Summary
- Riders Republic is rumored to be coming to Xbox Game Pass soon.
- A reliable leaker claimed that Ubisoft's 2021 game will reach Microsoft's subscription content catalog on or around September 11.
- Riders Republic is one of the highest-rated open-world sports games ever made.
Xbox Game Pass will soon add Riders Republic to its ever-growing content catalog, a reliable Microsoft leaker has said. This purported release would mark Riders Republic's first-ever stint on Xbox Game Pass.
Riders Republic is an open-world extreme sports game developed by Ubisoft Annecy. It was released in late October 2021 for the latest two PlayStation and Xbox console generations and PC, as well as Google's now-defunct Stadia service.
Xbox Game Pass Already Has 5 Games Confirmed for September 2024
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Riders Republic Possibly Coming to Xbox Game Pass on September 11
Riders Republic may now be gearing up for an Xbox Game Pass debut ahead of its third anniversary. That's according to long-time Microsoft leaker eXtas1s of eXputer, who has recently taken to Twitter to report that Ubisoft's 2021 title will be added to the XGP library "very soon." Elaborating on this claim, the Spanish YouTuber said that he expects Riders Republic to reach Xbox Game Pass on September 11, while noting that its final release date may "vary a little," according to a machine translation of his social media post.
Microsoft's subscription service currently has a handful of confirmed releases for next month, including Star Trucker and Age of Mythology: Retold, which are scheduled to reach it on September 3 and September 4, respectively. Train Sim World 5 is then set to arrive on the 17th, followed by Frostpunk 2 and Ara: History Untold on the 20th and 24th, respectively. All five of these confirmed titles will be day-one releases on the service. Many more are rumored to be joining them, with eXtas1s recently reporting that Xbox Game Pass will receive 19 new titles in total throughout September 2024. The leaker also claimed that 17 of them will be day-one games, with his latest report now suggesting that Riders Republic will be one of the remaining two that won't be.
All Xbox Game Pass September 2024 Games
- September 3 - Star Trucker
- September 4 - Age of Mythology: Retold
- September 11 - Riders Republic (rumored)
- September 17 - Train Sim World 5
- September 20 - Frostpunk 2
- September 24 - Ara: History Untold
Why Riders Republic Would Be a Big Addition to Xbox Game Pass
Riders Republic would be a fairly major addition to the selection of big-budget sports games on Microsoft's subscription service. The 2021 title marked Ubisoft Annecy's second attempt at making an ambitious sports game, after the 2016 Steep. It received a markedly more positive reception than Steep, as underlined by its "Strong" OpenCritic rating, which is based on a 73% reviewer recommendation rate and a 78 aggregate score. Riders Republic thus presently enjoys the reputation as one of the highest-rated open-world sports games ever made.
If Ubisoft Annecy's latest title is indeed on its way to Xbox Game Pass on or around September 11, then its arrival is likely to be officially confirmed in a matter of days. Specifically, its purported timing indicates it will be part of the XGP September 2024 Wave 1 lineup, which is expected to be announced early next month.
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