Summary
Two more games,Tales of AriseandReturn to Grace, are being added toXbox Game Passon February 20. Rumors aboutTales of Arisepossibly coming toXbox Game Passbegan at the beginning of the month when Bandai Namco’s action RPG briefly showed up in a “coming soon” announcement on Xbox Wire. The game was quickly scrubbed from the list, but not before eagle-eyed readers spotted it, shared it on social media, and dug up the cached version of the article. As it turns out, the announcement was just made a week too early.
PlayStation gamers need not feel left out, though, becauseTales of Ariseis also coming to PS Plus Extraon February 20, along with a number of other games. Originally launched in September 2021,Arisewon Best RPG at The Game Awards that same year and currently has an aggregate review score of 87 on both Metacritic and OpenCritic.
A perhaps lesser known, but equally interesting, game is the indie adventure titleReturn to Grace, which was also added to Xbox Game Pass on February 20. Awalking simset in a 1960’s retro sci-fi world, Creative Bytes’ game follows space archaeologist Adie Ito as she quests to uncover the final resting place of Grace, an AI that once held the status of a god and served as the caretaker of the solar system. In the thousands of years since she was shut down, the AI’s personality has fractured into separate entities, which accompany Adie as she solves puzzles and attempts to return to Grace.
Still Coming to Xbox Game Pass in February 2024
At least one more game is expected to be added to Xbox Game Pass before the end of February.Inkulinatilaunched in early access on June 21, 2025, and will finally be getting a full release on all major platforms on February 22. Though its aesthetic calls to mind Obsidian’sPentiment, Inkulinatiby Yaza Games is a turn-based strategy game inspired by medieval manuscripts. Using asubstance called Living Ink, players can draw a range of beasts to serve as soldiers in their army and take down opponents.
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 may play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
