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Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Trek to Yomi, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, NHL 22, and More - Xbox Wire

Happy Tuesday everyone, we’ve got dungeon crawlers, action RPGs, sports games, and more to get hyped about coming to Game Pass! Or maybe you’re just hyped about games coming day one, we’ve got that too. Or if you just want to be generally excited about games, totally here for that. Let’s dive...

news.xbox.com

Today:

• Loot River
• NBA 2K22

May 5:

• Trek To Yomi
• Citizen Sleeper

May 10:

• Danganronpa 2
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
• This War of Mine: Final Cut

May 12:

• NHL 22

Leaving Soon​

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The following games will be leaving the Game Pass library soon, so make sure you jump back in before they go. Remember to use your membership to save up to 20% off your purchase to keep these in your library.

Leaving May 10

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (Cloud and Console)

Leaving May 15

• Enter The Gungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Console and PC)
• Remnant: From the Ashes (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Steep (Cloud and Console)
• The Catch: Carp and Coarse (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Wild at Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC)

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Eiyuden Chronicle and Trek to Yomi seems pretty great! Will probably check them eventually.

Unfortunately, this month, what's leaving seems overall better than what's arriving... although at this point, most people who were interested in these games might have already played it.

 

[adamsapple]

Oh my god, mods.

Y'all didn't have to straight up DELETE the other thread with more posts lol, merging it with this one would've been just as fine.

 

[Mattyp]

Eiyuden Chronicle and Trek to Yomi seems pretty great! Will probably check them eventually.

Unfortunately, this month, what's leaving seems overall better than what's arriving... although at this point, most people who were interested in these games might have already played it.

I don’t think we’ll see anything massive or ground breaking until the e3 drop at this moment.

 

[adamsapple]

I don’t think we’ll see anything massive or ground breaking until the e3 drop at this moment.

Danganronpa 2 also coming to GP.

Seems like Atlus is the only noteworthy Japanese studio without a game on Xbox right now.

Let's change that with an E3 Persona 5 Royal drop, shall we ?

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Where's Fifa 22? Or are they gonna post that seperately?

 

[adamsapple]

Where's Fifa 22? Or are they gonna post that seperately?

Fifa and BF will likely be surprise drops on GP to coincide with their drops on EA Play.

 

[reksveks]

4 games I am interested in....

Yakuza 5 getting dropped

 

[Draugoth]

Oh my god, mods.

Y'all didn't have to straight up DELETE the other thread with more posts lol, merging it with this one would've been just as fine.

Quote a mod, maybe they can still merge it.

 

[adamsapple]

Quote a mod, maybe they can still merge it.

I used the report method, but it's ok. No harm no foul.

4 games I am interested in....

Yakuza 5 getting dropped

I don't see Y5 in the list of games going off, is it listed somewhere separately ?

 

[reksveks]

I don't see Y5 in the list of games going off, is it listed somewhere separately ?

Oh sorry, I meant that I am going to stop playing it at the moment.

I started it in November 21 and still haven't finished it.

 

[TheMan]

FYI this Eiyuden Chronicles is something like a spin-off or prequel to the main game which comes out next year

 

[STARSBarry]

Eiyuden Chronicles rising seems intresting... looking forward to giving it a wirl.

 

[kingpotato]

Trek to Yomi will be cool to check out.

 

[Orbital2060]

Oh sorry, I meant that I am going to stop playing it at the moment.

I started it in November 21 and still haven't finished it.

Y5 is a behemoth of a game. Id keep at it, and see the stories come together.

I have the same kind of backlog with Spike Chunsoft games now. Completed AI Somnium Files, and in the middle of Danganronpa, and then Zero Escape already there and Danganronpa 2 coming this month.

 

[jaysius]

Shitty padding.

• Danganronpa 2
• This War of Mine: Final Cut

I'm looking forward to Trek to Yomi and Eiyuden Chronicles might be a great game too.

Loot River is a GREAT concept, but fuck it's rough AF, the "dodge" animation makes your spite VANISH so it's sort of hard to track where you're going exactly.

 

[Captain Toad]

I think I'm gonna let my GP lapse and just return to buying games I want to play. Too many months go by without me touching the service.

 

[MikeM]

Both nhl 22 and nba 2k22 have or will be coming to GP. I bought both on PS5. Done buying these games and will just wait until they fall onto GP now.

 

[Bridges]

Danganronpa 2 coming to Xbox is great.

I was very pleasantly surprised by the first one. If they keep adding them I will keep playing them.

 

[Strider Highwind]

Good month for me

 

[Mr.ODST]

More Danganronpa on Xbox ... great to see, will defo check it out

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll be trekking to yomi in a few days.

Lootriver had a solid demo.
Citizen Sleeper has some cool sci-fi / cyberpunk art, but I'm keeping expectations low.
Rising Chronicles of Eiyuden. Guess we'll see

 

[Rac3r]

Both nhl 22 and nba 2k22 have or will be coming to GP. I bought both on PS5. Done buying these games and will just wait until they fall onto GP now.

