These 15+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 30 - February 3)

Including a big few days for Game Pass

by Fraser Gilbert Sat 28th Jan 2023

Welcome to your new Xbox games roundup for January 30th to February 3rd! We've got a busy few days coming up, with the likes of Deliver Us Mars and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake on the way, along with whole bunch of Xbox Game Pass titles including Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition for Xbox consoles!

Here's what's coming to Xbox next week:

New Xbox Releases (January 30 - February 3)

BackFirewall - January 30: "A first-person tragicomic adventure that takes place inside a smartphone. As the update assistant, you hold the fate of the system in your hands."

Roboquest (Game Preview) - January 30: "Be ready to dive into the futuristic world of Roboquest and help mankind find the mysterious and long-forgotten Haven-City."

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition - January 31: "Enjoy a new way to play this much-loved game on console including optimizations for playing with a controller and new tutorials to get you into the fun quickly."

Inkulinati - January 31: "Embark on an ever-changing journey, build your own bestiary, defeat medieval superstars and collect perks to unleash special powers."

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix - January 31: "This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!"

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake - January 31: "Wish-granting Mermaid’s Tears in the hands of SpongeBob and Patrick… What could possibly go wrong?"

We Were Here Forever - January 31: "You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever?"

ReactorX2 - February 1: "Navigate five sectors, solve 30 levels, and use new arm-magnet and wrench mechanics to succeed in this unique sci-fi puzzle game."

Albacete Warrior - February 1: "Embark on a bizarre martial arts adventure as a Spanish ninja and his buddy chicken! Take the role of Spanish ninja Benito, his chicken pal Pepito and his sensei Paco..."

ExitMan Deluxe - February 1: "The sky is falling! Quickly run into the gap as the ceiling comes crashing down from above."

Rhythm Sprout - February 1: "Rhythm Sprout is a handcrafted rhythm action with original music and a wacky story mode. Follow Sprout – the Chosen Onion – on his lightweight and self-aware adventure between music levels."

Deliver Us Mars - February 2: "Sequel to the award-winning Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure offering an immersive astronaut experience."

Fashion Police Squad - February 2: "Fashion Police Squad is a humorous retro FPS where you fight against fashion crime using attire enhancing weaponry."

Metal Black S-Tribute - February 2: "Collect NEWALONE to level up your beam, then release energy! The home console version of the incredible side-scrolling shooter Metal Black is back with online rankings."

Puzzle Bobble Collection - February 2: "Enjoy ports of the arcade games Puzzle Bobble 2X and Puzzle Bobble 3, as well as four home console versions released in Japan and abroad, with added original modes."

The Pathless - February 2: "From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest."

Heirs of The Kings - February 3: "When Laura, a girl who has lost her memory, is being pursued by unknown soldiers, Grant jumps into action to protect her only to find out about the danger the world is in from the Forces of Darkness and sets off on an epic journey."

Speedway Racing - February 3: "Get ready to feel the speed! In Speedway Racing, you will enjoy the fastest, most spectacular races at over 350 Km/h, avoiding multiple collisions against 20 rivals."

Xbox Game Pass Titles

Roboquest (Game Preview) (January 30)
Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition (January 31)
Inkulinati (January 31)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R (January 31)
Darkest Dungeon (February 2)
GRID Legends for Cloud (February 2)

Is there anything you're looking forward to in this list? Let us know in the comments below.

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Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.

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stvevan
Sat 28th Jan 2023

AoE2 for me.

will give inkullinate a try in future.

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TheCrafter1578
Sat 28th Jan 2023

@BBB right?! I thought I was reading the wrong article lol.

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themightyant
Sat 28th Jan 2023

The Pathless is excellent!

@BBB @TheCrafter1578 Try a few, you might just like them, that's the beauty of Game Pass. Opencritic scores

Age of Empires 2: DE - 84
Darkest Dungeon - 84
Grid Legends - 75
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ASBR - 73

Inkulinati, Roboquest are launching day 1 or don't have enough reviews yet

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awp69
Sat 28th Jan 2023

Indeed a great few days for GamePass for me. Age of Empires 2 and JoJo already know I’ll enjoy. And Inkulinati and Roboquest look good to me as well. Guess I’m lucky that I like a wide variety of games. Of course, who knows if I’ll even be finished with Hi-Fi Rise by then. GamePass is killing it! (For me)

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shoeses
Sun 29th Jan 2023

I wonder if Persona 5 Strikers and or Dancing will come to Xbox eventually now that P5R, P4G, & P3P have made their way here.

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Titntin
Sun 29th Jan 2023

@themightyant Im not sure why you quote open critic scores as if they invalidate a persons preferences?
They are indeed well rated titles, but they are also old, so its likely many of us have played the better rated ones.
Even if you wanted to play Grid Legends, you would have done so earlier as its already on the service, and for my tastes its not the kind of title that will benefit best from streaming.
Age of Empires 2 is old, and not the kind of title you buy a console to play, so its not suprising if people are not cheering in the streets to see it arrive on GP.
Given the above, its not an unreasonable slur on the service to take issue with the 'big few days for game pass' description - I scrolled up and down the article looking fir the titles that matched that description myself!

With games like HiFi Rush, GP is perfectly capable of demonstrating its own worth, im not so sure it needs 'champions' every time some states they dont want a particular batch of titles.
Theres nothing here for me and often isnt. But I appreciate anything that offers a wider diversity of titles, so I still welcome their inclusion.

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themightyant
Sun 29th Jan 2023

@BBB @Titntin Apologies guys, I was more combinative than intended. Usually I post critic scores and it's well received, the goal being if just one person plays a game due to that, then it was worth it.

Here I was trying to be more playful than aggressive - we can all sleep on games sometimes - but reading it back my tone was wrong, I wasn't trying to invalidate anyone's personal opinion. My bad.

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Titntin
Sun 29th Jan 2023

@themightyant No problem my friend, you share your thoughts on here often and its clear you are well intentioned and dont seek agro 😀 Sometimes a game doesnt appeal to all even if its a top scorer, just wanted to point that out!