Monster Hunter World and Prey headline a strong April for Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft is prepping a bumper April for Xbox Game Pass, with subscribers set to gain access to Monster Hunter World, Life is Strange 2: Episode 2, Prey, Resident Evil 5, and The Golf Club 2 over the next few weeks.

First up, on April 11th, is the wonderful Prey, Arkane Studios' 2017 reimagining of Human Head Studios' 2006 sci-fi shooter. There are aliens to imaginatively annihilate, as you'd expect, with more than a hint of survival horror to the immersive-sim-style proceedings, but the real star of the show is the setting. Like the city of Dunwall in Arkane's Dishonored series, Prey's art-deco spaceship Talos I, is virtually a character itself, and a real joy to explore.

"If the chemistry between powers, terrain variables and opponents may fall short of Arkane's best work, the setting's gravity and the charm of certain individual systems are enough to pull you through to the finish," said Edwin Evans-Thirlwell's Recommended review, "In Talos 1, Arkane has fashioned one of the greatest virtual environments, as ornate and soggy with hubris as BioShock's Rapture, yet far more open-ended."

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