Category: Xbox 360 to One BC

Well, this was certainly un-expected, and somebody in the Magic: The Gathering land should be tickled pink by this announcement. Now, if you remember, Magic 2012 was made BC back in May of 2016.  So I guess this is everything else with the exception of 2015 which was put on both the 360 and XB1.  Anyway, I can’t really say more about it since I’m not a Magic guy…I’ve tried playing it a few times and usually just leave scratch my head.  Still, it’s a good thing, and 6 games this week is quite the improvement.  Enjoy.

• Magic: the Gathering $9.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Expansion Pack 1 $4.99 
  • DLC w/Achievements: Expansion Pack 2 $4.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Expansion Pack 3 $4.99
• Magic 2013 $9.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Magic 2013 Expansion $4.99
• Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalkers $9.99
  • DLC w/Achievements: Magic 2014 Expansion $4.99

Wait…what?  Holy crap kids.  We have three excellent titles coming to backwards compatibility today.  This also includes a TEKKEN TAG TEAM 2 Special.  That’s right, because Far Cry 2 is also on sale this week.  BC and a sale in the same week, whoop, whoop.  I’m personally very excited for Driver since its a game that’s been part of my backlog for a very long time.  It was also a game if I remember correctly that was rumored a long time ago for BC.  Good stuff, and and a good way to start off the year.  Enjoy.

• Sniper Elite V2 $29.99 (also available cheaper on disc)
• Far Cry 2 $5.99 (also available on disc) (on sale this week)
• Driver: San Francisco – only available on disc (goes for about ~$15)

Well, this would be the 4th week in a row when the only thing I’ve talked about are sales or lack there of and nothing else.  No BC games, extra news or anything to get excited about.  Heck, it’s not even exciting around here, I’m staring at freezing rain and sleet contemplating my next move (going back to bed sounds nice).

I am playing Diablo III on Xbox One, I did start my necromancer and she’s level 33 already and I barely made it through the first act.  I had several achievements also bugged as well which while they did fix themselves nearly 24 hours after, it certainly dampened my spirits about playing.  Actually I haven’t played except to check my achievements since that happened and that was Saturday.

Welp, here are the sales.  Lots on the Xbox One side, not too much on the 360 side.  Better than the last couple of weeks though.  The Far Cry stuff is interesting because with the exception of Far Cry 4, I would think the other FC’s would get BC billing soon enough.  Those are pretty cheap prices to boot as well.  Well, take some time to think about it and hopefully we’ll get a BC announcement this week…hopefully.  Enjoy kids.

So, this week I turned to an old friend.  Diablo III.  Now as some of you faithfuls remember I 100% the 360 version last year.  Well, with the Necromancer class on sale last week, I felt obliged to open up my Xbox One version of the game and import my characters. Needless to say I got a lot of achievements within the first couple of hours I put into the game due to those characters.  I also realize that my Demon Hunter & Witch Doctor are ridiculously OP.

Anyway, I didn’t even start a Necromancer yet but I have a feeling I will in the next few days.  Will I 100% this version too?  I dunno.  I’m not too keen on doing 500 bounties again (nor another level 70 hardcore since for some reason my level 70 hardcore crusader didn’t pop the achievement, even after gaining a few paragon points) and I’m not sure how hard the Necromancer specific achievements are.  But we’ll see.

Anyway, the sales this week pretty much stink again even for the Xbox One.  I know I sound like a broken record but we need some new BC games.   These two below have been on sale plenty of times and everybody who wants them, has them by now.  Have a good week and enjoy it no matter what you do.

The first post of the new year.  Rejoice.  Alright done?  Good.  My new year was rather uneventful, I was pretty forced to stay up until about 1:00am.  Nope, not by my wife, she would have been going to bed too.  Nope, this was all about my neighbors who decided to have fireworks until then.  I guess I’m lucky they passed out by then.  Anyway, I’m still playing Infinite Minigolf for some reason, though I did get a couple of the harder achievements.  I also started Romancing Saga 2 which really makes me miss systems like the SNES and the original Sony Playstation.  It’s so good, really.  I doubt I’ll 100% it, but I hope I do beat it.

