Cup Killer: Sandbox Game

Nintendo's prerecorded video showcase format has been copied by Xbox, PlayStation, and everyone else, and now it's all we have

You decide who the best soccer player in the world is.

When I wrote, barely six weeks ago, that I liked to occasionally re-read Tom Bramwell's "Microsoft kills game ownership and expects us to smile" editorial to remind me what it's all about, I didn't mean I wanted to actually re-write a tribute act version of that article myself. I also didn't mean I wanted to be writing something like it so soon after bringing it up. And I definitely didn't mean I wanted to have to re-write it not once, but twice, within the space of a few days. I already had to take one stab at it just last week, as the impervious Rockstar nudged the first domino in the ultima

Game Pass was supposed to be the all-you-can-play subscription service that put Xbox on top after a disastrous generation. Instead, it's a failure that's threatening to ruin the company.

Lots of blood and a bloody good soundtrack.