Summary
Xbox Game Pass Ultimatehas addedLil Gator GameandEA Sports PGA Tourto its content library. Aside from this pair of arrivals, anotherXbox Game Passtitle is leaving the Game Preview program today, meaning it’s about to receive a rather substantial 1.0 update.
EA Sports PGA TourandLil Gator Gamebring the total number of April 2024 additions to Microsoft’s subscription service up to six.Xbox Game Pass has already addedLEGO 2K Drive,Superhot: Mind Control Delete,F1 23, andArk: Survival Ascendedsince the turn of the month.
Of the new releases at hand, onlyLil Gator Gameis available across all tiers of the service bar Xbox Game Pass Core. Meanwhile,EA Sports PGA Tourrequires the EA Play add-on, which is an exclusive perk of the Ultimate-tier subscription. That said, the more widely available of the two titles also happens to be the more critically acclaimed one, asLil Gator Gamepresently boasts Metacritic Metascores ranging from 80 to 84, whileEA Sports PGA Tour’s ratings are in the mid-70s. Likewise, while EA’s golf sim has “Mixed” user reviews on Steam,Lil Gator Game’s player impressions on Valve’s platform are in the “Overwhelmingly Positive” territory, with many fans proclaiming it to be one of thebest open-world action platformersin recent memory.
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Game Pass Ultimate only; non-cloud versions were already added in January 2024.
Returning title that was last available in May 2022
Returning title that was last available in March 2021
Day-one release
AlthoughLil Gator Gamehas clearly been designed with the youngest audiences in mind, it still promises an adventure that can be enjoyed by all ages. That’s partially because this MegaWobble-developed title takes a lot of inspiration fromThe Legend of Zeldaseries, especially its recent open-world entries. So, while the ultimate goal of the game is to decorate a cozy island and find some friends to play with, those fairly low stakes are still charmingly framed like an epic adventure, as if viewed through the eyes of a child.
Xbox Game Pass Game Turbo Golf Racing Leaves Early Access Today
BesidesLil Gator GameandEA Sports PGA Tour, the April 4 Xbox Game Pass catalog update is also adding the 1.0 version ofTurbo Golf Racing. First released in August 2022 as an early access title, this hectic experience is finally ready to leave the XGP Game Preview program, with its 1.0 patch being set to kick off Season 4: Launch Party. The new season offers 40 rewards, ten extra levels, and a new version of golf mode for eight players, among other novelties. AlthoughTurbo Golf Racingis reminiscent ofRocket League, its core gameplay actually revolves around conventional racing instead of arena-based shenanigans.
Moving forward, at leastseven more titles will reach Xbox Game Passbefore the end of the month. The first of those arrivals will beKonaandBotany Manor, both of which are scheduled to be added to Microsoft’s game library on April 9.
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.
