Cocoon – Eurogamer’s 2023 Game of the Year – is leaving Game Pass soon. Thankfully, for those with a PlayStation, it’ll be headed to PlayStation Plus later this month.
It’s departing Microsoft’s gaming subscription service alongside Donut County, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, and Core Keeper.
As for its newfound peers coming to PlayStation Plus, Cocoon will be hanging joining the service alongside Goat Simulator 3 and Alan Wake 2 across all tiers. It’s be available to download on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Those feeling smug on the PlayStation side of the aisle should still keep a swivel on, as Psychonauts 2, Stardew Valley, and Viewfinder will soon be leaving the monthly game line-up. Users will have until 6th October to grab ’em before they are no longer offered up as part of the monthly package.
Only yesterday Game Pass had its price hiked up to $30 a month for its ultimate tier, in spite of record breaking subscription revenue last year. This’ll come with a shaken up rewards program, with users no longer able to directly redeem Rewards points for Xbox Game Pass subscriptions. This follows a price increase for Xbox hardware back in September.
In our 2023 Game of the Year feature dedicated to Cocoon, Eurogamer staff wrote: “Cocoon. Of course it’s our game of the year. Cocoon is ingenious, elegant, and thought-provoking. It’s precise, expressive, and generous. It takes game design forward even as it seems to emerge from its deep history. But more than anything, Cocoon is playful. Its puzzles, its tricks, all yield to playfulness.”
