Every month, Xbox brings new games to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
Typically, these come in waves, and now, Xbox has revealed what’s coming in the second half of April. Highlights include Minecraft Legends from Mojang and Vancouver’s Blackbird Interactive and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition.
See below for the full list:
Minecraft Legends (Cloud, Console, and PC) — April 18th
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (Cloud, Console, and PC) — April 20th
Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One) — April 20th
Homestead Arcana (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) — April 21st
Cassette Beasts (PC) — April 26th
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) — April 27th
The Last Case of Benedict Fox (Console and PC) — April 27th
Redfall (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) — May 2nd
Additionally, here’s what’s leaving Game Pass on April 30th:
Bugsnax (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Destroy All Humans! (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Tetris Effect Connected (Console and PC)
Unsouled (Cloud, Console, and PC)
As always, Game Pass members get an exclusive 20 percent discount on any game in the catalogue, giving you the option to buy them to continue playing.
An Xbox Game Pass subscription costs $11.99 CAD/month for either Console or PC, while a $16.99/month Game Pass Ultimate membership includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, Xbox Live Gold, EA Play and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Find out what came to Xbox Game Pass earlier in April here.
Ubisoft’s game subscription service, Ubisoft+, is now available on Xbox consoles.
Ubisoft first announced that the service would be coming to Xbox in January 2022, so it’s been over a year before it finally happened. With Ubisoft+, subscribers gain on-demand access to a catalogue of dozens of Ubisoft titles, as well as 10 percent off in-game currencies.
At launch, Ubisoft+ on Xbox offers more than 60 games:
Anno 1800 (Xbox Series X|S only)
Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (includes Assassin’s Creed Liberation)
Assassin’s Creed Unity (Gold Edition)
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ultimate Edition)
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, India, and Russia
Assassin’s Creed III Remastered
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Deluxe Edition)
Assassin’s Creed Origins (Gold Edition)
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Gold Edition)
Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection
Battleship
Boggle
Child of Light (Ultimate Edition)
Family Feud
Far Cry Primal (Deluxe Edition)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (Classic Edition)
Far Cry 3 (Classic Edition)
Far Cry 4 (Gold Edition)
Far Cry 5 (Gold Edition)
Far Cry 6 (Gold Edition)
Far Cry: New Dawn
Fighter Within
For Honor
Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ultimate Edition)
Ghost Recon Wildlands (Ultimate Edition)
Grow Up
Hungry Shark World
Immortals Fenyx Rising (Gold Edition)
Jeopardy!
Monopoly Plus
Monopoly Madness
Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (Gold Edition)
Rabbids Party of Legends
Rainbow Six Extraction
Rainbow Six Siege (Deluxe Edition)
Rayman Legends
Riders Republic
Risk
Risk: Urban Assault
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Scrabble
Shape Up (Gold Edition)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Gold Edition)
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Deluxe Edition)
Steep
The Crew (Ultimate Edition)
The Crew 2
The Division (Gold Edition)
The Division 2
Trackmania Turbo
Transference
Trials Fusion
Trials of the Blood Dragon
Trials Rising (Gold Edition)
Trivial Pursuit Live
Trivial Pursuit Live 2
UNO (Ultimate Edition)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Watch Dogs (Complete Edition)
Watch Dogs 2 (Gold Edition)
Watch Dogs: Legion (Deluxe Edition)
Wheel of Fortune
Zombi
Ubisoft says more games will be added over time. As The Verge points out, however, this is currently well below the 100-plus titles offered on Ubisoft+ for PC. It’s also worth noting that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which offers hundreds of games from a variety of publishers, costs $16.99/month.
Overall, it’s been a quiet period for Ubisoft, with the publisher delaying its big pirate ship game, Skull and Bones, for the sixth time earlier this year while cancelling three other titles. At the time, Ubisoft also revealed that its relatively softer 2022 lineup, which consisted of the likes of Just Dance 2023 and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, had failed to meet expectations. The company has also been toiling away at a variety of live service games, including crossover shooter XDefiant and multiple Assassin’s Creed titles.
That said, the publisher is set to hold a big E3-style ‘Forward’ showcase on June 12th where it’s likely to show more from several games, including 2023 titles like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
Every month, Xbox brings new games to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
Typically, these come in waves, and now, Xbox has revealed what’s rounding out March, following the March 21st Game Pass launch of Ni no Kuni: Revenant Kingdom — The Prince’s Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC).
