Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Outriders, Octopath Traveler, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, and More

New titles coming to Xbox Game Pass include Outriders, Yakuza 6, Octopath Traveler, and more.

[monkey602]

That's a seriously impressive list of games. I want to play Narita Boy.

Reviews of Empire of Sin put me off because of all the technical issues but I'd definitely give it a shot here

[darthv72]

Awe... and I just bought Squadrons from Gamestop last night. Oh well, it's on disc and I did so to play on my One X but now i can play it on the Series S as well. And Octopath Traveler is one I been wanting to try out

[roadkillers]

If you bought it used, return the game. As long as it wasn't wrapped game, it can be returned. Sorry to bear otherwise

[darthv72]

^nah, I'll keep it. i like getting stuff physical where available.

[thorstein]

If Octopath Traveler is coming to Xbox and PS5, then that means Project Triangle Strategy might as well...? Same devs. I thought Octopath was exclusive to Switch so I bought a Switch.

This is good news.

[Smok91]

LOVE OCTOPATH. I would recommend checking out some hints and tips prior to starting you’ll be happy you did or you’ll end up restarting a few hours in like I did after learning a lot.

[TGGJustin]

Empire of Sin has had a lot of patches since release. No idea how much it has improved but probably best to not judge it entirely on reviews at this point.

[monkey602]

Ah yeah, I was always going to give it a shot eventually. Just not pay 50 or 60 euro for it at launch in the state it was in. Figured a cheap Steam sale somewhere down the line

[EasilyTheBest]

Some great games on there. I just wish I could get hold of an Xbox Series X so I can buy Gamepass & play them.
Sold my Xbox One X back last September hoping to pick up a Series X on release day, still no luck & checking stores online every day. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr......

[Father__Merrin]

Sign upto Hotstock.io via app store or play store. That's how I grabbed series x. Just pay the £4.95 premium for one month only. You get an alert around 1 min before non premium users that's enough time if your lucky to grab one. Good luck

[iplay1up2]

I got mine 2 months ago! You will NEVER be a to go back to last gen (last gen Xbox. I am playing Ghost of Tsushima and TRYING to get into TLOU2 on PS4. Ghost is a good game so far)Loading is very minimal, on Series X.

Quick resume is my favorite feature! You can switch between games you are playing in seconds. I am sure you know that already. Good luck getting one! When you do, it will be sooo worth it. Microsoft keeps updating for Series X constantly! Be excited!

[JangoMan]

Me in third world country doesnt have official presence of xbox or ps5. But my dedication to gaming is way more than that. I was originally planning to buy ps5 but i got xbox series x from a guy who brought it from usa . I paid him almost doubled the price to get it. But since its purchase, i am super happy what it can deliver and what Spencer is doing. Cannot be more happy

[RazzerRedux]

Nice. May have to sub for a month and try out Octopath Traveler on PC.

[ocelot07]

Depending when you last had a subscription. https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/... £1 for PC gamepass or £1 for Ultimate for a month. What I do is take the £1 off but as soon as I sub I cancel auto renew. Then let the sub run its course and let it expire. Then 2-3 days after it expires they offer Ultimate or PC pass again for another month or 3. I have been doing this for at least 12 months now.

[RazzerRedux]

Yep. I've done the $1 trick a few times already. Keep expecting MS to close that loophole, but they don't seem to mind. I'm saving my MS Rewards points for when they do.

[aragon]

I’ve only been able to do the dollar truck twice I waited a week and a half and it didn’t show back up ended up just buying a year of good and a month of ultimate which converted to 13 months of ultimate. If you have a secret way to do the dollar trick infinitely please lemme know how

[ocelot07]

@aragon

No trick unfortunately. All I do is sub when it it's £1 cancel auto renewal. Once the month is over 2-3 days after it expires I go back to the link I just posted sign in and normally it says try gamepass for £1 or ultimate or sometimes one of them for 3 months and has been like this for at least 12 months.

[chiefJohn117]

Hmm wonder why it won't let me resub for a buck

[RazzerRedux]

Maybe this only works on GP for PC? Not sure. I do exactly what ocelot07 says above. Let it expire. Come back later and renew for $1. It may not work if you do it on Xbox. I do it in my web browser.

[MadLad]

I played a good number of these, but Octopath, Nier, and Deadfire are getting instantly downloaded.
Outriders was a great get. Wish it was going to be on PC as well. Maybe a little down the road.
They both got meh reviews, but want to give Empire of Sin and Torchlight 3 a shot.

[iplay1up2]

The down votes are Sony fanboys. Those of us playing on Xbox know Game Pass is great. The Outriders demo was VERY promising.

[ScootaKuH]

And you know for a fact that every downvote is from Sony fan boys?

You're amazing! How have you not correctly predicted the lotto numbers yet?

[ScootaKuH]

I bought octopath a few months back for the Switch. It's a really decent little RPG. Very traditional in a lot of ways but with the 8 playable characters that can change jobs there's a lot of depth. Well worth a look

[MadLad]

I'm a much bigger western rpg fan than jrpg, but there's been a number that really drew me in over the years like Dragon Quest 3 and 8, FF 6, 7, and 12, Persona 3 and up, Earthbound, and Golden Sun, so I always try to give a new interesting one a chance.

Not to mention the visuals are really impressive, and actually remind me of those in Golden Sun, but a much higher quality.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Wow.... I have Octopath on Switch, but I'm going to have to see the performance on my Series X. I wonder for how long Xbox can keep this stuff up. Absolutely insane.

