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Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Soul Hackers 2, F1 22, and Merge & Blade - Xbox Wire

Welcome back friends, we have more games coming soon (some as soon as today!). RPG’s, Puzzles, Racing, and Action coming to your backlog. Let’s get to the games! Available Today Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 21Available on day one with Game Pass: In a mad and sublime utopian...

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Welcome back friends, we have more games coming soon (some as soon as today!). RPG’s, Puzzles, Racing, and Action coming to your backlog. Let’s get to the games!

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Available Today​

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Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 21
Available on day one with Game Pass: In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment, and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission.

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Coming Soon​

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Merge & Blade (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28
Experience an addictive fantasy puzzler and a massive auto-battler in the world’s first puzzle auto-battler game! Engage in large-scale battles with monsters with your own squad using merge mechanics. Only your brain can save the world!

Soul Hackers 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 28
Explore a supernatural RPG with stylish summoners and dark dangers lurking under cyberpunk Japan. Join Ringo and her companions to solve the mystery behind an imminent apocalypse in Soul Hackers 2. Strengthen the bonds with your teammates and dive deeper into their soul, reliving their last adventures and discovering the truth of their stories and yours.

F1 22 (Console and PC) EA Play – March 2
PC Game Pass & Ultimate members can get behind the wheel on March 2 as F1 22 joins The Play List with EA Play. Get to grips with the fastest motorsport around. Take your seat in the 2022 season cars, test your skills around Miami International Autodrome, and get a taste of the glitz and glamor in F1 Life.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 3
Available on day one with Game Pass: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a dramatic, action-packed story of a nameless militia soldier fighting for survival in a dark fantasy version of the Later Han Dynasty where demons plague the Three Kingdoms. Players fight off deadly creatures and enemy soldiers using swordplay based on the Chinese martial arts, attempting to overcome the odds by awakening the true power from within.

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Game Updates​

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Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XII: New Zealand – February 23
Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update XII: New Zealand beckons all to experience the expansive beauty that the country has to offer, reproduced in stunning photo-realistic quality including 62 handcrafted points of interest and 10 new missions to bask in the majesty of New Zealand’s diverse landscapes from above. Available for free to all owners and Game Pass members. The sky is calling!

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks​

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Apex Legends: Supercharge Revelry Pack – Available now
Join the Apex Games ready for battle with the Supercharge Revelry Pack, available with your EA Play membership until March 14, 2023.

MultiVersus: MVP Pack – Drop 3 – Available now
The MultiVersus MVP Pack is a free in-game bundle only available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members. Enjoy a new variant, ringout effect, and a banner on us with each pack to further up your game!

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Leaving February 28​

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There’s still time to pick up where you left off or earn some extra Achievements in the following games leaving soon. Remember to use your membership discount to save up to 20% on games available in the Game Pass library before they go!

• Alien: Isolation (Console and PC)
• Crown Trick (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Far: Changing Tides (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Console and PC)
• Madden NFL 21 (Console and PC) EA Play
• Octopath Traveler (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Remember to use your Xbox Game Pass mobile app to add these games to your download queue (and to turn in your Game Pass Quests)! Stay tuned on Xbox Wire or on Twitter at @XboxGamePassPC and @XboxGamePass for more updates.

 

[DenchDeckard]

In for wo long. Too many games...bloody hell....having ps plus extra and gamepass is crazy lol

 

[analog_future]

100% in for Wo Long (and Atomic Heart).

Just need to finish up Hogwarts Legacy first.

 

[Punished Miku]

Looking good. Still kind of an indies drought for 2023 compared to last year, which was one of the best indie years of all time.

Wo Long, Atomic Heart are pretty huge additions. Soul Hackers is a nice surprise for sure.

 

[anthony2690]

I enjoyed Soul Hackers 2, the dungeon design and many subways let the game down though.

I can not wait for Wo Long, enjoyed the beta.

 

[cireza]

Will most probably try Wo Long.

Soul Hackers was unbearable though. It was super boring and repetitive.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Aw yeah, nice gets. Guess I'll finally be playing Soul Hackers 2, it's been a while since I played some SMT kino.
Heard the game is quite average but honestly, all I need is the combat and fusion systems and some bangers as battle themes.

Also, Merge & Blade looks kinda like Might & Magic Clash of Heroes. I wonder if it plays the same, I remember enjoying that one on the DS.

 

[adamsapple]

Soul Hackers 2 has added some really nice QoL improvement updates since launch, so I would very highly and easily recommend it to people.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Who long?

 

[adamsapple]

Who long?

about yay long

 

[TintoConCasera]

Who long?

me

 

[Punished Miku]

Soul Hackers was unbearable though. It was super boring and repetitive.

I definitely wasn't sold on it enough to buy it. But it'll be nice to try out for a bit.

 

[AV]

Will try Wo Long as soon as I'm done with every other shitting game I'm playing.

2023 already too wild and it's not even March.

 

[Orbital2060]

MLB the Show 23 and Valheim also apparently coming later in March.

