Xbox Game Pass members can play Evil West with their subscriptions starting today. Developed by Polish studio Flying Wild Hog, the action-packed third-person shooter is the tenth title to reach Xbox Game Pass in March 2024.
05.03.2024 - 15:43 / polygon.com
Game Pass subscribers will get another chance to revisit Remedy Entertainment’s 2019 masterpiece Control in March, and this time, they’re getting the game’s Ultimate Edition. That version includes the main game and two expansions, The Foundation and AWE, which are worth returning to before or after you play Alan Wake 2.
Control was previously available through Game Pass, but left the subscription service in 2022. If you played it then, you may be interested in what else Game Pass has to offer this month, which includes the Ultramarine boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, the open-world farming adventure (with mechs!) Lightyear Frontier, and MLB The Show 24, which includes women players for the first time.
Here’s what Game Pass subscribers can expect in the first half of March:
And while you may now be thinking, “I really should play through Control,” you’re also going to be thinking “Damn, I should’ve played Hardspace: Shipbreaker while I had the chance!” when you see which games are leaving Game Pass on March 15.
Xbox Game Pass costs $10.99 a month, while PC Game Pass costs $9.99 a month. PC Game Pass includes EA Play access, which offers another 70 games on PC. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, at $16.99 per month, gives subscribers access to everything — the PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass libraries, EA Play on both console and PC — as well as access to online multiplayer. Xbox Game Pass Core (formerly called Xbox Live Gold) costs $9.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
Xbox Game Pass members can play Evil West with their subscriptions starting today. Developed by Polish studio Flying Wild Hog, the action-packed third-person shooter is the tenth title to reach Xbox Game Pass in March 2024.
As Xbox Game Passcontinues to add new games to its library, including major releases from prior years like and, the service is scheduled to receive one of 2023's biggest games. Game Pass regularly rotates games in and out of its library, with some new titles playable on launch day, and others being added on a monthly basis. However, many games in the Game Pass catalog don't stick around forever, and will eventually be rotated out, so it's best for subscribers to play the games they're interested in as soon as possible.
Microsoft has pulled the curtain back on the rest of the Xbox Game Pass games coming in March 2024, as well as some of the games that are on the way in April. The Xbox Game Pass Wave 2 announcement has been hotly anticipated, and now fans have a much better idea of what to expect from Xbox Game Pass these next couple of weeks.
Microsoft has announced the second wave of titles coming to Game Pass in March, starting with Lightyear Frontier on Game Preview for PC, Xbox Series X/S and the cloud, and MLB The Show 24 for cloud and consoles. Both titles are available today for subscribers.
Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in late March to early April, which includes Diablo IV, The Quarry, ARK: Survival Ascended, and more.
Xbox Game Pass has added another day one game, Lightyear Frontier,which is launching in early access on March 19. Developed by Frame Break, the indie game combines farming sim with mech gameplay, and adventurers can explore the colorful open world of Lightyear Frontier solo or co-op with up to three friends. Players will use their mech’s machine gun to plant seeds or equip it with a chainsaw to gather resources while establishing a homestead on a distant planet.
While may sell itself on its vast catalog, not every title is there to stay. Three games, including MLB the Show 23, will leave Microsoft’s subscription service at the end of March.
Three titles are leaving Xbox Game Pass on March 31. It's common practice for Microsoft to add plenty of new first and third-party titles to its popular subscription service each month, but it does also remove the occasional title to make way for them.
Microsoft has yet again updated the Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon section, this time revealing three games that will seemingly be leaving the lineup come Sunday, March 31. The Xbox Game Pass Leaving Soon section gives subscribers advanced notice of when games are about to get the axe, even ahead of the official blog post announcement.
March 15 is the last day for Xbox Game Pass members to playNi no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered and two other titles with either «Very» or «Overwhelmingly Positive» Steam reviews. This wave of departures is solely comprised of titles that have been part of the Xbox Game Pass catalog since 2022.
The announcement of a new game added to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog in March seems to be taking an aim at its competitor, Xbox Game Pass. Depending on the PS Plus subscription tier, players have access to a full library of titles they can download and play, even if they do not own them properly. Each month, new games are added to the library, essentially offering more benefits. The catalog was added once Sony remodeled its subscription service.
After being removed from Xbox Game Pass in February 2022, Remedy Entertainment‘s action-adventure game Control has returned to the service. To make things even better, subscribers will now get to experience the Ultimate Edition of the award-winning title.