Xbox Game Pass is teasing an upcoming title to the subscription platform with a word puzzle. Although some of the line-up for December 2022 has already been announced, it seems that Xbox Game Pass kept one reveal hidden to play a little game with the online community.
November coming to a close brings one last game to PC Game Pass as a day-one release, but thankfully a new collection of titles is soon to be ushered in. The past month saw Return to Monkey Island, the console version of Vampire Survivors, Pentiment, and more bolster the already compelling ranks of the gaming subscription service, but today gamers must sadly say goodbye to seven titles, notably popular Soulslike Mortal Shell. However, December's additions may soften the blow, which includes High On Life, Chained Echoes, and Hello Neighbor 2, each offering starkly different experiences that vary from a first-person shooter developed by a Rick and Morty co-creator, to a SNES-style role-playing game.
Curiously, one upcoming title is being teased. What started with a tweet from the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account yesterday received a follow-up today, revealing three of the twelve letters that make up the name. The original image presented a guessing game; three words, four letters each. Ninja Theory, developers of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice jokingly replied that the solution is "play hell blade," intentionally cheating for the final word. Most people decided to have fun with it, bending the rules to promote whatever game they wished it to be.
The second, eighth, and tenth letters have been revealed to be E, R, and A respectively, leading outlet PureXbox to deduce that the word puzzle could spell LEGO Star Wars, no doubt in reference to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, an action-adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales that released in April of this year. The family-friendly title has been praised for its humor, impressive graphical fidelity, and an experience much more fleshed out relative to previous LEGO games. Having sold 3.2 million copies within two weeks of its release, this would be a significant pickup for Xbox Game Pass, offering achievement hunters approximately one hundred hours of compelling collecting.
Xbox Game Pass is ostensibly well-served for the Star Wars IP, due to a deal with EA Play, Electronic Arts' service. Subscribers to Xbox Game Pass can already play third-person action-adventure Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and first-person multiplayer Star Wars: Squadrons, so LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga would be a welcome respite for fans exhausted of intense shooters and lightsaber duels.
Source: PureXbox