Summary
Xbox Game Passhas addedNo More Heroes 3to its ever-expanding content library. This is the sixth title to reach Microsoft’s subscription service in March 2024 and the 33rd overall addition toXbox Game Passsince the turn of the year.
No More Heroesis a series of wacky hack-and-slash action adventures starring Travis Touchdown, a stereotypical otaku who gets involved in an international assassin organization after acquiring a futuristic katana. Developed by Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture, the franchise started in 2007 with a highly regarded Wii exclusive of the same name that spawned five more titles, including three spin-offs. Following a decade-long hiatus, the mainline series returned in 2021 with thecritically acclaimedNo More Heroes 3, whose Xbox version has a 77 Metascore on Metacritic, whereas its PC port boasts hundreds of “Very Positive” reviews.
Regularly priced at $39.99,No More Heroes 3is now available to Xbox Game Pass users at no extra cost as part of their monthly subscription. As is commonly the case with new additions to Microsoft’s content library, Xbox Game Pass members only get to play the base edition of Grasshopper’s humorous action game. But this version is already content-complete, as the $49.99 Digital Deluxe Edition merely comes with some extra miscellaneous goodies in the form of an artbook and soundtrack combo.
No More Heroes 3is the fourth addition to Microsoft’s subscription library in just as many days, havingreached Xbox Game Pass immediately afterControl: Ultimate Edition. The XGP catalog has also expanded to includeNBA 2K24andSpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated, in that order, since the start of the week.
At least four more titles are scheduled to reach the service before this month comes to a close, with that group comprising an early access version ofLightyear Frontier, as well asMLB The Show 24,Diablo 4, andOpen Roads. Aside fromDiablo 4, all of those remainingMarch 2024 additions to Xbox Game Passare day-one releases. But Blizzard’s action RPG is still the most high-profile arrival of the bunch, both due to its established popularity and the fact that it’s the company’s first XGP release since its blockbuster sale to Microsoft went through in October 2023.
Since the second half of March is currently looking a little backloaded in terms of new Xbox Game Pass arrivals, it is plausible that Microsoft will be adding even more titles to its subscription catalog than it has announced so far. Beyond that, no fewer than threeday-one Xbox Game Pass gameshave already been confirmed for April in the form ofBotany Manor,Manor Lords, andEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
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.
