Fall Guys will available to download for free on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S starting on June 21
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members are eligible for exclusive costume rewards via Perks
Pre-register today to help the community unlock some amazing rewards.
Listen up, Beans! Fall Guys is launching Season 1: Free for All on June 21 alongside its launch for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S! We here at Fall Guys HQ are so excited that all the hard work has paid off — and we think all you Xbox folks will be, too.
For the Fall Guys initiated, we’ve had six seasons of ludicrous mayhem together since 2020. We’re so pleased that starting June 21, more players than ever are going to join the Blunderdome to compete for the ultimate prize: the Crown. We’ve been beavering away behind the scenes to guarantee that everyone, from veterans and newcomers, enjoys the same great Fall Guys experience on Xbox.
Better still, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members are in for a tasty treat. We’ve masterminded three exclusive costume rewards for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members via Perks—Robo Rabbit, Coconut Milk, and Purple Hipster—and we’ll be making one available each month for the first three months. That’s right:
June, you get an exclusive costume!
July, you get an exclusive costume!
August, you get the picture, let’s move on…
From an adorable android Robo Rabbit to the colorfully cool Purple Hipster costume, every one of our new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Rewards costumes is bound to make an impression on the obstacle course. Ultimate members can go claim these exclusive skins starting on June 21 via the Perks gallery on their Xbox console.
Pre-register your interest in Fall Guys Season 1: Free for All now. By helping us hit the pre-registration milestones you can unlock some amazing rewards! Anything from the Keen Bean nameplate to the incredible Melonhead costume. All unlocked milestone rewards will be awarded to everyone that pre-registers, for more information, please visit Fall Guys Pre-Registration.
So, to recap:
Fall Guys is going free on June 21.
Fall Guys is coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S that same day.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members get three of our best costumes ever.
You can wishlist the game right now on the Xbox Store.
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If only it was free to speed up time… See you on the flip side, Beans.
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Set in Tauranga, Aotearoa during an impending crisis, major cities are walled off, with the United Nations deploying the military and towering mechs to defend against an alien invasion. As a courier for the Tauranga Express, you get to travel around Tauranga taking pictures and documenting the world and its reality through the lenses of your camera.
Play as Ethan, who works in the office for a small video game development company and trying to support his pregnant wife. It’s just a normal week for Ethan: waking up, going to work, coming home, go to bed, and repeat day after day. But then, something strange happens. Ethan gets an unusual phone call in the middle of the night and is somehow teleported to another dimension.
Hear the stories of your clients, read their future in the runes, and piece together the truth of a dying world! Trapped inside the room full of screens is a pair of hands that can predict the future. This is the future you live in, a small world, a city full of uncertainty and doubt, violence, and obsession. In a time when people have begun to reject life as an unwanted burden, they’ll have nothing to trust.
A post-apocalyptic survival city builder where you start a new civilization with a group of people after a global nuclear disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms, droughts, and raiders.
The galaxy’s inhabitants have been swamped by crime since the fall of the empire. Being able to find anyone, anywhere has become a highly prized skill. Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice, and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.
What if vampires were real? What if these bloodthirsty predators lived hidden among us in complex societies and had been hatching conspiracies for thousands of years? And what if you became one of them? In Vampire: The Masquerade, you play as these alluring monsters in a sophisticated world where the lines between the real and supernatural are always blurred. Based on the cult role-playing game and developed by specialists in the genre, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is a narrative RPG in which your every choice determines the fate of the three main characters and of the Boston Camarilla.
In a world ravaged by a deadly virus, half-zombie Reid must survive not only by taking anything he can get his hands on to take on hordes of the undead, by also growing some zombie followers of his own. Choose your allies and enemies wisely as you try to make it through the apocalypse alive!
