Buckle Up, Xbox – Pacific Drive Launches Today with Game Pass

Attention, Breachers: Pacific Drive is now available on Xbox, and the base game is included with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass from day one.

We’re also thrilled to announce that the Whispers in the Woods expansion is launching today — bringing even more mystery, danger and anomalies to discover in the Olympic Exclusion Zone.

Welcome to the Olympic Exclusion Zone!

In a quarantined region, deep within the Pacific Northwest, surreal dangers lurk — surrounding mysteries that might have been better left alone.

Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival adventure where your car is your only companion. Keeping your trusty wood-paneled wagon running is the key to your survival in an unforgiving, unpredictable and hostile environment. Each excursion out into the wilderness brings unique and strange challenges as you restore and upgrade your car from an abandoned garage that acts as your home base. You’ll gather precious resources, craft blueprints and investigate what’s been left behind in the Zone to unravel a long-forgotten mystery, and hopefully live to tell the tale.

What’s so Exciting About Pacific Drive on Xbox?

Ever since Pacific Drive first hit the road on PlayStation and PC, one question has echoed through our community: “When is it coming to Xbox?”

From social media comments to forum threads and fan messages, the enthusiasm from Xbox players has never let up — and the team at Ironwood Studios heard every one of those requests.

Today’s launch is such a special moment. Bringing Pacific Drive to Xbox was a long-standing mission for the team here at Ironwood — a chance to open the gates of the Olympic Exclusion Zone to an entirely new group of drivers. The team couldn’t be happier to finally make that dream a reality.

With the base game available with Game Pass, there’s never been an easier way to start your journey. Whether you’re stepping into the Zone for the first time or returning to see what’s new, Ironwood can’t wait to welcome you to the driver’s seat.

What to Expect in Whispers in the Woods

Within this expansion, Xbox players will uncover a new chapter in the Zone’s story. Whispers in the Woods adds a ton of new content and several new features to the game, including:

• A new narrative arc that you can explore alongside your main campaign, revealing an Anomaly-obsessed cult lurking in the forests.
• New Anomalies and environmental twists shake up what you thought you knew about the Zone.
• Artifacts — objects with strange, unpredictable effects (some helpful, some perilous) that force you to constantly adapt your driving and strategies.
• A whole new explorable map with a new forest region roughly one-third the size of the base world — plus hours of additional content for veterans and newcomers alike.

This expansion is our most ambitious update so far, and we’re so excited Xbox players get their hands on it at the same time as everyone else.

Ready to Drive?

If you’ve got Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium or PC Game Pass, Pacific Drive is already yours. Fire up your Xbox, hop into the driver’s seat, and see what the Olympic Exclusion Zone has in store for you.

Xbox players — thank you for joining us on this surreal journey. We can’t wait to see what you uncover out there.

Pacific Drive

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Pacific Drive is a first-person driving survival game with your car as your only companion. Navigate a surreal reimagining of the Pacific Northwest, and face supernatural dangers as you venture into the Olympic Exclusion Zone. Each excursion into the wilderness brings unique and strange challenges as you restore and upgrade your car from an abandoned garage that acts as your home base. Gather precious resources and investigate what’s been left behind in the Zone; unravel a long-forgotten mystery while learning exactly what it takes to survive in this unpredictable, hostile environment. DRIVE TO SURVIVE It’s you and your station wagon against an unforgiving, vicious world. It’ll take more than a fresh set of tires to keep you alive, on and off the road. Your faithful wagon can be upgraded and reinforced to protect you, but the car is going to take a beating. Keep your gas tank filled and your panels intact to withstand the radiation permeating the Zone. You’ll be pushed to your limit – making repairs on the fly, scavenging materials wherever you can, and adapting your rolling fortress to tackle the many life-threatening dangers that lurk in the shadows. INVESTIGATE THE ZONE The experimental leftovers of the secretive ARDA organization remain scattered across the Zone, and finding answers won’t be easy. Everywhere you look you’ll find anomalies, surreal forces of a twisted nature that make your journey more difficult… or more interesting. Silhouettes in the dark, rolling piles of scrap metal, and towering pillars of earth – each outing from your garage is packed with otherworldly hazards. As terrifying as those may be, nothing compares to the overwhelming power of a Zone Storm. Stomp on the gas and outrun it if you can – these rolling maelstroms rend the landscape and obliterate anything that sticks around too long. Don’t let that be you. REPEAT Check the map, pack some gear for the trip, and hit the road. Gather resources and collect data as you go, there’s all sorts of useful stuff inside the walls of the Zone. Make it back safely and use the contents of your trunk to improve your car and garage. Every time you venture out, new trials await: bizarre weather, unforgiving landscapes, and experimental remnants. The golden rule in the Zone is ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained’ — some materials can only be found in the most dangerous places. Be smart out there, and don’t waste time — it’s going to be a long haul.