Microsoft is about to drop a lot of games in the Game Pass library in the first half of December. Two new games are available starting today with the third-person post-apocalyptic shooter Remnant: From the Ashes and its sequel Remnant II. The first one is making its comeback to the service, while the second one was released back in July on current-gen consoles and PC.
Two more games will follow tomorrow, December 1, with Spirit of the North and SteamWorld Build. The latter is a city-building game that’s coming to Game Pass on its launch day, and it won’t be the only game coming on day one on the service in December.
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Between December 5 and December 12, Microsoft will be adding no less than 8 games to the Game Pass library, including Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6, World War Z: Aftermath, Goat Simulator 3, and While the Iron’s Hot, a new adventure game launching day one on Game Pass. Rise of the Tomb Raider, a game that used to be a timed Xbox exclusive is also coming back to the library next month:
You can find the full list of new Game Pass games that Microsoft announced today below:
Four games will also leave the Game Pass library on December 15: They are Chained Echoes, Opus Magnum, Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator, and Rubber Bandits. As usual, you can purchase them with a 20% discount if you want to keep playing them after they leave the service.
Microsoft also announced today that Xbox Game Pass Core, the base Game Pass tier that recently replaced Xbox Live Gold is getting two new games on December 6: Chivalry 2 and Totally Reliable Delivery Service. They will join the 36 games that are currently available in the Xbox Game Pass Core library , which also includes Astroneer, Forza Horizon 4, Fallout 76, and The Elder Scrolls Online.
We should get more Xbox news next week as Microsoft is planning to make some announcements at this year’s Game Awards ceremony on December 7. In an email sent to IGN and other media outlets, Microsoft teased “major announcements and more Xbox news you won’t want to miss.”