Dolmen – May 20 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Dolmen casts players onto a hostile alien world known as Revion Prime. Your job is to bring back samples of a crystal with particularly unique properties, the so-called Dolmen. These crystals have allowed for interaction between realities, revolutionising space exploration and changing the known world forever. Experience a rich combat system with various weapons and moves at your disposal as you switch natively between melee and ranged combat to overcome the most challenging enemies Revion Prime has to offer.
Nirvana: Pilot Yume is filled with a retro sci-fi anime vibe as an ode to classic racing games from the DOS era combined with an engaging visual novel! In addition to racing on 10 retro-themed, low poly tracks there are many decisions to make in the game, with 5 different story endings!
To all our new friends from Hulu, welcome! Get your SSDs ready, warm up that mouse, because we’ve got a ton of games for you to dive into. We’re super excited to announce that we’re partnering with Hulu to offer eligible subscribers three free months of PC Game Pass as part of the Hulu Friends with Benefits initiative.
My recommendations:
If you don’t already have it, download the Xbox app on your PC. This is going to be your go-to program to launch your soon to be full list of “games to play next”!
Check out all the games in our library (I’d set the sort to see 200 games per page!)
Download the Xbox Game Pass mobile app – once you’ve figured out what games you want to play, you can use the app to remotely download games to your PC!
Download the EA Play app on your PC, because your membership also includes EA Play games!
So, buckle up, we’ve got even more games coming out in the next three months, so stay tuned to @XboxGamepassPC for what comes out next!
Hello, adventurers! We know you’ve been waiting for all the news – and here it is. We’re excited to introduce Knights of the Mediterranean – the latest DLC for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition! It is available for pre-order now on the Microsoft Store and Steam and will release on May 26!
Get ready to control the Mediterranean with two exciting civilizations: the Italians and the Maltese, plus enjoy a whole slew of new maps, and some engaging game modes! Are you ready to jump in? Take a look at these incoming features:
2 new Civilizations
30 new Random Maps
9 new Minor Civilizations
8 Historical Maps
Diplomacy Game mode
Tycoon Game mode
Table of Contents:
Italians
Fabulously wealthy merchant republics, kingdoms, duchies, and even the Papacy had driven the Renaissance and dominated the trade networks of the Mediterranean. However, when the Italian polities were not engaged in conflicts abroad, they fought each other nearly incessantly, until the Risorgimento gave rise to the new Kingdom of Italy.
Unite a wealthy but splintered Italy while new Settlers flock to your booming empire with every technological breakthrough, and Architects construct buildings for free!
Invest at the Lombard to optimize your economy and turn a quick profit, or construct a towering Basilica and send Papal soldiers to strengthen and complement your army!
Use shielded Pavisiers to lure opponents into an ambush of Bersaglieri, or let Elmetti lower their lances and carry the day with a thundering charge!
Civilization Features
Home City: Venice (customizable!)
Starts with an Explorer and an Architect.
Receives a free Settler with every technology and economic buildings can research them in any age.
Can send Basilica units to spawn at any military shipment point.
Unique Buildings
Basilica (I, 200w 200c)
The Basilica ships powerful Papal allies and boosts nearby building construction speed.
Lombard (I, 100w 100c)
The Lombard trains Outlaws and Mercenaries, but is also host to a unique investment mechanic, allowing the conversion of resources for free, but over time.
Unique Units
Architect
Inspired by the original plans for an Italian civilization, Italians have a unique civilian unit called Architect.
Can build free, but very slowly.
Can pay for foundations to build very fast.
Partly built free foundations can be converted into paid foundation for part of the cost, to finish construction quickly, including with normal Villagers.
Pavisier
Instead of normal Crossbowmen, Italians have access to the unique Pavisier, which can change its armor with different stances.
Schiavone
Specialized Light Infantry that only counters other Light Infantry, but does so very effectively.
Papal Guard
Papal hand infantry that protects nearby allies by absorbing some of the inflicted damage. Can hook enemies with his halberd to slow them down.
