December is another busy month for Xbox Game Pass with a ton of new titles arriving on console and PC. Xbox confirmed its final line-up of 2022 in a blog post, and headlining the new additions is High On Life, the ridiculously wacky shooter from Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland that arrives on December 13.

Also coming this month is a range of modern classics, however, including LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on December 6, The Walking Dead: The Final Season today, December 1, and the hardcore rhythm action game set in hell, Metal: Hellsinger on December 8. Other games confirmed for December include Hot Wheels Unleashed, Eastward, Chained Echoes, and more.

High on Life Is Available on Xbox Game Pass From December 13

The wild and wonderful new shooter from Squanch Games finally launches this month, and arrives day one on Xbox Game Pass. For those unfamiliar, the basic premise of this colourful new action game is that your guns are not only alive but incredibly foul mouthed, leaving your opponents both physically and emotionally distraught.

Everything Coming to Xbox Game Pass in December (So Far)

• Eastward (Cloud, Console, and PC) - December 1
• The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Cloud, Console, and PC) - December 1
• Totally Reliable Delivery Service (PC) - December 1
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6
• Hello Neighbor 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6
• Chained Echoes (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 8
• Metal: Hellsinger (Xbox One) – December 8
• High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 13
• Potion Craft (Console and PC) – December 13
• Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15
• Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15

Everything Leaving Xbox Game Pass in December

Leaving December 15

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Breathedge (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Firewatch (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Lake (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Neoverse (Cloud and Console)
• Race with Ryan (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (Console) EA Play
• Transformers: Battlegrounds (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Get 3-Months of Xbox Game Pass

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

December is another busy month for Xbox Game Pass with a ton of new titles arriving on console and PC. Xbox confirmed its final line-up of 2022 in a blog post, and headlining the new additions is High On Life, the ridiculously wacky shooter from Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland that arrives on December 13.

Also coming this month is a range of modern classics, however, including LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on December 6, The Walking Dead: The Final Season today, December 1, and the hardcore rhythm action game set in hell, Metal: Hellsinger on December 8. Other games confirmed for December include Hot Wheels Unleashed, Eastward, Chained Echoes, and more.

High on Life Is Available on Xbox Game Pass From December 13

The wild and wonderful new shooter from Squanch Games finally launches this month, and arrives day one on Xbox Game Pass. For those unfamiliar, the basic premise of this colourful new action game is that your guns are not only alive but incredibly foul mouthed, leaving your opponents both physically and emotionally distraught.

Everything Coming to Xbox Game Pass in December (So Far)

• Eastward (Cloud, Console, and PC) - December 1
• The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Cloud, Console, and PC) - December 1
• Totally Reliable Delivery Service (PC) - December 1
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6
• Hello Neighbor 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 6
• Chained Echoes (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 8
• Metal: Hellsinger (Xbox One) – December 8
• High On Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 13
• Potion Craft (Console and PC) – December 13
• Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15
• Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Cloud, Console, and PC) – December 15

Everything Leaving Xbox Game Pass in December

Leaving December 15

• Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Breathedge (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Firewatch (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Lake (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Neoverse (Cloud and Console)
• Race with Ryan (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rory McIlroy PGA Tour (Console) EA Play
• Transformers: Battlegrounds (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Get 3-Months of Xbox Game Pass

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Summer Game Fest is officially returning in 2023, kicking off with a live show at Los Angeles' YouTube Theater on June 8.

Thousands of tickets will be available in early 2023 for those looking to attend the live show, which promises a ton of game reveals, new trailers, and other announcements. In keeping with Summer Game Fest tradition, the show will also be streamed on YouTube and Twitch, all hosted by Geoff Keighley.

"Over the past three years, Summer Game Fest has cultivated an incredible community around the world through our digital-first events, and we’re thrilled to invite thousands of fans to experience the SGF show in-person for the first time in 2023," said Keighley.

"In keeping with tradition, we’ll have tons of exciting announcements from the developers that are pushing the games industry forward, and will once again highlight other publisher digital events, demos, and more surprises to be announced in the coming months."

Summer Game Fest's opening show in 2022 was headlined by the official PlayStation 5 reveal of The Last of Part 1, but also featured announcements from the likes of Street Fighter 6, The Callisto Protocol, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, Gotham Knights, and more.

