The Xbox Game Pass Premium library has added two more titles with "Very Positive" user reviews, including Microsoft's very own South of Midnight. The new arrivals mark the ninth and tenth games to reach the middle tier of the subscription service in March 2026, bringing the total number of this year's Xbox Game Pass Premium additions to 36.
Over the course of 2025, the Premium tier of the service—which Microsoft was still calling Xbox Game Pass Standard until October 1—received 165 titles. The company has largely maintained that pace this year, with its Premium content catalog adding 16 titles in January, followed by another 10 in February.
Microsoft formally reveals the Xbox Game Pass Wave 2 lineup for March 2026, which stretches deep into April and includes some widely beloved titles.
The newest games to join the Premium-tier library are South of Midnight and The Alters, both of which arrived earlier today, March 18. South of Midnight is an award-winning action adventure developed by Microsoft's Canadian subsidiary Compulsion Games, which previously worked on We Happy Few and Contrast. Set in a world shaped by Southern Gothic folklore, the game follows Hazel as she hunts dangerous creatures drawn from mythology...
