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Xbox shared the latest games for joining its subscription service Game Pass in a blog announcement today, and it’s looking pretty good. This early month update adds Guilty Gear Strive, loads of Dead Space, and a few major updates to games you already have.
The sleek anime fighting game Guilty Gear Strive is already available to play, and you can now download the Fallout 76, No Man’s Sky, and Halo Infinite Season 3 updates. Among other small details, Fallout’s Mutation Invasion update adds hourly mutant public events where you can play for prizes, the No Man’s Sky Fractal update introduces the Utopia Speeder starship and a bunch of new accessibility and challenge features, and the Halo’s Echoes Within update brings a new weapon and 100 level Battle Pass.
Sea of Thieves will also be hosting a Forts of Fortune event on March 16th offering fresh cosmetics and Pirate Legends Journeys, and will be celebrating its 5th anniversary on March 20th with “an exclusive login bonus, a limited-time celebration- selfie wall and an oversized community weekend event,” says the Xbox Blog.
This already feels like a lot of video games, but wait! there is more Later this month, you can expect the following titles to make it to Game Pass:
Dead Space 2, Dead Space 3 (Cloud, March 9) Valheim (Game Preview) (Console, March 14) Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Cloud, Console and PC, March 16) Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition (Console, PC, March 12)
Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now also earn additional rewards for their games, including:
Corrupted Assault Rifle Bundle for Halo Infinite (requires multiplayer to use, but includes “the exclusive ‘Corrupted Hex’ assault rifle weapon plating, four 2XP boosts, and four Challenge Swaps,” says Xbox)Sleepover Sleepwear Set for The Sims 4 (available through EA Play)Champions Content Bundle for F1 22 (According to Xbox, this includes “three My Team Icons, two drivable Safety Cars (only available in Time Trial mode), 18,000 PitCoin and more.” Plus: “EA Play members can claim this bundle now up to April 3, 2023.”) EA Play Supercharge Pack for Madden NFL 23, available through March 9th
Remember to prepare for a loss, too, while basking in Game Pass’ March video game glory. Snow needs to melt for flowers to bloom – these games are leaving Game Pass on March 15th:
F1 2020 (Console) via EA PlayGoat 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)
I guess you wouldn’t really consider Sid Meier’s Civilization VI a flower, but whatever. I can romance an Xbox if I want to. That’s my goal for March – enjoy all these games as part of yours.
