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Coming to Game Pass: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Immortals of Aveum, Lords of the Fallen, and More - Xbox Wire

Coming to Game Pass: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Immortals of Aveum, Lords of the Fallen, and more!

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Available Today​

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Cloud, Console, and PC)
The critically acclaimed and award-winning classic is returning to the Game Pass library! Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director Josef Fares and developer Starbreeze Studios. Solve puzzles, explore the varied locations, and fight boss battles while controlling one brother with each thumb stick.

Coming Soon​

Chants of Sennaar (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 15
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler whose quest is to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.


EA Sports NHL 24 (Cloud) EA Play – May 16
EA Sports NHL 24 will be available with Xbox Cloud Gaming soon via EA Play! Feel the intensity of hockey with all new gameplay features that dial up the pressure, physicality, and control of authentic on-ice action.


Immortals of Aveum (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) EA Play – May 16
Immortals of Aveum is coming to The Play List! Summon your power with PC Game Pass and Ultimate via EA Play in this single-player, first-person magic shooter. Unleash an arsenal of spells as Jak, who joins an elite order of battlemages to save a world on the edge of abyss.


Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 21
Available on day one with Game Pass! The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without. Pre-install now to get ready to play on day one.


Galacticare (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S) – May 23
Available on day one with Game Pass! You are the Director of Galacticare, an interstellar healthcare company and quasi-voluntary savior of the Galaxy (for cash.) Build hospitals and recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species and cure their bizarre illnesses Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.


Hauntii (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 23
Available on day one with Game Pass! Play as a brave yet naive little ghost, Hauntii, and set off on a quest guided by enigmatic Eternians. Possess, solve puzzles, and shape your fate in this captivating adventure. The game’s hand-crafted art style blends line art and animation with a striking palette, creating a visually captivating experience. Coupled with the dynamic soundtrack, it enhances the immersive exploration of mysterious landscapes.


Moving Out 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 28
Are you ready to become an all-star F.A.R.T? That’s a Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician in the world of Moving Out 2. Working solo, or with up to three friends, slip into your uniform and help the residents of Packmore, and beyond, to pack up and ship out!


Humanity (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 30
Become a Shiba Inu and help reconstruct humankind in the acclaimed action-puzzle game Humanity. Drop commands to guide a mindless human horde to the goal through 90 increasingly challenging handcrafted story mode stages. Then, choose from thousands of user-made puzzles expanding on the breadth of mechanics, or design your own and share it with the community.


Lords of the Fallen (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – May 30
A vast world awaits in the all-new, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As one of the fabled Dark Crusaders, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. Learn more about how Lords of the Fallen goes rogue(like) with its recent ‘Master of Fate’ update on Xbox Wire.


Firework (PC) – June 4
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate the closed case of a massacre. You will play as a rookie police officer who participates in the re-investigation by chance. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges and the case becomes more bewildering.


Rolling Hills (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 4
Available on day one with Game Pass! Serve up sushi as a robot chef in Rolling Hills, a life sim about running your own restaurant in a cozy village. Make new friends, purchase ingredients, enhance your shop, and improve the lives of your neighbors as you perfect your craft!

DLC / Game Updates​

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns – Available now
Game Pass members save 10% off their purchase! Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns sees the smash hit roguelike join forces with Konami’s iconic Contra series, adding tons of guns and other weapons (we’re talking 22, including evolutions!), 11 new characters, a huge map, and a soundtrack that combines classic Contra tracks with Vampire Survivors covers.


Minecraft 15 Year Anniversary – Starting May 15
Minecraft is celebrating 15 years of gripping adventures and mind-blowing creations! Whether you’ve been crafting since alpha or joined somewhere along the way, you’ve left your mark on every block. Watch out for upcoming announcements from Minecraft!


Starfield Update – May 15
Starfield’s largest update since launch is coming on May 15! The May Update includes more detailed surface maps; new gameplay difficulty options and display settings; new features for ship customization and more! Learn more on Bethesda.net.


Xbox Game Pass Ultimate


Minecraft: 500 Minecoins – Starting May 15
Claim 500 Minecoins! Spend them on epic adventure maps, skins, add-ons, and more imaginative content, all crafted by creators and available on Minecraft Marketplace. What will your next adventure be?