Papal Lancer
Papal heavy cavalry that absorbs some of the damage inflicted to nearby allies. Counters ALL Infantry.
Papal Zouaves
Papal ranged infantry with high hitpoints that absorbs some of the damage inflicted to nearby allies. Performs well against all units. Countered by Artillery.
Papal Bombard
Papal Artillery that absorbs some of the damage inflicted to nearby allies. Good against Infantry.
Home City Cards
The Italians have access to a variety of new cards that will aid you on your path to unity and victory!
Around 50 unique cards tailored to the Italian civilization.
“Company” Cards that send complementing combinations of Natives, Mercenaries, or other European allies.
We’ve picked a few noteworthy examples for cards with a variety of unique behaviors.
Italian Unique Cards
TEAM Marco Polo Voyages: Arrives fast! TEAM Explores the black areas of the map and doubles the resource rewards granted by treasures. Any resources already looted are granted to your team again.
Venetian Arsenal: Ships 1 Arsenal Wagon. Docks work much faster when an Arsenal is nearby.
Machiavellianism: Arrives fast! Improves your Italian Explorer in combat, enables him to pick up Treasures nearly instantly and gives him a powerful canine companion.
Merchant Republics: Ships 1 Trading Post Wagon. Grants resources for past and future control of Trading Routes. • Delivers 1 Trading Post Wagon. • Trade Routes: 20% of ALL resources you have earned so far are granted to you again. • Trade Routes: Future income improved by +30%.
Guardia di Finanza: The financial police collects Coin for each enemy unit you have defeated so far.
Company Cards
Broken Lance Company: Ships a number of Papal Lancer and Stradiots.
Maltese Company: Ships a number Fire Throwers, Hospitallers, and Inquisitors.
Black Company: Ships a number of Black Riders and Armored Pistoleers.
And many more…
Maltese
One of the Mediterranean’s epitomes of a melting pot, Malta was strategically and financially important, and thus most of the surrounding powers coveted it, becoming a stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller.
Guard the Mediterranean against incursions with unique fortifications, don shining armor to fend off attacks, and shell opponents from afar with Fixed Guns.
Fire Throwers and greatswords win battles, but the superior logistics of your Commandery win wars. Luckily, you can have both!
Fighting at sea with Order Galleys may wet the gunpowder, but your Arbalesters won’t mind. You can always restock at a Gunpowder Depot, or blow it up when an enemy army marches past!
Civilization Features
Home City: Valletta (customizable!)
Starts with a Grand Master.
Maltese units gain additional hitpoints with each shipment and heal overtime when idle.
Unique Buildings
Hospital (II, 100W)
Trains Maltese infantry. Heals idle units.
Commandery (II, 250W 100C)
Units that can be garrisoned may be deployed from ANY other Commandery. Trains powerful foreign allies from around Europe who pledge their allegiance to the Knights of St. John.
Depot (II, 50W 50C)
Depot filled to the brim with gunpowder. Boosts attack speed of nearby Gunpowder Units, Artillery and Buildings. Will EXPLODE if destroyed, damaging ALL units.
Fixed Gun (III, 100W 600C)
Powerful stationary artillery.
Unique Units
Grand Master
The hero of your civilization. Explores, fights, builds Fortifications and Trading Posts. Cannot die. If he falls unconscious, he can be rescued.
Hospitaller
Hand infantry. Absorbs damage. Faster near Buildings.
Sentinel
Defensive Musketeer that may construct Outposts. Stronger near Buildings, especially Fortifications.
Fire Thrower
Light Infantry that attacks with incendiary weapons which inflict burning damage. Counters Heavy Infantry and Light Cavalry.
Home City Cards
The Maltese have access to a variety of new cards that will aid you on your path to unity and victory!
Around 65 unique cards tailored to the Maltese civilization.
“Tongue” Cards that send units from other European nations in support of your cause.
