During Annapurna Interactive’s annual summer showcase, six indie titles have been confirmed to be making their way toXbox Game Passon day one in the near future. Over the past couple of years, renownedindie publisher Annapurnahas been holding its own indie showcases highlighting the exciting new games its partners have in the works.
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Among Annapurna’s impressive whirlwind of announcements at its recent summer showcase were six games confirmed to hit Xbox Game Pass on day one later this year and beyond. These games includeCocoon,Thirsty Suitors,Bounty Star,Ghostbike,Flock, andTo A T. One of the titles,Cocoon, is an indie puzzle game from the minds formerly behindindie hitsLimboandInside. In it, players can jump in and out of worlds represented as small orbs that they can also pick up and move around to complete intricate puzzles.Thirsty Suitors,another one of the games from the show coming to Game Pass pits protagonist Jala against her exes in a turn-based RPG adventure.
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Another Game Pass title from the showcase,Bounty Star,is a third-person mech combat action game in a similar vein toFromSoftware’sArmored Corefranchise. A mech action game such asBounty Starseems uncharacteristic for Annapurna considering the publisher’s history of toned-down, non-action, narrative-focused titles. However, it being included in Annapurna’s lineup gives promise to the game’s potential storytelling quality and farming mechanics.
A popular, previously-released title that showed face at Annapurna’s showcase was thefuturistic cat-venture gameStray. Released to positive reception last year on PC and PlayStation and even getting nominated for Game of the Year at The Game Awards,Strayis finally making its way to Xbox, though strangely not on Game Pass. A game likeStraywould’ve been a slam dunk on Game Pass, perhaps it’s waiting until closer to its August 10 Xbox release date to announce plans to hop onto the service. Nevertheless, fans of awesome indie titles on Game Pass have a lot to look forward to from Annapurna Interactive this year and into 2024.
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