The big news from Microsoft today is, of course, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for the nominal fee of, oh, the GDP of a small country. The immediate implications here mean big giants released by Activision like call of Duty and over watch are becoming first-party games in Microsoft’s ever-expanding purview, with much of the publisher’s backlog is coming to Xbox Game Pass. But Microsoft’s unstoppable games-on-demand service continues to grow outside of its nationwide acquisitions. Here is everything
January 18th
- Nobody saves the world (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (Cloud, Console, PC)
January 20th
- The Door of Death (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Hitman trilogy (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Pupperazzi (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Rainbow Six extraction (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Rainbow Six Siege: Deluxe Edition (pc)
- Windjammer 2 (Cloud, Console, PC)
January 27th
- Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (console, PC)
Raise your hand if you simple bought The Door of Death. First released for PC and Xbox last summer, the irresistibly charming isometric action game is a hit for Switch and PlayStation in November. Most people who played to appear to love it. (I personally picked up hit man 2
If you’re keeping up with the ever-changing Game Pass library, you’re well aware Microsoft is in tears in the last few months Add to all kinds of games that make headlines out of nowhere. So it’s a bit confusing, at least to me, how unsurprising so much of this cast is. For ages Microsoft has been announcing new games for Game Pass that are totally out of left field and garnering a lot of attention based on the buzz alone. But we did know about most of this month’s new arrivals – including Pupperazzi
Anyhow, the Xbox Game Pass lineup is, as always, a constantly revolving door. The following games will leave the library on January 31st:
- cyber shadow (Cloud, Console, PC)
- Nowhere prophet (Cloud, Console, PC)
- prison architect (pc)
- Xeno Crisis (Cloud, Console, PC)
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