Microsoft brought movie magic to Game Pass subscribers with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The company plans to add more games to the service soon.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — a CNET Editors’ Choice award winner — offers hundreds of games to play on Xbox Series X, Series S, Xbox One, and your PC or mobile device. $20/month. With a subscription, you get access to a massive game library with new titles added every month, like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and benefits like online multiplayer and deals on non-Game Pass titles.
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Here’s all the games Microsoft is adding to Game Pass in December. You can also check out the games Microsoft added to the service in November. stalker 2.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Available now.
Take control of a world-famous archaeologist for the first time in this game. Set in 1937, between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade, an evil force scours the world for an ancient power connected to the Great Sphere. It’s up to you to stop them and remind them that ancient artifacts belong in museums.
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Overthrow (game preview)
Available now.
Build and manage your kingdom as a magical crowned monarch in this city-building game. Get ready to defend your home in an instant. Cultivate the land, build the buildings you need to survive, protect your people from mutants and bandits, and keep your people happy.
wild frost
Available now.
An endless winter has covered the world. To dispel it, you need to build the perfect deck to fight the evil forces of the cold land. Rescue and recruit frozen allies and discover treasures in the frozen tundra. The deck you build will also be influenced by your path, so choose carefully.
EA Sports WRC
Available now.
Build your dream rally car in this racing simulator. The game allows you to race in over 200 competitive stages of 18 different World Rally Championship rallies. Get ready to battle other racers in the rain and snow, on dirt tracks and asphalt tracks, in pursuit of the perfect ride.
Forza Motorsport (Xbox Series X/S)
Available now.
Game Pass Standard subscribers can now race over 500 real-world cars across a variety of environments and famous race tracks like Daytona International Speedway and Laguna Seca Raceway. Dynamic time of day and weather conditions add an extra challenge to each race, and no two races are the same.
Crash Team Racing Nitro Fuel (Console)
Available now.
The wise-cracking bandicoot is back in the driver’s seat in this remastered quirky racing game. Compete against other racers in a variety of game modes packed with the same characters, upgrades, and trucks from the original game, as well as the karts, trucks, and arenas from Crash Nitro Kart Games. Get ready for some high-octane fun, packed with boxes of explosives, Aku Aku masks, and more.
Haunty (console)
Available now.
Months after Microsoft gave Game Pass Ultimate subscribers access to the game, Game Pass Standard subscribers can now play it as well. You’re a brave little ghost who just wants answers in this stylish adventure game. Since you are a ghost, you can possess items around you to solve puzzles and get through battles unscathed.
Humanity (console)
Available now.
You are a Shiba Inu who helps rebuild humanity. Guide the human through a series of puzzles by barking and giving specific commands to avoid obstacles. If you help save humanity, you might even get a belly rub or a treat.
carrion
Available now.
Years after Microsoft removed the reverse horror game from Game Pass, the company is bringing it back to the service. You are the one who goes bump in the night in this game, stalking and consuming the creatures that previously trapped you. Fear and panic spread as you evolve, breaking the prison that once held you.
road 96
Available: January 7th
Microsoft also plans to bring the road trip game back to Game Pass after removing it in 2023. In this adventure game, you control a teenage hitchhiker on the run from a dictatorial state. You may meet new characters and scavenge for supplies along the way. Your decisions affect your journey and change your interactions throughout the story. You will be able to change the country.
New Game Pass core games
New games have also been added to Game Pass Core subscribers. This Game Pass plan costs $10/month Subscribers have access to a library of over 40 games. And now Game Pass Core subscribers can play these games too.
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Games that left Game Pass
Along with adding these games to Game Pass, Microsoft also removed 13 other games from the service. Therefore, if you need to complete campaigns or side quests, you will need to purchase these games separately.
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Forza Horizon 4
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Rainbow Billy: Curse of Leviathan
Rise of the Tomb Raider
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For more information on Xbox, check out the other games available on Game Pass Ultimate today, and read our hands-on review of the gaming service to find out which Game Pass plan is right for you.
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