But you only need to play Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, for reals. Square Enix is diving headfirst into Xbox Game Pass, with a ton of Final Fantasy content earmarked for the subscription service.

KIRYU-CHAN! For years now, the Yakuza series has been one of the guiltiest gaming pleasures around, albeit exclusive to PlayStation and PC. Well get ready to rumble, because, the epic saga of the Dragon of Dojima will soon unfold on Xbox One for the first time ever. Even better, all of those delightful Yakuza games will be popping up on Game Pass.

Xbox Game Pass! By now you’re all aware of how it works, and while you’d think that Microsoft was paying us a handsome sum to talk about the all you can play buffet that it offers, we’re actually just big fans of the service who’ll talk about it even though we couldn’t organise a Canary Islands bank account in which …

Xbox Game Pass is available on PC, and it’s an astounding bit of value, as I’ve already detailed. When I wrote about that, some people very helpfully pointed out that the list of games available to use in South Africa was limited, with just 63 of the 109 games available. Obviously, this would be a big problem, as Game Pass would become reduced value proposition. The one game I was most excited for, Metro Exodus, was not in the list of games available to Game Pass PC users in South Africa, which was upsetting. I did, however, notice that by searching for the game in the newly released Xbox App which acts as a hub for Game Pass on PC, I was able to download and install the game.

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is easily some of the best value for money in a very crowded field. The idea is simple: A few bucks a months gets you access to a wide variety of games, with the library regularly updating itself and rotating a curated selection in every month with new offerings. That value is about to get better, because Xbox One Game Pass is finally coming to PC.

Metal Gear Survive is the kind of game that you wouldn’t want to touch with a ten-foot cattle prod. Fortunately, the rest of the month looks great. Here’s a breakdown of what your dollar dollar will get you at the end of May and beginning of June on Xbox Game Pass.

For better or for worse, exciting times lie ahead of us. It’s a brave new world out there for video games and for many of us, we didn’t even see it sneak up on us.

Nintendo and Microsoft have an existing partnership, thanks to Minecraft’s cross-platform play. That game runs through Xbox Live, and even uses the service on Nintendo’s Switch for its multiplayer. Imagine that partnership was extended?