Xbox One Sales – TrueAchievement.com

Xbox 360 Sales – TrueAchievement.com

One, that 360 sale is pathetic.  I know we had a good holiday sale…but it’s still pathetic.  The Xbox One sale is better, I will probably pick up the DLC for Diablo III if nothing else.  It would have made more sense to put Van Helsing II on sale as the first one was already a GWG and the third one currently is.  At least try and give a little enticement.  Anyway, hopefully we get some new BC games this week.  It is a new year and we should certainly try to start it off right.  Enjoy folks.

While I can’t really say I played all that much when it came to games in the past week (told you that was going to happen), I did receive some well appreciated games for Christmas.  I don’t like when my wife and extended family waste $60 on a game so my list was solely games that were $30 and under with most being near that $20 mark.  As a result, I received Batman: Enemy Within, Victor Vran, Pillars of Eternity, Town of Light, and Final Fantasy XV for the Xbox One.  And that was had at the cost of two new games from my estimates.  I already installed Batman last night, and even though there are only three episodes available at this time, I’ll probably burn through it.  I hope at least the 4th episode comes out before I finish the first three.  (of course then there is always that cliff hanger…)

As you might expect, there was no post by the Major about the sales today.  However, I do have a couple of links that will show you what those sales are.  Nothing really here unless you would like a copy of Jet Set Radio.  It’s just as well since most of you are probably still reeling from Microsoft’s holiday sale.  Maybe we’ll get back to some normalcy next week, maybe we’ll have a BC game or two as well.  Hope you guys had a nice Christmas and have a Happy New Year.  Take care.

Xbox One Sale Roundup provided by TrueAchievements.com

Xbox 360 Sale Roundup provided by TrueAchievements.com

Welp, in addition to officially posting the Countdown sales, we also get the games with gold for January 2018 and it’s not Killer Instinct Season 3 amazingly enough.  (For those who don’t know KI S1 and S2 were January 2016 and 2017 GWG).  I’m always happy about Van Helsing rearing its head but I am rather disappointed by the 360 games.  Army of Two is an awful choice when it has 10 discontinued achievements among other issues.  Tomb Raider Underworld is a little better, but it’s not exactly going to turn heads.  I mean I’m happy for four games that I don’t have technically, but perhaps we deserved a better Christmas present you know?  Happy Holidays.

Xbox One

• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III (January 1st-31st)
• Zombi (January 16th – February 15th)

Xbox 360

• Tomb Raider: Underworld (January 1st-15th)
• Army of Two (January 16th-31st)

Welp, I wasn’t sure when this was going to pop up but I guess I should be glad that it did tonight since I’m still actually here for the holidays.  It looks like a pretty good sale to boot and you will notice that it is similar to the Black Friday sale but there are differences unfortunately.  So take a gander, this took a while and as usual the Major looks to be taking an early holiday which leaves me gleaming the sale from my other sources like TrueAchievements.

TrueAchievements: Xbox 360 Holiday Sale Roundup

MajorNelson: 2017 Xbox Countdown Sale

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Well, I would like to say I played a ton of Oxenfree or even Infinite Minigolf, but I really didn’t this past week.  Honestly, I had too much on my plate regarding the holidays and probably will for the next couple of weeks.  Not even anytime to really relax either.  In fact, typing this to you is probably the most relaxing thing I’ve done all week.  Anyway, I’m sure you don’t want to hear about all that.  Here are the sales. I will remind people on the X1 side that Sword Coast Legends will be removed from the marketplace by the end of the week. So if you want to give it a shot, spend the $4. There are a few interesting indie games here too with Valley and Zenith. On the Xbox 360 side, the Transformers are at a great discount but none of them are BC. But at least if you like your Street Fighter, then this sale is an one-stop shop (though it could be better priced). Enjoy.

Welp, in a fit on I want to finish this game so I can get it off my backlog, I wrapped up my second playthrough of Grim Legends: Forsaken Bride.  100%, All Hidden Objects, All Dominoes, etc, etc.  It will probably be a while before I play an Artifex Mundi game again.  Not to say I won’t, but some of those puzzles are just ridiculous, even the second time around.  I did also start my third playthrough of Oxenfree (the mean playthrough) and hope to have that done by the end of the year, but no promises.

So, as you might expect the sales this week are pretty lousy.  The main attraction here is probably Mega Man 9 and 10 though those discounts could be better.  But Bound by Flames and Mars: War Logs have been here before.  And if you need a digital copy of Remember Me pick it up now as I do believe it will go BC sometime next year.  You heard it here first.  Anyway, enjoy the slow week, get another title off that backlog and we’ll see you here this week.  Take care.