3 new Xbox Game Pass games you should play this weekend
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Tomas Franzese Published November 29, 2024 |
It’s Black Friday weekend, so there’s a good chance that you just picked up an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S and are planning to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Standard. If so, you’ll need to decide what you should play first. While first-party games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are good choices, some other new Xbox Game Pass titles are also worth your time this weekend.
If you’ve been on an Aliens kick this year thanks to Alien: Romulus and the announcement that Alien Isolation is finally getting a sequel, then you’ll want to check out Aliens: Dark Descent. This is a real-time strategy game where players control a small squad of Colonial Marines dispatched to Planet Lethe to take care of a Xenomorph threat. It’s a tense, exhilarating title that finds a middle ground between the bombastic shootouts of Aliens: Fireteam Elite and the quiet horror of Alien: Isolation. Aliens: Dark Descent flew under the radar when it launched last year, so I’m happy it has another chance at notoriety by getting added to Game Pass.
Aliens: Dark Descent is available with Game Pass Standard, PC Game Pass, or Game Pass Ultimate. It’s also on PS4 and PS5.
Nine Sols is an underrated Metroidvania platformer from Taiwanese developer Red Candle Games released earlier this year. It just came to consoles and was added to Xbox Game Pass. This has been a great year for Metroidvanias with excellent combat, and this is yet another title to add to that pile. Its world and style, which combine cyberpunk aesthetics with an Eastern mythology influence, also give Nine Sols a memorable vibe, making for one of 2024’s biggest sleeper hits.
Nine Sols is available via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass. It’s also now on PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch.
Little Kitty, Big City made waves when it hit Xbox Game Pass earlier this year because it’s an entertaining open-ended game where players can explore and interact with a lot of things as a cute little cat. Unfortunately, when the Game Pass Standard and Ultimate split happened, Standard subscribers lost access to this gem. That changed earlier this month when it was added back to the Game Pass Standard catalog. Regardless of which tier it’s on now, this is one of the best indie games on Xbox Game Pass and worth checking out if you haven’t played it yet.
Little Kitty, Big City is available through PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard, and Game Pass Ultimate. It’s also on PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch.
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