Xbox Game Pass has released something new for the service every day this week (beginning February 13), and its latest is the day one release of Cities: Skylines Remastered. The remaster hits digital shelves today, February 15, technically making it a day one release for Xbox Game Pass. This Xbox Series X/S version comes with plenty of new features, while the standard version remains available on Xbox One.
On February 13, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers got a ten-hour free trial of Wild Hearts; on February 14, Xbox Game Pass added strategy-action RPG Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord; and, of course, today is Cities: Skylines Remastered. The service is also set to release Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition on February 16, as well as Atomic Heart on February 21, and it's possible more is revealed soon.
Cities: Skylines Remastered is available on the Xbox Series X/S consoles and Cloud. This remastered version includes 16 more buildable tiles, a quick selection tool, improved precision placements and distance indicators, updated snapping options, new environmental options like coloring and a control panel, the ability to change the time of day, a new tool that lets players impact weather and atmospheric changes like rain and fog, a new map editor, and more. What's clear is that "remastered" may be a bit of an understatement with all the new content in Cities: Skylines Remastered, plus the graphical upgrade implied by the remastered experience.
Xbox Game Pass February 2023 games may be looking scarce right now, but one of the best parts of Xbox Game Pass is how there's almost always a little something for everyone. It remains to be seen what it will add in March, but a couple of games are confirmed already. For sports fans, MLB The Show 23 will join Xbox Game Pass on March 28, while history and action RPG fans may enjoy Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty on March 3.
The constant influx of titles proves the constant refrain that Xbox Game Pass is the best value in gaming, but it has recently been revealed that game sales (particularly new titles) are hurt by day one release on Xbox Game Pass. Whether the trade-off is worth it remains behind closed doors, but many consumers wouldn't argue with the selection of games on the service.
Xbox Game Pass users get a handful of games every month.