Maltese Unique Cards
Greek Fire: Enables Docks to construct Fire Ships. Explosive vessels stowed with Greek fire, a secret incendiary mixture which inflicts considerable damage upon contact.
Fire Towers: Researches Frontier Outposts and enables an additional powerful short-ranged fire attack.
Wignacourt Constructions: Settlers gather natural resources significantly faster when nearby a Town Center or Outpost.
TEAM Knights of the Round Table: The Knights of the Round Table ship 1 Hospitaller to each TEAM member for each Town Center they have on the map. Also grants +2% hitpoints to all Units on your team, unlike your other TEAM cards.
Fire Throwers: Equips Fire Throwers with a Flamethrower, a powerful charged attack that inflicts considerable Burning Damage in close-range combat.
Tongue Cards
Italian Tongue: Ships a Commandery Wagon and a number of powerful Order Schiavoni. Enables Commanderies to recruit more.
French Tongue: Ships a Commandery Wagon and a number of powerful Order Cuirassiers. Enables Commanderies to recruit them.
German Tongue: Ships a Commandery Wagon and a number of Settler Wagons. Enables Commanderies to recruit them.
And many more…
Historical Maps
Historical Maps are a new variation of Random Maps. Randomly generated for endless replayability, but with unique objectives for each map, based on some of the most memorable conflicts on the European continent.
The Italian Wars
Eighty Years’ War
The Deluge
Great Turkish War
Great Northern War
Napoleonic Wars
Russo-Turkish Wars
The Thirty Years’ War (multiplayer only)
European Royal Houses
With the Introduction of over 30 new European Maps, 9 new Minor Civilizations enter the game, adding an arsenal of unique new units, technologies, and abilities.
Representing larger entities whose influence transcended national borders rather than individual people-groups, European Royal Houses thematically blur the lines between major and minor civilizations in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. Like Native American Settlements, Asian Holy Sites, and African Kingdoms, a Trading Post must be built on European Royal Houses’ Palaces to ally with them. Royal Houses provide a unique ability and more units and technologies on average than other minor civilizations, but these are staggered across multiple ages rather than being available in the Exploration Age. These assets are quite impactful and the units often utilize novel mechanics – such as unit promotions, charged actions, (dis)mounting, and damage deflection – but tend to come at a higher cost than their counterparts.
Royal Houses
House of Bourbon
House of Wittelsbach
House of Oldenburg
House of Hanover
House of Phanar
House of Jagiellon
House of Vasa
House of Habsburg
House of Wettin
New Game Modes
Diplomacy
A brand new way to experience Multiplayer with your friends. Allowing players to change their allegiance to other players during the course of the match. Negotiate with your friends over war & peace… and make them pay for it!
This new diplomacy mode is available for all existing random maps! Additionally, one map has been specially crafted around this game mode, the multi-player exclusive diplomacy map “Thirty Years’ War“.
Tycoon
Tycoon is a new Game Mode to accompany Supremacy, Deathmatch and Empire Wars.
Designed to focus on the economy-building of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, this new Game Mode provides a setting where players concentrate on creating the strongest economies for their empires, without having to bolster armies or defend against full-scale sieges.
List of Achievements
Achievement Name
Achievement Condition
Score
Tongues of Europe
Send 3 different “Tongue” Home City cards as Malta.
10
Demolition Derby
Deal 2000 Damage with Depot explosions.
10
The Great Siege
Deal 10,000 Damage with Fixed Guns.
15
Heavy Metal Rain
Defeat 30 Units with Fixed Guns.
5
Knights Hospital
Heal 4000 Health points playing as the Maltese.
5
Business Trip
Deploy ‘Trip to Jerusalem’ from your Home City shipments as the Maltese.
5
Maltese Victory
Win a game as the Maltese.
5
Alone against the World
Win on the Eighty Years’ War Historical Map defending 1v7 against Humans or Hard AI.
15
Cossack Captain
Win on the Deluge Historical Map against Humans or Hard AI.
