Haven't done this in half a year but there have been quite some changes.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance shoots up the list to #4. Tons of content in the base game and the DLCs were quite meaty as well. Took me two weeks to finish it. That's roughly 5 hours a day.

Yakuza: Like A Dragon is another newcomer on #8. Would've have been far quicker to finish without the turn based combat but I had a great time with it. Not a perfect system but the combat in previous Yakuza games was really getting stale.

Fina Fantasy XV is the last new entry on #22. Kinda short when you consider that I did all the major things the game has to offer and all DLCs too. Well, there's basically only senseless side missions and grinding left.

The games kicked out by this update are: Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Jurassic World Evolution

Excited to see what they do with the next one.  It was my first Yakuza game to play and I really enjoyed it (not just enjoyed it, loved it).  I would have liked some kind of inventory sorting system for the storage box.  

So there's apparently rumours that MS are going to stealth drop the Halo Infinite F2P multiplayer early on the 15th of November. Could be just twitter BS.

I could definitely see it happening just because 343 keeps treating the multiplayer and campaign as technically 2 separate games, so I can see them deciding to drop the multiplayer early for such a special event. On the other hand, I also don't think they expected DICE to delay Battlefield 2042 to the point where both Halo Infinite MP and BF2042 would launch the exact same week lol with early access to BF2042 starting tomorrow. 

That would probably be some competition they wouldn't exactly want right now. It seemed like 343 waited till CoD Vanguard and BF2042 had their initial release dates announced and chose December as the release for Infinite just to give Halo as much limelight as possible. Wouldn't be the case if they shadow dropped the MP exact same time as Battlefield. As much as I would want them to! 

Ouch........he's right, though. As cool as it is at times for game rumors or leaks to come out, I can't imagine how upsetting and disappointing it is for the developer to spend years of their life to make a game that'll surprise the gaming industry and set the internet ablaze, only to have it spoiled.

And with Jez and Grubb trying to top each other lately in regards to leaks, it's getting worse. Microsoft needs to shore up info getting out there since Jez has previously said his sources aren't Microsoft employees, so something in the system is busted. Because Bethesda definitely doesn't have as bad of a problem with leaks as Microsoft does lol. 

So basically everyone at Xbox hates Jeff Grub. Probably deserved.

Whatever his source is he exploits it for his own personal gain to the detriment of Xbox studios and staff. No one's life is being benefited by the leaks except his own, yet like that now deleted tweet said his actions demoralise developers.

Basically he leaks to get higher status at the expense of others. The odd leak is one thing but what's been happening recently is just gross to me.

Sorry for the question, but FH5 is the only exclusive for Xbox first year, correct?
Forza Horizon 5 and perhaps you can consider FS 2020, since the SX port came 2021?

Depends what you are counting. If FS counts I guess Gears Tactics should count.

So Gears Tactics, FS2020 and Forza Horizon 5

I think it was just the PC version of gears tactics that was earlier so same situation as FS2020