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Xbox Game Pass: Games added for free in January 2022

For the month of January, Xbox Game Pass has gone all out to enrich its subscription service. After the Mass Effect trilogy, Outer Wilds, Embr or The Anacrusis, Hitman Trilogy, Rainbow Six Extraction or Death’s Door are added to the catalog.
Death’s Door arrives on Xbox Game Pass, is firing on all cylinders to start 2022. Not a little proud to have struck a blow by buying Activision Blizzard King for nearly 70 billion dollars, the entity now named Microsoft Gaming is preparing for good days and especially for the Xbox Game Pass. After adding thousands of dollars worth of games to the service last year and ending the year with some great additions in December, Xbox is making a comeback by adding new games to its subscription offering. The year 2022 promises to be beautiful with highly anticipated games at stake. If you haven’t checked out the 2021 releases yet, we’ve made you a little catch-up list of the best games you shouldn’t miss.

Games added Xbox Game Pass in January 2022

  • Gorogoa (Xbox, PC and cloud)
  • Olija (Xbox, PC and cloud)
  • The Pedestrian (Xbox, PC & Cloud)
  • Embr (Xbox, PC and cloud)
  • Mass Effect Legendary Edition (Xbox, PC)
  • Outer Wilds (Xbox, PC & Cloud)
  • Spelunky 2 (Xbox, PC)
  • The Anacrusis (Xbox, PC)
  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition (Xbox, PC and Cloud)
  • Nobody Saves the World (Xbox, PC) – January 18
  • Rainbow Six Extraction (Xbox, PC, and Cloud) – January 20
  • Hitman Trilogy (Xbox, PC, and Cloud) – January 20
  • Death’s Door (Xbox, PC, and Cloud) – January 20
  • Pupperazzi (Xbox, PC and Cloud) – January 20
  • Rainbow Six Siege: Deluxe Edition (PC) – January 20
  • Windjammers 2 (Xbox, PC, and Cloud) – January 20
  • Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master (Xbox, PC, and Cloud) – January 27

Death’s Door is the surprise of this month of January. Little pearl of 2021, this game makes you embody a Raven who harvests the souls of the dead. But one of the souls is stolen and you must hunt down the thief to get your property back.

Death’s Door // Source: Devolver Digital After the arrival of Mass Effect Legendary Edition to blame itself in the adventure trilogy of Commander Shepard in a remastered and optimized version in 4K UHD, it’s Hitman Trilogy’s turn to announce itself for on January 20 with his compilation of Agent 47 assassination missions around the world.

Barely available on January 20, Rainbow Six Extraction is already coming to Game Pass. This tactical FPS is playable for up to three players, embodied by the usual Rainbow Six operators with their weapons and evolving maps. Available upon release, The Anacrusis is a first-person, co-op shooter for up to four players. You must get out alive from a spaceship invaded by hordes of aliens. Fight, restart and unlock special abilities in this game with a very 1970s universe.

For another vision of the ride in the solar system, take the road to Outer Wilds. A platform game to explore in your spaceship and discover new planets. Camera in hand, weapons also to protect you, try to unravel the mysteries and secrets of the worlds that present themselves to you. Spelunky 2 makes you an explorer of procedurally generated caves and ruins. Every action has repercussions in this demanding game to play solo or with friends. Do you rather feel like putting on the firefighter’s uniform? Alone or in a squad with your friends, set out to put out fires and save lives at the cost of sometimes crazy situations in Embr. More original and by the developers of the excellent Guacamelee, Nobody Saves the World offers an action RPG with a unique artistic touch where it will be possible to embody all kinds of creatures. For those who love dogs, Pupperazzi rewards your photography skills in this cute game.

Additional games with touch controls

Nine games enrich the list of titles available via Cloud gaming and the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

  • Anvil (Early Access)
  • Archvale
  • ExoOne
  • The Forgotten City
  • Nobody Saves the World
  • One Piece Pirate Warriors 4
  • Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
  • Stardew Valley
  • Unpacking
  • Death’s Door (January 20)

They leave us on January 31

  • Cyber ​​Shadow (Xbox, PC and Cloud)
  • Nowhere Prophet (Xbox, PC and Cloud)
  • Prison Architect (PC)
  • Xeno Crisis (Xbox, PC and Cloud)

These games will no longer be available after this date. For Game Pass subscribers, it is possible to benefit from a 20% discount to keep them afterwards.