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[David76]

October itself saw a ton of new additions and it looks like November will be continuing on that gaming dump.

With new additions to console, PC, and Android devices, here is what Xbox Game Pass members can expect to get their hands on for the tailend of this month going into November (so far):

Xbox Game Pass new additions ​

• Carto, console & PC - October 27
• Day of the Tentacle, console & PC - October 29
• Five Nights at Freddy's, Android, console & PC - October 29
• Full Throttle Remastered, console & PC - October 29
• Grim Fandango Remastered, console & PC - October 29
• PUBG, Android - October 29
• ScourgeBringer, Android - October 29
• Unruly Heroes, Android, console & PC - October 29
• Celeste, Android, console & PC - November 5
• Comanche, PC - November 5
• Deep Rock Galactic, Android, console & PC - November 5
• Eastshade, Android, console & PC - November 5
• Knights and Bikes, consoles & PC - November 5
• Ark: Survival Evolved: Explorer's Edition, Android, console & PC - November 17

Other titles that you may have missed earlier this month ​

• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, PC – October 15
• Heave Ho, PC ID@Xbox – October 15
• Katana Zero, Android, console & PC ID@Xbox – October 15
• Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, console & PC – October 15
• The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse, PC – October 15
• ScourgeBringer, console ID@Xbox – October 21
• Cricket 19, console – October 22
• Supraland, console ID@Xbox – October 22
• Grounded Game Preview Update

DLC / Game updates: ​

• Black Desert Succession Update, console
• Destiny 2: Festival of the Lost 2020 – Until November 3
• Doom Eternal Halloween 2020 – Until October 29
• Overcooked! 2: Moon Harvest Festival – Free Update Out Now
• State of Decay 2 Update 21 & Open Range Pack

 

[David76]

2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is coming to EA's Play subscription service in just a few days.

In a post on the game's website, the publisher revealed that Respawn's action-adventure title Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order would be coming to its all-you-can-eat service on November 10, the same day that the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles launch.

 

[David76]

Gears Tactics (Android & Console) – November 9
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

Destiny 2: Beyond Light (Android & Console) – November 10
A new power is born out of the ancient Pyramid ship above Europa's frozen frontier, and a dark empire has risen beneath, united under the banner of the Fallen Kell of Darkness, Eramis. Join your fellow Guardians and bring down the empire at any cost – even if it means wielding the Darkness itself.

Planet Coaster: Console Edition (Android & Console) – November 10
Welcome to a new era in coaster park simulation! Bring your ideas to life with easy-to-use tools, manage all aspects of your expanding empire, and harness the world's best creations from an endlessly creative community in the Frontier Workshop. Guests react in real-time as you set prices, place scenery, and install exciting new attractions. Keep them entertained so attendance figures – and profits – skyrocket.

Tetris Effect: Connected (Console & PC) – November 10
Tetris Effect: Connected is the original game with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes! This is Tetris like you've never seen it, or heard it, or felt it before—an incredibly addictive, unique, and breathtakingly gorgeous reinvention of one of the most popular puzzle games of all time.

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (Console & PC) – November 12
It is a time of war. The Republic of Galbadia, under the influence of the sorceress Edea, mobilizes its great armies against the other nations of the world. Squall and other members of SeeD, an elite mercenary force, join hands with Rinoa, a resistance fighter, to fight against Galbadia's tyrannical rule and to prevent Edea from fulfilling her ultimate goal.

Gonner2 (Android) – November 12
Joining the cloud gaming (beta) library on Android with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and available now on console & PC. The altruistic and unexpected hero Ikk is back and this time Death needs his help. Journey your way through deep dark chaotic places with unimaginable sparks of color as you go on a mission to help Death rid a mysterious presence from her lair. Battle crazy bosses, lose your head (a lot), in this messy, cute, fast-paced procedurally-generated platformer. In addition to the single-player journey to help Death, play the party co-op mode so you and your friends can lose your heads together!

Streets of Rogue (PC) – November 12
Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of immersive sims and RPGs. Rather than taking place in a dungeon, the game is set in a functioning, procedurally generated city, where complex AI informs denizens from all walks of life, who are just trying to get by in their daily activities.

Ark: Survival Evolved: Explorer's Edition (Android, Console & PC) – November 17
Combining the base game (already available with Xbox Game Pass) with 3 massive Expansion Packs, Ark: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition is an ultimate way to get even more dinosaur action! The Explorer's Edition gives you access to the mega hit Ark: Survival Evolved as well as the Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction expansion packs, adding nearly 900 hours of gameplay! Each DLC is available for individual download as well.

Halo MCC: Halo 4 (PC) – November 17
Halo 4 joins The Master Chief Collection as the sixth and final chapter of the epic saga. Now optimized for PC, witness the Master Chief's triumphant return to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation. Shipwrecked on a mysterious world, faced with new enemies and deadly technology, the universe will never be the same.

River City Girls (Android, Console & PC) – November 19
In this all-new entry in the legendary beat-'em-up series, hot-blooded heroes Kunio and Riki have been captured, leaving it to their hard-hitting girlfriends, Kyoko and Misako, to serve up some payback. As you punch and kick your way across town – either solo or with a friend in local co-op – you'll gain new skills, chow down on power-ups, wield an assortment of weapons, and unleash an arsenal of combos, throws, and special attacks that will leave the bad guys crying for mama – all in outrageous 16-bit style! The awesome action is punctuated by manga story panels, anime cutscenes, and an epic synth-pop soundtrack. It's an old-school rumble for a new generation!

Star Renegades (Android & Console) – November 19
Star Renegades is a strategy RPG about outsmarting AI-driven adversaries, forging friendships, and toppling galactic empires spanning over multiple generations. Fusing a reactive, tactical turn-based battle system that emphasizes interrupts and counters, with a procedurally generated and emergent mission-based campaign and an intelligent Adversary system with enemy officers that evolve and move up in the ranks, every playthrough is unique, challenging, and never the same.

EA Play Coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC on December 15

This one isn't a single game but a whole Play List of them for you PC players – coming December 15, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass for PC members will be able to download and play games from the EA Play library on Windows 10 PCs via the EA Desktop app currently in beta! If you've ever wanted to be a Jedi, ride around in a Titan, or join the Inquisition, now's your time to shine (ok that was a pretty bad Bejeweled joke, even for me).

"We want players to access the games and in-game benefits they want, in the easiest way possible," said Autumn Brown Sr. Director, Content Strategy and Partnerships, Electronic Arts. "This partnership with Xbox makes an impressive library of great Xbox and EA content more readily accessible. Our goal is to give players more choice to get more of what they love, and this is a way to do that."

We're all excited about EA Play coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC at no additional cost. It's another huge library of games for you to play, so my apologies for all the time you're going to spend updating your ordered play list (for those of you who are far more organized in your play time than me!).

EA Play Available on Xbox consoles with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Tomorrow

Starting November 10, EA Play will be available on Xbox consoles as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at no additional cost! EA Play is bringing more than 60 of EA's biggest and best games like FIFA 20, Titanfall 2 and Need for Speed Heat, as well as some of EA's most popular franchises like Battlefield, Mass Effect, Skate, and The Sims.

Select EA Play Games Available on Android via Cloud Gaming

We're also adding these games to the growing list of titles available on Android via cloud gaming – they'll be available beginning November 10:

• Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Madden NFL 20
• Mass Effect: Andromeda
• Mirror's Edge Catalyst
• Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2
• The Sims 4
• Unravel 2

So, get your Android devices ready to play. I'll be shouting, "For the Inquisition!" right alongside you!

DLC / Game Updates

Age of Wonders: Planetfall Paid DLC

Xbox Game Pass members can use their membership discount to get paid DLC up to 10% off! On November 10, Paradox will launch Star Kings, the latest expansion for the turn-based/4X strategy game, Age of Wonders: Planetfall. Unite the shattered Star Union and bring peace to the galaxy once and for all! Suit up in giant battle mechs and take on this sacred charge as the noble Paladins of the new Oathbound faction. The future is in your hands as you forge your own custom empire that will unify all factions forever.

Leaving November 16

• Darksiders III (Console & PC)
• Munchkin (Console & PC)
• The Talos Principle (Console & PC)
• Tracks: The Train Set Game (Console & PC)

 

[David76]

Unto the End, a dark 2D sidescrolling platformer about a father's desperate journey to return to his family, is coming to Xbox Game Pass when it launches on December 9.



