All of the big banner Bethesda games of the modern era are heading to Game Pass, and really soon. Microsoft is doing what we all expected and making good on the promise behind that $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition. These games are some of the biggest names for what Bethesda has to offer. There are still more games that could be added, but that may have to wait for another batch of games to drop.
Xbox Game Pass already has a major library of titles from all manner of publishers, numbering well over 100. Xbox head Phil Spencer and the rest of the team have been working hard to make the future of gaming focused on bundled services. Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate being expanded are a big part of that. Every month, the gaming giant has added or removed games, and seeing a big clump like this land on the service is a pretty nice incentive.
Xbox announced the 20 games coming to Game Pass, which include the following:
- Dishonored
- Dishonored 2
- Doom
- Doom 2
- Doom 64
- Doom 3
- Doom Eternal
- Fallout New Vegas
- Fallout 4
- Fallout 76
- Prey
- Rage 2
- The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
- The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- The Evil Within
- Wolfenstein: The New Order
- Wolfenstein The Old Blood
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood
As for plans for the future, they’re a bit unclear. Spencer was quoted as saying that they’d love to bring more Bethesda games to the fore, but that may not happen. The company remains committed to delivering as many classic and modern games as they can, but gamers should not get their hopes up. But as the Xbox and its related services mature into the new console generation, things could certainly change.
“Obviously I can’t sit here and say every Bethesda game is exclusive,” Spencer said. “Because we know that’s not true. There’s contractual obligations that we’re going to see through, as we always do in every one of these instances. We have games that exist on other platforms, and we’re going to go support those games on the platforms they’re on. There’s communities of players, we love those communities and we’ll continue to invest in them.”
