After the latest wave of game additions to the Xbox Game Pass which served to conclude the year 2023, the gaming service of Microsoft makes its return at the start of 2024 with a whole bunch of new features, not necessarily recent. At the top of the bill, we find Assassin’s Creed Valhalla And Resident Evil 2. On the other hand GTA V is going to leave again, he who made his return last July, and two Persona will follow suit…
So you will find below the list of games that will be added to the service during the first half of January 2024but also those who will leave it.
Available today
- Close to the Sun (Cloud, Console and PC)
In the heart of international waters, Tesla’s Helios is stationary. A limitless utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer boards the ship in search of her sister, and quickly discovers that all is not what it seems. Use your wits to guide Rose on her journey in search of her sister Ada, overcoming unknown dangers to understand the fate of the Helios and its inhabitants in this narrative steampunk adventure.
Coming soon
- Hell Let Loose (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC) – January 4
Form squads and take on the battlefields of World War II in Hell Let Loose, an ever-growing first-person shooter. Join other players online in epic 100-player battles, on huge scale maps, where teamwork is a matter of life and death, and right – or wrong – decision can turn the tide of battle. We’ll see you on the front lines!
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Cloud, Console and PC) – January 9
Play as Eivor, a legendary Viking warrior. Explore the Dark Ages of England, attack your enemies, expand your colony and build your political power to earn a place among the gods in Valhalla in this new installment in the critically acclaimed Assassin’s Creed series.
- Figment (Cloud, Console and PC) – January 9
An action adventure game that invites you to explore a unique and surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi-layered storytelling. Join Dusty and her ever-optimistic friend Piper on an adventure that will introduce you to the different facets of the mind and help you regain the courage you’ve lost.
- Super Mega Baseball 4 (Cloud, Console and PC) EA Play – January 11
Super Mega Baseball 4 is coming soon to PC Game Pass and Ultimate via EA Play, so grab your glove and your bat. It’s time to take the field with the best player of all time. Hit, throw, and slide your way to home plate with the series’ signature combination of arcade-inspired style and immersive gameplay depth.
- We Happy Few (Cloud, Console and PC) – January 11
Back in the Game Pass library! Created by Compulsion Games, We Happy Few is an action-adventure game set in a retro-futuristic drug-addicted city in an alternate 1960s England. You must hide, fight and conform to escape from a delusional world obsessed with joy.
- Resident Evil 2 (Cloud, Console and PC) – January 16
Revisit the critically acclaimed nightmare of Raccoon City in Resident Evil 2 with new graphics, modern gameplay mechanics and a bird’s eye perspective. Join rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield as they fight to survive a mysterious viral outbreak that has transformed the residents of Raccoon City into terrifying flesh-eating zombies.
- Those Who Remain (Cloud, Console and PC) – January 16
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Face uncomfortable horrors, keep a cool head, and survive the night in this first-person psychological thriller.
Updates and downloadable content
- Dead by Daylight: Chucky – Available now
Game Pass members save 10% on their purchases! Meet your new best friend while waiting for the end. Dead by Daylight: Chucky brings a horror legend into The Fog with a new killer: The Good Guy – Chucky. Purchasing this supplement unlocks an exclusive Charm box: Good Guys Box. Wanna play ?
- Hello Neighbor 2 Anniversary Update – Available now
To celebrate Hello Neighbor 2’s recent anniversary, a new free update is available. Visit a completely new area – the forest located on the outskirts of Raven Brooks. Explore the church and adjoining cemetery, once a renowned landmark and popular destination for the townspeople, now abandoned and eerily eerie. Recent reports of a strange cloaked figure lurking in the woods are likely unfounded. Will you be brave enough to find out?
- Sea of Thieves: Season Ten – Available now
Sea of Thieves: Season Ten continues with the arrival of a new way to sail! Play Calm Seas at your own pace, alone or with a crew of friends, and immerse yourself in your adventures without interruption. More crews and bigger rewards await you in the existing High Seas mode. To find out more, click here.
The Benefits of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
- Sea of Thieves: Nightshine Parrot Pack – Available now
This pack contains the Nightshine Parrot Jacket, Nightshine Parrot Veils, Nightshine Parrot Figurehead, Nightshine Parrot Hat, and Nightshine Parrot Cutlass, as well as 10,000 gold to spend in the game.
They leave us
The following games will soon no longer be available on the service, so now is the perfect time to play them one last time before they leave. Remember to use the members-only discount to save up to 20% on purchasing these titles and keep playing them.
January 5
- Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud and Console)
January 15
- Garden Story (Cloud, Console and PC)
- MotoGP 22 (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Persona 4 Golden (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Persona 3 Portable (Cloud, Console and PC)