Subscribers to computer/Xbox Game Pass have already had great things to discover at the beginning of the month, but as usual, Microsoft add more titles. From now on, three games EA Play are thus playable, namely F1 2021 (cloud), Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered (cloud) and Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (cloud, Console and computer).
But that’s not all, other games will be added to the catalog by the end of the month, here is the full program :
Available today
The lights are green! Members of EA Play and Game Pass Ultimate will be able to experience an immersive story in the world of F1, race the tracks with their own team and achieve their dreams in F1 2021, which joins a large collection of racing games playable via EA Play.
- Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered (Cloud) EA Play
Feel the thrill of the chase and the adrenaline of escapism behind the wheel of the world’s fastest high-performance cars in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, now available in the cloud via EA Play. Unleash your sense of speed in a thrilling, competitive and social racing experience.
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (Cloud, Console and PC) ID@Xbox
Play as an adorable anti-system turnip! Unable to pay your council tax, you find yourself evicted from your home and must work to pay off your debt to Mayor Onion. Equip yourself with gardening tools to solve puzzles, encounter earthy fruits and vegetables and face fearsome wild animals. Find out what evil is eating away at the garden, eat five fruits and vegetables a day and overthrow a corrupt administration!
Shortly
- 7 Days to Die (Cloud, Console and PC) ID@Xbox – April 26
Set in a ruthless post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world survival game that combines first-person shooter, horror, tower-defense and Roleplay. Several types of actions, such as combat, crafting, looting, prospecting, exploration and character development are presented in a completely new way for a survival game.
- Research & Destroy (Console and PC) – April 26
Available upon release in Game Pass. Play as three genius scientists in this turn-based action game and research to create strange weapons and gadgets that will allow you to destroy the supernaturals that threaten humanity!
- Bugsnax (Cloud, Console and PC) ID@Xbox – April 28
Bugsnax takes you to Zenka Island, where the legendary Bugsnax half-snack, half-insect creatures roam. Responding to the invitation of Elizabert Mégafig, you discover on your arrival that the intrepid explorer has disappeared. His village is upside down, and his companions are scattered all over the island, alone… and hungry!
- Unsouled (Console & PC) ID@Xbox – April 28
Available upon release in Game Pass. Test the limits of your reflexes and unleash highly satisfying combos in Unsouled, a challenging but fair action RPG. You will need to master different abilities and counterattacks to inflict maximum damage and hope to survive.
Updates
- Age of Empires IV Season 1: Festival of Ages – Available
The Festival of Ages marks the official start of 1v1 Ranked Seasons and seasonal events, and brings powerful tools to create via the Mod Editor in Beta, a brand new map, an original Art of War challenge and several modifications balance or changes designed to make your job easier.
- Ark: Survival Evolved: Eggcellent Adventure – Available until April 25
The Eggcellent Adventure returns for the 7th consecutive year! Follow in the footsteps of the wild Bunny Dodo and Bunny Oviraptor to collect Bunny Eggs and get special loot. Lay bunny eggs to paint them or use them in a cooking pot to craft special holiday-themed cosmetics, including 5 new chibis and a full-on bunny costume!
- No Man’s Sky: The Outlaws Update – Available
Become an interstellar rebel in Update 3.85, Outlaws! Discover new systems, the ability to recruit your own squadron of pilots, improved space combat, an impressive new ship and more. Go to this address to learn more about the update.
- Sea of Thieves: The Shrouded Deep – Available April 21 through May 12
Summon the Megalodon! Hunt the Beast of the Deep to help Belle and the Pirate Lord find the Shroud of the Ancients in The Shrouded Deep, Sea of Thieves’ third time-limited adventure, taking place April 21 through May 12!
- Minecraft Dungeons: Luminous Night (Season 2 Seasonal Adventure) – Available April 20
Get awesome rewards in Luminous Night, the second seasonal adventure in Minecraft Dungeons. Explore the Night Tower in a new light and discover floors filled with mysterious murals, unsettling puzzles and fearsome enemies. New challenges and other improvements await you, what will you be able to find before dawn?
Benefits of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
- MLB The Show 22: Launch Pack – Available
MLB The Show is back on Xbox Game Pass. Start this new season with 10 The Show packs for Diamond Dynasty mode. Once acquired, the items will be yours when you start the game. Item information will appear as a list in your profile inbox.
- F1 2021: Deluxe Update Pack – Available
Enhance the F1 2021 experience even further with the Deluxe Update Pack, courtesy of EA Play. This includes seven iconic pilots, a set of customization items, 18,000 PitCoins and a pack inspired by the fictional stars of Breaking Point.
- Halo Infinite: 2XP Pack and Challenge Swap – Available
Make every match count with four Double XP Boosts and six Challenge Swaps! This perk requires Halo Infinite multiplayer, available for free on Xbox, Windows, and Steam.
- Super Animal Royale: Season 3 Perk Pack – Available
Fight your enemies in style with a new cap, shotgun skin and sunglasses.
- Apex Legends: 24-Carat Coffin Weapon Charm – Available
Show off your worth to your opponents with this 24-Carat Coffin Weapon Charm, courtesy of EA Play! Equip it to your favorite weapon and fight for fame, fame and fortune in style.
12 new games compatible with touch controls
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can now play 12 more games with touch controls, including two titles designed natively for them: Zero Escape: The Nonary Games and Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition! Find the full list of compatible games here and start playing on the Xbox app on Windows PC, the mobile app on Android devices, or from xbox.com/play on your Windows PC or Apple phones and tablets, without needing of a joystick. Here is the list of new titles with touch controls:
- Ben 10: Power Hunt ;
- Besiege ;
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition ;
- Edge of Eternity ;
- Hitman Trilogy ;
- Lawn Mowing Simulator ;
- Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered ;
- Paw Patrol: The Super Patrol Saves the Great Valley ;
- Racing with Ryan ;
- Transformers Battlegrounds ;
- Windjammers 2 ;
- Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.
Unfortunately, it will also be necessary to say goodbye to four games in the Game Pass. Cricket 19, Outlast 2, Secret Neighbor and Streets of Rage 4 will no longer be available in the catalog from April 30th.but you can buy them until then with a 20% discount to continue enjoying them.
At last, Microsoft announcement to work with Ubisoft to add more publisher and developer games to the computer/Xbox Game Passand promises thatAssassin’s Creed Origins (cloud, Console and computer) will be available within two monthsin the same way For Honor: Marching Fire Edition. On computers, you will have to go through Ubisoft Connect. The subscription to Game Pass cost for reminder €29.99 for three months.