Gameplay is apparently demanding but fair – surely something all the Souls fans out there will be au fait with – and values player skill above all else. To get through this punishing title, the developers insist you pick up the 'read-react' combat quickly… otherwise you'll stand no chance in these two-dimensional skirmishes.

 

[David76]

Microsoft has announced the game is coming to Xbox Game Pass on December 3.

Control will be available for Android and console through Xbox Game Pass.

Also coming to the service on the same day is Haven for PC and console, and Rage 2 for Android.

The same day, you can also expect Slime Ranger for Android and console, and Va-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action for PC.

December 3 is a busy day, as it also includes the release of Yes, Your Grace on the service of Android, console, and PC, and Doom Eternal for PC.

On December 4, Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition will be available on both console and PC.

Call of the Sea is coming to Android, console, and PC on December 8 alongside Monster Sanctuary for Android and console. Starbound will also be available on PC on the same day.

December 9 sees the release of Unto the End for console and PC, and on December 10 Assetto Corsa and Gang Beasts will be made available for Android and console.

Greedfall will be available for Android, console, and PC on December 10, and Superhot: Mind Control Delete is coming to Android and console. That same day, you can also expect Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair for Android, console, and PC.

With new games comes a list of titles leaving the service.

On December 11, eFootball PES 2020 will leave Xbox Game Pass for Xbox One.

The following game will leave the service on December 15

• Age of Wonders: Planetfall (Console & PC)
• Infinifactory (PC)
• Metro: Last Light Redux (PC)
• MudRunner (Console & PC)
• Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (Console)
• Pathologic 2 (Console & PC)
• The Turing Test (Console & PC)
• Ticket to Ride (Console & PC)
• Untitled Goose Game (Console)

 

[David76]

If lasts night's Yakuza-filled announcement wasn't enough, Microsoft has now revealed even more games coming to Xbox Game Pass for December. A few of these titles were already announced for the service last night, but there are also some new games here too. Code Vein, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan, My Friend Pedro, MotoGP 20, Beholder Complete Edition, Neoverse, Monster Train, and Wilmot's Warehouse are all coming to Xbox Game Pass in one form or another next week.

Available now

• Mørkredd (Android, Console & PC)

December 15th

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (Android & Console)

December 17th

• Among Us (PC)
• Beholder Complete Edition (Android & Console)
• Code Vein (Android & Console)
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan (PC)
• Monster Train (Console only)
• MotoGP 20 (Android, Console & PC)
• My Friend Pedro (Android)
• Neoverse (Android & Console)
• Wilmot's Warehouse (Console & PC)

If you missed it last night, Xbox Game Pass announced that remasters for Yakuza 3-5 and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life would all be joining the service soon

 

[David76]

The new year is starting off strong with a major Xbox Series X|S exclusive and a collection of remastered titles that are long overdue for an Xbox release. Indie lovers also have two great titles to look forward to in the form of Killer Queen Black, an arcade game that's a blast with friends, and Cyber Shadow, a 2D platformer published by the creators of Shovel Knight. Here are all the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2021.

All Games Coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2021​

There are a ton of new games hitting Xbox Game Pass in January 2021, including one of the first major Xbox Series X|S exclusives.

• Killer Queen Black (January 5)
• Cyber Shadow (January 26)
• The Medium (January 28)
• Yakuza 3 Remastered (January 28)
• Yakuza 4 Remastered (January 28)
• Yakuza 5 Remastered (January 28)

Killer Queen Black leads the lineup, hitting the service on January 5. This game started life as an arcade exclusive before coming to Nintendo Switch in 2019. It's a local multiplayer game for up to four players, and the console release adds online multiplayer so you can get your fix even if you don't have a large group of local friends. It's a great time either way, and anyone with an Xbox Game Pass membership will be able to test it out when it comes out on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Being on Xbox Game Pass should help the playerbase and make it easy to find games, too.

Cyber Shadow is the next game coming to Xbox Game Pass in January. It's a 2D platformer inspired by classic games like Ninja Gaiden. It's tough as nails just like those classic games, but there are a few modern additions to make the game feel more enjoyable and accessible to new players. It's also published by Yacht Club Games, the publisher behind Shovel Knight, and that should be emblematic of the game's quality on its own.

