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Without any kind of prior announcement, Microsoft has updated itsXbox Game Passlineup to includeSpiritfarer: Farewell Edition, one of the highest-rated video games of 2020. It’s very rare for Microsoft to add new games toXbox Game Passas a surprise, though it has happened a few other times in the past.
For the most part, Xbox Game Pass runs on a fairly predictable schedule. Sometime near the beginning of the month, Microsoft will pull the curtain back on the new Xbox Game Pass games coming in the next couple of weeks. This way, gamers know exactly when to expect new games on the service. On occasion, though, Microsoft has added games to Xbox Game Pass as a surprise. The most recent time this happened was the end of August whenMicrosoft addedCall of the Wild: The Anglerto Xbox Game Passwithout an announcement.
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Spiritfarer: Farewell Editionincludes the base game as well as the three big content updatesthat were released for the beloved indie post-launch. This givesSpiritfarerfans who played the game at launch but never experienced the updates the chance to revisit the game and interact with new spirits and other new content, making its surprise addition to Game Pass exciting for newcomers and longtime fans alike.
As it so happens, thisisn’t the first timeSpiritfarerwas on Xbox Game Pass.Spiritfarerwas a day one Xbox Game Pass game back in 2020, and it remained available on the subscription service until August 2022.Spiritfarer’s re-introduction to Xbox Game Pass means that the popular indie was only gone for about a year, but it’s unclear exactly how long it will remain available this time around. Anyone interested should definitely make sure to playSpiritfarernow that it’s back on Xbox Game Pass.
Fans ofSpiritfarershould know that the next title from Thunder Lotus Games,the 33-player co-op game33 Immortals, is also coming to Xbox Game Pass. It will launch as a day one game for the service at some point in 2024.
