Summary
Xbox Game Pass Ultimatehas addedManor Lordsto its thriving content library. This is the fifth day-one release on Microsoft’s subscription service in April 2024, as well as the 56th title to reachXbox Game Pass Ultimatesince the turn of the year.
Developed by Polish studio Slavic Magic,Manor Lordsis a feature-packed strategy gamethat tasks players with growing and developing medieval fiefs. While largely envisioned as a city builder, it also incorporates real-time tactical battles into its gameplay loop. Its micromanagement elements emphasize historical accuracy and realism, offering features like a burgage plot system, half a dozen forms of 14th-century taxation, and environmental effects of civilization expansion. E.g., not rotating crops will degrade soil fertility, while most wildlife like deer will naturally migrate away from civilization.
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Ultimate tier only; non-cloud versions were already added in January 2024
Returning title that was last available in May 2022
PC Game Pass and Ultimate tiers only
Returning title that was last available in March 2021
Day-one release
Ultimate tier only
Day-one release; Game Preview; PC Game Pass and Ultimate tiers only
Slavic Magic previously said its plan is forManor Lordsto remain an early access title for approximately one year, depending on how its development progresses. The Steam version of the city builder is currently identical to the one available to PC Game Pass members as part of Microsoft’s Game Preview program. But given how the two use different executable files, it is possible that the updates for the Game Pass version ofManor Lordswill slightly lag behind their Steam counterparts. This is nothing out of the ordinary for early access titles available on both platforms;Palworldis one well-known example of an Xbox Game Pass game that normally gets updatedafter its Steam version.
Manor Lordsis the 15th title to hit Xbox Game Pass in April 2024. The service is scheduled to add one more game by month’s end, with Magic Design Studios' roguelikeHave a Nice Deathbeing set to reach its content catalog on April 30. Although surprise releases are never out of the question, they do seem to be less likely in the coming days, not least because one such unexpected debut just happened on April 25, whenXbox Game Pass Ultimate addedStar Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you’re able to play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
