Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Adds 2 More Titles, Including Cozy Day-One Game

Summary

Xbox Game Pass Ultimatehas addedOverthrownandEA Sports WRCto its content catalog. These are the 135th and 136th titles to reachXbox Game Passin 2024.

Although Microsoft’s subscription service has added plenty of games since the start of the year, its release pace slowed down over the summer, around the time thatXbox Game Pass was treated to a tier revamp and pricing changes. This happened just as game removals became more numerous, as underlined by the fact that the XGP library has lost more titles than it added for three months in a row now. As things currently stand, December 2024 will be another overall net negative for the service, as Microsoft has so far confirmed 13 departures against only five new releases for this month.

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Overthrown Expands the Selection of Cozy Xbox Game Pass Titles

As for what’s actually on offer here,Overthrownis a cozy city builderwhose big twist is that it’s mostly played from a third-person perspective. Apart from the ability to build and manage cities, the game also features flashy combat mechanics.Overthrownis an early access title, available as part of Microsoft’s Game Preview program. Developer Brimstone previously said it intends to keepOverthrownin early access for around a year, but it remains to be seen if the city builder will remain on Xbox Game Pass beyond this period.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Cloud, Console, PC

As forEA Sports WRC, this title is the latest rally racer from Codemasters. It’s also the studio’s first game with an official World Rally Championship license since the 2002Colin McRae Rally 3. It features 240 stages spanning 20 unique locations, as well as over 80 vehicles. Gameplay-wise,EA Sports WRCis more of an arcade experience than a rally sim, though some of its features toe the line between the two. Most Codemasters titles that previously made their way to Xbox Game Pass stayed on the service for exactly one year, so that will plausibly be the case withEA Sports WRCas well.

Moving forward, Microsoft’s subscription service is addingIndiana Jones and the Great CircleandWildfroston the 9th and 10th of the month, respectively. No moreDecember 2024 Xbox Game Pass additionshave been confirmed yet, though Microsoft’s latest XGP lineup announcement mentioned two early January 2025 releases in the form ofCarrionandRoad 96—an unusual inclusion for a Wave 1 reveal. It’s unclear if this means the service will forgo the usual Wave 2 roster this month.