Xbox and PC Game Pass Starts 2024 With These Games for January

Microsoft is kicking off 2024 with a bang as PC and Xbox Game Pass will be bolstered with an impressive lineup of games throughout the first half of January.

There are a lot of notable games to look out for, one is Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, despite its issues, it’s the most jam-packed open-world game released so far for the franchise, so players jumping in for the first time will have hours upon hours playing as Eivor.

Another title coming to Game Pass is arguably the best example of why remakes are a fantastic idea — Resident Evil 2. Capcom brought back the classic survival horror sequel to the modern times and it success financially triggered the Japanese company to give the same treatment to Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4, remakes that found success as well.

We then have Hell Let Loose a realistic World War shooter on the scale of Battlefield but with enough realism that taking it slow and working with your squad can turn the tides of a match.

You can have a look at the full list of games and a short description of each one provided by Microsft.

Close to the Sun (Cloud, Console, and PC) - Out now

Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. Use your wits to guide Rose on her journey to find her sister Ada, overcome dangers unknown to understand the fate of the Helios and its inhabitants in this narrative driven steampunk adventure.

Hell Let Loose (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – January 4
Squad up and take to the battlefields of World War II in the ever-expanding, hardcore, first-person shooter experience that is Hell Let Loose. Join other players online in epic, 100 player battles, taking place across huge, to-scale maps, where working as a team is a matter of life and death, and the right – or wrong – decision can turn the tide of battle. We’ll see you on the front lines!

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 9
Become Eivor, a legendary Viking warrior. Explore England’s Dark Ages as you raid your enemies, grow your settlement, and build your political power in the quest to earn a place among the gods in Valhalla in this critically acclaimed entry in the Assassin’s Creed series.

Figment (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 9
An action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique, surreal universe filled with music, humor and a multi-layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind, seeking to restore the courage that’s been lost.

Super Mega Baseball 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) EA Play – January 11
Super Mega Baseball 4 is coming soon to PC Game Pass and Ultimate via EA Play, so grab your glove and your bat. It’s time to go yard with the best to ever play the game. Hit, pitch, throw, and slide into home plate with the series’ signature combination of arcade-inspired style and immersive gameplay depth.

We Happy Few (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 11
Making a return to the Game Pass library! From Compulsion Games, set in a drug-fueled, retro futuristic city in an alternative 1960s England, We Happy Few is an action adventure game in which you hide, fight, and conform your way out of a delusional Joy-obsessed world.

Resident Evil 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 16
Revisit the critically acclaimed nightmare of Raccoon City in Resident Evil 2 with new visuals, modern gameplay mechanics, and an over-the-shoulder perspective. Join rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy and college student Claire Redfield as they fight to survive a mysterious viral outbreak in Raccoon City that has turned its citizens into terrifying, flesh-eating zombies.

Those Who Remain (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 16
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check, and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

This is Game Pass’s update for just the second half of January 2024. Usually, they release another batch of new games to enter the service in the second half of the month. Expect an announcement on the second batch as we get close to the halfway point of January.

Just like every month, as a new batch of games enter the service, another batch leaves. This month we have Grand Theft Auto V leaving Game Pass on January 5, with four more leaving on January 15 — Garden Story, MotoGP22, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 3 Portable.

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