[STEAM][PRESS]Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass April 2024 Wave 2 Lineup

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has announced the second wave of games coming to Game Pass in April 2024. Highlights include Orcs Must ****! 3, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, and the hotly anticipated Manor Lords.

Out today, April 16, is Slow Bros' narrative game Harold Halibut (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) as a day-one Game Pass launch. IGN’s

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returned an 8/10. We called it “a wholesome, handcrafted adventure with plenty of heart.”

Tomorrow, April 17, ****** Entertainment’s Orcs Must ****! 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass.

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. We said it was “very familiar to players of the second game but still a fun and goofy action/tower-defense challenge.”

A day later, on April 18, EA Sports NHL 24 (Console) launches on Game Pass Ultimate via EA Play, just in time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “NHL 24’s new gameplay features reinvigorate the on-ice action, but its collection of unimproved game modes has grown increasingly boring with each passing year,” we said in IGN’s

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass as a day-one launch on April 23. Rabbit & Bear’s grand JRPG is set in a hand-crafted 2.5D world, and lets you assemble a six-party team from a cast of over a hundred heroes.

Another Game Pass day-one launch is Another Crab’s Treasure (Cloud, Console, and PC), out on April 25. Aggro Crab Games' soulslike adventure is set in a crumbling underwater world. You play Kril the hermit crab.

April 26 sees the launch of Slavic Magic's Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC) as a day-one Game Pass release. Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. It’s the top wishlisted game on Steam, ahead of the likes of Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong.

And finally, rounding out this month is Magic Design Studios' Have A Nice ****** (Cloud, Console, and PC), which hits Game Pass on April 30.

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: "Have a Nice ****** is a punishing but satisfying roguelike with some extremely tough boss fights, but it could be a bit less stingy with long-term progression."

Meanwhile,

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announced more games coming to Game Pass Core on April 23. Three games are added to the library for subscribers:

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Here's the Xbox Game Pass April 2024 Wave 2 lineup in full:

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  (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 17
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  (Console) EA Play – April 18
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  (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 23
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  (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 25
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  (Game Preview) (PC) – April 26
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  (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 30

Six games leave Game Pass on April 30. As always, you can save 20% on your purchase to keep them in your library:

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