GTA 5 coming to Xbox Series X and your phone — thanks to Xbox Game Pass

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GTA 5 coming to Xbox Series 10 and your phone — thanks to Xbox Game Pass

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Get ready to pull fast-paced heists and supercar hijinks on Xbox Serial X or Xbox Serial S as GTA 5 is coming back to Xbox Game Pass on April 8.

Almost a yr ago Rockstar's latest entry in its criminal offence/modern-life parody franchise was pulled from Xbox Game Pass on the same twenty-four hours Ruddy Dead Redemption two arrived on Microsoft'southward game subscription service. But very soon GTA v will exist back on Game Laissez passer and will also exist eligible for Xbox deject streaming if you accept Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

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As it stands, both GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption two are not on Game Pass currently. The latter popped onto the service for a while concluding year but and so left it, presumably as a means to get people who enjoyed the game to pay for a permanent version in digital or physical form.

What's prompted the return of GTA five to Game Pass isn't clear only it'll be a welcome addition. In a world awash with stay-calm directives, having more games to play, specially one based around a satirical take on Los Angeles, is a boon. And GTA 5 is as well a stunning game, complete with vast amounts of things to check out, vehicles to steal, crimes to commit and large parts of the LA-like Los Santos to explore. Oh, and you can besides steal a fighter jet, which is a lot of fun.

There's a minor grab in that the version being added back to Game Pass will be the standard Xbox One version. That's an enhanced version of GTA V, which launched on the Xbox 360, only in that location'due south no hint of any Serial X or Serial S enhancements.

By default, GTA5 volition load faster thanks to the speedy SSDs in the Serial X and Series S. Merely it won't have whatsoever extra visual enhancements, though the Series X'south power could aid shine out any frame rate issues that could pop up during hectic bouts of action.

An enhanced version is coming for Microsoft'due south new game consoles, every bit well as the PS5, though, we don't expect to come across that until subsequently on in the twelvemonth.

 Xbox Game Pass boost

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Microsoft likewise revealed information technology'due south adding a clutch of other games to Game Pass from NHL 21 to cartoon-like cardboard adventure Rain on Your Parade.

And some 50 Xbox games will be available to play on Android phones via touch controls, pregnant you don't need to pair an Xbox Wireless Controller with your smartphone of choice. Xbox touch controls are available with Sea of Thieves, Gears five, Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Slay the Spire, besides every bit Minecraft Dungeons.

Furthermore, the likes of Halo: The Master Principal Collection, Gears 5, Among Us and Grounded are getting new features. The former is getting a arrange of extra content in the form of the season 6 update, while Among Us will get the Airship update, and Grounded will get a photograph mode in single-player games.

In short, Xbox Game Pass is getting better from month to month. And it's basically a must-have if you lot manage to find where to purchase an Xbox Series 10.

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Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom'southward Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes almost gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he'south also got an interest in cars. When not at his desk Roland can be found wandering around London, frequently with a await of curiosity on his face up.

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