Xbox Game Pass has become a real reef for Microsoft. And it is the main attraction that in recent months has captured the attention of many users who have decided to bet on green. Not only for offering more than 200 video games for a price of 12.99 euros monthly, but for the frequent promotions and tests at low cost that every day gives rise to more and more subscribers.
Currently, the inclusion of both renowned titles and new releases – including all its exclusive ones – no longer surprises anyone due to the constant dripping of new additions to the catalog. However, the wave of titles that will be part of the service throughout 2020 It is such that we have decided to review the most interesting, those that you are obliged to enjoy as soon as they are available. Prepare your agenda so you don't miss any.
The ninth fantasy
To talk about Final Fantasy is to talk about one of the main referents of the traditional JRPG. It has never been a franchise specially linked to the American brand, but in recent years things have been changing and there are currently many titles available on Xbox One. And the past X019 left us an amazing announcement: up to nine chapters of the Saga will arrive this year on Xbox Game Pass. Specifically, from the seventh to the fifteenth delivery. To open our mouths we have the remastering of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX.
We continue with Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiag Age, extended and loaded versions of improvements to the titles released on PlayStation 2, as well as the trilogy that makes up the Nova Crystallis Fable, which includes Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. These last three deliveries all arrived on Xbox 360 and were added to Xbox One as backward compatible video games. Finally, we cannot forget about Final Fantasy XV, the most recent chapter of the saga starring Noctis Lucis Caelum and his group of friends. The users of the service have several ahead hundreds of hours of the best Japanese role.
What happens in Kamurocho …
It's Kamurocho stays. The franchise of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio it goes through a fantastic state of health; He is on his way to his sixth main installment and has given himself spin-offs like the acclaimed Judgment. For the first time in history, the saga opens in a Microsoft console and could not do better than adding three titles to Xbox Game Pass. Is about Yakuza Zero, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, three chapters arranged chronologically.
Sense of humor, action and open world go hand in hand in a spectacular set, whose mechanics shine for their variety and revolve around one of those scripts capable of leaving an indelible mark in those who enter the dangerous neighborhood of Japan. Yakuza Zero is a prequel to the franchise, while both Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are the first two remastered chapters. Who knows if we are ahead of what could be the future release of the next installments in Series X …
Don't lose sight of them
Not everything is names of great importance; Xbox Game Pass also has a succulent ration of minor productions – and not so minor ones – of those that don't transcend as much as they surely deserve. The ID @ BOX program has been characterized by support independent developers, a space in the industry that increasingly has more prominence within large corporations. Without going any further, titles like Cyber Shadow (the new of those responsible for Shovel Knight) will debut soon within the service.
There is a title whose name you should not forget: Carrion. A proposal that defines itself as "reverse terror" in which we incarnate the enemy, an alien creature destined to eradicate all human life in its path. Nor should we forget about Psychonauts 2, a surprising sequel to the cult game we saw more than fifteen years ago, nor of Tell Me Why, the new Dontnod Entertainment, creators of the popular Life is Strange.
Present and future of Xbox Game Studios
Xbox Game Pass is not only characterized by offering more than 200 titles within its catalog, but also for hosting exclusive Xbox One and PC releases. A policy that they adopted in Redmond a while ago and that has since left us proper names such as Forza Horizon 4, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Gears 5 or Sea of Thieves, among others. This applies to video games that are about to reach the future, starting with Ori and the Will of the Wisps, direct sequel to Ori and the Blind Forest, as well as projects as interesting as Grounded (Obsidian) and Bleeding Edge (Ninja Theory).
In addition, we cannot forget that we are in the year of launch of Xbox Series X, and with it, of the great releases that Microsoft has prepared to accompany you. Halo Infinite and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II they are the most important names that we will see during the first bars of the new generation. Nor can we go through something that is being cooked within Xbox Game Studios, since teams like Playground and its unannounced RPG, the project in charge of The Initiative or the future works of inXile Entertainment, Compulsion Games or The Coalition will be on Xbox Game Pass on the day of its launch.
In the middle of January 2020 It is virtually impossible to conceive the future of Microsoft's video game division without Xbox Game Pass as a flagship. An extraordinary service that has arrived to stay, that grows continuously and that has hardly needed a few months to become the image of a company that needed a breath of fresh air. Xbox One is a more attractive product thanks to Xbox Game Pass. As much as Xbox Series X will be from the final stretch of the exciting year we have just welcomed.
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