New in Xbox Game Pass and EA Play: NBA 2K21, Star Wars: Squadrons, Football Manager 2021 and more
Microsoft has announced a list of games coming soon to the Xbox Game Pass and EA Play catalog. This collection focuses primarily on sports games, including NBA 2K21 and Football Manager 2021.
- Madden NFL 21 (Xbox) – Available now on EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. American football simulator. According to the developers, fans of the game are waiting for innovative improvements to the gameplay and features compared to the previous part.
- Football Manager 2021 (PC) – March 4. As the name suggests, this is a football manager. Instead of running around the field, you have to immerse yourself in charts and numbers, sign contracts, develop tactics, and develop young geeks’ potential.
- Football Manager 2021 Xbox Edition (Xbox & PC) – March 4. This is a slightly modified version of the game based on the series’s mobile version. It has an Instant Result function that allows you to jump straight to the final whistle and speed up matches.
- NBA 2K21 (Xbox) – March 4. A basketball simulator featuring high school and college championships as well as major leagues. The game features a career mode, creating a dream team in MyTeam, and various competitive modes, including network ones.
- Star Wars: Squadrons (Xbox) – Until the end of March on EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. A first-person space shooter in which players have to become the pilots of one of the Star Wars universe warships. The project has a story campaign, as well as online multiplayer modes.
- NHL 21 (Xbox) – Available in April on EA Play and Xbox Game Pass. A hockey simulator with an advanced “Pro” mode can fight its way to the superstars. In the last part, new movements, evasions, techniques, and maneuvers were added.Microsoft also revealed which games will leave the catalog on March 15:
- Alvastia Chronicles (Xbox and PC)
- Astrologaster (PC)
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (Xbox and PC)
- Kona (Xbox);
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Xbox).
