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\nSurprise! Dead Island 2 has popped up as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, despite not being listed by Microsoft when it revealed a list of late February Xbox Game Pass titles<\/a> earlier this week. <\/p>\n

\nDead Island 2 publisher Plaion has now confirmed the news, though in a blog post<\/a> noted the game was “for Ultimate members”. [UPDATE:<\/strong> Plaion has now confirmed to Eurogamer this was an error, and is available on console for Ultimate and standard Console subscribers.] Users have noted that the game’s PC version was not added to Game Pass for PC.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe unexpected addition to Game Pass follows a free weekend of access to Dead Island 2 via Xbox’s “Free Play Days” promotion last week.\n<\/p>\n

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Surprise! Dead Island 2 has popped up as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, despite not being listed by Microsoft when it revealed a list of late February Xbox Game Pass titles earlier this week. Dead Island 2 publisher Plaion has now confirmed the news, though in a blog post noted the game was “for Ultimate members”. [UPDATE: Plaion has now confirmed to Eurogamer this was an error, and is available on console for Ultimate and standard Console subscribers.] Users have noted that the game’s PC version was not added to Game Pass for PC. The unexpected addition to Game Pass follows a free weekend of access to Dead Island 2 via Xbox’s “Free Play Days” promotion last week. 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