15
Defense of the Headquarters
Destroy the Headquarters in The Eighty Years’ War or Great Turkish War Historical Maps.
10
Scorched Earth
Raze 20 Village Houses in The Deluge or The Thirty Years’ War Historical Maps.
5
Uphill Battle
Capture five Strategic Points from an enemy in The Napoleonic Wars Historical Map.
10
Bring out the Big Guns
Deal 3000 Damage with captured Fixed Guns in the Great Turkish War or Russo-Turkish War maps.
5
International Supporters
Send 50 Units from the Basilica.
10
Technological Boom
Research 50 Technologies as the Italians.
10
Investment Banker
Transform 15,000 Resources using Lombards.
10
Free Real Estate
Construct 200 Buildings with Architects.
5
Bersaglieri Battalion
Deal 5000 Damage with Bersaglieri.
10
Italian Victory
Win a game as the Italians.
5
La Serenissima
Unlock 5 Italian Home City Customizations.
5
Economic Super Power
Achieve 1st place for 3 challenges in a Tycoon mode game.
5
Ok Boomer
Build 3 Town Centers in a Tycoon mode game.
5
Grand Exchange
Generate 10,000 Tycoon score from exchanging resources for Tycoon Packages.
5
Imperium
Meet the Economic Victory conditions in a Tycoon mode game and win.
15
Wealth of Empires
Complete a Tycoon mode game with 10 Different Civilizations.
10
Pre-Order Now!
Ready to explore and battle it out with all the new things? Knights of the Mediterranean is available for pre-order from the Microsoft Store and Steam!
Fire up your engines this weekend in Free Play Days. WRC 10 and Lawn Mowing Simulator are available this weekend for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday, May 12 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, May 15 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
How to Start Playing
Find and install the games here on Xbox.com. Clicking through will send you to the Microsoft Store, where you must be signed in to see the option to install with your Xbox Live Gold membership. To download on console, click on the Subscriptions tab in the Xbox Store and enter the Gold member area to locate the Free Play Days collection on your Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
Keep the Fun Going
Purchase the game and other editions at a limited time discount and continue playing while keeping your Gamerscore and earned achievements during the event! Please note that discounts and percentages may vary by title and region.
Game Details
WRC 10
Lawn Mowing Simulator
WRC 10
Be part of history and relive the most intense moments from 50 years of the World Rally Championship with WRC 10! With a realistic and precise physics engine, WRC 10 has made the feeling of driving even better. Compete against the best WRC players this weekend as part of the 2022 esports WRC Championship set in Rally Portugal or play with a friend in the Co-Driver Mode. Think you’re strong enough to join the World Rally Championship after those Free Play Days? Save 50% on the Standard or Deluxe Edition of WRC 10 until May 20.
Lawn Mowing Simulator
Enjoy the experience of mowing the Great British countryside in Lawn Mowing Simulator. Ride an extensive roster of real-world licensed lawnmowers from prestigious manufacturers while completing a variety of contracts across Career Mode, Free Mode, or Challenge Mode. Busy residential streets, various castle grounds, old-fashioned cottage greens, and immense equestrian fields are just some of the locations that await your mowing mastery.
Don’t miss out on this exciting Free Play Days for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members! Learn more about Free Play Days here and stay tuned to Xbox Wire to find out about future Free Play Days and all the latest Xbox gaming news.
Once a close friend to Lian, Lillith was a warden over the far lands under the Magistrate. But when resistance fighters came to skirmish on the border, she was gravely wounded. Cursing her fate as she slipped away from life, the Abyss reached out and offered her another chance, a power too great to refuse. Reinvigorated with unnaturally long life and a cunning mind, Lillith then made it her mission to spread this gift throughout the Realm, backed by her now darkened corner of the former Magistrate territory. But is this eternal life worth the cost?
Lillith’s ambitions push her further through the Realm, sweeping through her enemies with the Heart of Crimson, a dangerous weapon invigorated by the blood of her enemies.
