Close to the Sun, Hell Let Loose and We Happy Few also among this month’s offerings
Already available is Close to the Sun, which Alice Beefound to be a fairly satisfying and relatively spooky BioShock-a-likeplaced between jump scares and calmer poking around Art Deco environments. It kicks off a month of pretty solid additions, with some big names nestled among smaller gems.
Tomorrow, simmy World War 2 mass-multiplayer shooterHell Let Loosejoins the offering. I found my brief time with it to only cement the knowledge I would be killed almost immediately in any sort of combat environment, but it seems like the kind of thing that those into their hardcore military shooters and/or historical sims will dig.
On the 9th,Assassin’s Creed: Valhallalands its Viking longboat on the library. Arguably one of the better Assassin’s Creeds - and undoubtedly one of the biggest - Valhalla leads into last year’s much smaller spin-offMirage, so it’s good timing if you’re after some face-stabbing action to see through the January evenings.
Elsewhere in this month’s additions there’s the return ofWe Happy Fewafteralmost exactly a year off Game Pass, along with imaginative adventure gameFigment,Super Mega Baseball 4and psychological horror game Those Who Remain.
Most excitingly, theResident Evil 2 remakefinds its way onto PC Game Pass on January 16th. While I’m sure many will disagree - even myself, depending on when you catch me - RE2 Remake iseasily in contention for the best Resident Evil game, as well as being one of the greatest horror games ever made. If you haven’t played it yet, don’t pass up the chance.
Here’s a full list of what’s headed to PC Game Pass during January:
New arrivals means new departures, with cosy RPGGarden Story, MotoGP 22 and bothPersona 4 GoldenandPersona 3 Portableleaving Game Pass on January 15th. Given the hefty length of Persona games, that doesn’t leave loads of time to check out P3P before remakePersona 3 Reloadarrives at the start of February, so get cracking if you’re curious.
