Xbox Game Pass, which has recently become a Bethesda buffet with all its Doom and Dishonored games being thrown onto the table, is about to get a whole lot tastier yet again. New games are rotating in, older ones are on the way out, and my controller thumbsticks are begging me to clean them after an untold number of hours in which greasy thumbs have fondled them.
The big news this month is that former Nintendo Switch console exclusive Octopath Traveler is making the jump to Xbox. It’s a bloody delightful RPG, old school to the max, and it boasts a visual style that is unmatched by any other game on shelves today. It’s really good! And you can check it out for free, journey through the mysterious world of Orsterra, and assemble a party with which to clobber monsters on the head with sharp bits of metal.
Undertale, that indie game that pretty much caused a revolution in the industry, is out now and I feel incredibly guilty for having never played it. On the EA side of the equation, Star Wars Squadrons will also be added this week, bringing all the outer space dogfighting pew pew with it. As previously confirmed this week, Square Enix’s and People Can Fly’s Outriders will also be a day one Xbox Game Pass game, so if you have a PlayStation preorder you might want to think twice about that.
What Xbox Game Pass giveth it also taketh away. On March 31 you can say goodbye to Hyperdot, Journey to the Savage Planet, and Machinarium. Here’s the full list of what March has in store on Xbox Game Pass:
Xbox Game Pass New Additions March 18 – April 1
Now available
- Undertale — (console, PC, cloud)
March 18
- Empire of Sin — (console, PC, cloud)
- Nier: Automata — (PC)
- Star Wars: Squadrons — (console)
- Torchlight III — (PC)
March 25
- Genesis Noir — (console, PC)
- Octopath Traveler — (console, PC)
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Ultimate Edition — (PC)
- Supraland — (PC)
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life — (console, PC, cloud)
March 30
- Narita Boy — (console, PC, cloud)
April 1
- Outriders — (console, cloud)
Leaving March 31
- Hyperdot (Console and PC)
- Journey to the Savage Planet (Console)
- Machinarium (PC)
Xbox Game Pass is available locally, and for R149 a month it’s chuffing good value. You’ll get access to a massive library of games, and you can play them on both console and PC. Technically you can play on mobile via cloud streaming as well, but we all know that ain’t ever going to work this far down south of the hemisphere border.
Last Updated: March 17, 2021
justlikemo
March 17, 2021 at 02:05
Awesome stuff, you know everyday I do not have an Xbox, you know how jealous I Am, but the next console if definitely goin to be 1.
Lu
March 17, 2021 at 02:26
I may just sign on again for Nier Automata. Sad that Outriders and Squadrons are only on console:(
Iskape
March 17, 2021 at 02:37
None of the games I am especially excited about! I might give Outriders a look. I played the demo. It was okay. I guess Destiny 2 was also okay when it first released, but the developers have definitely turned it around, so there is hope I guess for Outriders!
My life as a P1
March 17, 2021 at 04:09
So the reason I will support Outriders is that the developers are happy enough to give you to all the game has to offer at a single cost. No Microtransactions.
HvR
March 17, 2021 at 05:39
ooooo …. but …. none of the cool games on PC Game Pass…. so another month M$ is not getting any of my monies.
setzor
March 18, 2021 at 07:08
It’s a good time to own an Xbox
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