Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Adds Absurd Day-One Game

Summary

Xbox Game Pass Ultimatehas addedGoat Simulator Remasteredto its content library. This is the fourth title to reach Microsoft’s subscription service since the turn of the month and the 128th newXbox Game Passrelease in 2024.

Developed by Sweden-based Coffee Stain Studios,Goat Simulatoris an absurdist sandbox game that was initially released for PC in April 2014 before making its way to mobile devices in September of that year. It was later ported to the PS3 and PS4 in 2015 and then released on the Switch in 2019. Five years later,Coffee Stain announcedGoat Simulator Remasteredfor the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

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This new and improved version of the wacky sandbox game is now out as of November 7. And like Microsoft promised back in October,Goat Simulator Remasteredis also available on Xbox Game Pass from day one. Like all the other day-one titles on the service, Coffee Stain’s latest release can be played with a PC Game Pass subscription or an XGP Ultimate membership.Goat Simulator Remasteredalso comes with Xbox Cloud Gaming support, which is an exclusive perk of XGP Ultimate.

Xbox Game Pass Now Has 3 Goat Simulator Games, But Not For Much Longer

Following this arrival, Microsoft’s subscription service now has threeGoat Simulatorgames on offer: the original, its newly added remaster, and its sequel, which is cheekily titledGoat Simulator 3rather thanGS2. But this won’t be the case for much longer, as theoriginalGoat Simulatoris already confirmed to be leaving Xbox Game Passsoon. It will do so on November 15, along withLike a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Nameand five other titles.

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Day-one release.

Its departure shouldn’t be a big loss for the XGP library, not least becauseGoat Simulator Remasteredis meant to be the definitive edition of the game. This is largely because it incorporates all of the DLC packs from the PC original, as well as some hit expansions for the mobile version of the game. “We could have sold them separately to you again, but if we’re honest, this is already a cash-grab,” reads the game’s cheeky Steam page.

We could have sold [the DLC] separately to you again, but if we’re honest, this is already a cash-grab.

The new version of the game also includes a revamped mutation menu and improvements to lighting, VFX, and animations, among other novelties.Goat Simulator Remasteredeven gets rid of Flapmaster, an infuriating achievement from the 2014 original that required players to score 10 points in an incredibly difficultFlappy Bird-inspired mini-game.