Recently, Microsoft announced that it <\/span>had acquired gaming giant<\/span><\/a> Bethesda, plus all of that company\u2019s subsidiaries. This is a pretty massive deal; Bethesda is the developer and owner of a huge amount of beloved fan franchises, and seeing those franchises move to Xbox and PC exclusivity could be jarring for a lot of fans. That said, Xbox Game Pass is ludicrously good value, and the prospect of more Bethesda games appearing on the service has us extremely excited. Here are 10 Bethesda games we want to see on Xbox Game Pass.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We know that <\/span>Skyrim <\/span><\/i>has become something of a meme recently, but we still think it\u2019s a superlative open-world Western RPG. Having <\/span>Skyrim <\/span><\/i>on Game Pass would give the three people on Earth who haven\u2019t played the game a chance to experience it. Right now is the best time to do so as well, with all the patches and other fixes that have been implemented to rectify some of <\/span>Skyrim<\/span><\/i>\u2019s nastier bugs. Throw in mod support and you\u2019ve got a sure-fire winner for Game Pass.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n While many are still playing <\/span>Fallout 4<\/span><\/i>, the latest single-player game in the long-running post-apocalyptic franchise, <\/span>New Vegas <\/span><\/i>is the best game in the series for our money. Obsidian\u2019s writing pairs with Bethesda\u2019s excellent open-world gameplay to create a solid, well-crafted adventure with plenty of moral nuance. The five DLC packs for <\/span>New Vegas <\/span><\/i>range from fine to unmissable, too, so if the full version makes it onto Game Pass, we\u2019ll be over the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s true that <\/span>Dishonored 2 <\/span><\/i>does little more than iterate on the successes of its predecessor, but those successes were so great that an improved version of <\/span>Dishonored <\/span><\/i>is still welcome. The sequel sports bigger maps, more options per target, and better powers, but it\u2019s still the same <\/span>Thief<\/span><\/i>-style first-person stealth-\u2019em-up you grew to love the first time around. We\u2019d love the whole series on Xbox Game Pass, but particularly <\/span>Dishonored 2<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Easily the best of the new-era <\/span>Wolfenstein <\/span><\/i>games, <\/span>The New Order <\/span><\/i>reimagines series hero BJ Blazkowicz as a jaded, tired soldier given new hope by a scrappy resistance full of compelling, well-drawn characters. The gunplay is excellent, too, giving showcase to id Software\u2019s new engine which would make <\/span>Doom <\/span><\/i>such a runaway success just two years later. With open-ended levels, sympathetic writing, and a cheeky sense of humour, <\/span>The New Order <\/span><\/i>deserves to be experienced by everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There\u2019s something about Arkane Studios\u2019 design philosophy that leads us to adore them. Not only are the <\/span>Dishonored <\/span><\/i>games incredible, but their stab at a sci-fi immersive sim in the form of <\/span>Prey <\/span><\/i>paid massive dividends, too. It\u2019s the story of Morgan Yu, an engineer tasked with battling an alien threat aboard a sprawling space station. All of said station is, of course, open for exploration, and you\u2019re free to build Yu however you like; combat, engineering, or even psychic alien death rays are all yours to command.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n While the first <\/span>The Evil Within <\/span><\/i>was something of an ambitious mess, the sequel refined all of its ideas and presented a much more tight, focused survival horror experience. The narrative sadly still isn\u2019t much to write home about – protagonist Sebastian Castellanos is still about as appealing as a sandwich with no filling – but the gameplay has opened up a little and feels less unfairly stacked against you than in the first game. Xbox Game Pass is the perfect home for this <\/span>Resident Evil<\/span><\/i>-inspired curio.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As Lovecraft adaptations go, <\/span>Dark Corners of the Earth <\/span><\/i>isn\u2019t a particularly successful one. However, as first-person stealth shooters inspired by <\/span>Half-Life <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>System Shock <\/span><\/i>go, it\u2019s excellent. The twisty, winding level design of Innsmouth and later locations which we won\u2019t spoil make for great encounters, and although the narrative is perhaps a little too silly for Lovecraft, it has its moments. All in all, <\/span>Dark Corners of the Earth <\/span><\/i>is a fine first-person game and a great potential addition to Xbox Game Pass.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not many people remember <\/span>Wet<\/span><\/i>, we\u2019re betting. It was an over-the-top action game inspired by the grindhouse aesthetic beloved of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The gunplay was superlative, the platforming was compelling and well-crafted, and the soundtrack was quite simply brilliant. We don\u2019t think <\/span>Wet <\/span><\/i>was necessarily worth paying full price for back in 2009, but as an addition to Xbox Game Pass, it would be hard to fault this one.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Morrowind <\/span><\/i>remains the dark horse of the <\/span>Elder Scrolls <\/span><\/i>series. Nowhere near as accessible as <\/span>Oblivion <\/span><\/i>or <\/span>Skyrim<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Morrowind<\/span><\/i>\u2019s deliberate standoffishness with regards to the player gives it an organic feel that will appeal to lovers of the <\/span>Souls <\/span><\/i>games. Don\u2019t get us wrong; <\/span>Morrowind<\/span><\/i>\u2019s core systems are pretty broken, and it doesn\u2019t look great by today\u2019s standards. Still, there\u2019s a peerless open-world adventure in here waiting for anyone who\u2019s willing to overlook those issues.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We\u2019re cheating a little by including this one. <\/span>Rage 2 <\/span><\/i>is already available on Game Pass, but we\u2019re hoping it doesn\u2019t depart the service anytime soon, because we think this much-maligned open-world shooter deserves another shot. While the ancillary structures may not be much to write home about, <\/span>Rage 2 <\/span><\/i>has such incredible core gunplay that you can almost forgive its myriad issues. Xbox Game Pass is the best way to experience this flawed gem by far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, Microsoft announced that it had acquired gaming giant Bethesda, plus all of that company\u2019s subsidiaries. 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2. <\/b>Fallout: New Vegas<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
3. <\/b>Dishonored 2<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
4. <\/b>Wolfenstein: The New Order<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
5. <\/b>Prey<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
6. <\/b>The Evil Within 2<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
7. <\/b>Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
8. <\/b>Wet<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
9. <\/b>The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n
10. <\/b>Rage 2<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n