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Microsoft has seemingly shared a premature confirmation thatTales of Ariseis coming toXbox Game Pass. The untimely reveal, which was promptly pulled from the web, was included in the announcement of the next wave ofXbox Game Passtitles scheduled to hit the service throughout February.
The move saw Microsoft reiterate that the culinary-themed roguelitePlateUpwould soon be added to its subscription catalog. The company also revealed half a dozen othertitles coming to Xbox Game Pass in February.
Microsoft Said Tales of Arise Is ‘Coming Soon’ to Xbox Game Pass
But one thing that caught some fans' attention was the mention ofTales of Arisein the very title of the announcement, which was originally posted on Xbox Wire. While the heading was promptly changed, acached versionof the February 6 post confirms that Microsoft has indeed name-dropped Bandai Namco’s action RPG in its coming-soon article, as originally spotted by Reddit user baiisun.
The latest entry in the almost three-decade-longTalesfranchise was released for PC and non-Nintendo consoles in September 2021.Tales of Arisereceived widespread critical acclaim, as underlined by the fact that its Metacritic Metascore currently ranges between 82 and 87 (out of 100), depending on the platform. Likewise, the Steam version of the RPG presently boasts ‘Very Positive’ reviews, based on almost 24,000 user ratings. Following some mixed messaging on the matter, Bandai Namco decided to keep supporting the game with DLC, the last of which, Beyond The Dawn, was released in November 2023.
Coincidentally, this isn’t the first piece of evidence suggesting Bandai Namco’s 2021 RPG is eyeing a spot in Microsoft’s subscription catalog. Even before the game itself hit the market, Australia-based leaker Nick “Shpeshal Nick” Bakersuggested thatTales of Arisecould launch on Xbox Game Passback in May 2021. While that prediction hasn’t come to pass, it was also made at a time when Bandai Namco was still insisting that the game wouldn’t get any DLC. The reversal of that decision could have delayed the Japanese gaming giant’s plans for an Xbox Game Pass release, assuming they existed in the first place.
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