The most important game on the list has also received its detailed system requirements… let’s recap both. 

Microsoft has announced the titles that will be added to its subscription service later this year. Coming today are Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (console = Xbox Series, Xbox One) for all three Game Pass subscription tiers (Ultimate, Standard, Core) and Forza Motorsport (Xbox Series) for Game Pass Standard (previously available on Ultimate and PC Game Pass). Also coming are Hauntii (console) and Humanity (console), both on Game Pass Standard. EA Sports WRC (Xbox Series, PC, cloud – EA Play; Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass) and Overthrown (game preview – still in development; Xbox Series, PC, cloud) are coming to Game Pass Ultimate/PC Game Pass on December 5th. 

On December 9, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Xobx Series, PC, cloud) will arrive for Game Pass Ultimate/PC Game Pass members, and we’ll get back to that. On December 10th, Wildfrost (console, PC, cloud) is coming to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Then comes the Christmas break, and Carrion (console, PC, cloud) for Game Pass Ultimate/PC Game Pass/Game Pass Standard members arrives on January 2, 2025, but it’s a returning title, as is Road 96 on January 7 (same platforms, same subscription levels). Today, in addition to Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, Game Pass Core is also getting DayZ and Goat Simulator. 

Today, Dungeons of Hinterberg is coming to Xbox One via Game Pass. Season 14 of Sea of Thieves is also available. There are three Game Pass Ultimate perks: the Cyborg Pack in Metaball, Over Northern Waves in World of Warships: Legends, and Stumble Guys’ Candle Bear Bundle will arrive on December 5. Microsoft even listed the outgoing games. These titles will be leaving on December 15th: Amnesia: The Bunker (console, PC, cloud), Forager (console, PC, cloud), Forza Horizon 4 (console, PC, cloud), Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (console, PC, cloud), Rise of the Tomb Raider (console, PC, cloud), Tin Hearts (console, PC, cloud), The Quarry (console, cloud). And on December 31st, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (console, PC, cloud), Close to the Sun (console, PC, cloud), Humankind (console, PC, cloud), Lego 2K Drive (console, cloud), McPixel 3 (console, PC, cloud), Party Animals (console, cloud). 

Returning to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which will be released on Xbox and PC on December 9 and on PlayStation 5 in the spring, here’s the PC system requirements list. There are two major mistakes in Ultra. 

Minimum system requirements – 1080p native resolution, 60 FPS, low graphics preset: 

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 
• Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K (3.8 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 GHz) 
• Memory: 16 GB RAM 
• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB VRAM)/AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB VRAM)/Intel Arc A580 
• Free storage: 120 GB (SSD required) 
• 120 GB hardware ray tracing required 

Recommended system requirements – 1440p native resolution, 60 FPS, high graphics preset: 

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 
• Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K (3.6 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (3.8 GHz) 
• Memory: 32 GB RAM 
• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (12 GB VRAM)/AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (12 GB VRAM) 
• Free storage: 120 GB (SSD required) 
• GPU hardware ray tracing required 

Ultra system requirements – 4K native resolution, 60 FPS, ultra graphics preset: 

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 
• Processor: Intel Core i7-13900K* (3.0 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 7 7900X** (4.7 GHz) 
• Memory: 32 GB RAM 
• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB VRAM)/AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB VRAM) 
• Free storage: 120 GB (SSD required) 
• GPU hardware ray tracing required 
• *this is how it was actually written… it is i9-13900K! 
• **what were they smoking at Microsoft…? that is meant to be Ryzen 9 7900X… 

Minimum system requirements for ray tracing (RT) – 1080p upscaled resolution, 60 FPS, low graphics preset: 

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 
• Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K (3.8 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 GHz) 
• Memory: 16 GB RAM 
• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12 GB VRAM) 
• Free storage: 120 GB (SSD required) 
• GPU hardware ray tracing required, DLSS 3 quality preset 

Recommended RT system requirements – 1440p upscaled resolution, 60 FPS, high graphics preset: 

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 
• Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K (3.6 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (3.8 GHz) 
• Memory: 32 GB RAM 
• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB VRAM) 
• Free storage: 120 GB (SSD required) 
• GPU hardware ray tracing required, DLSS 3 balanced preset 

Ultra RT system requirement – 4K upscaled resolution, 60 FPS, ultra graphics preset: 

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64 
• Processor: Intel Core i7-13900K* (3.0 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 7 7900X** (4.7 GHz) 
• Memory: 32 GB RAM 
• Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24 GB VRAM) 
• Free storage: 120 GB (SSD required) 
• GPU hardware ray tracing required, DLSS 3 performance preset 
• *i9-13900K 
• **Ryzen 9 7900X 

See the second image below for the game’s unlock times. 

Source: Gematsu