Xbox Game Pass adds Disney’s answer to Stardew Valley
Feelin' goofy
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Microsofthas revealed the latest slate of games heading toXbox Game Pass, including a new life-sim that casts you away to a Disneyfied version of Pelican Town.
Headlining this month’sXbox Game Passreleases is Disney Dreamlight Valley. A cross between Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and virtually every popular Disney IP, it’s a light RPG sim that has you explore a magical land and help out the cheery characters who call it home. You’ll be meeting your neighbors, crafting items, and completing quests.
Dreamlight Valley might wear its influences on its sleeve, but it looks to take the genre in a few new directions. It places a big focus on narrative, challenging you to complete heaps of main adventures and optional tasks, all given to you by classic Disney and Pixar characters. It’s also available to stream throughXbox Cloud Gamingif you’re anXbox Game Pass Ultimatesubscriber.
On the opposite end of the tonal spectrum is Metal: Hellsinger. Also hitting Game Pass this month, the demonic FPS is a mash-up of classic rhythm games and Doom. You’ll get to rip and tear your way through hordes of horned monsters to the beat of an original heavy metal soundtrack. It features a whole bunch of acclaimed, pro musicians, including Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Randy Blythe of Lamb of God, and Matt Heafy of Trivium.
Take up command
Microsoft alsoannouncedthat sci-fi strategy game Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation will be coming to Game Pass. A massive-scale RTS, it apes the colorfully bombastic warfare of Supreme Commander, handing you vast armies of robots and frigates to smash together.
It’s joined by well-received mechanical puzzler Opus Magnum, locomotive simulator Train Sim World 3, tongue-in-cheek driving game You Suck at Parking, and tactical rogue-like Despot’s Game. Children’s shooter DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace is also coming.
Here’s when all of this month’s Game Pass titles will go live:
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As usual, a bunch of games will also be leaving Microsoft’s subscription service. You’ve got until Thursday, September 15 to finish up the following:
Callum is TechRadar Gaming’s News Writer. You’ll find him whipping up stories about all the latest happenings in the gaming world, as well as penning the odd feature and review. Before coming to TechRadar, he wrote freelance for various sites, including Clash, The Telegraph, and Gamesindustry.biz, and worked as a Staff Writer at Wargamer. Strategy games and RPGs are his bread and butter, but he’ll eat anything that spins a captivating narrative. He also loves tabletop games, and will happily chew your ear off about TTRPGs and board games.
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