Microsoft was highly proud of its Xbox Game Pass system, where you can subscribe monthly to download games and play them locally, at the X019 event.

„Well, two things we do with our studio games. One is we let them make the games they want to make. I mean, that sounds simple, but not every business team has that mindset. We want them to be part of our first-party studios’ family because they have a heritage of building great games, great experiences. Take Ninja Theory as an example of what they’ve created with Hellblade. It’s just such an incredible game, such a unique game, such a creative game. And we trust them to want to go create other things. So we want to enable them to do that, give them the resources to do that, and it’s exciting what they’re doing with Bleeding Edge. They have other projects in the works as well, that in time we will show. Obsidian, another great example of that, where they have The Outer Worlds now, and then being able to announce Grounded will be coming in 2020 is very exciting.

The idea that a game can just be a game is also okay. You don’t have to go make a service. So not only what type of games, the games you want to make, but also how the games are delivered, Xbox Game Pass gives those creators a lot of flexibility. If you want to deliver something in chapters, like we’re doing with Tell Me Why and Dontnod, that’s okay too. If you want your game to have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and no DLC, and no other transactions, and just a single-player game, that’s also fine. The idea is that we really want a diversity of content in the types of games and experiences for our fans, and especially for our Game Pass owners, and the types of games and content that these new studios are bringing in particular, really round out what we traditionally have built with our internal studios,” Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft’s game marketing general manager, told VG247.

Speaking of Xbox Game Pass, let’s see what games have been added, and what games are coming in shortly. Available now on console (Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X): Age of Wonders: Planetfall, The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game, Rage 2, Remnant: From the Ashes, The Talos Principle, Tracks: The Train Set Game. Available now on PC: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Hearts of Iron IV, The Talos Principle, Tracks: The Train Set Game.

These games will drop on console by the holiday season: Darksiders III, The Escapists 2, Halo: Reach, Life is Strange 2: Episode 5, My Friend Pedro, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Vambrace: Cold Soul. And on PC: Darksiders III, The Escapists 2, Halo: Reach, My Friend Pedro, The Red Strings Club, Vambrace: Cold Soul.

These titles will be added on console next year: Bleeding Edge, Carrion, Cyber Shadow, Double Edge Heroes, The Dreams Elsewhere, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy XV, Grounded, Haven, LevelHead, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Minecraft Dungeons, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Phogs, The Red Lantern, SkateBIRD, Streets of Rage IV, Supraland, Tekken 7, Tell Me Why, Touhou Luna Nights, Wasteland 3, Yakuza 0, Yakuza: Kiwami, Yakuza: Kiwami 2.

And the PC list: Bleeding Edge, Carrion, Cyber Shadow, Double Edge Heroes, The Dreams Elsewhere, Edge of Eternity, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy XV, Flight Simulator, Grounded, Haven, LevelHead, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Minecraft Dungeons, Ori and the Will of the Wisp, Phogs, SkateBIRD, Streets of Rage IV, Tell Me Why, Touhou Luna Nights, Wasteland 3, Yakuza 0, Yakuza: Kiwami, Yakuza: Kiwami 2.

So Microsoft is picking up the pace to get more subscribers.

Source: VG247, Gematsu

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