And we were right: Microsoft announced that Outriders will join the service on April 1, the launch, for most of the subscribers. We’re talking about a three-hour opening chapter of the game with a host of things to do and collect.Yesterday, we were already discussing hints at the cooperative looter-shooter preparing to join Microsoft’s subscription service, and we were contemplating if it would outright launch into Xbox Game Pass from its first day. You can download the demo right now and give the game a spin! And it’s not just a shoddy 15-minute sneak peek either. Having it available to millions of Xbox Game Pass subscribers “free of charge” is a move that makes sense for Microsoft and People Can Fly/Square Enix. If the recent slew of announcements is any indication, it’ll only get better and better as time goes on! Outriders packs a lot of potential. With Outriders coming out on Day 1, Microsoft has given gamers another reason to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass - if they haven’t done so already! It’s truly the best deal in gaming. This latest instance is no different in that regard. The folks running the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account have a knack for cryptic tweets and clever announcements.

Now, none of this would’ve been taken all too seriously had Microsoft not done the exact same thing in the past. Now, on paper, this isn’t much to go by, but then you look at the official Outriders’ synopsis, and things make a lot more sense: “Humanity’s efforts to colonize the alien planet, Enoch, went astray as the expedition team encountered a massive energy storm, known as “The Anomaly,” during their search for a mysterious signal.” A very peculiar hint was dropped by the official Xbox Game Pass account on Twitter a few ago, which led to well-founded speculation on Reddit.

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