What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 10-11)

Welcome to another weekend! As usual, there's plenty to enjoy on Xbox over the next couple of days including a bunch of new Xbox Game Pass titles, various Free Play Days offerings and a wide selection of great discounts. Here's what we're playing this weekend: Fraser Gilbert, Editor I suppose now that the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is on Xbox Game Pass, it'd be rude not to go back and play a bit of it. Everyone has their favourite of the three games, and since the Trilogy released, it's actually become the first one for me. There's something about it that I just love... I can pretty much speedrun it at this point! Beyond that, we've been watching the Jurassic Park films over the past couple of weeks (I'd only ever seen the first one until then, and to be honest I don't think I was missing much!), so Jurassic World Evolution 2 on Xbox Game Pass is firmly within my sights. Don't know what to expect, but I hear it's pretty good - so let's give a try. Have a good weekend, folks! What will you be playing on Xbox this weekend? Let us know down in the comments below. 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. 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