Xbox Game Pass is adding 11 games throughout the rest of March and early April, including its first Activision title since Microsoft’s acquisition of the storied publisher.
As announced in February, Diablo 4 is coming to the subscription service on March 24.
You’ll be able to hack and slash your way through hellish dungeons on Xbox Game Pass for consoles and PC. There’s no mention of the cloud, so we can only assume it won’t be available to stream on your chosen platform and the web.
Elsewhere, the line-up includes a popular survival game, a horror slasher and a blood-soaked western. Check out the full list below, followed by our top picks of the games you should play first.
Xbox Game Pass games for March and April
- Lightyear Frontier (out now)
- MLB The Show 24 (out now)
- The Quarry (out now)
- Evil West (March 21)
- Terra Invicta (March 26)
- Diablo 4 (March 28)
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 - Turbocharged (March 28)
- Open Roads (March 28)
- Ark: Survival Ascended (April 1)
- F1 23 (April 2)
- Superhot: Mind Control Delete (April 2)
Games leaving Xbox Game Pass on March 31
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Infinite Guitars
- MLB The Show 23
Xbox Game Pass March and April highlights
Aside from Diablo 4, which we declared an addictive dungeon crawler, there are plenty of other games worth checking out in the new batch.
Firstly, Ark: Survival Ascended is a more polished version of the survival game with dinosaurs. Without getting into the semantics of whether it’s a remake or remaster, all you need to know is that it’s been given a massive upgrade using the latest Unreal 5 game engine. That means better graphics, more realistic lighting and more content. You still need to gather resources to build weapons and bases, and ensure you don’t get chomped by marauding T-rexes - but, everything just looks so much better now. So, hop on a giant sparrow and start exploring.
If Diablo 4 gives you a taste for slaying ghouls, then try your hand at Evil West next. Run, gun and smash evil fiends to death using your fists in this fun throwback to the era of arcade-style Xbox 360 games. The action-packed game has also been available to PlayStation Plus subscribers since mid-January.
Looking for something more tranquil? Lightyear Frontier is the latest cozy game on the block that ditches combat for an unhurried mix of farming and exploration. Only here, you can stomp around inside a giant robot mech and grow bizarre alien crops. Best of all, you can join forces with up to three other players.
