During the recently concluded Xbox Bethesda Showcase, it was revealed that over 20 new games are coming to Xbox Game Pass, most of which are day and date releases, further strengthening the already undeniable value of the subscription service.

While it is a given that first party titles would definitely drop on the Xbox Game Pass, there’s no signs of slowing down for their high profile third party releases including the anticipated Back 4 Blood, all the Yakuza titles including Yakuza Like A Dragon, and the upcoming release of Hades.

Ramping up the 2021 Holiday season with the releases of aforementioned first party titles, 2022 will be a much bigger year as the acquisitions of Xbox Game Studios is coming into high gear. If there is a time to pick up a Xbox Series X, it would definitely be soon as this sleeping giant is slowly starting to wake.

Check out the full list below:

Xbox Game Pass – Coming This Year

• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S) – July 27
• Hades (PC, Cloud, and Console) – August 21
• Among Us (Cloud and Console) – 2021

Xbox Game Pass – Coming Day One This Year

• Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance (PC, Cloud, and Console) – June 22
• The Ascent (PC, Cloud, and Console) – July 29
• Twelve Minutes (PC, Cloud, and Console) – August 19
• Psychonauts 2 (PC, Cloud, and Console) – August 25
• Aragami 2 (PC, Cloud, and Console)) – September 17
• Sable (PC, Cloud, and Console) – September 23
• Scorn (PC, Cloud, and Series X|S) – Fall 2021
• The Anacrusis (PC, Cloud, and Console) – Fall 2021
• Back 4 Blood (PC, Cloud, and Console) – October 12
• Age of Empires IV (PC) – October 28
• Forza Horizon 5 (PC, Cloud, and Console) – November 9
• Shredders (PC, Cloud, and Console) – December 2021
• Halo Infinite (PC, Cloud, and Console) – Holiday 2021
• Hello Neighbor 2 (PC, Cloud, and Console) – 2021
• The Gunk (PC, Cloud, and Console) – 2021

Xbox Game Pass – Coming Day One in The Future

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Atomic Heart
• Redfall
• Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes
• Eiyuden Chronicle Rising
• Contraband
• Party Animals
• Replaced
• Slime Rancher 2
• Somerville
• Stalker 2
• Starfield
• Outer Worlds 2

The ninth generation is picking up steam with E3 2021 heralding the upcoming deluge of electronic gaming and 2022 will become a dynamic battlefield to see who prevails in the end. Right now, Xbox is looking mighty. Your move, Sony.