Summary
Out of the top 10 most wishlisted games that made appearances during 2024’s summer showcases, seven of them are coming toXbox Game Passon day one, according to data revealed in a recent report. With so many highly-anticipated titles releasing on the service in the near future, this information suggests thatXbox Game Passcould finally turn the corner in the eyes of mainstream gamers and become even more of a behemoth than it already is.
After months of disparaging news and rumors surrounding the Xbox brand, Microsoft hostedan incredible Xbox Games Showcasethat revitalized interest in the platform holder’s first-party lineup. The company showed off a variety of games from all three of its major publishing arms, including Activision’sCall of Duty: Black Ops 6, Bethesda’sDoom: The Dark Ages, and Xbox Game Studios’Perfect Dark. The showcase was considerably more well-received than Sony’s May State of Play and Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest events, both of which were met with fairly lukewarm reception from gamers on social media. As such, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that games from the Xbox Games Showcase are dominating the popularity charts, as one report seems to indicate.
According to data provided by Gamesindustry.biz’s Christopher Dring, seven of the IGN Playlist app’s top 10 most wishlisted games from May 30 to June 12 are titles from the Xbox showcase that are scheduled to release on Game Pass day one. AlthoughSony’s newAstro Botgamegrabbed the number one spot on the chart, several GP releases from Microsoft and its third-party partners managed to fill up a major portion of the list. Out of those day one Game Pass titles,Doom: The Dark Ageswas the most popular, as it was the second most wishlisted game on IGN Playlist.Gears of War: E-Day, meanwhile, was a close third, withPerfect Dark,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,South of Midnight,Fable, andCall of Duty: Black Ops 6following behind it.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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State of Decay 3
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Some otherGame Pass games from the Xbox showcasedidn’t manage to make it into the top 10 chart on IGN Playlist, but did find a spot among the top 25 most wishlisted titles on the app. These games includeIndiana Jones and the Great Circle,Mixtape,Wuchang: Fallen Feathers,Avowed,Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn,Atomfall,State of Decay 3, andStalker 2. In total, from the 25 games listed in the chart, 15 of them will be on Game Pass on day one, which is a rather impressive number.
There are a lot ofgreat Xbox Game Pass gamesset to release in the near future, many of which are blockbuster titles that are already catching the attention of gaming audiences.
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 may play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
