Microsoft is testing a bug fix in which connected headphones do not mute the TV. This is a list of new games that will appear in Game Pass in November. The appearance of previously deleted games from the Microsoft Store and other news.
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Xbox Series X|S will finally fix one of the console’s strangest problems
Users of headphones on PS4 and PS5 consoles know that when you connect headphones to the console, there is the ability to mute the TV. In fact, you can make the TV automatically turn off when you plug in the headphones. For some reason, you can’t do this on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. The sound goes through both devices, which means that the only way to stop the sound from passing through the TV is to turn it off manually.
Last week, a new update was released for Xbox Insiders, which provided “new optimized sound settings … with new features such as “Mute the speaker when you connect the headset; and a new settings page, Sound Testing.
It is not known when the update with the fix for the insider build will be available in the final version of the Xbox operating system.
List of new games that will appear in Game Pass in November
November will continue to please us with interesting releases and of course new games added to the Game Pass subscription.
We publish a list of games that will be added to your Game Pass subscription in November:
- Minecraft Java (PC) – November 2. Fans of Minecraft mods will appreciate the appearance of the Java version of the game.
- Minecraft Bedrock (PC) – November 2.
- Unpacking (PC, Xbox) – November 2. A meditative game from humble games.
- Forza Horizon 5 (PC, Xbox) – November 9. Immediately, on the day of release, the long-awaited racing game Forza Horizon 5 will be available to owners of a Game Pass subscription.
- Football Manager 2022 (PC, Xbox) – November 9. Football management simulator will also be available on the day of release of the game.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (Xbox) – November 11. The remaster of one of the updated parts of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy, namely the game – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will appear in the subscription on the release day, November 11.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition (PC, Xbox) – November 11. Open-world role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios.
- Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game Of The Year Edition (PC, Xbox) – November 18.
- UnDungeon (PC, Xbox) – November 18.
- Evil Genius 2: World Domination – November 30.
It is worth adding that the other day in the subscription Game Pass was added the game The Forgotten City – one of the best games of 2021.
Debuted in July by Dear Villager and developed by Modern Storyteller, The Forgotten City is a mysterious adventure role-playing game that is an expanded version of the popular Skyrim world.
Depending on the platform, according to review aggregator site Metacritic, The Forgotten City received between 85 and 90 points out of 100. In addition, on Steam, the game boasts a rare rating of “Extremely positive”: 96 percent of the 2743 reviews give a positive rating to the game.
“Go back 2,000 years to the past to see the last days of the cursed Roman city: once one resident breaks the law, and all will perish. Solve the mystery of the settlement, caught in a time loop – explore its streets, ask the residents, solve puzzles. “
Recover previously deleted games from the Microsoft Store
We previously reported on Microsoft’s remote games from the Microsoft Store. At the same time, immediately, we assumed that the removal of games is some kind of mistake and not a consequence of the company’s policy.
Began to receive reports according to which previously deleted games began to appear in the Microsoft Store. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not commented on this incident.
The developers of Age of Empires IV are exploring the possibility of developing a version of the game for the Xbox console
The significant strategy Age of Empires IV is available to owners of a Game Pass subscription, but only PC users can play it.
It seems that the owners of the console should not lose hope yet. In an interview Multiplayer.it (posted @Klobrille on Twitter) that took place a few days before the game’s launch, World’s Edge creative director Adam Isgrin shared some information:
“Once we’re done managing the game’s PC release, we’ll start thinking about how to run the game on consoles. We don’t have definitive plans yet, but now we’re really going to start thinking about a solution,” Adam Isgrin said.
Age of Empires 4 isn’t the first game from Xbox Game Studios to be released first on PC, with games like turn-based strategy game Gears Tactics and Flight Simulator also originally released for PC only.
