Tag: Xbox Game Pass

Almost three months of 2023 have passed already – terrifying thought, isn’t it? Let’s forget about time’s constant barrage on our frail mortal shells and think about video games instead.

Over the next few weeks, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can look forward to a premiere baseball sim, another whimsical RPG, and more – we’ll list everything below! As always, all information comes directly from Xbox Wire. 

Xbox Game Pass games for late March 2023

Available now

• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition (console, cloud, and PC)

March 28

• MLB The Show 23 (console and cloud)

March 30

• Infinite Guitars (console, cloud, and PC)

April 12

• Ghostwire: Tokyo (Xbox Series X|S and PC)

Pretty good offerings this time, especially MLB The Show 23, which has Jazz Chisholm Jr on the cover.

Unfortunately, several titles will be leaving Xbox Game Pass soon. We’ll list everything going on March 31, 2023, below.

• A Memoir Blue (console, cloud, and PC)
• Chinatown Detective Agency (console, cloud, and PC)
• ClusterTruck (console, cloud, and PC)
• Double Dragon Neon (console, cloud, and PC)
• Kraken Academy!! (console, cloud, and PC)
• MLB The Show 22 (console, cloud, and PC)
• Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (console, cloud, and PC)

Don’t forget: there’s a 20 percent discount off the purchase price for every game getting removed from Game Pass – so if you want to keep any of these, go for it. 

Also, it’s worth checking out the Xbox Game Pass offerings for early March – there are a couple of brilliant additions still available!

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Well, well, well – look what we have here: someone looking for new video games to play! It’s a good thing Microsoft is practically giving away again, eh?

Over the next couple of weeks, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can look forward to two survival horror classics, Viking adventures, a breathtaking Studio Ghibli-inspired RPG, and more. As always, all information comes directly from Xbox Wire. We’ll list everything on offer below!

Xbox Game Pass games for March 2023

Available Now

• Guilty Gear -Strive- (console, cloud, and PC)

March 9

• Dead Space 2 (console, cloud, and PC)
• Dead Space 3 (console, cloud, and PC)

March 14

• Valhiem (Game Preview) (console)

March 16

• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (console, cloud, and PC)

March 21

• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition (console, cloud, and PC)

Considering that the Dead Space remake just came out, jumping into the sequels might not be a bad idea – especially with EA teasing further remakes.

Sadly, several titles are leaving Xbox Game Pass soon. We’ll list everything going on March 15, 2023, below.

• F1 2020 (console, cloud, and PC)
• Goat Simulator (console, cloud, and PC)
• Kentucky Route Zero (console, cloud, and PC)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (console, cloud, and PC)
• Paradise Killer (console, cloud, and PC)
• Undertale (console, cloud, and PC)
• Young Souls (console, cloud, and PC)
• Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (console, cloud, and PC)

Remember, there’s a 20 percent discount off the purchase price for every game getting nixed from Game Pass – so if you want to keep any of these, go for it.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed that games added to Xbox Game Pass have fewer base sales overall – though the company insists it’s about giving players and developers “another option” to discover and monetize games, respectively.

As reported by Eurogamer, Microsoft expanded on its data showing that Xbox Game Pass additions tend to sell less – but there are other means of generating revenue.

“Xbox Game Pass offers gamers and game creators more choice and opportunity in how they discover, experience, and deliver games,” reads the statement. “For gamers, that means providing another option for them to discover games and play with friends at a great value. For developers, that means creating another option for how they monetize their games.”

“We’re focused on helping game creators of all sizes maximize the total financial value they receive through Game Pass,” it continues, “Each game is unique, so we work closely with creators to build a custom program to reflect what they need, ensure they are compensated financially for their participation in the service, and allow room for creativity and innovation. As a result, the number of developers interested in working with Game Pass continues to grow.”

Every month, Xbox Game Pass sees new titles – February 2023’s update bought Madden NFL 23, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, and more.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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New year, new me – that’s got to be the motto of Xbox Game Pass this month since the lineup is absolutely stacked.

Over the next couple of weeks, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can look forward to a couple of classic JRPGs and one incredible hunting adventure. As always, all information comes directly from Xbox Wire.