Naraka: Bladepoint – Available Now
Claim exclusive Xbox headgear, new season treasures, legendary skin trial bundle and more in the new Perks Bundle! Get a kick start in the new season with the help of experience boost cards! This Perk content requires Naraka: Bladepoint to use.


Leaving May 31


The following games are leaving soon, so be sure to jump back in and tie up and loose ends or grab some extra achievements before they leave! You can also save up to 20% off your purchase to keep them in your library and keep the fun going.

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Farworld Pioneers (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Pac-man Museum Plus (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Little Witch in the Woods (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Railway Empire II (Cloud, Console, and PC)

 

[Magic Carpet]

Just glancing over to make sure all games have te 'PC' tag.
Yay PC

 

[adamsapple]

Hellblade, Lords of Fallen, Humanity (and Aveum too I guess).

 

[Draugoth]

Lords of the Fallen is decent, i wouldnt get excited for it

 

[saintjules]

Pretty good. I'm ready for HBII.

I really did enjoy the first one and thought it was something different. I would go as far as to say that was a once in a lifetime experience when I played it on PS4.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Wonder if the Hellblade II engagement stats will be enough to stop them from axing Ninja Theory?

That's a rhetorical question.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

At least five games to add to the backlog, nice.

 

[Punished Miku]

Holy fucking floodgates. God damnnnnnnnnnn.

Been wanting to play Chants of Sanaar for a while. Was on multiple GOTY lists.
Lords of the Fallen, hell yeah.
Hellblade, hell yeah.
Humanity, hell yeah.
Fireworks looks great, and is unfortunately PC only. Pretty bummed about that.
Some other stuff I'd try too. Blowout for just 2 weeks. Largest drop ever I think. 11 games in 14 days.

 

[Arsic]

Firework looks akin to 13 sentinels presentation. Kind of curious about that game now. Hard to even find footage of it lol.

Gonna try hellblade 2.

Lords of the fallen is a 1/10. Worst game of 2023. You’ve been warned.

 

[feynoob]

Pass.
Will wait for the june showcase

 

[DenchDeckard]

Holy poop! If people had time for gamepass, it would be the greatest deal in gaming

 

[Zheph]

Chants of Seenar and Lords of the Fallen are pretty good

 

[TintoConCasera]

Guess I'm finally teying out Lord of the Fallen.

Game looks very cool visually, but I'm not sure about the gameplay.

 

[lh032]

hellblade 2 DOA.

 

[Punished Miku]

Firework looks akin to 13 sentinels presentation. Kind of curious about that game now. Hard to even find footage of it lol.

There's a group of really small Chinese indies hitting GP.



I played through The Rewinder and really enjoyed it despite a few issues.

 

[adamsapple]

Lords of the fallen is a 1/10. Worst game of 2023. You’ve been warned.

How is it post 1.5 patch? Most opinions online say that the game is a massive improvement over launch now.

 

[Physiognomonics]

hellblade 2 DOA.

I am more worried about the studio. For now MS still need Ninja Theory to feed gamepass. But once they release Hellblade 2, what happens to them?

 

[SportsFan581]

Nice month with Hellblade, NHL, and Immortals (which is something I wouldn't buy but might check out here).

 

[adamsapple]

Nice month with Hellblade, NHL, and Immortals (which is something I wouldn't buy but might check out here).

I rented it near launch, was a disappointing game.

My only continued interest in the game is purely academic, supposed to be the first console game to use FSR3 frame-generation in an upcoming patch. I just want to see how that works.

 

[SportsFan581]

I rented it near launch, was a disappointing game.

My only continued interest in the game is purely academic, supposed to be the first console game to use FSR3 frame-generation in an upcoming patch. I just want to see how that works.

Just a poor concept or technical problems?

 

[Blindy]

Lords of the Fallen is a nice add for me.

Have to play Chicory, have to fit it in before the end of the month. Seems like it won't be too long of a game.

 

[adamsapple]

Just a poor concept or technical problems?

A bit of both. PS5 had worse frame rate, Xbox had very soft IQ so it wasn't technically sound on either console.

The game itself was kinda .. not inspiring .. if that makes sense. Very New-Trilogy Poe style humor and dialogue.

