'Valheim' will exclusively launch on Xbox consoles in 2023

Viking survival game Valheim will finally make its way from the Windows PC to become an exclusive console title on the Xbox. During Microsoft's Xbox Game Showcase, publisher Coffee Stain and developer Iron Gate announced that Valheim will be coming to the Xbox Game Pass for the Xbox One and Xbox Series X in early spring 2023. It will also be playable via PC Game Pass (and on the Microsoft Store) in fall 2022.

Both versions will have full cross-play support at launch when they're released so Vikings can "build, fight, and survive together"—whether you got the title on Steam, Microsoft Store, or console. Valheim is also expected to get its Mistlands update this year, which brings a new, tree-dense biome.

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Microsoft Xbox Game Pass gives unlimited access to over 100 games, debuts in Spring 2017

Ahead of Microsoft’s holiday launch of its “most powerful console ever,” Xbox gamers are in for a treat. There will be a new gaming subscription service called Xbox Game Pass. For $9.99 a month, it’ll give you access to over 100 Xbox One and backward-compatible Xbox 360 games with titles including Halo 5: Guardians, Payday 2, NBA 2K16, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and Tekken Tag 2, to name a few. The service allows for better discovery of new games and if you want to make the title yours, Xbox Game Pass members gain access to exclusive discounts from the catalog. Microsoft plans to cycle games in and out of the service for a constantly-updating library of games.

The service will be rolling out to the broader Xbox community in the spring. But at the moment select members of the Xbox Insider Program will get an Alpha Preview of it. There will only be around 20 titles there and expect it to be buggy, as this preview program is meant to work out the kinks in the service.