Bloodstained, Dirt Rally 2.0 headline Xbox Game Pass' latest offerings on console

Xbox Game Pass' library of titles continues to inflate like a slowly expanding balloon made of games, with Microsoft having now announced the latest titles adding heft to Xbox One's Game Pass line-up in the coming weeks - including Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Dirt Rally 2.0.

Bloodstained, which joins Xbox Game Pass on 19th September, is the spiritual successor to Konami's beloved Castlevania series, sharing a designer in the form of Koji Igarashi.

It's about as close to a new Castlevania as you could possibly hope for in 2019, and Eurogamer was impressed enough by its "charm, humour, and astonishing attention to detail" that it awarded Bloodstained a Recommended badge in its review. "Offering a meaty campaign, multiple endings and numerous side quests and collectables," wrote Vikki Blake, "Bloodstained is a perfect blend of contemporary design with old-school mechanics."

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