Xbox Game Pass games for January 2023

Available now

• Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition (console, cloud, and PC)
• Stranded Deep (console, cloud, and PC)
• Valheim: Mistlands Biome Update (PC)

Jan. 19

• Persona 3 Portable (console, cloud, and PC)
• Persona 4 Golden (console, cloud, and PC)

Jan. 20

• Monster Hunter Rise (console, cloud, and PC)

Not quite as many games in terms of volume that we get in these updates, but all three that are there are phenomenal – so it works out! Microsoft has been hyping up the Persona games for months now.

Regrettably, Xbox Game Pass is also losing several excellent games soon. We’ll list everything leaving on Jan 15, 2023, but remember that there’s a membership discount of up to 20 percent should you wish to keep these forever.

• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (console, cloud, and PC)
• Nobody Saves The World (console, cloud, and PC)
• Pupperazzi (console, cloud, and PC)
• The Anacrusis (console, cloud, and PC)
• We Happy Few (console, cloud, and PC)
• Windjammers 2 (console, cloud, and PC)

That about does it for now, but there’ll surely be more games announced for Xbox Game Pass in the coming weeks.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Five well-known games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on Jan. 15, 2023 – so subscribers will lose access to these titles in less than two weeks.

On Tuesday, Microsoft confirmed that Xbox Game Pass is losing titles like Windjammers 2 and Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc this month. We’ll all five below.

• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition
• Windjammers 2
• Pupperazzi
• Nobody Saves the World
• The Anacrusis 

Anyone with an active Xbox Game Pass subscription can keep these games, but you’ll have to buy them. The good news is members get a 20 percent discount on the asking price for each.

Xbox Game Pass loses games every month, so this is hardly an odd occurrence. Most people are taking note because, for example, the Danganronpa series is wildly popular. Granted, these games might be back on Xbox Game Pass eventually – but for now, they gone!

For the majority of 2022, Xbox Game Pass was fantastic. Slowly but surely, Microsoft’s subscription service has been scooping up solid releases left and right, including High On Life, Pentiment, and Vampire Survivors, among many others.

We still don’t know what the Xbox Game Pass lineup for January 2023 is yet, but Microsoft will announce those details soon enough.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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It’s thanks to Xbox Game Pass that Pentiment, Obsidian’s new medieval detective RPG, ever stood a chance of being approved, Obsidian design director Josh Sawyer said. Sawyer made the comments on a recent episode of Waypoint Radio (first spotted on Resetera), where he also said Xbox’s subscription service helped change the game development landscape, making it possible for projects with lower anticipated returns on investment to have a chance at life.

“I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass,” Sawyer said. “I just don’t think it would have been possible. The old mentality of Publishers and Developers is generally focussed on larger investments with higher ROI (return on investment), and that’s not the point in this environment, in this ecosystem.”​

Sawyer continued by saying Pentiment was only ever intended for a small, niche audience, and as long as that audience enjoyed it, then he believes it accomplished its goal.

Pentiment’s launch data seems to be proving Sawyer’s point as well, at least on Steam. While Pentiment received generally positive reviews from critics, the RPG’s highest player count peaked at just over 900.

However, in keeping with the philosophy that brought it to life, Pentiment also launched on Xbox Game Pass, where it may find a slightly bigger audience to appreciate the work that went into it.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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The next round of upcoming Xbox Game Pass games is on the way, with Norco, Warhammer 40K, Dune, and more in the spotlight. Xbox announced the next batch of games in a new Xbox Wire blog post and provided some expected release dates for the nearly dozen new games headed to the platform’s subscription service.

The first set of new games is already available: Pentiment, the medieval detective game from Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian, and Somerville, an adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world.

On Nov. 17, 2022, Game Pass subscribers on PC can download Dune: Spice Wars, the grand strategy game set in the Dune universe, and Ghostlore, an action-RPG inspired by the likes of Diablo 2.

Console and PC subscribers will also get Lapin, while console subscribers get Norco, the popular Southern Gothic indie game about searching for your lost brother in New Orleans and coming to grips with your past.

On Nov. 29, 2022, Soccer Story lands on console and PC, a physics-driven RPG where a game of soccer – and your trusty, magic ball – can solve any problem. The next day brings Warhammer 40K: Darktide to PC Game Pass, an intense action shooter set in the vast Warhammer universe.

On the DLC side, Dead by Daylight owners can download the Forged in Fog DLC for free starting Nov. 22, 2022.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF

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