There's currently no information on which games will be at Summer Game Fest's opening show next year, but it could include some of 2023's biggest games like Starfield, Assassin's Creed Mirage, and more.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Summer Game Fest is officially returning in 2023, kicking off with a live show at Los Angeles' YouTube Theater on June 8.

Thousands of tickets will be available in early 2023 for those looking to attend the live show, which promises a ton of game reveals, new trailers, and other announcements. In keeping with Summer Game Fest tradition, the show will also be streamed on YouTube and Twitch, all hosted by Geoff Keighley.

"Over the past three years, Summer Game Fest has cultivated an incredible community around the world through our digital-first events, and we’re thrilled to invite thousands of fans to experience the SGF show in-person for the first time in 2023," said Keighley.

"In keeping with tradition, we’ll have tons of exciting announcements from the developers that are pushing the games industry forward, and will once again highlight other publisher digital events, demos, and more surprises to be announced in the coming months."

Summer Game Fest's opening show in 2022 was headlined by the official PlayStation 5 reveal of The Last of Part 1, but also featured announcements from the likes of Street Fighter 6, The Callisto Protocol, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, Gotham Knights, and more.

There's currently no information on which games will be at Summer Game Fest's opening show next year, but it could include some of 2023's biggest games like Starfield, Assassin's Creed Mirage, and more.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

My Time at Portia developer Pathea Games has announced Let's School, a school management sim that tasks you with becoming the best headmaster you can possibly be. It is due out for PC in early 2023.

Incredibly, this project started as a prototype by one person, and then the rest of the studio loved it so much they enthusiastically got on board. “Let’s School is a bit of a departure from what the world knows us for, but after being prototyped by our producer Lanka for 18 months everyone at the studio just fell in love with the project,” brand manager Alice Zhou said. “Since then the team has grown substantially to a handful of developers and we’re been blown away by what they’ve been able to achieve. Any fans of management sims are going to get a big kick out of this one.” Check out the first trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.

In Let's School, you'll both build your house of learning and manage it. The goal is to get every student's grades up to their fullest potential so that you can earn more funding for the next school year and keep your momentum going. Pathea also says you can "choose what associations, sports meetings, morning exercises and other activities are available in-school to enrich or enrage students - all of whom have their own individual preferences and talents."

And like in any sim worth its salt, there will be random catastrophes to deal with in its story-driven campaign. Wishlist it on Steam if you're interested.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

My Time at Portia developer Pathea Games has announced Let's School, a school management sim that tasks you with becoming the best headmaster you can possibly be. It is due out for PC in early 2023.

Incredibly, this project started as a prototype by one person, and then the rest of the studio loved it so much they enthusiastically got on board. “Let’s School is a bit of a departure from what the world knows us for, but after being prototyped by our producer Lanka for 18 months everyone at the studio just fell in love with the project,” brand manager Alice Zhou said. “Since then the team has grown substantially to a handful of developers and we’re been blown away by what they’ve been able to achieve. Any fans of management sims are going to get a big kick out of this one.” Check out the first trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.

In Let's School, you'll both build your house of learning and manage it. The goal is to get every student's grades up to their fullest potential so that you can earn more funding for the next school year and keep your momentum going. Pathea also says you can "choose what associations, sports meetings, morning exercises and other activities are available in-school to enrich or enrage students - all of whom have their own individual preferences and talents."

And like in any sim worth its salt, there will be random catastrophes to deal with in its story-driven campaign. Wishlist it on Steam if you're interested.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN's executive editor of previews and host of both IGN's weekly Xbox show, Podcast Unlocked, as well as our monthly(-ish) interview show, IGN Unfiltered. He's a North Jersey guy, so it's "Taylor ham," not "pork roll." Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

The first trailer for Cocaine Bear has appeared online and it's as crazy as you can imagine.

Announced earlier this year, Cocaine Bear tells the story of a drug-fuelled rampage by a bear who snaffled a load of cocaine and, incredibly, it’s inspired by real events.

Back in September 1985, a 175lb black bear in north Georgia wolfed down an entire duffel bag full of cocaine that had been abandoned by drug smuggler Andrew Thornton. However, as far as we know, the real-life bear didn’t go on a murderous rampage afterward.

The real-life story is far sadder. Having ingested huge amounts of cocaine, the bear subsequently overdosed and was found three months later next to 40 plastic containers of the drug.

