Next Batch Xbox Game Pass Games Announced For May

Xbox has announced the next batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next few weeks and there are some pretty great additions.

Here's the list of upcoming games:

May 18

SnowRunner - (console, PC, cloud)

May 20

Peggle 2 - (cloud)

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - (cloud)

Secret Neighbor - (PC)

The Wild at Heart - (console and PC)

May 21

Knockout City - (console and PC)

The Catch: Carp and Coarse Fishing - (console, PC, cloud)

May 25

Maneater - (console, PC, cloud)

May 27

Conan Exiles - (console, cloud)

Fuzion Frenzy - (cloud)

Joy Ride Turbo - (cloud)

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - (console)

Slime Rancher - (PC)

Solasta: Crown of the Magister - (PC)

Spellforce 3: Soul Harvest - (PC)

Games Adding Xbox Touch Controls:

Banjo-Tooie

Call of the Sea

Genesis Noir

Narita Boy

Nier: Automata Become As Gods Edition

Rain on Your Parade

Two Point Hospital

Sadly there will be some games Leaving the Xbox Game Pass service on May 31 and they go as followed:

Assetto Corsa - (Cloud and Console)

Broforce - (PC)

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 Remix - (Console)

Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue - (Console)

Surviving Mars - (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Void Bastards - (Cloud, Console, and PC)

I'm looking forward to checking out Maneater and Knockout City again, other than that I'd highly suggest playing Void Bastards before it leaves the service. It's a fantastic FPS Metroidvania-style game set in space,, it's pretty funny and the gameplay is awesome.

Knockout City Is Free At Launch But Only For 10 Days

EA has announced that Knockout City will be going free for ten days from launch as a free trial their calling the Block Party.

the full game will be available on all formats for ten days starting from May 21, allowing players to check out all four of the game's launch modes that include Team KO, Diamond Dash, Party Team KO, and Face-Off. Additionally, every map will be playable and players will be able to start unlocking cosmetics for their character.

if you decide to purchase the game during the Block Party event, you'll get some bonus content and keep everything you've unlocked over the course of the event.

Knockout City Season 1 will launch on May 25, with the theme of "Welcome to Knockout City". It'll add a new location to the game, and a ton of Contracts for both Crew and Weekly Crew list. A new Playlists and League Play will also be unlocked where you can raise your Street Rank and unlock even more cosmetics.

Knockout City will be free for ten days from launch on May 21 until May 30 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC.

Knockout City coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate And EA Play

EA has confirmed that the upcoming dodgeball game Knockout City will be available via EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at launch in May.

in a post where EA celebrates the beta hitting one million downloads for the recent open beta weekend. They confirmed the game will be coming to EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier subscription, this also means it'll be available for players on PlayStation and PC via a standard EA Play membership as well.

I played the recent demo and I came away from it lukewarm, I enjoyed aspects of the game but I also found the matchmaking overly frustrating. Every match I played over the course of the beta weekend had one team with fewer players than the other which made it extremely one-sided.

Knockout City will be available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on May 21.

Additionally, the game will have access to cross-play across all platforms.