August 2020

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Xbox Games With Gold Announced for September 2020

Microsoft's Xbox Games With Gold for September 2020. Tom Clancy's The Division will be available to download for free during...

Iconic ‘Black Lives Matter’ Car Is Now Available For NASCAR Heat 5

Stranded Deep Releases Patch 4 for Xbox

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NASCAR Heat 5 Opening Screen Xbox One

NASCAR Heat 5 Doesn’t Have Enough New Content

The Talladega loading screen in NASCAR Heat 5. If you've never played the NASCAR Heat series and have been wanting...

Cities Skylines on Xbox One is the Ultimate City Builder

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Every Game on Xbox Game Pass for Console – August 2020

This is a list of all the available games to play with Microsoft's Game Pass on Xbox One. It is...

5 Best Simulation Games on Xbox Game Pass – July 2020

Every Game on Xbox Game Pass for Console – July 2020

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Xbox Games With Gold Announced for September 2020

On August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 By NovelGamer

Tom Clancy’s The Division will be available to download for free during the entire month of September for Gold and Ultimate subscribers, Xbox Wire announced yesterday, August 27. Other games include: de Blob 2 – September 1 to September 15 Armed and Dangerous – September 16 to September 30 The […]

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Iconic ‘Black Lives Matter’ Car Is Now Available For NASCAR Heat 5

On August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 By NovelGamer
Black Lives Matter car in Nascar Heat 5 on Xbox One.

The Black Lives Matter car driven by William Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. is now available today, August 27, as part of the August DLC pack for the recently released NASCAR Heat 5. It includes 59 paint schemes and three new challenges. This new DLC comes after the July pack released […]

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Stranded Deep Releases Patch 4 for Xbox

On August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 By NovelGamer
Stranded Deep on Xbox One

Stranded Deep released a new patch for consoles today. Xbox received build 2820 in a 1.47 gigabyte update. It includes many fixes and a few changes. The announcement was made on the developer’s Facebook page, and while it didn’t mention the “big world” update that PC users saw last month, […]

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Every Game on Xbox Game Pass for Console – August 2020

On August 2, 2020August 2, 2020 By NovelGamer
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This is a list of all the available games to play with Microsoft’s Game Pass on Xbox One. It is current as of August 2, 2020. It does not include any Game Pass games that are for Windows only. Absolver Downfall Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown After party Age of […]

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Grounded Is Now Available With Xbox Game Preview

On July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 By NovelGamer
Grounded on Xbox One

Xbox players have early access to a new survival game call Grounded. This is one of the few games in which it is okay for it to have a lot of bugs — the creepy, crawly kind. If you’ve ever watched Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, this is the same […]

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August’s Free Games With Gold Revealed

On July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 By NovelGamer
August 2020 Games With Gold

Next month’s free Gamnes With Gold is available to Xbox Live Gold members or Game Pass Ultimate members. Beginning August 1, you will be able to download Portal Knights for Xbox One and MX Unleashed from the original Xbox, playable on the One and 360.  Portal Knights will be available […]

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Rockstar Announces Updates for GTA and Red Dead Online

On July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 By NovelGamer
Red Dead Redemption II screenshot from Rockstar Games

Rockstar announced updates for its two most popular games  today, Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption II. Both GTA online and Red Dead Redemption have been plagued by what feels like an unnecessary grind for cash or gold that takes away from the enjoyment of the experience. “For […]

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No Man’s Sky Patch Fixes Multiple Issues with Desolation Update

On July 24, 2020 By NovelGamer
No Man's Sky Desolation Update

On Wednesday, No Man’s Sky released patch 2.61 to fix multiple issues. This is the full list of fixes, according to the game’s website: Fixed an issue that caused player freighter colours to change. Freighters have been restored to their correct colours. Fixed an issue that prevented freighter recolouring from […]

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State of Decay 3 Trailer Released Today

On July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 By NovelGamer
A Zombie Deer from State of Decay 3

A State of Decay 3 announcement trailer was released today during Microsoft’s Xbox Games Showcase, part of Summer Game Fest. In it, a woman is sitting by a campfire in a snowy, forested area. While sharpening crossbow bolts, she hears a noise and looks up the hill. A large wolf […]

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Xbox Gold Is Going Away?

On July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 By NovelGamer
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I was a PC gamer in the early 2000s. I understood the cost of almost constant upgrades to the play the latest game. I didn’t like it. I stopped. In 2015, I bought an Xbox. I had experimented with the 360 before and became frustrated with the Gold system. It […]

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NASCAR Heat 5 Releases Largest Update Yet on Xbox

On July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 By NovelGamer

A 3.78 gigabyte update was released today, July 21, for NASCAR Heat 5 on Xbox fixing many issues that came with the popular racing game’s release. This is now version 1.3.53085.0. These are all of the additions, fixes, and items removed from the game, according to the in-game patch notes. […]

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Over 70 New Demos Available on Xbox This Week

On July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 By NovelGamer
Destroy All Humans! screenshot on Xbox One.

