Summary
May looks like it’s going to be incredible forXbox Game Passusers, as a new batch of titles has been confirmed for the second half of the month and includes one of last year’s big Game of the Year nominees.
Xbox Game Pass has already proven itself to be one of the best deals in gamingtime and time again, but2025 has to be one of the strongest years it’s ever had. We’re not even halfway into the year, and we’ve already had mega hits likeClair Obscur: Expedition 33,The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, andDoom: The Dark Agesall join the service in the last few months.
Even discounting all of the massive games that are launching day one on Xbox Game Pass, themassive catalogue is still regularly updated with massive titles from pretty much every publisher. It’s hard to be surprised by Game Pass nowadays, but the latest wave might just make you check your calendar.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Is Joining Xbox Game Pass Seven Months After It Launched
RPG Fans Are Absolutely Feasting
Earlier today,Xbox Wire shared a new blog post detailing all of the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the next few weeksas part of the second wave of May. The biggest of these is Atlus’Metaphor Re:Fantazio(which is coming on May 29), which not only launched less than a year ago, but isalso considered one of the best RPGs in recent memory.
Metaphor was so good, in fact, that it wasactually one of the final Game of the Year nominations at The Game Awards last year. Those are some pretty big accolades (although not unexpected from the makers ofPersona), which makes it a big surprise to see it joining Xbox Game Pass already.
That being said, Atlus and Xbox did seem to have a marketing agreement for Metaphor before it launched,one that most agreed wasn’t as strong as it could have been.
Outside of Metaphor, it’s still a very strong wave of Xbox Game Pass releases.Tales of Kenzera: Zau(another TGA nominee) will be available from May 22, whileThe Division 2will be joining the catalogue on May 27. Those are the headliners, but there’s a ton of other interesting games that you can find out all about over on the Xbox Wire.
