Including the unexpected return of an Xbox Live Arcade classic
Five more games are being added to Game Pass in April, featuring old, new, and yet-to-be-released titles.
Now that April is upon us and the April Fools Day jokes have settled down,Microsoft has released the itineraryfor its next few weeks ofGame Passlaunches.
It’s an assortment that includes the next bigMinecraftspin-off, a few other semi-recent releases, and one unexpected callback to the Xbox Live Arcade days of the mid-2010s.
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‘Minecraft Legends’ is a significant standout as the game will arrive on Game Pass on the same day as its worldwide general release.
It also takes the open-world, survival-driven gameplay ofthe original gameand reshapes it into a team-based multiplayer action game where strategy and skill are both important.
‘Ghostwire: Tokyo,’ on the other hand, is a first-person action affair with some horror elements that see you exploring (and trying to fix) a devastated Tokyo overrun with supernatural creatures.
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While ‘NHL 23’ is, well, NHL for 2023it gives you control over current National Hockey League teams.
‘Loop Hero’ lets you explore a world created randomly, acquiring and playing various cards strategically as you find treasures and deal with dangerous enemies.
However, the inclusion of ‘Iron Brigade’ is perhaps the biggest surprise, as the third-person action tower defense game was initially released on Xbox Live Arcade in 2011.
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Loop Herohits Game Pass for console and PC today, withIron Brigadefollowing on console and cloud streaming on Thursday, April 6.Ghostwire: Tokyocomes to consoles, cloud, and PC on Wednesday, April 12, andNHL 23is out the day after (Thursday, April 13) for consoles.
Minecraft Legendscaps off the release schedule on its official launch dateTuesday, April 18on console, cloud, and PC.