The upcoming horror-comedy is directed by Pitch Perfect star Elizabeth Banks and features Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson alongside Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, and newcomer Scott Seiss. The film also stars Ray Liotta in one of his final roles before his death earlier this year.

The trailer itself looks suitably ridiculous – featuring a CGI bear on a cocaine-fuelled rampage while local law enforcement officers look on in sheer terror, trying to make sense of it all.

Of course, it’s not the only highly anticipated bear-based horror to be released next year, following on from the even more ridiculous Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.

It’s certainly a good time for scary bears, just make sure you don’t go down to the woods next year. Cocaine Bear is set to debut in theatres on February 23, 2023.

Want to read more about upcoming off-kilter horror? Check out the first trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey as well as our list of the 25 best horror films of all time.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

The first trailer for Cocaine Bear has appeared online and it's as crazy as you can imagine.

Announced earlier this year, Cocaine Bear tells the story of a drug-fuelled rampage by a bear who snaffled a load of cocaine and, incredibly, it’s inspired by real events.

Back in September 1985, a 175lb black bear in north Georgia wolfed down an entire duffel bag full of cocaine that had been abandoned by drug smuggler Andrew Thornton. However, as far as we know, the real-life bear didn’t go on a murderous rampage afterward.

The real-life story is far sadder. Having ingested huge amounts of cocaine, the bear subsequently overdosed and was found three months later next to 40 plastic containers of the drug.

The upcoming horror-comedy is directed by Pitch Perfect star Elizabeth Banks and features Keri Russell, Margo Martindale, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson alongside Kahyun Kim, Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, and newcomer Scott Seiss. The film also stars Ray Liotta in one of his final roles before his death earlier this year.

The trailer itself looks suitably ridiculous – featuring a CGI bear on a cocaine-fuelled rampage while local law enforcement officers look on in sheer terror, trying to make sense of it all.

Of course, it’s not the only highly anticipated bear-based horror to be released next year, following on from the even more ridiculous Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.

It’s certainly a good time for scary bears, just make sure you don’t go down to the woods next year. Cocaine Bear is set to debut in theatres on February 23, 2023.

Want to read more about upcoming off-kilter horror? Check out the first trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey as well as our list of the 25 best horror films of all time.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Former The Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga is working an open world dress up RPG called Infinity Nikki.

As reported by Kotaku, Tominaga is leading the game at developer PaperGames after working as a designer on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and as director of its Expansion Pass.

Infinity Nikki has an almost Disney mixed with anime aesthetic and a core gameplay loop of exploring a colourful open world full of puzzles and platforming.

Protagonist Nikki can change outfits to perform different abilities and tasks, and as a reveal trailer (above) shows, this will include the likes of fishing, cooking, and catching bugs.

"Join Momo and Nikki as they embark on a new adventure collecting various pieces of clothing, solving puzzles, and uncovering secret areas in the world," the announcement post reads. "Dress for the occasion and equip different outfits to gain access to abilities such as fishing, insect-catching, and floating."

The Nikki franchise began on mobile with Nikki UP2U: A Dressing Story as a much simpler 2D dress up game, and has since gone on to span three further titles all on mobile. This will change with Infinity Nikki, however, which is confirmed for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC alongside Android and iOS devices. No release date or window has been shared so far.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Former The Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga is working an open world dress up RPG called Infinity Nikki.

As reported by Kotaku, Tominaga is leading the game at developer PaperGames after working as a designer on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and as director of its Expansion Pass.

Infinity Nikki has an almost Disney mixed with anime aesthetic and a core gameplay loop of exploring a colourful open world full of puzzles and platforming.

Protagonist Nikki can change outfits to perform different abilities and tasks, and as a reveal trailer (above) shows, this will include the likes of fishing, cooking, and catching bugs.

"Join Momo and Nikki as they embark on a new adventure collecting various pieces of clothing, solving puzzles, and uncovering secret areas in the world," the announcement post reads. "Dress for the occasion and equip different outfits to gain access to abilities such as fishing, insect-catching, and floating."

The Nikki franchise began on mobile with Nikki UP2U: A Dressing Story as a much simpler 2D dress up game, and has since gone on to span three further titles all on mobile. This will change with Infinity Nikki, however, which is confirmed for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC alongside Android and iOS devices. No release date or window has been shared so far.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.