Lillith, the Heartless is the newest playable Paladins champion, included in the Heart of Darkness update!
Lillith marks the next support champion to join the Paladins roster. Through the manipulation of blood magic, Lillith has several ways to both damage her foes and heal herself and her allies. Her Blood Hex allows her to heal herself to either damage an enemy or heal an ally, while her Swarm will enable her to channel a stream of bats that heals allies and damages enemies creating a dangerous zone. Finally, Lillith’s Ultimate invokes the Blood Moon, giving her allies life rip and greatly enhancing her physical abilities for a time, on top of increasing Lillith’s survivability with constant health regen. All of these should combine to create a support that is well built to win a war of attrition, making her a terrifying foe. There is little you can do to escape Lillith’s dark gift no matter where you go.
Lillith isn’t the only new addition to the Realm with the Heart of Darkness update. The new Lost Future Event Pass also releases, encouraging players to save time itself from a dark future. Players can earn 24 rewards over the course of this Pass, including Corrupted Atlas, Corrupted Io, along with the recolors, Vile Atlas, and Frozen Moon Io. Also, be sure to keep an eye out for the other fantastic corruption-themed cosmetics included in the pass!
This update also includes a brand new Siege: Beyond Schism, the Prototype Cart! In this new mode, you will still capture the initial point as expected; however, the cart will now move forward on its own, gaining or losing speed based on how many enemies and allies are within range. In order to stop the cart, the enemy team must destroy it – if it sustains enough damage, the cart will break down, rendering it inoperable. The only way to get the cart back up and running is to repair it, of course, and it’s up to the pushing team to do so by controlling points!. This will continue until either time is up or the cart reaches the enemy base as usual.
Be sure to check out all the exciting new content available in the Heart of Darkness Update, including new Limited Time Modes, new Golden Willo and Moji Skins, and more available now in Paladins on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S!
On May 22, 1990, Microsoft Solitaire first made its way to Windows 3.0. Thirty-two years later, the classic card game is the most played video game of all time and has a dedicated team that is passionate about keeping the fun alive for many years to come.
In celebration of its anniversary, Microsoft Solitaire is throwing a party throughout the month of May with weekly surprises, exclusive in-game events and a new feature release.
The sun, the sand, the sea – Miami is a stunning modern city, full of color and culture. Whether you’re there for the music, art, or the iconic beaches you’ll always remember your time in the Sunshine State’s Magic City.
Just as important to Miamians is their city’s sport and they’ve got it all. Football, basketball, hockey, baseball, and soccer – there’s something for everyone. So, it may come as no surprise that Miami was selected as the latest USA venue to host the fastest motorsport around: Formula 1.
The debut race at Miami International Autodrome takes place this weekend and is set to be a thrilling affair. Ahead of the race, we’ve shared just a taste of what you can expect, with the gameplay debut of F1 22.
Situated in the heart of the city, drivers and players will have to navigate 19-corners, many of which are in full view of the Hard Rock Stadium. With three DRS zones and a long start-finish straight, there will be plenty of opportunities to overtake in this fast and flowing layout.
This year’s new regulations have thrown up some unexpected results in the opening races of the sport’s new era. Thanks to the new radical car designs, drivers have been able to follow the car in front a lot closer. These new changes have been reflected with new physics, tyre, and handling models added to F1 22. Recently announced F1 22 ambassador and cover star in Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc leads the championship after a strong start to the season, with reigning champion Max Verstappen hot on his heels in second place after a dominant win in Imola last time out.
Not only will F1 22 feature the Miami track at launch alongside many other global circuits, but new Immersive and Broadcast modes get you closer to the action than ever before. Select “Immersive” and you’ll need to be on your toes for the risk-reward interactive pit stops, as well as keeping your car under control during formation laps and safety car periods. Don’t fancy the risk? Select “Broadcast” and those parts of the race will be taken care of for you, with authentic cinematic camera angles throughout.
