Monster Hunter: World and Prey Headed to Xbox Game Pass

Apr 10, 2019 6:34 AM PDT Monster Hunter: World, Prey, Life is Strange 2, and more!

by Adam Bankhurst

April's Xbox Game Pass additions will see such big titles as Monster Hunter: World, Prey, and Life is Strange 2: Episode 2 join the ever expanding list of games available for subscribers to Microsoft's service.

Announced by Xbox Wire, these games will become available on Xbox Game Pass throughout April and will be released in the following order;

Monster Hunter: World, in particular, is a huge addition for Xbox Game Pass as it is an expansive game with a ton of content. Potentially most importantly, however, is that it contains a huge multiplayer component that will hopefully see a ton of new hunters banding together to take down giant monsters.

Microsoft also previously mentioned that player bases for older games put on the service increase by 6 times on average, which bodes well for Capcom's game.

In our review of Monster Hunter: World, we said, "bold and newly beautiful, Monster Hunter: World demands to be played on its own terms and rewards you with an amazing RPG."

This addition will also allow players to get ready for its upcoming expansion, Iceborne, which arrives this Autumn and includes a new story and "new quest ranks, locales, monsters, moves and equipment."

Prey is another beloved title from Arkane Studios and Bethesda Softworks and, in our review, we said "Prey’s curious alternate-history universe, intriguing sidequests, hidden threats, and detailed environmental storytelling make Talos I a joy to explore."

These titles join Minecraft, which was just added last week, and others like Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Crackdown 3, which were both added in February.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer who is begging all to try Monster Hunter: World as he thinks it's one of the best games of this generation. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.

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