{"id":520878,"date":"2026-07-11T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/520878\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:53:09","slug":"what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-july-11-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/520878\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 11-12)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Talking<\/a><\/p>\n

Weekend time! As we head into another hot couple of days here in the UK, we’re planning to check out a bunch of new Xbox Game Pass<\/a> titles, a few new Free Play Days<\/a> additions, and possibly the new releases of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced<\/a> and DOOM The Dark Ages Revelations<\/a> amongst other things!<\/p>\n

Here’s what we’re playing on Xbox this weekend:<\/p>\n

Fraser Gilbert, Editor<\/p>\n

I’m trying to save up some Microsoft Rewards<\/a> points for both GTA 6<\/a> and Star Wars: Galactic Racer<\/a> right now, so as much as I do want to try AC Black Flag Resynced and the new DOOM DLC, they might have to go on the backburner.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’ve got plenty to be getting on with – Blue Prince<\/a>, Football Manager 26<\/a>, 007 First Light<\/a>, Forza Horizon 6<\/a>, Mixtape<\/a>, Tiny Bookshop<\/a>, EMPULSE<\/a>… the list goes on. There’s also the World Cup that will take up much of my time!<\/p>\n

I also really want to finish Dispatch<\/a> on my ROG Xbox Ally X (it’s excellent) before the game arrives as part of Xbox Game Pass at some point this summer, so perhaps that’ll take priority this weekend.<\/p>\n

Have a good one, folks!<\/p>\n

Craig Reid, Contributor<\/p>\n

Momentum to see every RPG in my backlog through to the end has come to a grinding halt. Predictable, really.<\/p>\n

Now, I could blame myself. My lack of drive, my inability to stay fully-committed. Yes, I could. Instead, I\u2019ll point the finger squarely at Gears 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has reeled me in like a man possessed, let me tell ya. I yearn for the longshot, to flick headshot my Locust foes, and to finally reach the rank of General in Tour of Duty (even if doing so only earns me a measly 5 gamerscore).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m clearly channelling all of my excitement for Gears of War: E-Day<\/a> into what I\u2019m playing right now, so it makes sense I’m fixated on Gears. With all that being said, though, I\u2019d love to give DOOM: The Dark Ages<\/a> a proper go this weekend. That, and spend a little more time sailing the open seas with Edward Kenway.<\/p>\n

I really need to party up on Gears 5. It\u2019d be spectacular to jump on with some friends. Like the old days!<\/p>\n

Tell us what you’re playing this weekend down below!<\/p>\n

\"Fraser<\/p>\n

Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weekend time! As we head into another hot couple of days here in the UK, we’re planning to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[337,111,139,69,258209,145,258210,37877],"class_list":["post-520878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-features","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-talking-point","tag-technology","tag-what-are-you-playing","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}