Bro, 2k22 is coming to Gamepass EIGHT months after release lol. The NBA season is almost over.

 

[MikeM]

Bro, 2k22 is coming to Gamepass EIGHT months after release lol. The NBA season is almost over.

I play the single player, so it doesn’t impact me.

 

[Gambit2483]

When a game gets dropped does that just mean it's no longer available for install?

Or is the install completely wiped from the hard drive? I'm a new Series X owner.

 

[Punished Miku]

When a game gets dropped does that just mean it's no longer available for install?

Or is the install completely wiped from the hard drive? I'm a new Series X owner.

It's still installed. When you click it to play it says you need to update your license. So at that point either buy it or delete it. You have to manually delete the games.

 

[reksveks]

Loot River is kicking my arse at the moment, I feel like I am missing something but I am generally bad at this kind of games.

Trying to figure out the progression between runs.

 

[adamsapple]

Oh sorry, I meant that I am going to stop playing it at the moment.

I started it in November 21 and still haven't finished it.

Oh yeah I get that.

Yakuza 5 is probably the biggest game of the franchise that took me the most time as well (minus Like a Dragon, where the JRPG turn based battles add half the games time).

They just threw in everything, including the kitchen sink, into Yakuza 5.

It has a kart racing game, a karaoke etc.

 

[pasterpl]

Solid month

 

[Gambit2483]

It's still installed. When you click it to play it says you need to update your license. So at that point either buy it or delete it. You have to manually delete the games.

Ok that makes sense. Thanks

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Everyone's waiting on Trek to Yomi

 

[FrozenFlame]

Is Loot River up? Can't see it on my (pc) game pass app.

Edit: Nevermind, I closed the search results and it finally showed up. Weird.

 

[Handel]

Citizen Sleeper looked right up my alley from when it was shown at one of the conferences last year (Future Game Show IIRC?). Definitely will be playing that one :

 

[Hendrick's]

Hyped for Loot River and Yomi.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Solid month. NHL and Yomi.

 

[DaGwaphics]

I haven't heard much about any of these other than NHL, I'll have to take a look.

 

[adamsapple]

Solid month. NHL and Yomi.

Yeah, looks like this first drop has something for everyone, this has generally been the most positive game pass thread I've seen here in months

The next drop will have Sniper Elite 5, which is a big one for me. Anything over that is cherry on top.

 

[Punished Miku]

Citizen Sleeper ... sucksssssss.

... on second thought its kind of interesting. Basically just a game of reading and then rolling dice. Like a table top role playing game but super on rails.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Yomi is beautiful but combat is a bit janky. I assume it's that type of game which is a maximum of 5 hours long so it's not a big deal, I'm in chapter 3 now looking for my waifu. Also makes me want to watch an old samurai movie now.

 

[Chukhopops]

I like Yomi so far, it’s not going to match Sekiro gameplay wise but it’s beautiful and very well made. Combat is simple and reminds me of Bushido Blade back in the PS1 years.

Let’s see if it drags on or not.

 

[Complistic]

Excited for chronicles. I'll dabble in NHL also.

 

[Punished Miku]

Never flipped my opinion on a video game so quickly.

Citizen Sleeper is actually pretty dang awesome. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone though, since 99% of people are probably going to instantly bounce off this game immediately like I almost did. I've never played a game quite like it.

Pretty much just reading text the entire game, and then you get allotted a certain amount of turns per day. Each turn you get is represented by a dice. Then you have to look at your options and decide where to spend your dice before turning in for the day and sleeping again. It's basically a turn based, time management / decision sim visual novel set in a dystopian cyberpunk space station. And the story's actually pretty interesting. If you get a high dice like a 6, you'll want to spend it on more dangerous actions since it minimizes the chance of getting a bad roll. Other actions require specific numbers like a 1 or 2, so it's an interesting juggling act when deciding what to do each day. Played for 2 hours straight and can't wait to get back to it. Once I finally figured out how all the quests work and your dice rolls, I was hooked. Went from talking shit on the game to immediately wanting to buy it.

 

[Punished Miku]

Review: Citizen Sleeper

Citizen Sleeper takes a tabletop approach to storytelling, mixing dice with gorgeous art to make surviving space quite engaging.

www.destructoid.com

9/10 from Destructoid for Citizen Sleeper.

 

[adamsapple]

Citizen Sleepers getting positive buzz on some podcasts I listen to as well.

Gonna give it an honest to god shot.

 

[Punished Miku]

Citizen Sleepers getting positive buzz on some podcasts I listen to as well.

Gonna give it an honest to god shot.

Please do. I hated it until I got used to the unique flow and finally understood how it all worked. Never played a game quite like it.

Apparently this team made 1 game previously called In Other Waters. Looked it up and its on sale for $6 on Switch so I got it.

CS is a super niche table top role-playing, choice / time management, visual novel thing.