Microsoft detailed more games coming this month too
Though I coined the officially sanctioned genre name ‘Zachlike’, I have never finished one of their puzzle games and likely never will. I do not have the brain/patience for these but I respect the hell out of them. I know big-brain boy Brendy was a fan of Shenzhen I/O,calling it"a polished and compelling puzzler".
This is the second Zachtronics game to hit Game Pass, after the studio’s final game (which might be a hazy term) debuted on the service at launch in July. That one’s based around pirated software downloaded from a fictional BBS, and our Rachelcalled it"a tour through a decade of Zachtronics indie development".
Shenzhen I/O’s in-game desktop computer also includes a version of Solitaire so good that Zachtronicsreleased a standalone version. That standalone, sadly, is not on Game Pass. I’d far preferShenzhen Solitaireto the Microsoft Solitaire Collection included with Game Pass.
As for Turbo Golf Racing, it’s hitting Game Pass on the same day it launcheson Steamwith a £13 price tag. It’s an arcade-y multiplayer game where you’re racing to complete a round of golf, bashing the ball with your car, while fending off violent interference from other players. As much as it looks like Rocket League (a lot), it’s no relation to Psyonix’s game. Did any of y’all play its open beta in late April, early May?
Microsoft this week also detailed the rest ofAugust’s first wave of Game Pass games, though many of these were already known. Coming up we have:
