Xbox Game Club – 2021 in Review

Members of the 2021 were treated to an exciting year in 2021 Xbox Game Club. For those you don’t know, we’re a community of Xbox gamers who play, share, and discuss a new featured game every week or two. I’m a Senior Community Manager on staff for the program and that means I have the awesome responsibility of playing our featured games and helping facilitate our book club-style conversations about them.

Although Xbox Game Club was officially launched in 2020, it wasn’t our first year as a community and program. We had an amazing year, playing the featured games and sharing our top content. Sound like fun? Join us on our Xbox Game Club Website.

These are the Games That We Featured

Over 50 Xbox Game Club games were featured in 2021. We don’t have room here to include the complete list, but some of my own favorites included Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, Spiritfarer, Unpacking, Killer Queen Black, Mount & Blade: Warband, Minecraft, Hades, Back 4 Blood, The Vale is Shadow of the Crown, SplitgateAnd Skyrim: The Elder Scrolls V. A severe fear of scary games and time limitations forced me to forgo a number of featured games. I had fun trying different genres of games, sharing my favourites with others and watching great content emerge in the Discord and via social media. Read on below for the community’s favorite parts of the last year in Xbox Game Club.

Community Highlights

Which was your favourite Xbox Game Club game this year?

• Spoodly Phoenix: “Spiritfarer. It’s such a beautiful and heartfelt game about dying and the afterlife. There’s so much to do, and it was such fun to be given the freedom to explore the map and do the mini games pretty much at will. There were times the game brought me to tears with the soulful character interactions and emotional story.”
• McKanuck: “Halo InfiniteAfter having read through all of the Halo games to prepare, this was my first Halo game. I hadn’t ever been this hyped up for a game release.”
• SimplyScottyx: “Let me know why! The game was beautiful, captivating, and had an amazing story. What I loved most about it was the fact that there was a character that represents the trans community.”

What’s your favorite thing about Xbox Game Club?

• McKanuck: “Featuring games I might not have otherwise tried has led me to find some new favourites.”
• Zatomas: “I like to play along with other fellow Ambassadors and having a “synchronous” conversation about those games. Also, sometimes is an occasion to stop and play games that otherwise would stay in the backlog or that I didn’t consider at all at first.”
• CerebralPaul#921: “The variety of the games chosen from week to week.”

Which game did you play because it was in Xbox Game Club?

• Hmills27: “The Yakuza franchise, which has become one of my all-time favorites now”
• Negangaming: “I have tried nearly all of the Game Club’s featured games. It allows me to get away from the usual fps games I play and explore something that is different. Also, it gives me a chance to see if the games are suitable for my daughter to play or if it’s possible for me and her to game together.”
• BurninKnight#837: “Pretty much all of them because if you don’t try, how you going to know if you like the game or not?”

Growing Community

With all the fun we’re having together, it makes perfect sense that the Xbox Game Club community grew steadily over the course of 2021. This year Xbox Game Club saw over 115,000 new members join. We also launched an entirely new Discord in October which has now reached more than 15,000 people. And we are expecting to continue to grow both of these communities as we go into 2019. You can join us! Check out Xbox Game Club and our Discord whenever you’re ready.

Your Game Club Experience will be enhanced

Joining Xbox Game Club will get you access to everything we’ve talked about so far, and you can level up your experience even more by becoming an Xbox Ambassador. Xbox Ambassadors can access exclusive Missions, rewards, and other benefits for sharing and discussing Xbox Game Club gaming. The Xbox Ambassadors have completed more than 950,000 Missions that are focused on Xbox Game Club and other social media. That’s a lot of good times, XP, and exclusive rewards! Visit the Xbox Ambassadors Website to find out more.

What’s Next for Xbox Game Club?

Our 2022 plans include fun, exciting new content, events and discussions for Xbox Game Club. Stay tuned to receive the latest news from Xbox Game Club via email and Discord. Ich look forward to having a chat about gaming with you.