Xbox Game Pass adds Darkest Dungeon to the late January list

Following today’s Developer Direct event, Xbox announced the final games coming to Game Pass in late January/early February. These include the recently announced Hi-Fi Rush and the classic Goldeneye 007, as well as several other titles. The two aforementioned titles launch today, January 25 and January 27 respectively.

Next week’s additions are two game previews: Roguelite FPS Roboquest (January 30) and Medieval animation strategy game Inkulinati (January 31). The rest of January’s games include strategy classic Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and fighting game JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R, both of which debut on Game Pass on January 31.

February additions begin on February 2. Game Pass users get the classic roguelike RPG Darkest Dungeon and racing game Grid Legends. The latest addition is Hot Wheels Unleashed, which was supposed to come to Game Pass last December, but was pushed back to February 7.

The games we lose this month are Donut County, Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master, Telling Lies and Worms: WMD. These titles will leave Game Pass on January 31.

Usually, Game Pass keeps its announcements limited to a single month with little overlap in the next. The year has started unusually, with Xbox not announcing the first Game Pass additions until mid-January. Given the timing of the Developer Direct, it’s likely that Xbox timed this announcement to coincide with the surprise reveal of Hi-Fi Rush. Since February is a shorter month, we’ll probably get the second, February-specific announcement in the middle of the month.