Microsoft has announced the first batch of Xbox Game Pass games heading to the service for the first half of December, with Mortal Kombat 1 and Lunar Software’s ROUTINE headlining the games this month. And while most months are about the new games joining the service, December’s lineup is also about games already on the service becoming available to players at the lower-level Premium and Essential tiers.
Starting with the new games, ROUTINE and Death Howl are the two titles entering the service this month that are day one releases into Xbox Game Pass. The former is a game that some people have been waiting for over a decade for, after it was initially announced back in Gamescom 2012. The latter is a Soulslike deck builder.
Mortal Kombat 1 is the big triple-A addition this month, though it’s also a direct series trade, because as this game enters the service, Mortal Kombat 11 will exit the service as of December 15. You could even make the point that ROUTINE is another like-for-like trade, because while it joins the service, Still Wakes the Deep also exits on December 15.
As far as what’s becoming available to more than just players paying for Game Pass Ultimate, the big headlining title is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Of course, it was already on Game Pass, but it was only available for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Now, it’s available to players paying for the middle-tier Premium Game Pass subscription, along with 33 Immortals, which is still currently in a ‘game preview’ state on Game Pass.
Meanwhile, World War Z, Stellaris, and Medieval Dynasty are all now available at the base-level Essential Game Pass tier. Lastly, a small additional note on this month’s Game Pass announcements is that Xbox has started to identify games that are optimized for its ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds in these Xbox Wire posts.
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Mortal Kombat 1, ROUTINE, Lost Records: Bloom and Rage and More Join Xbox Game Pass This Month
