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ARS GRATIA ARTIS Pentiment review: a wonderful tapestry of historical intrigue, and a welcome treat for Game Pass users
Nobody expects a lavish ink commission.
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Halo Again Looks like Xbox is making Halo: Combat Evolved again, but this time it might also come to PS5
A fresh remaster is reportedly in the works.
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PASS THE GAMES The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024
Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.
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FONT OF POWER If the best Xbox exclusive of this generation comes to Nintendo Switch, everyone should be excited
Pentiment isn’t just an important Xbox game, it’s an important game full stop.
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![Master Chief in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/halo-combat-evolved--reportedly-remaster-considered-ps5-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Halo Again | Looks like Xbox is making Halo: Combat Evolved again, but this time it might also come to PS5
![Geoff Keighley saying a thing at Summer Game fest 2023.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/summer-games-fest-streaming-at-4k-60fps-jokes-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Running Gag | Summer Game Fest is streaming at 4K 60fps this year, and everyone is making the same joke
![The baron's death in Pentiment next to Call of Duty's Captain Price.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pentiment-120-fps-ps5-not-xbox-trickshot-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
MUM, GET THE MURAL | Terrible news, monk trickshotters, Pentiment currently runs at 120 FPS on PS5, but only 60 on Xbox
![The problem with Xbox is that you don’t need an Xbox, and that's a hard circle to square](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fum_TLSHBDI.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
THE SHIITAKE SHOW | The problem with Xbox is that you don’t need an Xbox, and that's a hard circle to square
![Hi-Fi Rush x Pentiment cross header custom](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hi-fi-rush-pentiment-physical.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
GETTING PHYSICAL | Both Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush are getting physical versions soon!
![Grappling a zombie in Dead Island 2.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dead-island-2-game-pass-quiet-drop-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
ZOMB-EEE, LOOK HERE | Surprise, Dead Island 2 has quietly landed on Xbox Game Pass
![Pentiment official art](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pentiment-Aufmacher.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
PENT UP | Pentiment was announced in the Nintendo Direct for Switch, but you might have blinked and missed it
![A person in Grounded.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/grounded_gwarymH.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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DIRECT TO YOUR EYES | Watch today's Nintendo Direct here
![The Nintendo Switch logo next to the Xbox logo.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/nintendo-direct-announced-xbox-chat-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
IT NEVER ENDS | Yes, a Nintendo Direct is coming tomorrow, so of course everyone's talking about Xbox again
![Work, eat, sleep, repeat – the life of a Bavarian peasant in the 16th centuary, and many of us today.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pentiment-header_Q2U6FxO.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
FONT OF POWER | If the best Xbox exclusive of this generation comes to Nintendo Switch, everyone should be excited
![Phil Spencer head](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Phil-Spencer-hed_v1f5nIU.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
EVERY SCREEN | Xbox stands by its hardware while pushing its games can be "accessed across any screen"
![Phil Spencer on the official Xbox Podcast.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/xbox-update-phil-spencer-thursday-podcast-01.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
VERY PODDERS | Good news, Phil Spencer's very important Xbox business update is coming this Thursday...via a podcast
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TELL ME A GOOD ONE | The best story games to play in 2024
![Elden Ring winning Game Developers Choice awards 2023](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elden-ring-gdc-2023.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
GOLD MEDAL | Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards
![2022 Games of the Year: Pentiment, and Jim’s other picks](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pentiment-GOTY.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
THE PAST OF US | 2022 Games of the Year: Pentiment, and Jim’s other picks
![Today is a great day to be a Game Pass subscriber](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Xbox-Game-Pass-November_U1VXuSH.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
XMAS CAME EARLY? | Today is a great day to be a Game Pass subscriber
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REQUIESCAT GAME PASS | Pentiment shows the true value of Game Pass
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ARS GRATIA ARTIS | Pentiment review: a wonderful tapestry of historical intrigue, and a welcome treat for Game Pass users
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