Summary
TheXbox Game Passcatalog has just expanded to includeWarhammer 40,000: Boltgun. This is the first March 2024 addition to Microsoft’s subscription service, as well as the 28th title to reachXbox Game Passsince the turn of the year.
Microsoft’s subscription offering has, on average, received oneWarhammergame per year since 2020. Half of those were based on Games Workshop’s mainline fantasy franchise, while the rest were part of its sci-fi spin-off seriesWarhammer 40k. Prior to today, thelatest of these additions to Xbox Game Pass wasWarhammer 40,000: Darktide, whose PC version had a day-one release on the platform in November 2022, followed by the delayed console port in October of the following year.
The selection ofWarhammergames on Xbox Game Pass now also includesWarhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Developed by British studio Auroch Digital, this hectic boomer shooter is less than a year old, having originally reached PC and consoles in May 2023.Warhammer 40k: Boltgunreceived mostly favorable reviewsfrom critics and elicited an even warmer response from the fandom, as underlined by the fact that it nowadays boasts over 10,000 “Very Positive” Steam reviews.
Xbox Game Pass March 2024 Games
The arrival ofBoltgundoubles the number ofWarhammertitles on Xbox Game Pass. The other games based on the popular IP that previously made its way to Microsoft’s service have remained on it for at least a year. ButBoltgun’s stint on the platform may end up being even longer, not least because this release is published by Focus Entertainment. Namely, most of the titles that the French publisher brought to Xbox Game Pass in the past have stayed on the service for at least 18 months, as was the case with the likes ofSnowRunner,GreedFall, and the twoA Plague Talegames.
WhileWarhammer 40,000: Boltgunis the firstMarch 2024 addition to Xbox Game Pass, it will be far from the last. Microsoft’s content catalog has already confirmed to be adding four more titles over the course of the month:Lightyear Frontier,MLB The Show 24,Diablo 4, andOpen Roads.Diablo 4is a particularly eye-catching item on that list, not least because it will be the first Activision Blizzard game to reach the service since the developer-publisher was acquired by Microsoft in a blockbuster $68.7 billion deal back in October.
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The aforementioned five titles are likely just the tip of the content iceberg that’s set to reach the subscription service this month. In fact, there is achance that Xbox Game Pass will already announce its next wave of additionslater today, March 5.
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you’re able to play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
