Microsoft confirm additions for late March and early April
Microsoft have confirmed the waves of games coming to Game Pass in late March and early April, headlined by theexpectedaddition of Diablo IV. This is the first Activision Blizzard game coming to Game Pass since Microsoft’s ridiculous $69 billion acquisition, with more due to follow. Beyond that, look forward to games including mech-riding farming game Lightyear Frontier and the colossal alien invasion strategy game from the XCOM Long War team, Terra Invicta.
Do seeMicrosoft’s blog postfor games coming to Game Pass on Xbox, but here’s the PC games for us:
An early access farming game on an alien world, with mechs. “A satisfying daily loop turns into a speedy momentum in this open world farming game, but its early access release raises questions that need answers,” said Jay Castello in ourLightyear Frontier early access review.
The latest in Blizzard’s click-click-click-click-clicking action-RPG series, released last June. I played a huge amount then one day just stopped playing and haven’t felt the slightest temptation to return again. It’s perfectly time-consuming but wholly forgettable, not hooking into my heart nor leaving lingering thoughts in my head. Alice Bee’sDiablo IV reviewcalled it “a beautiful, frictionless grey toybox that puts nothing in the way of you playing it for hours and wondering what you’ve done with your life.” A good one for Game Pass, then.
Wacky races with toy cars and loop-de-loops. I’ve heard this series is fun!
A mother-daughter road trip coming fromfragments of the studio behind Gone Home and Tacoma.
The remake of dinosaur-dodging craft-o-survival sandbox gameArk: Survival Evolved, launched into early access last September to a mixed reaction. The original still has more players on Steam than the remake. But it undeniably has dinosaurs.
Alas, all flesh is grass. The following games are due to depart this virtual coil soon:
