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November is shaping up to be a quieter month for Xbox Game Pass than October, but some solid titles are still hitting Microsoft’s game subscription service. This week, the three recent additions I’m recommending all have one thing in common: You don’t play as humans in them. If you want to let out some steam and relax this weekend, become a dragon, goat, or turnip and cause some mayhem in these games.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
All Scaled Up Reveal Trailer | Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy | Spyro the Dragon
Following in the footsteps of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and two StarCraft games, Spyro Reignited Trilogy is the latest Activision Blizzard title to finally make its way to Xbox Game Pass. Developed by the now independent Toys for Bob, this is a remake collection of the first three games in the Spyro series: Spyro the Dragon, Sypro 2: Ripto’s Rage!, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Those were excellent innovative 3D platforms on PS1 and faithfully re-created by Toys for Bob with vibrant new visuals for the Reignited Trilogy. Spyro has yet to get a new current-gen game like Crash Bandicoot, so check this out if you want to show Xbox and Activision that there’s demand for more.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is available across PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Cloud Gaming with Game Pass Ultimate. It’s also on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
Goat Simulator: Remastered
Goat Simulator Remastered – Announcement Trailer
Funny games that let players mess around in large sandboxes with ridiculous physics are common nowadays, but the original Goat Simulator was a precursor to all of them. Goat Simulator lets players loose to destroy or mess with everything in their path as a goat. While players earn points and complete objectives as they do that, Goat Simulator is all about dumb fun. That attitude helped it go viral on platforms like YouTube when it first came out in 2014. Coffee Stain remastered Goat Simulator this year, and while this intentionally rough-looking and somewhat glitchy game doesn’t exactly benefit from the typical remaster treatment, it’s at least nice to have all of the original’s DLC, which crosses over with the likes of Payday and DayZ, available as part of one package.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can check out Goat Simulator: Remastered on PC or Xbox Series X/S. It’s also available on PS5.
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank Announcement Trailer
One of 2024’s first notable releases was Turnip Boy Robs a Bank, a roguelike where players shoot and rob their way through a bank over and over again as a surprisingly violent turnip working for the mafia. As ridiculous as that premise is, Turnip Boy Robs a Bank actually has some hilarious writing and an entertaining story. Its gameplay isn’t too shabby either, as this is an enjoyable top-down twin-stick shooter with plenty of powerful weapons. Previously just available in the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier, Turnip Boy Robs a Bank is now available to Xbox Game Pass Standard subscribers as part of their game catalog. If you haven’t played it yet, that gives Standard subscribers an excuse to finally check out this game.
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank is now available to Xbox Game Pass standard subscribers on PC and Xbox One. The game is also on Nintendo Switch.
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Inscryption - Announcement Trailer (2020)
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Sifu | Sloclap | Night Club Gameplay Teaser | PS4, PS5 & PC
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