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Eight games will be leaving the Game Pass catalog on October 31, including LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Deep Rock Galactic, and more. -
Gears of War: E-Day launched in early access on October 1, and Alinea Analytics estimates that the game generated about $37 million over that period. The firm says Microsoft has not confirmed the figures; the game then launched in full on October 6 for Game Pass subscribers and Standard Edition buyers, sold 230,000 copies in total. -
Xbox added three very different new releases to Game Pass on October 8: Echo Weaver, Neon Abyss 2 and Forever Ago. All three became available on Game Pass on their release day, but they are available on different platforms and included in different Game Pass tiers. -
Undead Labs studio head Philip Holt has revealed that around 25 million people have experienced the State of Decay series. The core factor in the franchise's success was the Xbox Game Pass audience. -
A solo developer has released one of the highest-rated games of the year — the metroidvania Well Dweller is out
A game about a tiny bird with a matchstick is recommended by every single critic. And you don't have to pay to try it. -
Microsoft quietly updated Game Pass Essential with two new games: No Man's Sky and theHunter: Call of the Wild. The additions appeared without any official announcement, while the Xbox Store pages provided the first clear sign that both titles had reached Microsoft's cheapest service tier. -
A new rumor suggests Microsoft could strip one of Xbox Game Pass's biggest perks: day-one access to new releases. The claim comes from ResetEra moderator Slayven, who says a broader service overhaul is on the way, though Microsoft has not confirmed any of it. -
Over 40% of people who cancelled Game Pass and PS Plus cite price as the reason — and it's not the ceiling yet
A game catalog is stopping being a winning argument. More and more, people are dropping a subscription not because there's nothing to play, but because it simply doesn't fit the budget anymore. -
Some Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers are seeing promotional monthly rates that vary by account, and the offers can be lower than the standard U.S. price. The reports first surfaced after Reddit user Synthlov3r posted that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was offered at $16.09 per month for 12 months before returning to $22.99 per month. -
TCL Smart TV owners in more than 25 countries will soon be able to stream supported Xbox games without a console or PC. Microsoft announced the partnership on September 4, 2026, saying the Xbox app will arrive on select TCL models in the coming months. -
Microsoft announced the first wave of September 2026 Game Pass updates, and Cyberpunk 2077 is among the games set to leave the service on September 15. The game will be removed from the Cloud and Console libraries, ending a run of about six months after it was added in March 2026. -
Microsoft announced the second August 2026 Game Pass wave, and the month's lineup is more notable for what is leaving than what is arriving. The games are set to leave the service on 31 August, and Microsoft also said that this month's second Game Pass wave includes only a limited number of new additions. -
Today, August 11, three new games joined Xbox Game Pass. All three are available through the Premium tier, while one of them has also been added to Ultimate and PC Game Pass. -
Microsoft has unveiled the first wave of Xbox Game Pass titles arriving this August. Subscribers can look forward to several major releases, including Beast of Reincarnation, PowerWash Simulator 2, Date Everything!, Cricket 26, Mio: Memories in Orbit, and more. On top of that, Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members will get early access to the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta later this week. -
Mike Brown, the former creative director on Forza Horizon 5, said in a MinnMax interview that Xbox Game Pass needed far more subscribers at the right price to justify the money Microsoft poured into it. -
Microsoft Reveals the Next Wave of Game Pass Titles, Including Halo: Campaign Evolved and Beast of Reincarnation
Microsoft has unveiled the second wave of games coming to XBOX Game Pass in late July and early August. Subscribers can look forward to several major day-one releases as well as a number of notable additions to the library, with Halo: Campaign Evolved and Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation standing out as the biggest highlights. -
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier says the internal backlash around Game Pass is strong enough that Xbox could eventually rethink how it uses the service, including a move away from putting new releases on day one. -
Buckshot Roulette has launched on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Microsoft PC Store, and it is available through Game Pass right away. The surprise release also means the game is now playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming, with Xbox Play Anywhere support included. -
Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft's subscription service for PC and Xbox consoles, currently counts around 30 million subscribers — significantly below both last year's numbers and the company's own projections. According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, this figure is a notable drop from the 34 million subscribers reported in 2024, and far less than Microsoft had planned for at this stage. -
State of Decay 3, the anticipated zombie action game for PC and Xbox Series X/S, faces an uncertain future on Xbox Game Pass after Undead Labs' departure from Xbox ownership. The studio is transitioning to a new, yet-unnamed owner, casting doubt on the game's previously promised subscription release.
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