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Game Pass: March Madness is real as some big names are coming to the service

Xbox have announced the first wave of games to be coming to Game Pass this March, for Console, PC and Cloud. Some games have been released before directly, but are now getting cloud support, while a few are making their debut onto the platform. One game is available today, the rest are coming over the next week or so.


Guilty Gear -Strive- - Today

Cloud, Console, and PC

The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in Guilty Gear -Strive-. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you have seen before in a fighting game. Let’s rock!

Dead Space 2 – March 9

Cloud EA Play

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USG Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Fight new enemies and explore this open world’s massive zero-gravity environments to discover the truth with Xbox Cloud Gaming via EA Play.

Dead Space 3 – March 9

Cloud EA Play

Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak. Overcome avalanches, ice climbs, violent wilderness, and an army of deadly, evolved enemies to save mankind from the impending apocalypse with Xbox Cloud Gaming via EA Play.

Valheim (Game Preview) – March 14

Console

Available now with PC Game Pass and coming soon to Xbox consoles! Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft powerful weapons, construct longhouses, and slay mighty foes to prove yourself to Odin!

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI – March 16

Cloud, Console, and PC

Civilization VI offers unique ways to interact with your world, expand your empire across the map, advance your culture, and compete against history’s greatest leaders to build a civilization that will stand the test of time.

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – The Prince’s Edition – March 21

Console and PC

Once upon a time, there was a world torn by endless war. But then came a great king who would change this world forever. Join the young king Evan to found a new kingdom in the Prince’s Edition, which includes all DLCs.

*Trailer below is the Switch release as it was the only platform to get the Prince’s Edition, until today


Of course, with the new games coming, that means some games are leaving and there are some big names in the list. All the games below are set to leave on March 15th, so you still have time if you want to get in and play them. As always if you opt to buy the game before it releases, you get a 20% discount off the purchase price. Here are the games:

  • F1 2020 (Console) EA Play

  • Goat Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Kentucky Route Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Paradise Killer (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Undertale (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Young Souls (Cloud, Console, and PC)

  • Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (Cloud, Console, and PC)