GOTY contenders both
Hop onto Game Pass today and you’ll find the launch day arrival of Lies Of P, which Ed describes as “an instant must-play for Soulslikers” inhis review.
I’m a Soulsavoider, so I’m more interested in the other games coming to Microsoft’sFull Convergence stepping stonein the next couple of weeks, includingCocoonandThe Lamplighters League.
Cocoon is the new game from Jeppe Carlsen, who was previously designer onLimboandInside. It’s about an insect fella who dives into portable orb-worlds to solve puzzles, and it delighted busyboy Edback in June.
Lamplighters League has similar pedigree in that it’s from Shadowrun/Battletech developers Harebrained Schemes. It’s a stealthy, turn-based pulp adventure, and it similarly wowed Katharine whocalled it a game of the year contenderin May.
Gang Beatsalike Party Animals is also coming tomorrow, albeit only via Cloud gaming, but comeback co-op heist ‘em upPayday 3is also due the day after. Here’s a complete list of the PC releases with release dates:
As always, new games arriving on Game Pass means a handful are also leaving at the end of the month, on September 30th:
Of these, I’d personally recommend giving Beacon Pines a go while you can. It’s a cosy horror choose-your-own-adventureI reviewed last year.
You can find more details of all of the above games, and some DLC,on the Xbox blog. For more details of Microsoft’s entire gaming strategy, you can todaycheck pretty much any other part of the internet.
