Whereas the world waits to seek out out the way forward for Xbox, Microsoft has introduced the Game Pass lineup for February 2024.
Obtainable at present, February 6, is Anuchard (Cloud, Console, and PC). Right here’s the official blurb: “The dominion of Anuchard has fallen. Generations after the collapse, its surviving descendants have chosen you to turn out to be The Bellwielder of the magical Audros Bell. Go forth, battle monsters, clear up puzzles, and restore Anuchard to its former skyward glory!”
Tomorrow, February 7, sees the addition of Dovetail Video games’ Practice Sim World 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC): “Hit excessive speeds, roam free alongside the tracks and get artistic with a bunch of latest instruments and options in Practice Sim World 4. Design your individual liveries, plan Eventualities and seize railfan pictures with the brand new Photograph Mode throughout three detailed routes within the UK, Austria and USA.”
Then, on February 8, courtesy of EA Play comes Madden NFL 24 (Console and PC). PC Game Pass or Final members get entry to EA Sports activities’ soccer recreation, simply in time for the Tremendous Bowl. IGN’s Madden NFL 24 evaluation returned a 6/10. We mentioned: “New animations and improved AI make Madden NFL 24’s on-field motion one of the best it is ever been, however every little thing that occurs off the sphere is a slog of dated modes and laggy menus that brings every little thing round it down.”
Shifting on, February 13 sees the addition of the Resident Evil 3 remake (Cloud, Console, and PC). “One other stellar remake of a basic survival horror from Capcom. Hold em’ coming,” we mentioned in our Resident Evil 3 evaluation, which scored the sport 9/10.
Two video games on February 14: cozy puzzle recreation A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC), and side-scroller motion RPG Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time (Cloud, Console, and PC), which returns to Game Pass. “The wait was value it,” we wrote in our Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time evaluation. “Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time is a complete new fort to crash stuffed with surprising monsters and mysteries within the vein of basic Castlevania.”
February 15 sees PlateUp! (Cloud, Console, and PC) enter Game Pass. Right here’s the outline: “Basic cooking motion with everlasting roguelite development. Cook dinner and serve your dishes, design and embellish your eating places, and increase your culinary kingdom with unlocks, skills and dishes in procedurally-generated layouts. Tackle the problem solo or rent as much as three buddies.”
And eventually, Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass on February 20. “A daring house archaeologist has simply unearthed the traditional resting place of a protracted misplaced A.I. god generally known as Grace,” reads the official blurb. “Journey with varied fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the nice thriller of why she was shut down all these years in the past on this first-person narrative journey set in a visually beautiful ‘60s retro sci-fi world.”
Listed here are the video games coming to Xbox Game Pass in February 2024:
- Practice Sim World 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 7
- Madden NFL 24 (Console and PC) – February 8
- Resident Evil 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 13
- A Little To The Left (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night time (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 14
- PlateUp! (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 15
- Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 20
In its announcement, Microsoft mentioned MLB The Present 24, due out March 19, is coming to Game Pass on day one.
Leaving Game Pass on February 15 are Galactic Civilizations III (PC), and Opus: Echo of Starsong (Cloud, Console, and PC).
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