Xbox Reveal Line-Up for Game Pass Core
Launching today, September 24th, Game Pass Core is the replacement for Xbox Live Gold and is giving players an impressive line-up of games to replace the often-underwhelming monthly offerings. The service will cost the same as Gold, and the upgrade will happen automatically. So, you don’t need to do anything if you’re a member. You get to keep online play while getting a decent library of revolving picks from Xbox. Take a look below at the starting lineup:
Among Us
Astroneer
Celeste
Dead Cells
Descenders
Dishonored 2
Doom Eternal Standard Edition
Fable Anniversary
Fallout 4
Fallout 76
Firewatch
Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition
Gang Beasts
Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition
Golf with your Friends
Grounded
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars 2
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Human Fall Flat
Inside
Limbo
Ori & the Will of the Wisps
Overcooked! 2
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
Powerwash Simulator
Psychonauts 2
Slay the Spire
Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition
Stardew Valley
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Superliminal
The Elder Scrolls Online
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Unpacking
Vampire Survivors
Each of these is taken from the main Game Pass library- but it seems to have been carefully curated to offer subscribers a wide range of genres and styles- both indie and AAA. Some highlights include Celeste, Dishonored 2, and Stardew Valley but every game in this selection is well worth your time. Compared to the archaic monthly games (which often consisted of some pretty bad offerings), this is definitely a substantial step up.
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A bunch of genres are also covered with this list- from platformers to party games- and even immersive sims and MMOs. Since all of these are coming at no extra cost for prior Xbox Live Gold subscribers, there’s no reason to not check the vast majority of these out. Similarly to the regular Game Pass subscription, there will be a revolving door of offerings where some titles will be removed and added every month. Of course, Xbox exclusives like Forza and Gears aren’t going anywhere soon, but it will be interesting to see if this service gets any day-one offerings or if it will stick to the budget formula.