Next up is The Medium, which comes to Xbox Game Pass on January 28. Originally slated to be an Xbox Series X|S launch title, this game is one of the major flagship exclusives for the new Xbox consoles. It's a horror game that utilizes a "dual reality" system in which the game simultaneously renders two versions of an area and lets you swap between them at will. It's a great showcase for the SSD in the new machines, and being able to seamlessly swap between the normal and spooky versions of an area should make for some great scares and interesting puzzles.

Finally, Xbox Game Pass is getting another batch of Yakuza games in the form of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 Remastered. Yakuza made a big splash with its Xbox debut last year, bringing Yakuza 0, Kiwami, and Kiwami 2 to Xbox Game Pass, and now fans of the series can play nearly every game in the franchise on their Xbox consoles. The only game missing now is Yakuza 6 (and Judgment but that's a spinoff), but that's coming to Xbox Game Pass a few months down the line. In just a few months, all mainline Yakuza games will be playable on Xbox consoles, including the newest Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and that's a far cry from the series' absence on Xbox consoles just a few short years ago.

 

[David76]

Microsoft has announced the next wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass.

As already announced, Remedy's Control is coming to Xbox Game Pass on PC on 21st January.

Also on 21st January, Desperados 3 and Donut County both hit console, PC and Android. Outer Wilds launches on Xbox Game Pass on Android also on that date.

Control (PC) – January 21
After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat, you become the Director struggling to regain control. This third-person, action-adventure game will challenge you to master a combination of supernatural abilities that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Desperados III (Android, Console, and PC) – January 21
Desperados III is the long-awaited prequel to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. A story-driven, tactical stealth game featuring a colorful cast of characters that epitomize the Wild West, Desperados III takes players on an adventure through rural towns, swamps, and riverbanks, to their ultimate, gun-slinging showdown!

Donut County (Android, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – January 21
Donut County is a story-based, physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Outer Wilds (Android) ID@Xbox – January 21
Explore for the sake of your curiosity with a hand-crafted solar system filled with secrets to discover and perils to avoid while exploring space. Players are given a variety of tools to aid in their space-backpacking adventure: their very own spaceship and jetpack, a surveyor probe for scouting and taking pictures, and a signal scope to track down audio signals as well as view landmarks from afar.

Cyber Shadow (Android, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – January 26
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow on a journey to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin. Slash through the techno hordes, leap past traps, and nimbly navigate the ruins of Mekacity. Only you can unlock the secrets to your clan's ancient powers in Cyber Shadow, the quintessential Ninja Action game.

The Medium (Xbox Series X|S and PC) ID@Xbox – January 28
Available with Xbox Game Pass on day one! Discover a dark mystery only a medium can solve. Travel to an abandoned hotel resort and use your unique psychic abilities to uncover its deeply disturbing secrets, solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.

Yakuza Remastered Collection

Yakuza 3 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
In a quest to abandon their bloody past, Kazuma Kiryu and adoptive daughter Haruka Sawamura leave the unforgiving streets of Kamurocho for the island of Okinawa to run the Morning Glory Orphanage. Despite his efforts, trouble shadows Kiryu and the oorphanage is soon entangled in a deadly power struggle. Can Kiryu rescue the children's home and escape his past for good?

Yakuza 4 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
A murder in Tojo Clan territory soon sets off an investigation by a small Tojo branch consisting of Kazuma Kiryu, Masayoshi Tanimura, Shun Akiyama, and Taiga Saejima. Follow the four playable protagonists as they unravel a hidden battle over money, power, status, and honor and a mysterious woman at the center of it all. With underground forces readily willing to kill to protect their secrets, the search seems to lead to more questions than answers.

Yakuza 5 Remastered (Android, Console, and PC) – January 28
Kazuma Kiryu's newfound calm as an unassuming cab driver comes to a sudden end as the standing peace between the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance disintegrates. Forced to reckon with his past once more, the Dragon of Dojima returns to the criminal underworld to protect those he holds dear. With five playable protagonists across five major cities, follow Kiryu and his allies in their quest to navigate the corrupt underbelly and prevent an all-out turf war.

