Control Ultimate Edition, MLB The Show 24, and more head to Xbox Game Pass
More games are joining Xbox Game Pass in March, including Remedy’s ultimate adventure in the Oldest House.
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What you need to know
A new month means even more games to play.
Several more games are coming toXbox Game Pass, as shared on Tuesday viaXbox Wire. Some of the highlights include the previously-confirmed MLB The Show 24, the latest annual baseball game from Sony San Diego and PlayStation Studios. Control Ultimate Edition is also heading to Xbox Game Pass, letting players check out Remedy Entertainment’s SCP-inspired story that’s part of the same world asAlan Wake 2.
As always, the new additions are being spread out over the course of a couple of weeks. With first-party games coming to the service later in the year from . Here’s everything coming soon to Xbox Game Pass:
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What is leaving Xbox Game Pass this month?
As usual, some games are departing in a couple of weeks, meaning if you haven’t finished playing them yet, you’ll want to buy them so that you can keep them forever. Remember, you get a discount for buying a game in Xbox Game Pass before it departs the service. Here’s the games leaving on March 15:
Analysis: Go play Control
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If you haven’t yet played Control, this is the perfect opportunity to rectify that. As it’s the Ultimate Edition of the game that’s being added to Xbox Game Pass, you’ll get to take advantage of the upgraded visuals including ray-traced reflections, while you’ll also have access to the story expansions that weren’t part of the original game.
This is especially true if you haven’t played Alan Wake 2 yet. While going through Control isn’t required before experiencing Remedy Entertainment’s 2023 horror game, they are set in the same universe, and knowing some things from Control will give you some additional insight into the odd events that are transpiring.
Outside of that, I know people will be happy with MLB The Show 24 here, and there’s even more to come later in the month, with Activision Blizzard games starting to be added to the service with the addition of Diablo 4 on March 28, 2024. That will serve as a prelude to a number of other Xbox first-party games on the service this year, including Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2,Avowed,Age of Mythology: Retold, and more.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
