Xbox Game Pass Adds Latest Entry in a Popular Series

Key Takeaways

• Xbox Game Pass adds Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, offering off-road exploration fun on varied terrain.
• September Game Pass lineup includes strategy and simulation titles, with some games leaving the service soon.
• Game Pass Ultimate subscribers get new September perks and content, including Overwatch 2 update on Sept 17.

Microsoft has added the MudRunner series spin-off title Expeditions: A MudRunner Game to Xbox Game Pass’ catalog. The subscription service provides access to hundreds of games on console, PC, and cloud with solo play or adventures with friends, and the Ultimate option lets players dive into new games on day one at no extra cost. Expeditions: A MudRunner Game is one of several titles being added to Game Pass’ September Wave 1 line-up.

Saber Interactive and Focus Home Interactive’s MudRunner series boasts simulation fun in rough, muddy terrain, joining a handful of driving games that take players off-road. Expeditions: A MudRunner Game was released on March 5, 2024, and asks players to navigate treacherous environments. However, Expeditions’ primary focus is exploration, instead of the parent series’ task of transporting cargo, and offers stunning views of Little Colorado, Arizona, and the Carpathian Mountains.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game arrived on Xbox Game Pass on September 5, and the service’s official Twitter account posted a preview to give subscribers a taste of where they’d be off-roading. Various vehicles were pictured next to a green vista, a picturesque lake, and rocky cliffs in several screenshots, and the Xbox community voted they were most excited about driving through the cliffs, in response to a Twitter poll. Off-roading fans shared their excitement to “go muddin” on the social media post, and despite Forza 5 getting a new game mode of its own in September, some Twitter users briefly thought the Expeditions post was an update for Xbox’s popular racer.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game Arrives on Xbox Game Pass

It was previously confirmed Xbox Game Pass catered to two genres in September, including three strategy games that players would have day-one access to. Age of Mythology: Retold, Frostpunk 2, and Ara: History Untold are all exciting debuts for strategy fans, and other September Game Pass titles include Riders Republic, Train Sim World 5, and Star Trucker for simulation fans. Additionally, there are a handful of titles leaving Game Pass on September 15, including FIFA 23, Slimer Rancher 2, and Payday 3.

Furthermore, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will receive new September perks, providing additional content through bundles and packs for Predecessor, Metaball, NHL 24, and MultiVersus. Additionally, Games Pass Ultimate holders should keep watch on September 17 for new Overwatch 2 content, and there’s also something for Persona 3 Reload fans when the Episode Aigis DLC launches on September 10.