Microsoft update: As Dusk Falls and Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels DLC are here

Microsoft owns 23 different development studios that develop video games for PC and consoles under the publisher Xbox Game Studios. Now there are new games that should provide entertainment. The interactive adventure game As Dusk Falls is available now on PC and Xbox Series X|S, and the Hot Wheels DLC for Forza Horizon 5 is on the way.

Interactive adventure entertains for six hours

As Dusk Falls is about a nuclear family that moves to a North American province. All sorts of dramatic events, including dark secrets, take place in the storyline, which lasts several decades. As an interactive adventure game, player choices can influence the plot. In addition to a single player mode, there is also a multiplayer mode with up to seven players. Each of the other players can have a say in certain things via the free Companion App. With its graphic style and jerky animations, As Dusk Falls feels like a cartoon set to music. The adventure game is being developed by British studio Interior Night, which was founded by Caroline Marchal, Heavy Rain’s lead game designer. As Dusk Falls is at no extra cost in Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass contain. Alternatively, there is also the adventure on Steam for around 30 euros to buy. In the test at Golem, the adventure game was able to entertained for about six hourseven if the graphic style is not to everyone’s taste.

In addition to the adventure game, Microsoft is also rolling out the Hot Wheels DLC for Forza Horizon 5. At the Xbox Showcase on June 12, Microsoft announced the first paid expansion that will bring Hot Wheels cars to the arcade racing game. In addition to 10 new vehicles from Hot Wheels, such as the 2021 Hennessey Venom F5, you can build your own tracks. For this purpose, the Hot Wheels Creation Kit offers 80 different components to create virtual Hot Wheels tracks. In addition, there is a separate campaign mode to become a Hot Wheels legend. Although Forze Horizon 5 is included in Xbox Game Pass at no extra cost, you will still be asked to pay for the DLC as a Game Pass subscriber.

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Collection of new Microsoft games As Dusk Falls and Forza Horizon 5:

• The interactive adventure game As Dusk Falls is now available for PC and Xbox Series X|S. All sorts of dramatic events happen in the storyline, which lasts several decades, and players can help determine fate themselves.
• With its graphic style and jerky animations, As Dusk Falls feels like a cartoon set to music. The game can be bought on Steam for around 30 euros. Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass members can play it at no extra cost.
• For Forza Horizon 5 there is now the paid DLC with 10 Hot Wheels vehicles, a separate campaign mode and the option to create your own Hot Wheels tracks. Game Pass subscribers also have to put money on the table for the DLC package, since only Forza Horizon 5 is included in the game subscription.

Sources: Microsoft, Steam, golem