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Xbox Game Pass updates have a strange schedule. The latest update reveals which games are coming to the service in the last days of February and the first days of March. Needless to say, it’s a very short update, only covering four games. But one of those games is the new title Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, which launches on Game Pass.
The other titles in the update are non-launch titles. These include puzzle game/auto-battler title Merge & Blade, cyberpunk RPG Soul Hackers 2 (both launched on Game Pass on February 28th), and racing game F1 22 (March 2nd). Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, a fantasy Soulslike set in historical China, will launch on the service on March 3. While not part of the release list, this announcement coincides with the launch of FPS Atomic Heart, which is also on Game Pass.
Despite the brevity of the update, Xbox has also announced that several games will be leaving the service on February 28. These include Alien: Isolation, Crown Trick, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Far: Changing Tides, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Madden NFL 21, and Octopate Traveler. Far: Changing Tides launched a year ago on the first day of Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass remains a hot topic in the discussion surrounding Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition. Microsoft announced today that it plans to integrate its PC game store with Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. This change apparently comes in response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s claim that Microsoft will retain games for its own cloud gaming service, namely Game Pass. The integration doesn’t seem to include Game Pass itself, but GeForce Now users can access PC titles purchased through the Windows Store.
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