Over 70 titles will be made available this week to demo on Xbox as part of Summer Game Fest. Summer Game Fest is described as “a new, all-digital way to unite the gaming community for a season of video game news and events from game developers and publishers. SGF will […]

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Avengers Beta Coming to Xbox Next Month

On July 18, 2020 By NovelGamer
Avengers Screenshot

According to Xbox Wire, the beta for the highly anticipated Avengers will be available to those first who pre-ordered the game. Their beta will run from August 14-16. For those who did not pre-order, the open beta will run from August 21-23. Xbox Gold will be required to participate. On […]

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Report: Microsoft Stops Selling 12-Month Gold Subscriptions

On July 18, 2020 By NovelGamer
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According to a confirmed report by TrueAchievements, Microsoft has stopped selling 12-month Xbox Gold subscriptions. A Microsoft spokesperson said, “At this time, Xbox has decided to remove the 12 months Xbox Live Gold SKU from the Microsoft online Store. Customers can still sign up for a one month or three […]

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Xbox’s Double Discounts With Gold Deals Ends Monday

On July 17, 2020July 21, 2020 By NovelGamer

There’s only a few days left to enjoy the savings included in these deals for Gold or Ultimate subscribers. Some of the games, like RDR2 is available to play for free on Game Pass, but it may not be there forever so here’s your chance to own it at half-off […]

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Xbox Promises A Great Future for Gamers, xCloud

On July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer

Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, published a lengthy post celebrating the gamer and promising a safe environment in the future with plans in place for reduced toxity and hate speech. He also described the future of the console, Project xCloud, and laid out the reasons why people should join the […]

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No Man’s Sky Desolation Update Released Today

On July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
No Man's Sky Desolation Update

No Man’s Sky released a free update to Xbox One today that adds a bit of horror to the vast space adventure game. The update brings haunted abandoned freighters to the game and promises great rewards and dangers. Scavenge and survive in the haunted wreckage of derelict freighters with the […]

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Ghost Recon Breakpoint Available for Free Play This Weekend

On July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Ghost Recon Breakpoint Screen

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be available to play this weekend for free if you’re a Gold or Game Pass Ultimate subscriber. Xbox Wire announced this weekend’s line-up early this morning. Ash of Gods Redemption and Frostpunk will also be available for free play. Breakpoint just received a major […]

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5 Best Simulation Games on Xbox Game Pass – July 2020

On July 15, 2020July 21, 2020 By NovelGamer
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The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets fully-remastered and set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection! Choose from almost 200 visually stunning animals and the largest, most detailed selection of environments ever, […]

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NASCAR Heat 5 Patch Released for Xbox, Fixes Several Crashes

On July 14, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
NASCAR Heat 5 Opening Screen Xbox One

NASCAR Heat’s Twitter account announced an Xbox patch yesterday that downloaded and installed today on our console.  This is version 1.2.52957.0 on Xbox. According to in-game patch notes, this one fixes the following issues: The game would crash in Career mode after races and before a new season. An issue […]

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Ghost Recon Breakpoint is adding AI Teammates in Latest Update

On July 13, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Ghost Recon Breakpoint Screen

AI teammates are making a comeback to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series.  These were available in solo mode in the previous game, Wildlands, and should be a welcomed addition to the current game, Breakpoint. According to the game’s website, the update will be made available at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, […]

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Soedesco Is Doing the Right Thing

On July 12, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Screenshot from Truck Driver on Xbox One

I submitted my responses to the survey conducted by Soedesco about its Truck Driver game on console. Five wasn’t really enough, but it said they will share the results and conduct a second survey to prioritize what players want. That’s great. Truck Driver kind of sucks. I played American Truck […]

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Xbox Should Allow Us To Stream Directly to Facebook Gaming

On July 12, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
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Mixer is going away on July 22 and Xbox users will only be allowed to stream from the console to Twitch. Like it was in the beginning. It would be cool if we could stream directly to Facebook Gaming from the console. Currently, you have to stream through OBS or […]

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Every Game on Xbox Game Pass for Console – July 2020

On July 12, 2020July 23, 2020 By NovelGamer
Xbox Game Pass

This is a list of all the available games to play with Microsoft’s Game Pass on Xbox One. It is current as of July 12, 2020. It does not include any Game Pass games that are for Windows only. Absolver Downfall Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown After party Age of […]

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Bloodmobile Coming to State of Decay 2 This Month

On July 11, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Bloodmobile

To raise awareness for needed blood donations amid the pandemic, State of Decay 2 is adding a Bloodmobile ambulance to the game. Coming soon to a free update near you, a slogan you can drive! Get behind the wheel with our new Bloodmobile, and put your commitment to saving lives […]

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NASCAR Heat 5 Doesn’t Have Enough New Content

On July 10, 2020August 2, 2020 By NovelGamer
NASCAR Heat 5 Opening Screen Xbox One

[NOTE: This is a review in progress. I am initially disappointed, but I am looking for positives and will be editing this throughout the week as well as adding graphics and video. So please do not take this as a final representation. Also, the scoring will be based on the […]

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Latest Wreckfest Update Includes New Track, Introduces New Tournament Season

On July 9, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Kingston Raceway - Wreckfest on Xbox One

Wreckfest update 1.5.0.0 for the Xbox series contains a lengthy list of additions and improvements, as detailed in a post from Bugbear Entertainment: It’s time to wave a good-bye to time trials, collect your rewards and prep for new events! We’ve been pretty amazed at how popular our time trials […]

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SnowRunner 6.0 Update to Introduce First Season Pass Content Next Week

On July 9, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer

 According to a Focus Forums post, update 6.0 will arrive on July 15. This will only be available to those who purchased the season pass or the premium edition. According to the community manager’s post, this is the first of four phases. With over one million players, SnowRunner is set […]

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Soedesco to Truck Driver Players: ‘We Want Your Opinion!’

On July 9, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Photo from Truck Driver on Xbox One

The developers of Truck Driver are asking players what they want to see in future updates. Truck Driver is the first of its kind on console, but received poor reviews. The world seemed empty and the physics made it feel more like an arcade game than a real simulation. Developers […]

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Bus Simulator Update 1.4.0.6 Released Today on Xbox One

On July 8, 2020July 17, 2020 By NovelGamer
Bus Simulator Loading Page

Astragon announced a new update yesterday for Xbox One that was received by our console today. According to their Twitter account, the new update includes the following: Achievements: NEW: Official Map Extension DLC achievements Fixed some base game achievements requiring the player to own the Map Extension Made collectibles always […]

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