Summary
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider has joined Xbox Game Pass.
- Subscribers have access to the content-complete, Definitive Edition of the game.
- The entire Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy has now been on Xbox Game Pass, albeit not all at once.
Xbox Game Pass users can now play Shadow of the Tomb Raider as part of their subscription. The critically acclaimed action adventure is the eighth title to reach Xbox Game Pass in April 2024, and the 49th since the turn of the year.
Released in 2018, Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the third entry in the Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy. Both its PC and Xbox versions debuted to a great critical reception, as underlined by their Metacritic Metascores of 77 and 82, respectively. The PC port also boasts over 55,000 "Very Positive" user reviews on Steam.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider has now joined Microsoft's subscription library for the first time ever on April 11. While it's common to see publishers only bring base editions of their games to Xbox Game Pass in hopes of boosting their DLC sales, that hasn't been the case here. Specifically, Xbox Game Pass members have received access to the Definitive Edition of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which comes with all of its post-launch content. Even without the DLC, this is still one of the longest Tomb Raider games ever made.
All New Xbox Game Pass Games in April 2024
|
Game |
Date Added |
Genre |
Cloud |
Console |
PC |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ark: Survival Ascended |
April 1 |
Survival MMORPG |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
F1 23 |
April 2 |
Racing Sim |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
Game Pass Ultimate only; non-cloud versions were already added in January 2024. |
|
Superhot: Mind Control Delete |
FPS |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Returning title that was last available in May 2022 |
|
|
LEGO 2K Drive |
April 3 |
Arcade Racer |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
|
|
Lil Gator Game |
April 4 |
Action Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
EA Sports PGA Tour |
Golf Sim |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Game Pass Ultimate only |
|
|
Kona |
April 9 |
Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
Returning title that was last available in March 2021 |
|
Botany Manor |
Adventure Puzzler |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Day-one release |
|
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition |
April 11 |
Action Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
Harold Halibut |
April 16 |
Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Day-one release |
|
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes |
April 23 |
Action RPG |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
Another Crab's Treasure |
April 25 |
Soulslike |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
Manor Lords |
April 26 |
RTS |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
Following this release, the entire Tomb Raider Survivor trilogy has now been on Xbox Game Pass, although never all at once; the 2013 entry was available to subscribers over a year-long period ending January 2020, while Rise of the Tomb Raider reached Xbox Game Pass in December 2023, and is still part of the platform's content catalog. Xbox Series X users can run the game at 60 frames per second, which has been the case since its next-gen performance patch rolled out in summer 2021.
Although Microsoft has yet to announce the second wave of April 2024 additions to Xbox Game Pass, the service already has four confirmed games for the second half of the month. That's on account of all of the known upcoming titles being new releases that have long been announced as day-one Xbox Game Pass additions. The first of that lot is Harold Halibut, a story-driven sci-fi adventure from German studio Slow Bros., which is scheduled to debut on April 16.
Xbox Game Pass April 2024 Wave 2 Announcement Coming Soon
Xbox Game Pass will then add Rabbit and Bear Studios' ARPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes on April 23, followed by Aggro Crab's Another Crab's Treasure soulslike two days later. Meanwhile, medieval RTS-city-builder hybrid Manor Lords from Slavic Magic is set to reach the service on April 26. The second wave of this month's additions to Xbox Game Pass is likely to be announced on or around April 16.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft's flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
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