Games are leaving Xbox Game Pass, as they do each month. Here's the list of games exiting the service on 29th January:

• Death Squared (console)
• Death's Gambit (PC)
• Final Fantasy 15 (console and PC)
• Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour (console and PC)
• Gris (PC)
• Indivisible (console and PC)
• Reigns: Game of Thrones (PC)
• Sea Salt (console and PC)

 

[David76]

Here's a full list of what's coming to Game Pass this month:

February 4, 2021:

• The Falconeer (Android devices, consoles, and PCs)
• Ghost of a Tale (PCs)
• Project Winter (Android devices, consoles, and PCs)

February 11, 2021:

• FFXII: The Zodiac Age (Consoles and PCs)
• Jurassic World Evolution (Android devices and consoles)
• Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (Android devices and consoles)
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood (Android devices)

 

[David76]

Code Vein (PC) – February 18
In the not-too-distant future, a mysterious disaster has collapsed the world as we know it. At the center of the destruction lies a hidden society of Revenants called Vein. Team up with your friends and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in Code Vein.

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition (Cloud and Console) ID@Xbox – February 18
The ultimate edition of the award-winning RPG from the masters at Obsidian Entertainment is coming to Xbox Game Pass, featuring all major updates and expansions. Bend the world to your will as you explore the depths of infinite possibilities, including detailed character customization, total freedom of exploration, and more meaningful choices at every turn. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Ultimate Edition redefines the role-playing game experience for a new generation.

Wreckfest (Cloud, Console and PC) – February 18
Break the rules and take full-contact racing to the limit with Wreckfest! Expect epic crashes, neck-to-neck fights over the finish line, and new ways for metal to bend. These are the once-in-a-lifetime moments that can only be achieved in Wreckfest, with its true-to-life physics simulation crafted by legendary developer Bugbear, who also brought you FlatOut 1 & 2!

Killer Queen Black (Cloud and Console) ID@Xbox – February 23
Fight for your hive in this strategic team platformer! Killer Queen Black is an intense multiplayer action/strategy platformer for up to eight players. Hop on the snail, hoard berries, or wipe out the enemy's queen to claim victory. Fly solo, or team up with three of your friends as you race to complete one of three possible victory conditions.

Dirt 5 (Cloud, Console and PC) – February 25
Get behind the wheel of incredible extreme cars and tear up the most stunning global locations in Dirt 5 – the next generation of off-road racing. The award-winning racer from Codemasters delivers a story-based Career mode, the all-new Playgrounds custom arena hub, customization options galore, thrilling online party modes and more, all with a pumping official soundtrack and bold art approach.

Elite Dangerous (Console) – February 25
Take control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy. Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic, bringing gaming's original open world adventure to the modern generation with a connected galaxy, evolving narrative and the entirety of the Milky Way re-created at its full galactic proportions.

Superhot: Mind Control Delete (PC) ID@Xbox – February 25
Time moves only when you move. The long-awaited third game in the groundbreaking Superhot franchise, Superhot: Mind Control Delete gives you more insight into the signature power fantasy world of Superhot with more story, more signature gameplay, more action, and more guns. Keep dancing the slow-motion ballet of destruction for so much longer than ever before.

In Case You Missed It

Monster Hunter: World (Cloud)– Available now
Welcome to a new world! Take on the role of a hunter and slay ferocious monsters in a living, breathing ecosystem where you can use the landscape and its diverse inhabitants to get the upper hand. Hunt alone or in co-op with up to three other players, and use materials collected from fallen foes to craft new gear and take on even bigger, badder beasts!

More Cloud Games with Xbox Touch Controls

On February 18, Ultimate members will have new ways to play these 7 cloud enabled games via their Android devices with fully customized Xbox touch controls!

• Bridge Constructor Portal
• Morkredd
• Neoverse
• Nowhere Prophet
• Spiritfarer
• The Little Acre
• Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Leaving Soon

With Dirt 5 coming soon, it's time to say farewell to Dirt 4. Don't forget to dive into the rest of the games leaving the Xbox Game Pass library on February 28. As always, you'll be able to use your member discount to save up to 20% on games if you choose to purchase them before they go!

Leaving February 24

• Dirt 4 (Console)

Leaving February 28

• Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (Console and PC)
• Mother Russia Bleeds (PC)
• Oxenfree (Console and PC)
• The Jackbox Party Pack 4 (Console)
• Vambrace: Cold Soul (Console and PC)