

A mysterious storm called the Anomaly burnt out all the tech that’s more advanced than a lightbulb, hyper-evolved the wildlife into ferocious monsters, and colonization efforts broke down into a bitter war of attrition for the last remaining resources available to humanity. Turns out, the planet doesn’t want them there. It is set in the distant future where players attempt to colonize a planet that they believe to be a new home for humanity. The Outriders video game is the high-intensity RPG shooter from People Can Fly, the developers of Gears of War: Judgment and Bulletstorm, and Square Enix External Studios, the minds behind Just Cause and Sleeping Dogs. The title will be available on console and Android phones and tablets via Xbox Cloud Gaming. Sure, the library has plenty of far better games, but whenever you and a couple of buddies are in the mood for some relatively mindless alien-murdering carnage without having to fire up Destiny 2 yet again, Outriders hits the spot.Good news for Xbox Game Pass subscribers! Xbox announced today that the upcoming Outriders video game will be available on the service starting April 1st, the game’s release date. It's exactly the kind of thing Microsoft could use more of on Game Pass, a fun, big third-party game you might be interested in, but don't want to spend $60 on.

If you have Game Pass Ultimate, though, you can keep going without having to pay extra.

Square Enix and People Can Fly deserve props for putting out a lengthy Outriders demo that’s long enough for you to get a good sense of each classes’ powers. Offering players easier access to Game Pass on more devices through the cloud sweetens the deal.īig third-party games are an important aspect of the service as well, including a bunch of EA titles games and, of course, Outriders, which is practically a perfect fit for Game Pass. There’s definitely some merit to that, as the service includes a ton of major first-party games, like Microsoft Flight Simulator, as well as Bethesda titles and a bunch of killer indies for a single monthly fee. Still, there's nothing to lose by checking out Outriders on Xbox Game Pass, where it has been available since its launch day.įor at least the last year or so, there’s been a common refrain about Xbox Game Pass: it’s one of the best deals in gaming.
