Microsoft has introduced the second wave of video games coming to Game Pass in April 2024. Highlights embrace Orcs Should Die! 3, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, and the hotly anticipated Manor Lords.
Out in the present day, April 16, is Sluggish Bros’ narrative recreation Harold Halibut (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Collection X|S) as a day-one Game Pass launch. IGN’s Harold Halibut overview returned an 8/10. We referred to as it “a healthful, handcrafted journey with loads of coronary heart.”
Tomorrow, April 17, Robotic Leisure’s Orcs Should Die! 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass. Orcs Should Die! 3 obtained a 7/10 in IGN’s overview. We mentioned it was “very acquainted to gamers of the second recreation however nonetheless a enjoyable and goofy motion/tower-defense problem.”
A day later, on April 18, EA Sports activities NHL 24 (Console) launches on Game Pass Final by way of EA Play, simply in time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “NHL 24’s new gameplay options reinvigorate the on-ice motion, however its assortment of unimproved recreation modes has grown more and more boring with every passing 12 months,” we mentioned in IGN’s NHL 24 overview.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass as a day-one launch on April 23. Rabbit & Bear’s grand JRPG is about in a handmade 2.5D world, and allows you to assemble a six-party workforce from a forged of over 100 heroes.
One other Game Pass day-one launch is One other Crab’s Treasure (Cloud, Console, and PC), out on April 25. Aggro Crab Video games’ soulslike journey is about in a crumbling underwater world. You play Kril the hermit crab.
April 26 sees the launch of Slavic Magic’s Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC) as a day-one Game Pass launch. Manor Lords is a medieval technique recreation that includes in-depth metropolis constructing, large-scale tactical battles, and complicated financial and social simulations. It’s the highest wishlisted recreation on Steam, forward of the likes of Hades 2 and Hole Knight: Silksong.
And at last, rounding out this month is Magic Design Studios’ Have A Good Loss of life (Cloud, Console, and PC), which hits Game Pass on April 30. IGN gave Have A Good Loss of life an 8/10 in our overview: “Have a Good Loss of life is a punishing however satisfying roguelike with some extraordinarily powerful boss fights, but it surely could possibly be a bit much less stingy with long-term development.”
In the meantime, Microsoft introduced extra video games coming to Game Pass Core on April 23. Three video games are added to the library for subscribers:
Here is the Xbox Game Pass April 2024 Wave 2 lineup in full:
Six video games go away Game Pass on April 30. As at all times, it can save you 20% in your buy to maintain them in your library:
- 7 Days to Die (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Besiege (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- EA Sports activities NHL 22 (Console)
- Loot River (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Pikuniku (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Ravenlok (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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