March 19 marks the first day of spring, and y’all, Microsoft has certainly sprung a variety of games on Xbox Game Pass subscribers. As the month slowly winds down, this new crop of games will absolutely keep you entertained. From horror games to mystery thrillers, there’s a little something for everyone here. So, let’s jump in to see what you can download in the next two weeks.
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Starting with what’s on offer right now, you can pick up both the Amplifier Studios’ casual farming sim Lightyear Frontier and San Diego Studio’s baseball sim MLB The Show 24 with your Xbox Game Pass membership. Supermassive Games’ choice-driven horror game The Quarry will be available on March 21, followed by Pavonis Interactive’s 4X grand strategy sim Terra Invicta on March 26. March 28 sees three games become downloadable on Xbox consoles: Blizzard Entertainment action-RPG Diablo IV, Milestone S.r.l.’s arcade racer Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged, and Open Roads Team’s atmospheric adventure Open Roads.
You’ve got three games you can download at the start of April: Studio Wildcard’s survival game Ark: Survival Ascended on April 1, and Codemasters’ racing sim F1 23 and Superhot Team’s slow-mo FPS Superhot: Mind Control Delete on April 2.
There’s a lot of good stuff this month, and a ton of variety. However, the one game you should absolutely play on March 21 is Flying Wild Hog’s 2022 action-adventure game Evil West. This game fucks, hard. You play as a gruff vampire hunter who must protect the American frontier from them filthy bloodsuckers. To do that, you’ll dodge, punch, and shoot your way through a vampiric horde as you seek to uncover the truth of fiends’ origins. It’s basically a modern-day, PS2-ass game in the best way, with tight, focused action that’s as thrilling as it is silly. It’s a good one, and Kotaku staff writer Zack Zwiezen agreed in his review of the game:
For me, Evil West is the kind of game I miss these days. I’ll fully admit, I love games like Destiny and Fortnite, games that never end and are filled with battle passes, crafting, loot, etc. Those games can provide hours of fun and are great to play while chilling with friends or listening to a podcast. But I don’t want everything to be a complex, all-encompassing, time-monopolizing social experience that continues to grow and evolve as time goes on. And Evil West is a wonderful example of the kind of games I want more of moving forward. Not everything needs an endgame or a crafting table. Sometimes, I just want to move forward, hear some bad banter and punch some monsters in the face for a few hours. And Evil West gave me exactly that. No more. No less.
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As usual, several games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass to make way for the 11 games barging onto the service. It’s only three though, and two of them are being replaced with sequels. Let’s get them out of the way: Leaving Xbox Game Pass on March 31 are Milestone S.r.l.’s arcade racer Hot Wheels Unleashed, Nikko Nikko’s rhythm-RPG Infinite Guitars, and San Diego Studio’s baseball sim MLB The Show 23. RIP to these games. You can check the full list of what’s coming and what’s going down below.
Games Coming to Xbox Game Pass in March 2024
- Lightyear Frontier (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) — Available Today
- MLB The Show 24 (Cloud and Console) — Available Today
- The Quarry (Cloud and Console) — March 20
- Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 21
- Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) — March 26
- Diablo IV (Console and PC) — March 28
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 28
- Open Roads (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 28
- Ark: Survival Ascended (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S) — April 1
- F1 23 (Cloud) EA Play — April 2
- Superhot: Mind Control Delete (Cloud, Console, and PC) — April 2
Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass In March 2024
- Hot Wheels Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 31
- Infinite Guitars (Cloud, Console, and PC) — March 31
- MLB The Show 23 (Cloud and Console) — March 31
