Highlights
- Orcs Must Die! 3 joined Xbox Game Pass, marking its tenth addition in April 2024.
- Developed by Robot Entertainment, the game mixes tower defense elements with third-person shooter gameplay.
- Five more titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass before month’s end.
Xbox Game Pass members can play Orcs Must Die! 3 as part of their subscriptions starting today. This is the tenth title to reach Xbox Game Pass in April 2024, and the 51st one since the turn of the year.
Developed by Plano, Texas-based Robot Entertainment, Orcs Must Die! is a series of fantasy genre hybrids that combine elements of third-person shooters with tower defense gameplay. The first two entries in the franchise were released in the early 2010s, whereas Orcs Must Die! 3 debuted as a timed Google Stadia exclusive in July 2020 before making its way to PC and consoles a year later.
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The game has now also reached Microsoft’s subscription service, having launched as part of the Xbox Game Pass April 2024 Wave 2 lineup. As is the case with most additions to the platform, the Game Pass version of Orcs Must Die! 3 is being offered to both PC and console owners, in addition to being available via Xbox Cloud gaming. Trophy hunters will find quite a bit of content to enjoy here, as the game boasts 38 achievements worth 2,150 Gamerscore points in total.
Xbox Game Pass April 2024 Release Calendar
|
Game |
Date Added |
Genre |
Cloud |
Console |
PC |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ark: Survival Ascended |
April 1 |
Survival MMORPG |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
F1 23 |
April 2 |
Racing Sim |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
Ultimate tier only; non-cloud versions were already added in January 2024 |
|
Superhot: Mind Control Delete |
FPS |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Returning title that was last available in May 2022 |
|
|
LEGO 2K Drive |
April 3 |
Arcade Racer |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
|
|
Lil Gator Game |
April 4 |
Action Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
EA Sports PGA Tour |
Golf Sim |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
PC Game Pass and Ultimate tiers only |
|
|
Kona |
April 9 |
Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
Returning title that was last available in March 2021 |
|
Botany Manor |
Adventure Puzzler |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Day-one release |
|
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition |
April 11 |
Action Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
Harold Halibut |
April 16 |
Adventure |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Day-one release |
|
Orcs Must Die! 3 |
April 17 |
Tower Defense |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
🆕New today |
|
EA Sports NHL 24 |
April 18 |
Ice Hockey Sim |
❌ |
✅ |
❌ |
Ultimate tier only |
|
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes |
April 23 |
Action RPG |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Day-one release |
|
Another Crab’s Treasure |
April 25 |
Soulslike |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
|
|
Manor Lords |
April 26 |
RTS |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
Day-one release; Game Preview; PC Game Pass and Ultimate tiers only |
|
Have a Nice Death |
April 30 |
Roguelike |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
In terms of critical acclaim, this is another fairly highly regarded Xbox Game Pass addition, as underlined by the fact that it’s ranked in the 71st percentile of OpenCritic games. Orcs Must Die! 3 also has excellent reviews on Steam, with its player impressions being above the platform’s “Very Positive” threshold, based on nearly 9,000 ratings. Aside from a single-player campaign that’s roughly 12 hours long, Robot Entertainment’s genre hybrid also features co-op multiplayer for two players.
The addition of Orcs Must Die! 3 to the Xbox Game Pass library concludes the middle third of the platform’s April 2024 releases. Five more titles are scheduled to reach the popular subscription service before the end of the month, starting with the April 18 launch of EA Sports NHL 24. The ice hockey sim will be followed by the day-one release of Rabbit and Bear Studios’ ARPG Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes on April 23. Another day-one title is coming to Xbox Game Pass two days later in the form of Aggro Crab’s Another Crab’s Treasure, a colorful and family-friendly soulslike.
Manor Lords and Have a Nice Death are then scheduled to reach Microsoft’s on-demand game library on the 26th and 30th of the month, respectively. Meanwhile, Xbox Game Pass will also lose half a dozen titles at the tail end of April 2024.
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