Outer Wilds and Mass Effect trilogy hit Game Pass Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Outer Wilds and Mass Effect Legendary Edition hit Game Pass today Space is the place News by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on Jan. 6, 2022 20 comments If you prefer Earth be but a blue marble alone in the void, two of the latest Game Pass additions might tickle your spacefancy. Microsoft's subscription service today adds BioWare's remastered Mass Effect Legendary Edition trilogy as well as the beautiful clockwork mystery Outer Wilds, which was our favourite game of 2019. The cooperative and chaotic first-person firefighting game Embr hit Game Pass today too but that has, like, gravity? So passé. Watch on YouTube First-person adventure game Outer Wilds is a beautifully intricate thing, a multifaceted mystery set across a simulated solar system which runs like clockwork within a 20-minute time loop. Chasing threads reveals a little more, then a little more, and a little more, until you have revelations which suddenly change how you understand something, leading you deeper into the mystery to chase new inquiries. Discovering and solving its secrets is a joy, and sometimes a terror. A big sense of wonder. Splendid. "Outer Wilds has more character in its handful of planetoids than No Man's Sky had in 70 squinjillion," Brendy said in our Outer Wilds review. "I have loved my time trekking across the dust or ice of these distant dirtballs, seeing the curvature on the horizon and wondering 'what's over there?' This is a solar system in miniature, full of secrets and marvels." Game Pass doesn't include the recent Outer Wilds expansion, mind. And that is a cracker, as Matthew's Echoes Of The Eye review tries to cautiously explain without spoilers. As for Mass Effect Legendary Edition, well, it's Mass Effect. The 2021 remasters of BioWare's sci-fi RPG are solid, with the first game tweaked the most. It's, you know, Mass Effect, again. I like the series but quite not enough to pay £55 for a glow-up so cool, thank you game Pass. As for Embr, it's a silly co-op game about putting out fires and saving people using water and weird gadgets. I've heard it's fun? Haven't played it. Yes, The Outer Worlds is still on Game Pass, damn its eyes. God I hope I've got through this post without using the wrong name for either game. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 22 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here