Fan-favorite features such as Career, that includes a two-player option, as well as Multiplayer, and Formula 2 all make a return. With My Team, the mode that allows you to take the place on the grid as the 11th team, you can now customize your experience further by choosing from three entry points: Newcomer, Challenger, and Front Runner. There’s also new Adaptative AI, so less-experienced players can stay competitive throughout each race.
To celebrate the first Miami Grand Prix, we’ve teamed up with local graffiti artist Abstrk to design some exclusive Miami-themed items as a bonus for anyone that pre-orders the F1 22: Champions Edition before May 16. As well as a stunning livery, there’s some clothing items that can be equipped in the new F1 Life hub – a customizable space to show off your collection of supercars, art, furniture, and more.
We’ll have plenty more to share ahead of F1 22 release on July 1 (or June 28 for Champions Edition players), so keep an eye out. For now, we can’t wait to see what the city of Miami has to offer.
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition — May 10 – Game Pass
On Jabberwock Island, you and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned! Trapped in a dangerous situation, you must survive through the class trials. Your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries. Plus, Ultimate members can play with native touch controls with cloud gaming on day one, no controller needed! Available on Cloud, Console, and PC.
Available on day one with Game Pass: Strengthen your bonds with the launch of Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising on Xbox Game Pass. Experience the prewar tales of various characters who will eventually become your companions in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the top funded Kickstarter game of 2020 and coming to Game Pass on day one in 2023. Available on Cloud, Console, and PC.
In This War of Mine: Final Cut, remastered for Xbox Series X|S, you play a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of necessities and constant danger from snipers and hostiles. It’s an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle. Available on Cloud, Console, and PC.
When the vicious Calaveras drug cartel raids his home, Kaktus breaks bad in a hardcore vendetta journey to save his foster family. This combat-focused action game is filled with enemies, explosions, and an abundance of pop culture-fostered elements.
A side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in the Loam Lands, a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey. Uncover the cosmic secrets of the Loam Lands and The Tower of Madness, the moon’s mysterious Citadel.
A story-driven 3D flight exploration game in which you control a bird-like creature in space and on distant planets, allowing you to observe how humanity slowly evolves, inhabits new planets and discovers the secrets of the galaxy.
Dog’s Donuts is a physical-based puzzle game where you control a machine that shoots donuts. Make the right adjustments and find the better way to feed this adorable husky. Use shovels, drones, springboards, and many other crazy machines to feed the puppy in this challenging puzzle game.
Gear up for 30 levels of powerful platforming, guaranteed to get you (grappling) hooked! Dodge deadly obstacles, rescue robot friends, and race your rivals for the top spot on the leaderboards in Get-A-Grip Chip.
Get-A-Grip Chip and the Body Bugs brings back the satisfying grappling hook 2D platformer with a new mission, inside the human body. Re-master the hook and get Chip flowing through the digestive system. Discover the body’s misplaced cells, fight off the body bugs, and grapple for guts and glory.
Kronos, a boy training as a wizard, and Serene, who consider one another as siblings, become enveloped in a Talisman conspiracy. Will they be able to save themselves and the world from the threatening danger in this fantasy RPG?
This narrative-driven horror-tinged adventure game takes you on a journey through a cruel fever dream world as you cut between numerous detailed and varied vignettes to unravel how the stories of three separate characters intersect.
Create your own bus company on the popular holiday island of Fuerteventura by scheduling routes, hotel shuttles or sightseeing tours. Furthermore, you also must manage your fleet, including vehicle care and maintenance, and employee planning.
Step into the shoes of Ash Williams or his friends from the iconic Evil Dead franchise and work together in a game loaded with over-the-top co-op and PVP multiplayer action! Play as a team of four survivors, exploring, looting, managing your fear, and finding key items to seal the breach between worlds in a game inspired by all three original “Evil Dead” films as well as the “Ash vs Evil Dead” television series.
