On June 10th, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition, a remaster of the beloved 2011 action title, is available on Ultimate and PC Game Pass for cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S players. Barbie Project Friendship follows on June 11th for all three subscription tiers, while Kingdom: Two Crowns is live for PC Game Pass and Ultimate.

On June 12th, EA Sports FC 25 becomes playable for Ultimate and PC Game Pass, followed by The Alters on June 13th. June 17th marks the arrival of FBC: Firebreak, Remedy’s co-op shooter set years after Control. The same day sees the launch of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time for consoles and PC and Lost in Random: The Eternal Die for Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

There could be more announcements at the upcoming Xbox Games Showcase on June 8th, so stay tuned. As for titles leaving on June 15th, they include:

• Dordogne (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Hypnospace Outlaw (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Isonzo (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Keplerth (PC)
• My Time At Sandrock (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Depersonalization (PC)

Several other titles will become available for Standard on consoles starting February 5th, including Another Crab’s Treasure, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, and, surprisingly, Starfield (Xbox Series X/S). On February 6th, Madden NFL 25 will become playable through EA Play for Ultimate and PC Game Pass.

February 13th sees the debut of Kingdom Two Crowns on Ultimate/Standard for cloud and console. Then there’s arguably the biggest release for the service – Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed. It’s available on February 18th for Ultimate and PC Game Pass on cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S (with reviews going live on February 13th).

Several titles will also leave the service on February 15th, and it’s a significant list. Of course, Game Pass subscribers get a 20 percent discount if they want to keep any of them permanently. Check out the titles below:

• A Little to the Left (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• EA Sports UFC 3 (Console) EA Play
• Indivisible (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Merge and Blade (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Tales of Arise (Cloud, Console, and PC)

First up, for the entire month will be Moving Out, an indie title all about your small business doing what it can to help a town in their various mover needs. From November 16th into December will be Kingdom Two Crowns, where you a play a monarch trying to protect their kingdom from invaders and other peril. On the 360 side, there is also Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes, the sequel to the hit Lego-themed game that brought in other DC characters into Gotham, which will be available November 16th to the 30th, and then Rocket Knight, a revival of a Sega Genesis IP, that will be there from the 1st to the 15th.

The games will begin being available starting November 1st and will be available to redeem on all Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles, with Lego Batman 2 and Rocket Knight also being available on the 360.

"While New Lands is more in a maintenance cycle Two Crowns will get another big content update in the future, plus some other fun stuff."

What are your plans for Kingdom Majestic as far as post-launch support is concerned, in terms of updates or perhaps new content drops?

Both titles are identical to their digital counterparts and will receive the same content updates. While New Lands is more in a maintenance cycle Two Crowns will get another big content update in the future, plus some other fun stuff. Keep an eye open for more info down the road.

Do you think there will be a sequel? If yes, do you want to do something different with it?

I think it is very possible, but our main priority right now is supporting Kingdom Two Crowns. I will say that as a creatively motivated person, my mind is always thinking “what else could we do, where else could we go, and what is it to be a ‘Kingdom’ experience.

Given the fact that next-gen consoles are launching not long from now, have you considered porting Kingdom Majestic to the PS5 and Xbox Series X?

Luckily those new consoles are backward compatible. Kingdom Two Crowns and Kingdom New Lands will work on the next gen consoles as is. And, if down the road it makes sense to do a version specifically for a next-gen console we’d absolutely do that.

"Kingdom Two Crowns and Kingdom New Lands will work on the next gen consoles as is. And, if down the road it makes sense to do a version specifically for a next-gen console we’d absolutely do that."

What are your thoughts on the PS5’s custom 3D audio engine Tempest? How much of a difference do you think tech like this will make to how immersive games can be?

Every additional tool that enables developers to be more creative and explore our craft is always a welcome addition. But tools and new features alone don’t define the experiences, the developers and their creations do. We’ve enjoyed games immersing us with sounds from circuit boards and now with 3D audio engines with everything in-between. It’s an amazing time to be a game developer and/or a fan of games. Immersion is what game devs strive to deliver, empowering gamers to open their minds and imagination and be taken on journey. Sound is most definitely a key component to impower us even further.

Since the reveal of the PS5 and Xbox Series X’s specs, a lot of comparisons have been made between the GPU  speeds of the two consoles’ GPUs, with the PS5 at 10.28 and the Xbox Series X at 12 TFLOPS- but how much of an impact on development do you think that difference will have?

I think the overall leap from the previous generation will be big, just as previous tech leaps in the past. Developers are humans, and humans are curious creatures. That curiosity will drive our ambitious talent in the games industry to prove the impossible, and every limitation pushed further allows ideas once thought impossible possible.

The PS5 features an incredibly fast SSD with 5.5GB/s raw bandwidth. This is faster than anything that is available out there. How can developers take advantage of this and what will it result to, and how does this compare to Series X’s 2.4GB/s raw bandwidth?

I think you should check the hardware presentations from the platform holders and listen to what they have to say. For us, all the new hardware coming out means we get the opportunity to expand on our game design and deepen the immersion for the players.

"For us, all the new hardware coming out means we get the opportunity to expand on our game design and deepen the immersion for the players."

There is a difference in the Zen 2 CPUs of both consoles. The Xbox Series X features 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.8GHz, whereas the PS5 features 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz. Your thoughts on this difference?

For us, all this new hardware means we’re getting new tools for us to use in our design. And that’s great, it gives us more opportunities to deliver even more compelling experiences for gamers to enjoy. We have a great future coming, as gamers and designers.