One of the best things about being an Xbox owner in 2020 has been Xbox Game Pass, which delivers all of Microsoft’s biggest first-party titles to you, every month, for a fairly modest price. Well if 2020 was a good year for Game Pass, with titles like Microsoft Flight Simulator making debuts, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection bringing Mas🥂ter Chief’s adventures to PC, ✨then 2021 is set to be even bigger and better.
Hellblade 2, Psychonauts 2, Halo Infinite, The Medium, and that’s just counting the games you will inevitably be playing as part of your subscription. There are dozens upon dozens of games launching across Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in 20൩21, and here are the biggest games we know of rigﷺht now.
Hitman 3
- Release date: January 20, 2021
- Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Seri🥀es X/S, Xbox One, PC♚)
How many men can you hit? This is the big question that is asked of players of Hitman 3, the final entry in IO Interactive’s modern Hitman saga. You’ll be exploring Dubai, Dartmoor, and many more locations,🔥 in addition to having all of the stages from Hitman and Hitman 2 available to play in the new game engine.
The Medium
- Release date: January 28
- Platforms: Xbox Series X/S, PC
Ah, psychological horror, easily the most intimidating and frustrating horror you can flirt with. This isn’t the kind that gives you jump scares while walking down a hallway, instead it’s the kind that has gruesome images haunting you as you try to sleep. Worth playi🎃ng just for the Akira Yamaoka soundtrack though, really.
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…
- Release date: April 23, 2021
- Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC
The original Nier was a little bit rough, but still inspired enough dedicated fans to warrant a sequel. Now that Nier Automata has proven the franchise has the legs to stand on its own, Nier Replicant long number version is a completely reborn version of💦 the original with better combat, better visuals, and the young anime boy protagonist we never saw in the Western release of the game.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
- Release date: Spring 2021
- Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, X✃box One, PC
A full remaster of all three games in the original Mass Effect trilogy? 𒆙It almost sounds too good to be true, and as long as they sharpen up the visuals and make the games feel reasonably modern, this is almost assured to be another modern classic. No Nintendo Switch release upsets me, though.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Release date: August 18, 2021
- Platforms: Xbox Series X/S (already on PC)
Microsoft Flight Simulator was one of the biggest games of 2020, and that’s with just a PC release, with unusually high system requirements. With the game now coming to Xbox Series S and X, many more players will be able to acc𒀰ess this experience and fly around the globe in any airborne vehicle they wish. First order of business is to find your house, the second is to crash into it.
Halo Infinite
- Release Date: Fall 2021
- Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
No one really kn🍎ows what Halo Infinite will be like, or if it will still star Craig The Brute that became infamous following the last game trailer. Microsoft has delayed this title to ensure it’s ready for ever💮yone to dive into later this year, and while the wait might be long, this should be one that’s worth waiting for.
Far Cry 6
- Release Date: 2021
- Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox Onꦉe, PC
Helicopters, guns, co-op, motorcycles, cars, boats, the gorgeous Caribbean, Giancarlo Esposito - everything you need tꦡo make a truly great and memorable Far Cry game has been assembled, now we just need to trust that Ubisoft Montreal is going to slam this one out of the park, and will leave us very far from crying upon release.
Hogwarts Legacy
- Release Date: 2021
- Platforms: PS5, PS4, ❀Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Hogwarts Legacy is one of those rare games that promises to utterly fulfill the faꦏntasies of millions of young adults - I would say children, but quite frankly the biggest Harry Potter fans are moving towards their thirties at this point. Hogwarts Legacy boasts the huge Hogwarts school to explore, a morality system, the four houses, and you can assume that Quidditch will make an appeara꧋nce in some form.
Everwild
- Release Date: 2021
- Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC
After Sea of Thieves, I’m inclined to trust Rare on 💎whatever project the team decides to make n🧸ext. This time the wide open ocean has been swapped out for intricate forests full of mystical wildlife, and while I have no idea what kind of game this is shaping up to be, I can’t wait to find out.
Resident Evil Village
- Release date: 2021
- Platforms: PS5, ꦡPS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC
Chris Redfield is back again, and you have found yourself i🦋n another mysterious village setting filled with horrible ghouls and transforming beasts. Aesthetically this looks similar to Bloodborne in a bunch of ways, and that is by no means a bad thing. Where will the dizzying story of Resident Evil take us next? Other than to a village, I mean.
