Earlier this week, the Xbox Game Pass twitter account switch its profile picture to a crescent eclipse. Before the week was even halfway through, the Xbox Game Pass twitter account revealed six new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass throughout the month of February, including Shadow of The Tomb Raider. Hopefully, Xbox Game Pass members will be receptive to Shadow of the Tomb Raider than the gaming community was back in September.
Although Xbox Game Pass’s profile was to signify Shadow of the Tomb Raider coming to game pass, February 2019’s Xbox Game Pass additions will feature Crackdown 3, De Blob, Pumped BMX PRO, Batman: Return to Arkham, and The Walking Dead The Complete First Season +400 days. In addition to these titles being revealed, an email from “Melissa McGamepass” was shown with four other titles joining Xbox Gamepass and Mortal Kombat’s Skorpion issuing a challenge. Last month a similar image was shown and ultimately held up when some of the teased titles were official announced. Based off the image below, a few Xbox Game Pass members have speculated that Nier, Enslaved Odyssey To The West, Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition, and South Park The Stick of Truth will also be joining Xbox Game Pass throughout February.
Over the last year and a half, Xbox Game Pass has not disappointed the Xbox community. If Microsoft continues to grow the Game Pass library, the Library could rival that of Gamefly and potentially damage GameStop’s sale margins. What Game that is joining Xbox Game Pass are you most excited for? Below we will be including Microsoft’s Description of the six announced titles joining Xbox Game Pass and the dates that they will be joining.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (February 7) – Xbox One X Enhanced
The climactic finale to Lara Croft’s origin story has arrived on Xbox Game Pass. A dangerous and mysterious organization known as Trinity sends Lara on a thrilling action adventure through deadly jungles, treacherous underwater caves, and the most challenging tombs in the game’s history. To survive, she’ll have to become one with the jungle, use the environment to strike her foes quickly and quietly, sow fear in their ranks, and discover what it really means to be the Tomb Raider.
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season (February 7)
Play as Lee Everett, a man with a criminal past given a chance at redemption — protecting a young girl named Clementine during a zombie apocalypse. Explore stunning comic book style environments, solve puzzles, fight the undead, build relationships, and do whatever you can to keep your humanity in a world gone to hell. Every choice is on the clock, every mistake will be your own, and the consequences carry across the entire five episode series.
Pumped BMX Pro (February 7)
Jump on the pedals and hit the ramps in this momentum-based trickathon. Pumped BMX Pro features more levels than ever, each with their own set of challenges for you to smash. Choose one of the pre-designed bikes; or ride to the editor to create your own custom bike before smashing the global leaderboards and your friends scores.
de Blob (February 14)
Become a master of color in the 3D platformer de Blob. Equal parts amorphous blob of paint, struggling artist, revolutionary, and juvenile delinquent, de Blob’s goal is to replace the drab, lifeless gray coloring that the I.N.K.T. Corporation has imposed on Chroma City and its inhabitants. Flip, bounce, and smash your way past a diabolical array of hot plates, electric shocks, and ink turrets. Compete to control Chroma City solo or with up to four players via split-screen across eight unique and challenging multiplayer modes.
Batman: Return to Arkham (February 21) – Xbox One X Enhanced
Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two games in the iconic Batman Arkham series, are coming to Xbox Game Pass in this comprehensive compilation that includes the definitive edition of each game, complete with all post-launch downloadable content. In Batman: Arkham Asylum, journey into the depths of Gotham City’s high security psychiatric hospital and battle supervillain inmates who have taken over the Asylum. Then go soaring into Arkham City, a super-prison built to contain Gotham’s worst criminals in Batman: Arkham City, one of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time.
And, in case you missed the memo, smoke signals, and carrier pigeons we already sent, Crackdown 3 is coming soon.
Crackdown 3 (February 15) – Xbox Play Anywhere Title / Xbox One X Enhanced
A throwback with all the ingredients that made the series a fan favorite. Over-the-top and crazy antics will have you stopping crime as a super-powered agent of justice in a comic book inspired playground of mayhem and destruction, either solo or co-op with a friend via Xbox Live. Then hop online and get in on in the Wrecking Zone, where unprecedented destruction meets amped-up action. Level the entire battlefield with fully-destructible arenas, take out competitors by bringing down bridges, and soar through the air with a series of jet jumps and flying fists. Don’t let little things like walls and buildings stop you from going exactly where you want to go. It’s 5v5 mayhem across three maps and two modes. Arrives February 15 with Xbox Game Pass and globally on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
