Adorable kitties and Lara Croft join Xbox Game Pass in May 2024

Not a crossover that was to be expected

Marco Wutz | Apr 30, 2024

Microsoft

Microsoft is back with a round of Xbox Game Pass additions that’s decidedly smaller than the usual fare – which is fair. You can’t have a Palworld or Manor Lords release every month, can you?

Have A Nice Death, a darkly charming 2D action roguelike featuring the overworked character of Death as a protagonist, is the final game to join the subscription service in April 2024, being now available as part of the Xbox Game Pass library.

For May 2024, we’re looking at adorable kitties and action-packed adventures – Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is joining the fun on May 2, 2024, telling the origin story of Lara Croft. On May 9, Game Pass has another Day 1 release in store with the charming Little Kitty, Big City.

“In this open-world playground, you’re a curious little kitty with a big personality on an adventure to find your way back home,” the description reads. “Explore the city, make new friends with stray animals, wear delightful hats, and leave more than a little chaos in your wake. After all, isn’t that what cats do best?” That sounds positively adorable.

Xbox Game Pass additions in May 2024

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 2
Kona II: Brume (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 7
Little Kitty, Big City (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 9
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 14

Xbox Game Pass removals in May 2024

Eastern Exorcist (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
Eiyuden Chronicle Rising (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
Ghostlore (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
Just Cause 4 Reloaded (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
Norco (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15
Supraland Six Inches Under (Cloud, Console, PC) – May 15

Published Apr 30, 2024

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg