Dune: Spice Wars Announced for Xbox Series X/S, Launches November 28th

With Game Pass being as central to Xbox’s strategy as it has become over the years, it goes without saying that Microsoft has pumped a massive amount of money into the service, especially given how many third party titles the service features in its catalog (many of which launch day and date). How much money exactly, though?

Earlier this week, a different Xbox executive said Microsoft's mission was to bring Game Pass to PlayStation and Nintendo.

Microsoft has announced the first two new games to be added to the library and they’ll be arriving in December 2023. After promising to update the list of games two or three times a year, this will be the first update since the program launched in September.

Strategy game Songs of Silence will launch for PC via Steam and GOG in spring 2024, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date, publisher and developer Chimera Entertainment announced.

Metroidvania game Elderand is now available for Xbox Series and Xbox One via Microsoft Store at a two-week launch discount price of $15.99, publisher Graffiti Games and developers Mantra and Sinergia Games announced. After two weeks, it will cost $19.99.

Though Microsoft generally makes it a point to announce new additions to Game Pass’ ever-expanding library with as much fanfare as it can muster, the company seems to have added to solid titles to the catalog in rather understated fashion.

Real-time strategy game Dune: Spice Wars is out now on Xbox Series X/S. As part of its Xbox release, the game is also available as part of Xbox Game Pass. Along with getting an Xbox Series X/S release, Dune: Spice Wars also features a new control scheme that revolves around making use of a controller.

After it revealed plans for the same last year, CD Projekt RED finally announced a “complete edition” for Cyberpunk 2077. The Ultimate Edition launches on December 5th and includes the base game, Phantom Liberty, digital goodies and all updates launched thus far. It will be available digitally and physically for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC.

CD Projekt RED has announced that Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition will launch on December 5th. It’s launching digitally and physically for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC, containing the base game and the Phantom Liberty expansion.

After multiple delays, Ark: Survival Ascended is finally launching on Xbox Series X/S today at 9 AM PST (barring any last-minute change). However, even if you download it quickly, the new official servers won’t be live until several hours later to afford everyone time and an even playing field when starting.

Immortals of Aveum didn’t get nearly as much traction as developer Ascendant Studios had hoped it would – something that had pretty disastrous consequences for the studio in the form of significant layoffs – but it looks like the developer is looking to put the game on PlayStation and Xbox’s subscription services in an effort to attract a larger player base.

Shiro Games and Funcom’s 4X genre-blending strategy title Dune: Spice Wars is heading to Xbox later this month.