Microsoft has brought movie magic to Game Pass subscribers Indiana Jones and the Great Circleand the company plans to add more games to the service soon.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — a A CNET Editors' Choice Award pick — offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Series SXbox One and PC or mobile device for $20 per month. The subscription gives you access to a large library of games, with new titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is added every month, plus other perks like online multiplayer and deals on non-Game Pass titles.
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Here are all the games Microsoft is adding to Game Pass in December. You can also check out the games that Microsoft added to the service in November, like Stacker 2.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Available now.
Take control of a world famous archaeologist for the first time in this game. Set in 1937 between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, evil forces scour the globe for an ancient power connected to the Great Circle. It is up to you to stop them and remind them that all ancient artifacts belong in a museum.
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Knocked Down (game preview)
Available now.
Build and rule your kingdom as a monarch with a magical crown in this city building game. Be ready to defend your home at a moment's notice. Farm the land and build the structures needed to survive and protect your citizens from mutants and bandits to keep your people happy.
Wild ice
Available now.
Endless winter has covered the world, and to banish it, you need to build the perfect deck to fight the evil forces across the cold land. You will rescue and recruit frozen companions and discover treasure in the frozen tundra. The deck you build is also affected by the path you take, so choose carefully.
EA Sports WRC
Available now.
Build the rally car of your dreams in this racing simulator. The game allows you to race in over 200 competitive stages of 18 different World Rally Championship rallies. Get ready to battle other runners in rain or snow and on dirt and asphalt tracks as you chase down the perfect run.
Forza Motorsport (Xbox Series X/S)
Available now.
Game Pass Standard subscribers can now race over 500 real-world cars across a variety of environments and famous racetracks, such as Daytona International Speedway and Laguna Seca Raceway. Dynamic time of day and weather conditions add more challenges to each race and ensure that no two races are the same.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Console)
Available now.
The wily bandicoot is back in the driver's seat in this remade wacky racing game. Race with other racers in different game modes filled with the same characters, upgrades and tracks from the original game, as well as more karts, tracks and arenas from the Crash Nitro Kart game. Get ready for some high-octane fun filled with exploding crates, Aku Aku masks and more.
Hauntii (console)
Available now.
A a few months after Microsoft has given Game Pass Ultimate subscribers access to this game, Game Pass standard and subscribers can now play it. You are a brave little ghost who just wants some answers in this stylish adventure game. Being a ghost, you can possess items around your environment to help solve puzzles and get through the fight without a scratch.
Humanity (console)
Available now.
You are a Shiba Inu who should help rebuild humanity. Help people guide themselves through a series of puzzles by barking and giving them specific commands to avoid obstacles. After you help save humanity, you might get extra rubs and belly treatments.
carrion
Available now.
Years after Microsoft removed this reverse horror game from Game Pass, the company is bringing it back to the service. You are what goes bump in the night in this game as you stalk and consume the creatures that shut you down before. Spread fear and panic as you evolve and break down the prison that once held you.
Route 96
Available: January 7
Microsoft is also bringing this travel game back to Game Pass after removing it in 2023. In this adventure game, you control teenage hitchhikers fleeing an authoritarian nation. You will meet new characters along the way and search for supplies. Your decisions affect the journey and change the interactions you will have throughout the story. You can change nation.
New games for Game Pass Core
Game Pass Core subscribers also received new games. This Game Pass plan costs $10 a month and gives subscribers access to a library of more than 40 games. And now Game Pass Core subscribers can play these games too.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
DanZ
Goat simulator
Games that have left Game Pass
Microsoft is adding those games to Game Pass and has also removed 13 others from the service. So you'll have to buy these games separately now if you need to complete the campaign or any side quests.
Amnesia: The BunkerBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Close to the Sun
Koradzija
Force Horizon 4
Humanity
Lego 2K Disc
MacPixel 3
Party animals
Rainbow Billy: Curse of Leviathan
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tin hearts
The quarry
For more on Xbox, check out other games available on Game Pass Ultimate nowread our hands-on review of the gaming service and learn which Game Pass plan is right for you.
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