[DOMination-]

It seems like a week doesn't go by without a load of games being added to GP at the moment.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Woweeee

[TGGJustin]

Octopath Traveler on Xbox is the big surprise here. Wonder if it's coming to PS4 too? Just odd for it to be announced in post like this and for Square to not have announced it. Maybe we'll hear about it during that event on Thursday

[TheColbertinator]

Octopath Traveler is solid

[Highrevz]

This is going to make me seem spoilt but I wish Bomberman R was on the list as it’s recently been announced as coming to consoles and would do good for the online population
https://mobile.twitter.com/...

Outriders, Undertale and Narita boy I’m looking forward to trying out. Empire of Sin I was unsure of buying so at least I can try it now.

The others are all great titles, especially Pillars of Eternity 2.

[darthv72]

Super Bomberman R was given away as part of GwG a few months back. I take it that you missed out on that one?

[Highrevz]

I thought it was a switch exclusive if I’m honest So I’m pretty sure I missed out on it.
I’m happy to buy it however, especially with it supporting cross play but thanks anyways.

[Teflon02]

Bomber man R was released like summer on Xbox PS and PC lol. What was announced is Bomber man R online which is a BR style bomberman

[Vits]

What was announced was Super Bomberman R Online. And it is already a f2p so it make no sense being part of GP.

[Highrevz]

I realise that now.
I wish I had known earlier as it would of been great to play over lockdown with friends on different platforms.

[darren_poolies]

This is a fantastic lineup but seriously, how are they ever gonna make money off games pass?

[hadowajp]

By getting the subs up then closing the $1 loophole. If they could get to 50mil at $10/15 a month that’s real money.

[hadowajp]

@maddestruction

It’s a loophole just one they are not concerned with closing until they have a number of subs that suit them. It may also be that so few utilize it that it doesn’t effect the bottom line. I don’t believe gp is that far in the red right now and will only bring more revenue as time goes on and more people jump on board. When GP hits smart TVs their subs will go crazy.

[Orchard]

I remember people asking/commenting the same thing of Netflix back in the days... including Blockbuster...

[bleedsoe9mm]

Gamepass increases sales of games and other in games transaction's doesn't decrease them

[brewin]

Wow! Octopath is a nice surprise! Xbox is killin' it with GPU!

[DiRtY]

GamePass is the best thing that happened to gamers since online multiplayer. Yeah, I said it!

[ajax17]

Undertale?! I've been wanting to play that for years!

[CrimsonWing69]

Octopath Traveler! That actually made my day and it's coming out just right around the corner. Gamepass really is something else!

[Bnet343]

Outriders on Xbox Game Pass, that's definitely worth it right there.

[MadLad]

Outriders, Wasteland 3, and and Outer Worlds coming out day one already justified a year's subscription, and then some.
With the sheer amount of quality, award winning devs under them now, Gamepass is just more and more becoming amazing value to gamers.

[Donjune]

Gamepass is the best deal in gaming period!

[sourOG]

Ooo empire of sin. I was waiting until i found a series x before I reupped my gamepass but I might pull the trigger for that.

[SegaSaturn669]

wait.,..xbox has octopath? o_O why snub PS :(

[MadLad]

Nobody got snubbed.
MS obviously made a deal to see Octopath Traveler on Gamepass.
Sony can do the very same thing if they wanted to.

[FallenAngel1984]

Didn’t expect Octopath Traveler to release on Xbox One before PS4.

[Pyrofire95]

You want some more clicks? Shoulda put Nier Automata in the headline.
Instead you wrote the full title of Yakuza 6.

[Orchard]

GamePass really is the best deal in gaming. It feels like every week or so I'm on here reading they've announced a new batch of good games - including some surprises!

[OneLove]

Lmao I honestly can't keep up with the games atm. In due time.

[sero33]

those are all pretty decent. missing outriders on pc though. might sub again when i finish what im playing on ubisoft plus or whatever their service is called.

[Kerppamaister]

Heard good things about Octopath

[_LarZen_]

Xbox gamers are eating good.

[Flawlessmic]

Gamepass is looking mighty impressive it must be said, but microsft needs to do this for the moment as the only big hitter coming soon is halo so makes sense to bolster gamepass with 3rd partys in the mean time.

Sony has exclusives on the near horizon so the need isnt as bad.

Wish playstation now was available in australia so i could use it on my ps5, i do have a x one sitting there but think id rather wait till i get my hands on xsx before i start playing all the games there offering on there now.

Once i have an xsx the ps5 will be for exclusives and xsx series x for gamepass lol i legit wont even ever have to buy a game on it which will save me plwnty of money.

Love seeing good comoetition in the end its us gamers that win.

Sony kicking microsofts asd gave us game pass and now game pass will likely lead to sony offering us more bang for our buck

[brewin]

Octopath seems like an odd inclusion here, and from out of NOWHERE! Is this a sign?! Can you imagine the repercussions of MS buying Square Enix? It would give them the Japan presence they've not been able to grasp and they would hold some IPs that can finally compete with Sony 1st party (Tomb Raider vs Uncharted, etc) not saying they would but nothing is off the table after the Bethesda deal. What a crazy time to be a gamer!

[MadLad]

Sega and or Capcom still makes a lot more sense to me.
When you think Square Enix, Xbox is the last company you really think of. Whereas most of Konami's titles released on Xbox, and Sega has had a close relationship with Microsoft since the original system.

[brewin]

I dont know about those other 2, I cant see them selling to MS, but there is some precedent of MS and SE working together. Remember when Rise of the Tomb Raider was an Xbox One timed exclusive? Also in the 360 days there were some timed exclusives: Star Ocean, Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, etc. Square Enix does have a decent presence on Xbox, just not so much with a lot of their JRPG style titles. Hitman, Tomb Raider, Just Cause, FF 15, etc. plus all the recent game pass stuff SE has been dumping onto the service like Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, older FF titles, etc. Id like to see some of the Mana titles on Xbox, at least the remakes.