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Pacific Drive Shadow-Drops on Xbox with Game Pass as ‘Whispers in the Woods’ Expansion Launches

Cross-buy via Play Anywhere signals a push to broaden access through a simultaneous performance overhaul.

Overview

  • Ironwood Studios released Pacific Drive on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC with day-one availability in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass.
  • The paid Whispers in the Woods expansion is out now at $14.99 / €14.99 / £12.49, adding a new forest region about one-third the size of the base world and an 8–12 hour, fully voiced story.
  • New mechanics include Artifacts that impose risky, reality-bending effects and the Whispering Tide, a growing threat that demands specially attuned car parts to counter.
  • The Xbox version supports Xbox Play Anywhere, enabling a single purchase for play across Xbox consoles and Windows PC.
  • Update 1.11.0 (console 1.011) accompanied the launch with CPU/GPU/memory and load-time optimizations, new languages such as Ukrainian and Italian, added cosmetics and numerous fixes, with Ironwood also posting a known-issues list.