
Game Pass means different things to different people: a rich repository of indie games, a place to play Microsoft's AAA games on Day One, and a covert way to mainline Call of Duty into our bloodstreams. One moment you're whip-cracking fascists in the new Indiana Jones, the next you're rolling back the years with the original Diablo or SimCity 4–then, before you know it, you're sliding around Nuketown in BLOPS 6 and wondering how you got there.
You'll find games developed all over the world too, not least of all from the hotbeds of talent in East Asia. So as we cast the spotlight on that neck of the woods for Anime Month, let's dive into some of the best Game Pass titles hailing from Japan and beyond (which include the surprise return of a classic Xbox action-slasher).