 

[StereoVsn]

Lords of the Fallen is decent, i wouldnt get excited for it

Yeah, seems a solid 7/10 game.

 

[Hohenheim]

Lords of the fallen is a 1/10. Worst game of 2023. You’ve been warned.

That's harsh.
It's pretty good. Not Fromsoft level, but I played it a lot and finished it. Enjoyed it a lot. A lot better than the first Lord of the Fallen game.

 

[Punished Miku]

Have to play Chicory, have to fit it in before the end of the month. Seems like it won't be too long of a game.

Yeah, I haven't tried it yet either.

9 hours.

 

[tommib]

Lords of the Fallen is much better than what I thought. If you liked Dark Souls II, the game will take you places.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

This is a really good drop.

 

[tommib]

Best game on that list is Humanity but no one will play it.

 

[SF Kosmo]

I want to know if the PC version of Humanity will have VR support.

 

[Punished Miku]

Best game on that list is Humanity but no one will play it.

I've already played it. And a lot of niche stuff gets played on Gamepass actually.

I'm hoping someday we get Viewfinder on Xbox since no one even noticed it exists on PS5. July 2023 release date, so who knows. Maybe later this year.

 

[Black_Stride]

Chants
Humanity
Lords of the Fallen
Hellblade 2


Pretty damn good.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I’m glad I waited on Lord of the Fallen. Given the past entries from the dev have all showed up on Game Pass, I figured I’d wait for it to release on it. I was right to do so.

Overall, not a bad drop.

 

[Bridges]

Pretty good drop. I'm in for Humanity, Immortals of Aveum and Hellblade II. Might also check out Firework and Rolling Hills, they both sound interesting. Not gonna miss anything that's leaving either. Just need to finally finish Harold Halibut so I can move onto some of this new stuff

 

[Pantz]

Was there negative Xbox news recently? I don't remember anymore.
Nice Game Pass month!

 

[Roberts]

aaand I heard we can only expect shit from now on.

Seriously, good stuff. Btw, I checked Avenum yesterday and they have added HDR and it seems to run a whole lot better now after the latest update.

 

[Kataploom]

Literally 3 broken games plus a new one came to Game Pass before I got them lol.

This is a great month for having came back.

 

[clarky]

hellblade 2 DOA.

Not sure how anything can be "DOA" on gamepass.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Holy poop! If people had time for gamepass, it would be the greatest deal in gaming

That’s actually the whole thing that is wrong with subscription services for games. Far too many games to play in the time you have. In my opinion it is a false economy and most consumers only play a few handful of games a year. It makes more sense to just purchase games, the publisher/developer makes more money and the consumer gets better long term value.

 

[Darsxx82]

It is now when we have to draw conclusions about the quality and variety of releases of the month.... And as has been the case for a long time (and despite the rumors of a reduction in the quality and cadence of games), the month of Gamepass ends up being fantastic.

 

[adamsapple]

Any day now.

 

[Little Chicken]

Damn, May has been one of the best months ever for GP

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Any day now.

take it to the bank babe

 

[Calverz]

Finally Aveum. Held off buying this since launch. Been desperate to see how it looks on my 4090+5800x3d

 

[Dynasty8]

Humanity is awesome for puzzle fans.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Any day now.

 

[Zuzu]

A nice couple of souls-likes added to the service lately with Another Crab’s Treasure and Lords. I’ll be subbing again to play them.

 

[Ozriel]

That’s actually the whole thing that is wrong with subscription services for games. Far too many games to play in the time you have. In my opinion it is a false economy and most consumers only play a few handful of games a year. It makes more sense to just purchase games, the publisher/developer makes more money and the consumer gets better long term value.

Nothing wrong with options. Nobody’s mandating you to play everything that shows up on GP.
Just getting one game to play every month already easily covers the cost of entry.

 

[twilo99]

Wonder if the Hellblade II engagement stats will be enough to stop them from axing Ninja Theory?

That's a rhetorical question.

They are actually closing every single studio they own .. that’s the latest I’ve heard

 

[Larivel]

Lords of the fallen still runs like shit on the X, play it on PC if you can.

 

[tmlDan]

oh ma gawd, now Hellblade will sell even less

fkn NHL is cloud ONLY!?

Guess ill play lords of the fallen