Radon Break is a classic Brick Breaker style game. Break bricks by using the ball. Get items like speed, ball splitter and paddle resize to make the game more challenging. Some specials like gun, power ball or block wall helps you while playing your game.
This week, Halo Infinite Lone Wolves – Season 2 launched for fans across Xbox, PC and with Xbox Game Pass, and today we’re excited to dive a little deeper into what you can expect from the seasonal storyline in “Lone Wolves.”
“Lone Wolves” is the start of an engaging, multi-season storyline that puts your personal Spartan in the thick of the unfolding action. Season 2 begins with two battle-scarred Spartans arriving at the Avery J Johnson training facility bearing a dangerous prize … and vital information about Banished plans. As Season 2 progresses, you will unlock the next chapter of your Spartan’s story.
Not every Spartan operation benefits from more Mjolnir-shod boots on the ground. Headhunter assassinations, deep reconnaissance, information sanitization, and “off the books” black ops require Spartans with a very particular set of skills and minimal signature in the conflict zone. The recent conflicts have also introduced a new factor: Spartans who find themselves completely cut off from the UNSC, forced to scrounge for ammo, food, and power cells deep behind enemy lines. With luck, they can link up with other survivors, creating ad-hoc packs bound by their Spartan training and indomitable drive to achieve victory in humanity’s darkest hour.
“Lone Wolves” puts your Spartan in the center of all-new storyline in humanity’s war against the Banished. As you discover long-buried secrets, including one of the Banished’s most fiendish innovations, your victories and accomplishments in these pivotal events will pave a new path for a new generation of Spartans, ensuring the pack will endure.
Sigrid Eklund honed her calm and reserved demeanor during her service as a UNSC army Ranger supporting human resistance groups on Covenant-occupied words. As a Spartan, these attributes – as well as Eklunds’ deeply strategic mind – are invaluable assets in the current conflict against the Banished and their rapidly expanding influence.
Before joining the SPARTAN-IV program, Hieu Dinh was a field analyst with the Office of Naval Intelligence’s Section III tasked with capturing and re-purposing Covenant technology. However, these same skills – combined with Dinh’s high tolerance for risk and penchant for improvisation – may have just landed him in his most dangerous plight yet.
As part of the Lone Wolves season, you’ll be able to earn and unlock the items worn by Spartans Eklund and Dinh themselves though the battle pass. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the gear up for grabs!
Spartan Eklund is a quiet professional, adept at both covert surveillance and kinetic strikes. She has adopted the STRIBOG helmet as the core of her loadout, making use of its extensive reconnaissance capabilities to direct precious UNSC combat assets at the right place, at the right time.
Spartan Dinh wears a custom ensemble shaped by brutal close-quarters engagements against Banished boarding parties and extermination teams. His helmet is an ARTAIUS model, co-opted from a small run of prototypes originally intended for a new class of combat exoframe.
For more information on the major characters and events of Season 2: Lone Wolves, make sure you visit Halo Waypoint’s seasonal story hub!
But that’s not all.Season 2 of Halo Infinite will also introduce players to a new Fracture armor set that once again puts a unique alternate-universe spin on the Halo universe.
The Entrenched Fracture is a world scoured by super science aether-bombs and alchemically enhanced soldiers. Though its lands are ruined, the Unified Nations Security Confederation fights on in blind obedience to orders from long-dead generals. Their sworn foes, the zealots of the Covenant, survive only as hordes of rad-poisoned mutants bickering over the remnants of their once-proud civilization. Survival on the front lines requires EAGLESTRIKE energized plate, a marvel of war-smithing that protects against both radiation and Covenant plasmatron weaponry.
We hope you enjoyed this first look at the seasonal storyline for “Lone Wolves” in Halo Infinite, available now. For the latest on all things Halo Infinite, stay tuned to Xbox Wire and Halo Waypoint.
