Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Introduces Day-One Soulslike Featuring Innovative Death Mechanic

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Okay, so, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate just dropped this new game, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, right on release day. That makes it the 16th new addition in July 2025. Can you believe it? And since the year started, we’ve already seen 94 new titles. Wow.

So, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, it’s this RPG from a studio in China, Lenzee Games. It’s got this whole 17th-century vibe, set just as the Ming dynasty was gasping its last breaths. Who knew amnesiac pirates could be such a thing? This pirate, Wuchang, is tangled up with some wild disease called Feathering—makes people lose it completely. Oh, they first talked about this game way back in September 2021, and it’s just now hitting Xbox Game Pass as of the end of April 2025 during the Xbox Games Showcase of June 2024. Talk about a build-up!

Someone out there on the U.S. East Coast could actually start playing it the night before the official launch—10 pm on July 23rd, to be exact. It’s on Xbox Series X/S, PC, but sorry Xbox One users, you gotta stream it with Xbox Cloud Gaming. I guess cloud gaming is the new black, or whatever shade you’d call it.

Anyway, shifting gears here—or actually, let me just pull over for a sec—there’s been this buzz that maybe, just maybe, new Xbox Game Pass tiers leaked. Oh, Microsoft’s servers apparently had something to say about that. Could be true, who knows?

Back to Wuchang… reviews are rolling in and they’re decent. Not blowing anyone away but holding their own. It’s got a 75 on some critic site, and about 70% of reviewers say, “Yeah, try it.” I’m not sure if that’s a glowing endorsement, but okay. Oh, and this unique spin on death with a Madness system—can increase your damage but also make everything harder. Then you die, and bam, evil twin shows up. Trippy stuff.

Critics are having mixed feelings though. Some say it’s old news, like seen-it-before tropes with the whole amnesiac hero who’s struggling but not really getting us emotionally, you know? And its difficulty is a toss-up, swinging between a walk in the park and impossible. But hey, maybe that’s just their problem. Difficulty is kind of like coffee strength; everyone’s got an opinion.

About that availability, if you’re not on the Xbox Game Pass Standard… tough luck. We might see it there somewhere between January and July 2026. But in the meantime, cross your fingers for the early access of Grounded 2 coming at the end of July. Oh, and I just remembered—I was thinking, isn’t it funny how some things change and yet don’t? Like, games still making us wait.

Okay, I think that pretty much covers it.