MLB The Show 23 (Cloud and Console) — March 28th
Infinite Guitars (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 30th
Additionally, here’s what’s leaving Game Pass on March 31st:
A Memoir Blue (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Chinatown Detective Agency (Cloud, Console, and PC)
ClusterTruck (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Double Dragon Neon (Cloud and Console)
Kraken Academy!! (Cloud, Console, and PC)
MLB The Show 22 (Cloud and Console)
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (Cloud, Console, and PC)
An Xbox Game Pass subscription costs $11.99 CAD/month for either Console or PC, while a $16.99/month Game Pass Ultimate membership includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, Xbox Live Gold, EA Play and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Find out what came to Game Pass earlier this month here.
Every month, Xbox brings new games to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
Following the launch of a couple of new Game Pass titles in the first week of March, Xbox has revealed what’s coming to the service later this month.
Guilty Gear -Strive- (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 7th
Dead Space 2 (Cloud) — March 9th [EA Play]
Dead Space 3 (Cloud) — March 9th [EA Play]
Valheim (Console, Game Preview) — March 14th
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 16th
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition (Console and PC) — March 21st
Additionally, here’s what’s leaving Game Pass on March 15th:
F1 2020 (Console) EA Play
Goat Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Kentucky Route Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Paradise Killer (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Undertale (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Young Souls (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (Cloud, Console, and PC)
An Xbox Game Pass subscription costs $11.99 CAD/month for either Console or PC, while a $16.99/month Game Pass Ultimate membership includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, Xbox Live Gold, EA Play and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Find out what most recently came to Game Pass here.
Every month, Xbox brings new games to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
This latest batch of new Game Pass titles covers the rest of February and bleeds into March. The highlight is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, a new action-RPG from Team Ninja (Nioh).
Merge & Blade (Cloud, Console, and PC) — February 28th
Soul Hackers 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) — February 28th
F1 22 (Console and PC) EA Play — March 2nd
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 3rd
Additionally, the New Zealand update for Microsoft Flight Simulator, which is included with Game Pass, is coming February 23rd.
Finally, here’s what’s leaving Game Pass on February 28th:
Alien: Isolation (Console and PC)
Crown Trick (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Dragon Ball FighterZ (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Far: Changing Tides (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Console and PC)
Madden NFL 21 (Console and PC) EA Play
Octopath Traveler (Cloud, Console, and PC)
An Xbox Game Pass subscription costs $11.99 CAD/month for either Console or PC, while a $16.99/month Game Pass Ultimate membership includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, Xbox Live Gold, EA Play and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Xbox has revealed its latest special edition controller, the space-themed ‘Stellar Shift.’
The gamepad sports a distinct blue-purple aesthetic and unique swirl grips on the rear.
It also comes with an exclusive dynamic background for your Xbox:
Otherwise, it’s the same as the standard Xbox Wireless Controller in terms of form factor and layout. Like those other gamepads, it’s also compatible with Xbox consoles, PC and mobile devices.
Xbox has announced that a few dozen Xbox 360 games will be delisted from the Xbox 360 Marketplace on February 7th.
As spotted by Wario64, Xbox has quietly updated its support page to list a variety of 360 games that will be removed from the console’s digital storefront. Thankfully, Xbox confirmed with The Verge that any of these games that are playable on Xbox One and Series X/S via backwards compatibility will remain available. Further, 360 players who purchase any of these games before February 7th can continue playing and even re-download them past this date.
It should be noted that the games that are being removed vary depending on the country, but here’s the Canada-specific list:
Aegis Wing
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed III
Assassin’s Creed IV
Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD
Blood of the Werewolf
Blue Dragon
Breakdown
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Castle Crashers
Cloning Clyde
Counter-Strike: GO
Dark Souls
Darksiders II
DAYTONA USA
Defense Grid
Eets: Chowdown
Far Cry 2
Final Fight: DblImpact
Iron Brigade
Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad
Jet Set Radio
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
LIMBO
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect 2
Monopoly Deal
Mutant Blobs Attack
N+
Outpost Kaloki X
Peggle 2
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
Prince of Persia
R.U.S.E.
