The first part of April already featured one major game release with Compulsion Games South of Midnight for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers. The hits keep coming as we approach the second half of the month with Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and Tempopo as Day 1 drops on the service. Along with Towerborne debuting on cloud and console, and Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II debuting as well.
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Has GOTY Potential
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 perhaps no indie game release this year has more hype around it than Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developed by Sandfall Interactive who have noted that the influences for this game range are very JRPG heavy with the noted ones being Final Fantasy and Persona. Featuring a narrative with a heavy setup and a battle system termed as Reactive turn-based where the party is in a turn-based system but also has to time button presses to dodge, block or parry. Combine that with the world design it does have and the gameplay customization it feels like Clair Obscur Expedition 33 could be one of the early Game of the Year candidates.
Here is the full list of what’s coming to Xbox Game Pass for the second half of April and first part of May 2025
Tempopo And the Rest of the Xbox Game Pass Lineup
Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud, Console, PC) (April 15) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass & Xbox Game Pass Standard)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (Cloud, Console, and PC) (April 16) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass & Xbox Game Pass Standard)
Neon White (Now on Xbox Game Pass Standard)
Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) (April 17) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass Only)
Tempopo (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) (April 17) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass Only)
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) (April 24) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass Only)
Towerborne (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC) (April 29) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass Only)
Far Cry 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) (April 30) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass & Xbox Game Pass Standard)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Cloud, Console, PC) (May 1) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass Only)
Anno 1800 (Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, and PC) (May 1) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass & Xbox Game Pass Standard)
Dredge (Cloud, Xbox Series X/S, and PC) (May 6) (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass & Xbox Game Pass Standard)
What’s Leaving Game Pass on April 30
Have a Nice Death (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Kona II Brume (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Sniper Elite 5 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
The Last Case of Benedict Fox (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Thirsty Suitors (Cloud, Console, and PC)
The Rewinder (Cloud, Console, and PC)
