Here are the new Game Pass library additions for May 2024
A new batch of games have been announced for Game Pass in May, including five that are playable on PC. There are siblings, felines, reapers, and a Croft. I'm struggling to identify a theme.
Here are the first batch of games coming to Game Pass on PC in May 2024:
Have A Nice Death is a compelling loop of roguelike hack-and-slashing, and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is the fancified first entry in Crystal Dynamics Lara-rebooting modern trilogy.
The pick of the new litter is clearly Little Kitty, Big City, however, which arrives on Game Pass on its launch day. It's a playful adventure game that prompts YouTube commenters to scream "Untitled Cat Game" during every livestream in which it features, and not without cause. (Disclosure: Pip Warr, former resident of this blog, is the writer of Little Kitty, Big City. This is simply more of a reason to play it.)
As always, a new set of games arriving on Game Pass means another set of games are leaving. The following games will be removed from the Game Pass library on May 15th:
I know people have a fond spot for Norco, which we named as one of our favourites from 2022. My pick of this batch would be Fuga: Melodies Of Steel 2, however, just for its relative obscurity. It's about commanding a unit of anthropomorphic animals as they pilot a giant tank against dog fascists, chatting to one another to boost their stats Fire Emblem-style, then optionally feeding them into a huge soul cannon that kills them permanently. Who could resit that pitch?
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