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
Skate 2
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Spelunky
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Star Wars: Battlefront
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
The Orange Box
The Raven Episode 1
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Xbox didn’t provide a reason as to why these games are being delisted. However, companies regularly discontinue content on older platforms, with the Wii U and 3DS’ respective digital storefronts being next on the chopping block in March.
Every month, Xbox brings new titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
Normally, these come in two waves spanning the first and second halves of the month, but this time, the list begins at the end of January and spills over into early February. It seems like Xbox held the list for the special January 25th announcements that the GoldenEye remaster is coming this week and The Evil Within developer Tango Gameworks’ new game, Hi-Fi Rush, is actually launching on the 25th.
Read on for the full list. Note: ‘Cloud’ refers to a game that can be streamed via Xbox Cloud Gaming to a variety of devices, including Android and iOS.
Hi-Fi Rush (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) — January 25th
GoldenEye 007 (Console) — January 27th
Roboquest (Game Preview) (Console) — January 30th
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Cloud and Console) — January 31st
Inkulinati (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) — January 31st
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R (Cloud, Console, and PC) — January 31st
Darkest Dungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC) — February 2nd
Grid Legends (Cloud) [EA Play] — February 2nd
Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) — February 7th
Meanwhile, here’s what’s leaving the Xbox Game Pass catalogue:
Donut County (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Console and PC)
Telling Lies (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Worms WMD (Cloud, Console, and PC)
As always, Game Pass subscribers can take advantage of an exclusive 20 percent discount to purchase any game on the service and keep playing even after it leaves the catalogue.
An Xbox Game Pass subscription costs $11.99 CAD/month for either Console or PC, while a $16.99/month Game Pass Ultimate membership includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, Xbox Live Gold, EA Play and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Find out what came to Game Pass earlier this month here.
Microsoft says Xbox is now the first “carbon aware” console brand.
In a broader blog post about its sustainability efforts in gaming, the company revealed a new console update that will schedule game, app and OS updates at specific times during the maintenance window to reduce carbon emissions. This means your console will awaken when it can use the most renewable energy in your local energy grid, which, in turn, can save you money.
This functionality is now available to Xbox Insiders across Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S and will roll out to everyone in the future.
Additionally, Xbox consoles now automatically update to the energy-saving Shutdown power option, which reduces power consumption when your console is turned off. This adjustable setting cuts power use by up to 20 times versus when a console is in ‘Sleep’ mode. Citing calculations sourced from the U.S. government’s Environmental Protection Agency, Xbox says that for every two consoles that switch to Shutdown for one year, they’ll save the equivalent amount of carbon removed by one tree planted and grown for a decade.
Meanwhile, Xbox Insiders will also see a new ‘Active hours’ setting. If you opt to continue using the ‘Sleep’ option, you can adjust your console’s active hours so it will only be available for remote wake during this time. During the inactive periods, it will only consume 0.5 W, vs. the 10-15 W it uses while awake.
You can view your console’s full range of energy consumption features by visiting Settings > General > Power options.
All of these features are part of Microsoft’s larger efforts to become a carbon-negative, water-positive, and zero-waste company by 2030.
Hogwarts Legacy has been delayed on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One until April 4th, while the Nintendo Switch version is coming on July 25th.
Hogwarts Legacy will launch on April 4, 2023 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and on July 25, 2023 for Nintendo Switch. The team is looking forward to bringing you the game and we want to deliver the best possible game experience across all platforms.
The last-gen versions were expected to launch alongside their PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC counterparts on February 10th.
Thank you for joining another #HogwartsLegacy showcase! If you missed the stream or would like to rewatch it, the full second gameplay showcase is now available in 4K on YouTube: https://t.co/bnANrk2oAX
The Harry Potter title was initially slated for 2021, but it was later pushed back to 2022 and then 2023. If you’re on a current-gen console, you can actually purchase the Deluxe Edition and get the game 72 hours ahead of release.
Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action role-playing game set in the 1800s. The game allows you to make your own Hogwarts student in their fifth year, and learn spells, make friends, ride brooms, bond with magical animals and more.
Hogwarts Legacy will launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on February 10, 2023, with the 72 hour early access beginning on February 7, 2023.
The game is obviously attached to J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, and while she isn’t creating this game, she does get royalties from it. If you want to learn more about Rowling and her inappropriate stances in the transgendered community, check out this resource.
