Xbox Game Pass is absolutely loaded this month! Announced today by Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2187006/persona-5-the-newest-addition-to-xbox-game-pass-in-june/) and dated June 3rd, the service has been cooking up a fantastic lineup with some real headliners. **Persona 5 Royal** hits on June 9th as their major addition — this is the gorgeous 2020 version that added an entire third chapter plus extra story tidbits to what was already one of JRPG's finest since its original 2016 launch from Atlus. If you've been putting off your Persona fix or want to revisit Mementos and style points yet again, June is a perfect window!
The indie selection has some genuinely fun picks worth checking out too — **Herdling**, that incredibly meditative title where you shepherd adorable critters up mountainside terrain (which released last year), was already on Game Pass Premium but now expands to both Ultimate and PC Game Pass starting June 4th. And for sci-fi crafting fans, the upcoming **Solarpunk** arrives day one as a futuristic survival game combining deckbuilding elements with cooking mechanics — you construct buildings AND build an energy grid powered by solar/wind generation across floating islands!
Also landing on Day One is **Beastro**, which looks promising even if it's less flashy. What really struck me about this month's lineup is how thoughtfully curated the selection feels, especially for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers who get everything from blockbuster JRPGs to quirky indie gems all in one spot — no more needing separate subscriptions! I'm definitely diving into Solarpunk on release day myself; a floating island deckbuilder with cooking mechanics just sounds so damn fun.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2187006/persona-5-the-newest-addition-to-xbox-game-pass-in-june/
Also see: https://www.engadget.com/games/xbox/persona-5-royal-is-one-of-many-additions-to-xbox-game-pass-for-june
The indie selection has some genuinely fun picks worth checking out too — **Herdling**, that incredibly meditative title where you shepherd adorable critters up mountainside terrain (which released last year), was already on Game Pass Premium but now expands to both Ultimate and PC Game Pass starting June 4th. And for sci-fi crafting fans, the upcoming **Solarpunk** arrives day one as a futuristic survival game combining deckbuilding elements with cooking mechanics — you construct buildings AND build an energy grid powered by solar/wind generation across floating islands!
Also landing on Day One is **Beastro**, which looks promising even if it's less flashy. What really struck me about this month's lineup is how thoughtfully curated the selection feels, especially for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers who get everything from blockbuster JRPGs to quirky indie gems all in one spot — no more needing separate subscriptions! I'm definitely diving into Solarpunk on release day myself; a floating island deckbuilder with cooking mechanics just sounds so damn fun.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2187006/persona-5-the-newest-addition-to-xbox-game-pass-in-june/
Also see: https://www.engadget.com/games/xbox/persona-5-royal-is-one-of-many-additions-to-xbox-game-pass-for-june