I'm Can't Wait to Play Remedy's FBC: Firebreak on Xbox Game Pass
In 2019, Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending, Kafka-esque game Control. At the time, I loved the idea of a bureaucratic office turned into a violent battlefield filled with office supplies -- like a floppy disk -- that can give you special abilities. So I'm excited to return to that world in FBC: Firebreak, which is on Xbox Game Pass now.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC or mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription gives you access to a large library of games, with new titles, like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, added monthly, plus other benefits, like online multiplayer and deals on non-Game Pass titles.
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Here are all the games Microsoft added to Game Pass recently. You can also check out all the titles the company added to the service in May, like Metaphor: ReFantazio.
FBC: Firebreak
Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play this game now.
The Federal Bureau of Control is under attack from otherworldly forces and it's up to you and your versatile unit to restore order. You'll fight chaotic entities, leeches and a monster made of sticky notes using guns, grenades and other supernatural weapons. You can play this first-person shooter game on your own or take on the chaos of the FBC with friends in three-player co-op.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition
Game Pass Standard and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can play now.
You are Capt. Demetrian Titus, an Ultramarine in the Imperium of Man, and it's up to you and your squad to help reclaim the Forge World Graia from an Ork horde. Originally released in 2011, this third-person shooter has been remastered for modern consoles with enhanced character models, a modernized control scheme and more. So grab your chainsword and bolter and get ready to fight. For the Emperor!
Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Editions
Game Pass Standard and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can play now.
Gather your party and get ready to go on some epic quests in the enhanced editions of these classic roleplaying games. These games are set in the Forgotten Realms setting of the popular tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons, and each game contains its own story and adventure.
In Baldur's Gate, you'll investigate an iron crisis that is plunging the land into war. Baldur's Gate 2 takes place shortly after the initial game and revolves around a mysterious power within your character. Can you resist this power or will you become the new Lord of Murder?
Kingdom: Two Crowns (PC)
Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play now.
In this 2D adventure strategy game, you have to build up your kingdom during the day to secure it from a threat called the Greed that attacks at night. You'll then conquer far-off lands to put a stop to the Greed threat once and for all.
Barbie Project Friendship
Game Pass Standard, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play now.
The Malibu Waves Community Center was a once-thriving destination but now it's in danger of being closed forever. You'll play as Barbie and Barbie -- that's two different Barbies -- as you work to bring your friends and neighbors together to help save the center. You can explore Malibu, work at the pet salon and enjoy the skate park solo or with a friend in local co-op mode.
EA Sports FC 25
Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play now.
Get ready to make league history in the latest installment of this EA Sports franchise (formerly FIFA). You can become the manager of your favorite football club and shape the team into a dynasty in Career Mode, or team up with friends and take on others in the new 5v5 Rush mode. And with this edition, you can also get the Supercharge Pack -- which includes 11 Rare Gold Players and other perks -- until July 12.
The Alters
Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play this game now.
You're stranded on a hostile planet and the only way forward is to create alternate versions of yourself. The other versions of you will gather supplies and build your base, and you'll have to attend to their survival needs. And while you're trying to survive, this sci-fi survival game also comes with a side of existentialism: It asks whether we shape our destiny or it shapes us?
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Game Pass Standard, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play this game now.
The jean-shorts-wearing marsupial is back in this time-shattering, platforming adventure. Neo Cortex and N. Tropy are launching an all-out assault on the entire multiverse. It's up to Crash and his sister Coco to bend the rules of reality and recover the Quantum Masks in order to save reality.
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can play this game now.
You're the once-great ruler of Random, Queen Aleksandra, and you're on a mission of vengeance and redemption in this fast-paced rogue-like game. You'll fight monsters and beasts with four unique weapons, plus powerful card-based abilities and relics. But death isn't final here so if you fall, you'll return to Sanctuary to rearm, upgrade and prepare for your next run.
Games that left Game Pass
While Microsoft added the above games to Game Pass, it also removed seven games from the service. That means you'll have to buy these games separately if you still need to complete your campaign or any sidequests.
For more on Xbox, discover other games available on Game Pass now, read our hands-on review of the gaming service and learn which Game Pass plan is right for you. You can also check out what to know about upcoming Xbox game price hikes.
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