On December 5th, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can look forward to EA Sports WRC on cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S via EA Play. Overthrown also enters early access via Game Preview for the same platforms. December 9th sees the arrival of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, followed by Wildfrost on December 10th.

The second wave of titles for the month is unknown, but Microsoft already has the first week of 2025 outlined. It starts with Carrion for consoles, cloud, and PC across all Game Pass tiers on January 2nd, followed by Road 96 on January 7th for the same.

As for the titles leaving the service, there’s a double whammy of departures. The following titles will be gone on December 15th:

• Amnesia: The Bunker (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Forager (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Tin Hearts (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Quarry (Cloud and Console)

Then on December 31st, another batch of titles will no longer be available for subscribers:

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Close to the Sun (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Humankind (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Lego 2K Drive (Cloud and Console)
• McPixel 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Party Animals (Cloud and Console)

Reuters reported the same after speaking to three anonymous individuals knowledgeable about the project. After the Chinese tech conglomerate received licensing rights for the title in 2022 (and even acquired a stake in the developer), it had a “few dozen people” develop a prototype. The alleged goal is to create a free-to-play title with in-app purchases akin to miHoYo’s Genshin Impact, but there seemingly hasn’t been much progress.

Elden Ring launched in February 2022 for PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC. It received rave reviews from critics (check out ours here) and sold 20.5 million units as of May 2023. Neither Tencent nor FromSoftware have announced that a mobile version is in development, but stay tuned for updates in the meantime.

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition and Inkulinati go live on January 31st, though the latter is launching via Game Preview. Those looking for more action can check out JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R for consoles, cloud and PC on the same day.

February 2nd marks the arrival of Darkest Dungeon, the punishing rogue-like turn-based RPG, which will be playable on consoles, cloud and PC. Codemasters’ GRID Legends is out on the same day via the cloud on EA Play, while Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition arrives on February 7th for consoles, cloud and PC.

In addition, these four titles will be leaving the service on January 31st. Play them now while you can:

• Donut County (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Console and PC)
• Telling Lies (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Worms WMD (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Based on Nickelodeon’s TV series (not the horrendous live-action film), Avatar Generations is a free-to-play turn-based RPG, which sees Aang and friends like Katara, Sokka, Toph and Zuko venturing across the Four Nations. You’ll build a team, unlock various skills and ultimately master the elements. Battles offer dynamic camera angles and team combos, and you can also equip companions like Momo and Appa to provide support.

In addition to covering the series’ best moments, there will also be some new and original content expanding on the setting. Post-launch content based on other Avatars like The Legend of Korra is also planned. Stay tuned for more details in the meantime.

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Rocksmith+ launches with over 5,000 songs, but more songs will be added weekly, including hits from The Clash, Santana, Alicia Keys, and more. It features numerous tools to accommodate different skill levels, like Adaptive Difficulty, which adjusts to one’s skill level and adds new notes based on your progress. Some interactive lessons and recommendations are generated based on your goals and skill level.

Those who previously played Rocksmith 2014 or participated in the closed beta and purchased a three or 12-month subscription can avail of bonus time. They’ll receive one month free on the three-month plan and three months free on the 12-month plan. Stay tuned for more details on Rocksmith+ en route to release.

Bring out your guitars and get ready for Rocksmith+ to launch on September 6th: https://t.co/uOea7Z3PwF pic.twitter.com/ywuOZLfO2q

— Rocksmith+ (@rocksmithplus) August 30, 2022

League of Legends is playable on PC and Game Pass members get access to all of the Champions (160 and counting) along with day-one access to each new Champion that releases. League of Legends: Wild Rift on mobile provides all +80 Champions unlocked for Game Pass subscribers along with day-one access to new Champions. Legends of Runeterra will be playable on PC and mobile with subscribers getting the Foundation Set.

In Teamfight Tactics, playable on PC and mobile, access to Tier One Little Legend avatars is unlocked for Game Pass subscribers. Finally, subscribers get all 18 Agents unlocked in Valorant on PC. Bonus experience on select titles can also be earned. Stay tuned for more details on release dates in the coming months.

As announced today, the game will now be coming to mobile, for both compatible iOS and Android devices. You can see the announcement trailer below to see that it looks pretty close to the original release. Here you took on the role of Amanda Ripley, the daughter of franchise protagonist Ellen Ripley, as she must navigate a space station while being stalked by a near-indestructible xenomorph as well as other unexpected threats. Of all the Alien game adaptations, it’s the closest one to the original horror tone of the original.

Alien: Isolation is available currently on a variety of platforms with the iOS and Android version now set for a December 16th release.

Programmer Gary Porter shared a layout of Fortnite Impostors’ Submarine map alongside Among Us‘ Skeld map, which looks strikingly similar. While he wasn’t around during the time of creation of the Skeld map, he still feels offended nevertheless. Community director Victoria Tran also took to Twitter to voice her opinion on the matter, stating that it would’ve been cool to collaborate for the mode instead.

Tran’s sentiments are largely understandable, since Fortnite‘s implementation of the mode can be considered as a blatant rip-off, since there’s been little to no effort on Epic’s side to innovate on the concept.

Innersloth recently revealed that console versions of Among Us are still in the works, and that it would launch on Xbox Game Pass at launch.

https://twitter.com/TheVTran/status/1427725916994682887

I wasn't even around for the development of Skeld and I'm still kind of offended.

Anyway that's my piece on the whole thing. Gonna get back to adding butts to among us or whatever

— Gary Porter is at GDC (@supergarydeluxe) August 17, 2021

Fortnite Impostors takes place on The Bridge located on the Island, where a group of 8 players will be collaborating with each other to obviously complete a list of tasks while two imposters have to blend in with the rest to sabotage tasks and assassinate other players.

Fortnite is undoubtedly one of the biggest platforms in video games, constantly being an attraction for gamers all around the world – even hosting events such as  an Ariana Grande full concert. The game has had a monumental impact in familiarizing millions of players with the Epic Games Store. Fans interested in reading about Fortnite can do so through here.

Activision seems pretty keen on expanding into the mobile space, which isn’t a surprise since Call of Duty Mobile has been an incredible success for the publishing giant. The sentiment is reflective to Rob Kotisch’s statements during the earnings call, wherein he said (as transcribed by VGC):

“We’ve created our own internal mobile studio and are driving a major recruiting effort, across Beenox and Activision Shanghai to support as well, and together these teams are leading an unannounced new mobile project in the Call of Duty franchise which we’re very excited about.”

It’s still unclear when the game will be out, but it’s rather an interesting prospect to speculate on. Given how massively successful Call of Duty Mobile has been, it seems quite strange that Activision would try to release another product in the same space to compete with its own product, which itself receives regular content updates.