Sweltering summer heats are alright and all, but subscription service Game Pass is still adding new games for those of us who would rather stay inside. Microsoft have announced the next batch of games coming to the service in July, headlined by the likes of dino-shooter Exoprimal and other-player-shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm.
Here's July’s list of Game Pass additions:
Should you want something new to play right now, console friends can jump back into San Andreas again. Meanwhile, PC folks could check out the seventh mainline Sword And Fairy game, which is the action-RPG series that plays on Chinese mythology and seemingly has a blast doing so. I'm somewhat interested in the similarities between Sword And Fairy and Final Fantasy, in the sense that they both began as beloved turn-based series before evolving into some of the most bonkers-looking slash ‘em ups around. How'd that happen, huh?
July’s big addition is undoubtedly Capcom’s Exoprimal, a live-service game that ponders important human problems like: who wins between 3 chonky mechs or 3000 raptors? Liam recently chatted with the team about the endless dinosaur hordes and why it bears no relation to Dino Crisis. I’m quite excited regardless.
The other biggie this month is the multiplayer shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm. Matt Cox’s review was slightly mixed: “I've only got so much patience for games where the victor is nearly always whoever doesn't get spotted first.” Though fans of realism and good noises should find a lot to appreciate.
What else? Adventure game threequel McPixel 3 casts you as a wannabe save-the-day guy who runs about averting an endless series of disasters in increasingly silly ways. And Techtonica’s early access release has both
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