Halo Infinite’s campaign is finally out in the wild, withMaster Chief’s latest adventure receiving tons of praise and good reviews. For some, the best part is that it’s out onXbox Game Passand can be played absolutely free. Game Pass could have taken it easy for the rest of the month, and it would have been just fine. However, Xbox Game Pass is not one to rest on its laurels.

Xbox Game Pass has announced a selection of 10 games arriving on the service on December 16, with a total of five games set to leave at the end of the month. Of course, Aliens: Fireteam Elite is joining today,Among Usis also coming to Game Passtomorrow, December 15, andThe Gunkhas already been announced, but it’s still a strong line-up for the month. The ten on Thursday really just take the cake for this week’s 12 games.

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For December 16, Xbox Game Pass is adding the following games:

Notably, there is a pretty strong mixture here, but it does lean heavily on children’s games withBen 10, Paw Patrol,andRace With Ryan.For any parents out there looking to get their kids started, these are some solid games.Race With Ryanis incredibly popular, thanks to thepopularity of Ryan’s World, and it’s essentially a more child-friendly version ofMario Kart(parents can even add auto acceleration and steering).

Broken Ageis a beloved Double Fine game,Firewatchcan be an emotional journey, andMortal Kombat 11is certainly not for children. Of course, some games have to go, and Xbox Game Pass is removing five before the end of the month:

Overall, with 2021 coming to an end, it’s clearXbox Game Passhas had a pretty strong year. It’ll be interesting to see what’s in store for 2022.