Botany Manor, a relaxing puzzle and adventure game developed by Balloon Studios, is now available as a day one launch title for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, and the highly rated interactive story Kona is also making a return to the service. Set in an expansive estate in 1890’s Somerset, England, Botany Manor is an immersive sim that puts players in the role of Arabella Greene, a retired botanist who continues to dabble in her passion and research. Many players will enjoy spending several relaxing hours completing Arabella’s botany research, growing rare plants, and filling out her botanical record.
Xbox Game Pass Confirms Day One Game for April 16
21.03.2024 - 23:18 / gamerant.com / Xbox Game Pass / Harold Halibut / Gabriel Machado Pureza
The stop-motion narrative game Harold Halibut will be available on Xbox Game Pass on April 16. This latest announcement marks a pretty busy April for Xbox Game Pass, which already has nine confirmed games so far.
Harold Halibut is a distinctive narrative game about friendship that was first announced back in 2017 via a Kickstarter campaign. Set in a huge city inside a spaceship, the game follows Harold, a man on a quest to discover “the true meaning of home.” Harold Halibut was already confirmed for Game Pass before now, but it only had a release window, as its developers revealed last December that the title would be out early in 2024.
Now, the eagerly awaited Harold Halibut finally gained an official release date, and it will arrive on April 16 as a day one release in Xbox Game Pass. According to the game’s creator, Slow Bros, Harold Halibut will be fully made using stop-motion, with physical 3D models that were scanned and used in the game. The experience will have full voice acting, an expansive character ensemble with quirky personalities, and is being described as a “riveting cinematic storyline,” appealing to gamers who like a mixture of drama, humor, and suspense.
So far, it seems that April will be a huge month for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Not only will gamers be able to play Harold Halibut, but the narrative game will join a list of four other titles reaching the service as day one releases. The list includes the previously announced Botany Manor, as well as Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, Another Crab's Treasure, and Manor Lords. Apart from these games, the month will also have the addition of Ark: Survival Ascended, F1 23, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, and Turbo Gold Racing reaching its 1.0 version.
Overall, it’s fair to say that Xbox Game Pass is packed with releases of some high-profile games in 2024. Earlier this year, subscribers were able to play the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, Palworld, Persona 3: Reload, Dead Island 2, Control, and more. The end of March will also mark the first Activision Blizzard game to hit Game Pass after the company’s acquisition last year. Diablo 4 will be added to Game Pass on March 28, allowing gamers who did not buy the title last year to participate in the game’s current Season 3, the Season of the Construct.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft's flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
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