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Xbox Recreation Go has added the primary video games of 2024 within the first wave for January. Whereas the brand new replace doesn’t embrace any new video games, it does characteristic a number of bigger titles. It begs the query of whether or not different video games, specifically these from Activision Blizzard King, will be part of the service someday later this yr. All video games launch earlier than the center of January.
There’s a slight theme of scares and frights on this wave of video games, as a number of titles are horror or horror-related. These embrace horror-adventure title Near the Solar (which launches as we speak), creepy survival journey recreation We Comfortable Few (January 11), reimagined traditional survival horror title Resident Evil 2 Remake and psychological horror title These Who Stay (each January 16).
The opposite video games within the replace embrace Ubisoft’s huge Viking journey title Murderer’s Creed: Valhalla and story-based action-adventure recreation Figment (each January 9). Rounding out the newest wave are on-line World Struggle 2 battle sim Hell Let Free (January 4) and sports activities title Tremendous Mega Baseball 4, which joins by way of EA Play (January 11).
Sadly for Recreation Go subscribers, gaining some video games means shedding others, and a few of Recreation Go’s most attention-grabbing titles are on the chopping block for mid-January. Specifically, Grand Theft Auto V goes away (once more), as does Persona 4 Golden, Persona 3 Moveable, MotoGP 22 and Backyard Story. GTA V leaves the platform on January 5, whereas the 4 others depart on January 15.
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