Remember all those Final fantasy games that Microsoft promised in 2019 would come to the Xbox Game Pass? Another is finally about to appear. Microsoft announced this morning This one Final Fantasy XII The Age of the Zodiac goes to the Netflix-style subscription service on the console and PC on February 11th.
To make a long story short, Microsoft announced at its X019 fan event (remember those?) That almost all Final fantasy would come to the Game Pass in the next 12 months. However, the end of 2020 came and went and many of them were still missing. A spokesman reassured fans earlier this month that the lux JRPGs were still on the way, and for sure at least one of them is. Final Fantasy XII The Age of the Zodiac is one of the best indeed.
Of course, that came at the cost of Final Fantasy XV, the most recent numbered entry in the series. Kotaku writer Ashley Parrish spent a week and change marathon to complete it before leaving the Game Pass before the end of January. The service is also still missing Final Fantasy X / X-2 and the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. The dream of having everyone on the same cheap subscription service at the same time seems to be dead.
Still, there are a lot of other things coming to the Game Pass next month. Here is the complete list:
- Ghost of a Tale, February 4 (PC)
- Winter Project, February 4 (Android, console and PC)
- The falconer, February 4 (Android, console and PC)
- Final Fantasy XII The Age of the Zodiac, February 11 (console and PC)
- Evolution of the Jurassic World, February 11 (Android and console)
- Stealth Inc. 2: a clone game, February 11 (Android and console)
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood, February 11 (Android)
In the meantime, several other games on the service are receiving support for touch control so that they can be played directly on smartphones when broadcast on xCloud. Not the ideal way to play Enter Gungeon or River City Girlsbut clean, however.