{"id":278820,"date":"2026-02-03T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278820\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:06:08","slug":"februarys-xbox-game-pass-additions-include-high-on-life-2-madden-nfl-26-and-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278820\/","title":{"rendered":"February\u2019s Xbox Game Pass additions include High on Life 2, Madden NFL 26 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has revealed<\/a> the first wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for February, and it feels like there’s a bit of something for everyone this time around. Two of the titles land on the service today across the Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass tiers: Final Fantasy II (cloud, Xbox Series X\/S and PC) and Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (cloud, console, handheld and PC). Final Fantasy II is a “remodeled 2D take” on the classic 1988 RPG, while Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a wild-looking spin-off<\/a> of the main Like a Dragon series with pirates and naval combat.<\/p>\n

Madden NFL 26 is hitting Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass across cloud, console and PC on February 5, so subscribers will be able to get in a few virtual downs before the Super Bowl on Sunday at no extra cost. Paw Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship will join the Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass lineups on the same day across cloud, console, handheld and PC.<\/p>\n

On February 10, a game I’ve been looking forward to, Relooted<\/a>, joins Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on cloud, Xbox Series X\/S and PC. I really enjoyed the demo of this heist game, in which the goal is to recover African artifacts from Western museums. Two days later, you can check out BlazBlue Entropy Effect X, which is a 2D roguelite action game set in the BlazBlue universe, on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass (cloud, Xbox Series X\/S and PC).<\/p>\n

Also on February 12, Roadside Research will become available in game preview on cloud, Xbox Series X\/S and PC on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. This is a co-op (or solo) game for up to four players in which you run a gas station as a group of aliens. You’ll examine humans and try to gather as much data as you can without raising suspicion and a potential visit from the feds. The aliens\u2019 disguises, as shown in the trailer, are pretty funny.<\/p>\n

A third game is on the docket for February 12, with life sim Starsand Island arriving on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass (cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC). A day later, High on Life 2 lands on the same tiers and platforms with a whole new bunch of strange, talking weapons. That’s a day-one addition to the line up. Also on February 13, Kingdom Come Deliverance will become delivered to Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass across cloud, console and PC.<\/p>\n

On February 17, you can embrace your inner Na’vi in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, handheld and PC on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. I quite enjoyed my initial hands-on with the game<\/a>, but I haven’t jumped into the full version as yet.<\/p>\n

Last, but not least, Avowed<\/a> will join the lower Game Pass Premium tier on February 17 across cloud, Xbox Series X\/S and PC. It will do so almost exactly a year after its debut and on the same day it hits PlayStation 5 and a major update goes live<\/a>. Avowed was one of our favorite games of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft has revealed the first wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for February, and it feels like there’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80,39491],"class_list":["post-278820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology","tag-xbox-game-pass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}