Microsoft is adding Activision’s Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy to Xbox Game Pass on console, cloud, and PC on August 8th. Mafia: Definitive Edition is also being added to the service on August 13th. Crash Bandicoot is the latest Activision game to arrive on Game Pass, after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Diablo IV.
The Verge’s Tom Warren reported yesterday that a delay was imminent, and now it’s official: the Obsidian’s next RPG will miss 2024 and launch on February 18th, 2025, according to the Xbox X account.
We’re still waiting on official 2024 dates for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion, and Towerborne. Perhaps Microsoft will announce those during Gamescom later this month.
Xbox president Sarah Bond revealed earlier this year that a new Xbox mobile store would be launching in July. Xbox fan Klobrille discovered an Xbox mobile store webpage recently, which suggests Xbox Insiders will get access first. “Testing has begun for our browser-based mobile store,” says Kari Perez, head of Xbox communications in a statement to The Verge. “Our work is progressing well and we will have more to share in the future.”
Update: Article updated with comment from Microsoft.
I’m hearing that Obsidian is about to announce an Avowed delay. The team had been targeting a November release, but with Xbox exclusive S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 delayed to November, things are getting stacked for Xbox games in the all-important holiday season. More on the Avowed delay and Xbox employees being back under one roof in this week’s issue of Notepad.
