NFL fans must be strong: Microsoft has released the changes to the Xbox Game Pass game library. Titles are now also affected Electronic Arts Subscription service “EA Play”, because you can now also access the library as a Game Pass payer. April is not a good month for fans of EA Sports' older NFL and NHL games. At least: You can also give the all-clear, because the current spin-offs from the sports game series remain with EA Play and therefore also in Game Pass or - as in the case of NHL 21 - are still being expanded.
Who the old Madden NFL games the new offshoot Madden NFL 21 prefers, he will hardly have jumped for joy given the fact that Madden NFL 15-25 are disappearing from EA Play. The same applies to NHL 18 and 19, but here fans get the consistently successful offshoot as compensation NHL 21 - This is available from April 12th and is a must-play title for fans of fast ice sports. And if you can't do anything with sports games, you don't have to look down the pipe either: the Xbox Game Pass will be expanded at all levels in April.
More than 50 games with touch controls
Top-class games will be added to the Game Pass in April or are already available, such as Grand Theft Auto 5 or Zombie Army 4: Dead War - both titles have been playable on the console and in the cloud since April 8th. Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure and the Disneyland Adventures can also now be enjoyed via cloud gaming. The latest offshoot of the NHL sports game series, however, is not a cloud game, but rather "console only". Sports fans should also mark April 20th in their calendars, because MLB The Show 21, a baseball game, will be released on the same day as the Xbox Game Pass, playable on console and in the cloud. What is particularly special is that this series of games has so far been a pure Playstation brand.
Where new comes, old has to go: this applies not only to the sports games mentioned, but also to three titles straight from the Game Pass.
These games will leave Xbox Game Pass on April 15th:
Deliver Us the Moon (console and PC)
Gato Roboto (console and PC)
Wargroove (console and PC)
Microsoft is also driving the further development of touch-compatible games. In September 2020, Minecraft Dungeons was the first game to support Xbox Touch Control. Since then, the remote control has been one of the most requested features from the community. "With this feature, you no longer need a controller when playing via cloud gaming (beta), but simply use the touch screen of your Android device," says Microsoft.
Thanks to the close cooperation with the developer, more than 50 additional games now support Xbox Touch Control as part of Cloud Gaming (beta). In addition to Minecraft Dungeons, Xbox Touch Control is available for Sea of Thieves, Gears 5, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Slay the Spire and many more games.
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Madden NFL 21 - (incl. free upgrade to PS5) -...* | 17,79 EUR |
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