Highlights
- Against the Storm, a highly-rated new game, has been added to PC Game Pass, available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate offers the most value, giving access to all games and perks across different versions of the subscription service.
- Against the Storm combines city builder and roguelite elements, offering satisfying progression and innovating on the genre.
Roguelite city builder game Against the Storm has just been added to PC Game Pass, a tier of the service available to anyone who subscribes directly to it or is signed up for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. When it comes to Xbox Game Pass, there are four versions that fans can choose between.
Xbox Game Pass Core is the cheapest option, giving subscribers access to Xbox Live’s online multiplayer services and a small selection of games from the Game Pass library. Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass are the next steps up from Game Pass Core. Vanilla Xbox Game Pass lets subscribers access all the Game Pass games available on Xbox consoles, while PC Game Pass does the same for PC. And finally, there’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the highest-tier of the service and one that combines all the different versions of Game Pass together.
Microsoft Changes its Plan to Discontinue Free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for Employees
Microsoft changes the plan to take away free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions from its employees, but with one notable caveat.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gives subscribers the most bang for their buck, ensuring that they have access to all the games and perks associated with the other versions of the subscription service. Anyone signed up for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can now check out the recent PC Game Pass addition Against the Storm, which is actually one of the highest-rated new game releases of 2023 at the time of this writing.
Newly-added PC Game Pass/Xbox Game Pass Ultimate game Against the Storm currently has a 91 overall rating, making it one of the highest-rated new video game releases of the entire year. There is still plenty of time for its score to fluctuate, but it looks like Against the Storm will still be remembered as one of 2023’s highest-rated new games regardless when it’s all said and done. Anyone interested can try it out now on PC through their Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscriptions.
For those who are unfamiliar with the game, Against the Storm combines the city builder genre with roguelite elements. Many reviewers have praised how the game offers a more satisfying sense of progression than many other city builders, and how it innovates on the genre.
Against the Storm is just one of the new Game Pass games for December 2023. Seven other games have already been added to the service this month, and there are two more titles to look forward to in the near future. Tin Hearts is coming to Xbox Game Pass on December 12, while Far Cry 6 is set to join the lineup on December 14.
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.
