It is official: Outriders, the long – awaited looter of People Can Fly, arrives on Xbox Game Pass, confirmed Microsoft in a blog post today. It will be available from April 1.
Last week, the ever-cheeky Xbox Game Pass account on Twitter posted another “leaked” email from “Melissa McGamepass”, Hinting at the news. Friday, a handful of games published by Bethesda were added to the Game Pass library. But apparently there were more—Something about a new game without warning that will also reach Microsoft’s game demand service. The note also referred to a “mysterious signal” and an “anomaly.”
Some observers, included KotakuThe Slack channel itself, quickly established the connection to Outriders. Last month, People Can Fly made a demo available for the game. At the end of the demonstration, you are informed of a signal that is emitted from a remote location. You set out to explore it, but one of those annoying “Book Our Game” screens stops you. (Do not preorder the game.) Besides, Outriders makes a big noise about an “anomaly”: a persistent storm ravaging the planet Enoch, where the game takes place. The players soon read between the lines.
He Outriders demo rules, by the way, and are available for virtually every platform (except for Switch). If you’re interested in third-person shooters, booty loot, western-themed space opera, cheesy one-liners or social centers, you should check.
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People can fly he says you can transfer progress between the demo and the main game, as long as you stay within the same platform family. So if you’ve played the demo three times on PlayStation, you’ll need to get started scratch a Xbox. But if you played it or played it on Xbox, you’ll be able to stream your progression when the main game is released. (Outriders it is fully compatible cross game.)
It’s another huge nab for Xbox Game Pass. The incorporation of Bethesda games is huge, obviously, as is the relatively recent incorporation of EA Play (at least for subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate). And there’s also continued access to any first-hand Microsoft game, an advantage that speaks for itself.
But keep in mind the appeal of Outriders. There is now a fleshy demonstration for the game. You can only transport your data if you stay with the same platform. So if you have access to multiple platforms, which one would you choose to play on? The one where you should take advantage of the full price of a new game? Or the one that will be included in the service that you are likely to already pay for? Today’s announcement makes the choice much easier.