Coming to PC Game Pass soon
Hi-Fi Rush (yesterday, out of nowhere!) Inkulinati early access (January 31st, day one) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R (January 31st) Darkest Dungeon (February 2nd) Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game Of The Year Edition (February 7th)
It’s not a huge list, but it’s a decent list. Hi-Fi Rush is a surprise new game from the studio behind The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo, a rhythm action game I hear great things about. Inkulinati is an intriguing turn-based strategy game with the look of medieval manuscripts, and it seemed good even back when we played a demo in 2020. The JoJoJoJoing is an expanded remaster of a fighting game first released on consoles in 2013, starring those flamboyant anime boys and girls. Darkest Dungeon has been on PC Game Pass before, but the punishing turn-based dungeon-crawler is still worth a go. My only tip is to give yourself permission to uninstall once you grow bored of its immensely boring feedback loop for punishing failure. And Hot Wheels, yeah, I heard that’s good too. Lots of games I want to try. Lovely.
Leaving PC Game Pass soon
Donut County (January 31st) Taiko No Tatsujin: The Drum Master (January 31st) Telling Lies (January 31st) Worms WMD (January 31st)
Some good games there too! You’ve still got time to finish Donut County, a fun and playful puzzle game about a raccoon swallowing a town through technomagical holes (though John Walker’s Donut County review was a little disappointed). Telling Lies is Sam Barlow’s previous woman-watching mystery game. Taiko no Tatsujin is some furious rhythm gaming. And Worms WMD is a Worms game. Do check out Microsoft’s blog post for games coming to Game Pass on consoles and the Cloud too, including GoldenEye 007. I guess that’s technically playable on PC if you’re a Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber? But doesn’t really count.