 

[Kvally]

Hot damn, count me in for Wo Long, Atomic Heart (today!), Soul Hackers 2, Valheim and F1!!!

 

[j.k.2021]

Game pass is loaded this year.

 

[j.k.2021]

 

[AJUMP23]

Atomic Heart today. Going to check it out. Then there is WO-long in a couple of weeks. Lots of fun GP stuff.

 

[Orbital2060]

I almost bought Soul Hackers 2 in the anime sale but looking at reviews made me reconsider. Its awesome that its coming to game pass though, looking forward to playing it. Pretty big surprise imo.

 

[Goss Harag]

Horizon Forbidden West and Atomic Heart released on services today.
Wo Long March 3rd.
And now Soul Hackers next week?

Ugh. This is why I didn't buy Wild Hearts and why I'll not need to buy a game until Zelda probably.

 

[Salz01]

Alien Isolation leaving hurts. I keep meaning to get around to playing it again, now have to buy it. One of my main beefs with GP, I sooner or later end up buying the title.

 

[adamsapple]

Alien Isolation leaving hurts. I keep meaning to get around to playing it again, now have to buy it. One of my main beefs with GP, I sooner or later end up buying the title.

You should get it, or play it while it's there.

It supports FPS boost and is an excellent 1080p/60 FPS experience on the modern Xboxes.

 

[Punished Miku]

Alien Isolation leaving hurts. I keep meaning to get around to playing it again, now have to buy it. One of my main beefs with GP, I sooner or later end up buying the title.

It's frequently down to $10.

 

[manfestival]

I have not played the first soul hackers. Does that even matter when playing this one? I am willing to give it a shot.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Nada for me.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Soul Hackers 2 has added some really nice QoL improvement updates since launch, so I would very highly and easily recommend it to people.

Like what? I played it at launch then fell off fast.

 

[M1987]

Can't wait for Wo Long

 

[adamsapple]

Like what? I played it at launch then fell off fast.

The biggest one is that the game now has a native sprint button. At launch there was no sprint and you could only run fast for very brief durations by spamming one of the field skills in the dungeons, which would waste your MP, which was a bit peeve for me and others.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Who long?

Lo Dong.

 

[Punished Miku]

I hope we get Ghostwire next month

 

[Kvally]

Lo Dong.

You rang?

 

[pasterpl]

Waiting for Wo Long to called AA/Indie game /s

It’s seems that they are going after at least 1 day one inclusion/month. Saving me some serious money this tactic.

Best deal in gaming continues to deliver.

 

[Alesimage]

Game pass continues to be the best value in gaming.

 

[Punished Miku]

Waiting for Wo Long to called AA/Indie game /s

It’s seems that they are going after at least 1 day one inclusion/month. Saving me some serious money this tactic.

Best deal in gaming continues to deliver.

Wo Long is AA. AA isn't a bad thing.

 

[Kvally]

Wo Long is AA.

 

[Punished Miku]

Almost every single Tecmo/Koei game ever made is AA. Almost every Japanese game is AA. Final Fantasy might be one of the only AAA Japanese games left honestly, and Zelda and a few others.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Far Changing Tide, Man I really wanted to like this game but I gave up on it somewhere in the middle, and never finished it. I liked the first game Far Lone Sail much better.

 

[Kvally]

Almost every single Tecmo/Koei game ever made is AA. Almost every Japanese game is AA. Final Fantasy might be one of the only AAA Japanese games left honestly, and Zelda and a few others.

I don't know anyone that sees Team Ninja's Dead or Alive, Nioh, Rise of the Ronin or Ninja Gaiden titles as AA.

 

[Punished Miku]

I don't know anyone that sees Team Ninja's Dead or Alive, Nioh, Rise of the Ronin or Ninja Gaiden titles as AA.

Well now you know someone I guess.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Soul Hackers 2 is a game I didn't buy when it came out but will definitely play on Game Pass.

 

[ReBurn]

In for wo long. Too many games...bloody hell....having ps plus extra and gamepass is crazy lol

For real. Between the two services there is so much to play.

 

[Kvally]

Well now you know someone I guess.

Fair enough.

 

[lachesis]

So there it is. Soul Hackers 2. I was trying to re-play Persona 3-5 in my native language for 3rd time, but I got little tired after a couple of days. Time for something new. Wo Long, Hi Fi Rush, and Soul Hackers 2 would be a good place to start!

 

[adamsapple]

Soul Hackers 2 is live on GP.

 

[Lillie]

what happened to black myth wukong, we only hear about wo long

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Well damn, I recently bought Soul Hackers 2 on PS5.

 

[adamsapple]

what happened to black myth wukong, we only hear about wo long

If I'm not mistaken, that was given a 2024 release date a few months back.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Olimbox]

for who missed it, F1 22 has a VR mode, which is pretty great

 

[pasterpl]

Almost every single Tecmo/Koei game ever made is AA. Almost every Japanese game is AA. Final Fantasy might be one of the only AAA Japanese games left honestly, and Zelda and a few others.

And obviously Ronin game that they make for Sony will be AAA. /s