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Microsoft has revealed the titles they’ll be adding to Xbox Game Pass on PC and consoles in late January and very early February, and it’s a solid update as the 2024 release calendar is beginning to heat up. Subscribers can look forward to Atlus’ anticipated remake Persona 3 Reload, the full launch of the Pokemon-style adventure Palworld, Codemasters racer F1 23, something called “Brotato,” and more. Here are your headliner Game Pass titles for the next couple of weeks: Palworld (Console and PC) – January 19 “Embark on an open-world adventure through Palworld, where you can discover and capture over […]

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2023 was a good year for both Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, with Microsoft and Sony putting plenty of quality content on both subscription services, but with the year now behind us, which offered the best overall value? Well, the folks at The Loadout actually did the math, tallying up the value of the games added to both Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus this year, with the latter arguably coming out on top. If you signed up for the PS Plus Extra tier for the entirety of 2023, you got 205 games (37 monthly Essential-tier titles and 168 […]

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As revealed by the recent Insomniac leaks, one thing Sony is quite concerned about going forward is the viability and competitiveness of their PlayStation Plus service, which they believe could be one of the things most affected by Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. So, how does Sony plan to fortify PS Plus against Microsoft and the growing threat from Game Pass? Thus far, Sony has resisted the Game Pass approach of putting first-party titles on PS Plus on Day 1, and it seems that’s not going to change. That said, according to new documents unearthed from the Insomniac leak, they […]

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After a period of some uncertainty, Baldur’s Gate 3 is now available on Xbox Series X/S, which begs the question – could the smash hit RPG ever end up on Xbox Game Pass? Baldur’s Gate 3 is exactly the kind of high-engagement title that could potentially drive long-term Game Pass subscriptions, so I’m sure Microsoft would love it, but according to Larian Studios founder Swen Vincke, it’s not happening. Vincke rightfully points out that Baldur’s Gate 3 delivers a ton of content without any sort of additional microtransactions or monetization, so he feels it’s only fair players should have to […]

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Over the past few years, there have been scattered hints Microsoft would like to bring their Xbox Game Pass service to rival consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Talk about this heated up in a major way recently, when Xbox CFO Tim Stuart said they want to get Game Pass on “every screen that will play games,” including PlayStation and Nintendo consoles. Juicy! But perhaps we need to slow down a little. In an interview with Windows Central posted today, Xbox boss Phil Spencer poured some cold water on the notion of Game Pass on Sony or Nintendo […]

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Without any warning whatsoever, the two Remnant games suddenly appeared a few hours ago on the Game Pass library. Any subscribers, on both console and PC, can now access the games. It's not the first time for Remnant: From the Ashes, which already joined Game Pass for a time in May 2021. The real surprise is Remnant 2 since Gunfire Games only released the sequel in late July. As far as we know, the game sold quite well. It had surpassed a million copies in less than a week; earlier this month, Gunfire Games owner Embracer provided a sales update, […]

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