Starting April 1 (not an April Fool’s joke, I assure you), Xbox Game Pass for Console and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can jump into this true genre-hybrid from Square Enix, which combines brutal combat with deep RPG systems. It is possible to cancel your pre-order on Xbox, however those who access the game through Game Pass will have to purchase separately the Hell’s Rangers pack. Sorry PC gamers, you’ll have to buy it like everyone else. The only follow up questions being would it be a day one launch, would it be available on PC and console, and if not a day one launch how soon after. Given that Square Enix recently announced that Outriders passed 3.5 million players and that the company believes Outriders has the potential to become its next major franchise, this isn’t the most surprising news, but it probably won’t be the last time we see a major publisher launch a major release on Xbox Game Pass.Two days ago we wondered whether Microsoft’s painfully obvious hint that Outriders would be hitting Game Pass meant that Outriders would be hitting Game Pass. We believe that our decision to make Outriders available with Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass as soon as the title launched also worked in our favor,” Matsuda added. “In addition, we have been pleasantly surprised as the digital sales ratio for the title have been very high, and the number of active users has also beaten our expectations.

While the comments appear to be old, they were only published in English today, and first reported by VGChronicle. “In regards to the response to Outriders, while there were slight issues with bugs and the like on launch, we believe it has gotten off to a good start as a new IP,” said Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda during the company’s full year financial results briefing, which happened on May 13th. Outriders is one of the highest profile third-party games to launch on Xbox Game Pass to date. Outriders launched on April 1st for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC, but clearly the decision to put the game on Xbox Game Pass on day 1 paid off for the publisher. Square Enix believes that the decision to launch Outriders on Xbox Game Pass has paid off in terms of bringing players to the game.

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