The next wave of Xbox Game Pass additions have been announced, and the first half of May 2022 will see a total of four new Day One releases on the subscription service. Here’s what’s changing for Game Pass on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and the cloud in the coming weeks.
Loot River is the first new release of the month, launching today, May 3rd on console, PC and cloud. This is a procedurally generated dungeon crawler from a small team in Slovakia called Straka Studio.
Another new day-one release coming to Game Pass in May is Trek to Yomi, available for console, PC and cloud. Launching May 5, Trek to Yomi is described as a “movie action-adventure game” that tells the story of a man, Hiroki, who returns heroically to save the world.
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Also on May 5 is the new day-one version Citizen Sleeper for console, PC and cloud. The game tells the story of a fugitive scouring a “lawless station on the fringes of intergalactic society.”
Launching May 10 is Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Desperate Anniversary Edition, available for console, PC and cloud, and another day one release, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising for console, PC and cloud. This is the Kickstarted-funded prequel to Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, coming to Game Pass on day one of 2023.
Also launching on May 10 is Mine War: Final Cut, a remake of Mine War. The war game flips the perspective and puts players in the role of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city.
Then on May 12, the newest NHL game, NHL 22, arrives on Console Game Pass. This is Game Pass through EA Play, so it requires a Game Pass Ultimate membership.
Microsoft typically announces two waves of Game Pass games in a given month, so be sure to check out the (hypothetical) second wave of games with GameSpot in the coming weeks.
Since all of these games landed on Game Pass in May, a handful of games also left the catalog this month, including GTA: San Andreas – Definitive Edition on May 10.
Xbox Game Pass First Half of May 2022
May 3
- Loot River – Console, PC, Cloud
May 5
- Trek to Yomi – Console, PC, Cloud
- Citizen Sleeper – Console, PC, Cloud
May 10
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Desperate Anniversary Edition – Console, PC, Cloud
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising – Console, PC, Cloud
- Mine War: Final Cut – Console, PC, Cloud
May 12