Xbox Game Pass - Timeline
Thursday15th Feb 2024
News Xbox President's Reported Message To Employees: 'Every Screen Is An Xbox'
Striving to be the top "cross-platform gaming company"
During the same supposed Xbox town hall meeting last week, Xbox's new president Sarah Bond reportedly shared the message that "every screen is an Xbox". Inverse journalist Shannon Liao claims to have confirmed this with "multiple Microsoft employees" who attended the virtual town hall on...
News Forza Motorsport Update 5 Out Today, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
A new track and much more has arrived
Following Update 4 for Forza Motorsport in January, Turn 10 Studios has now rolled out Update 5 which includes new content, features, events and various improvements. The highlight is the new track: Nürburgring Nordschleife: Standalone Nordschleife and Full Circuit (GP combined). Apart from this, you can look...
Wednesday14th Feb 2024
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 14)
A Valentine's ritual awaits
Xbox has brought us a lovely Valentine's present today! Okay, it's perhaps not the most romantic gift we've ever received, but nevertheless, you can now go hands-on with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night with an Xbox Game Pass subscription. This Castlevania-inspired adventure is a few years old at this point, but it's...
Tuesday13th Feb 2024
News Xbox Unveils Free 'Dune Expansion' For Microsoft Flight Simulator
Start playing today!
The incredible Microsoft Flight Simulator is being taken to new heights once again today with the arrival of a free Dune Expansion across Xbox and PC! This also marks the first time the game has left Planet Earth since its 2020 debut. In this Dune Expansion, you'll take to the cockpit of the Royal Atreides Ornithopter across...
News Resident Evil 3 Kicks Off A Busy Few Days For Xbox Game Pass
Let the horror commence
Today marks one of the biggest Xbox Game Pass drops for February 2024 in the form of Resident Evil 3, which has already arrived for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming over the past few hours. We waxed lyrical about this one last week, praising its action-oriented experience despite al
Monday12th Feb 2024
Reminder Xbox Game Pass Is Losing Two Games This Week (February 15)
"Lead your civilization into a golden age"
It's time for another new week in the world of Xbox, and we want to remind you of two Xbox Game Pass titles that are leaving the service in just a few days' time - one for console and PC, and one just for PC. The big departure here is arguably Opus: Echo of Starsong, which is definitely worth downloading...
Sunday11th Feb 2024
Interview PlateUp! Dev Talks About 'The Benefits' Of Being Included In Xbox Game Pass
"Game Pass seemed the natural fit - and thankfully Microsoft agreed"
This week marks PlateUp!'s console release after months of 'Overwhelmingly Positive' feedback on PC platform Steam, and the title is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one. With those hugely positive ratings in mind, we sat down with the team behind this cooking-sim roguelite to see...
Saturday10th Feb 2024
News Three Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In March 2024 So Far
With a lot more to come as well!
It's always around this time of the month that we look ahead to some future Xbox Game Pass additions, and even though it's early, we've already got three exciting new Game Pass titles to look forward to in March 2024! Two of them are dropping on the same day in the form of Lightyear Frontier and MLB The Show 24,...
News Xbox Supposedly 'Very Surprised' At The Extent Of The Latest Rumours
Apparently not much is "set in stone"
Rumours about Xbox's future have been circulating online recently, with the company to directly address this in a "business update event" early next week. There have been some pretty wild claims so far, but apparently, nothing is "set in stone" according to Insider Gaming's owner Tom Henderson. He has been...
Friday9th Feb 2024
News Multiple Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Titles Are Playable On PC This Week
A sneak peak ahead of their XGP arrivals
We've got a whole bunch of great games listed for release on Xbox Game Pass in 2024, and if you want to try a few of them ahead of time, you can do that this week courtesy of the "Steam Next Fest" on PC. This is a special Steam promotion in which over 1000 upcoming games have received special free demos, and...
News Xbox Game Pass Locks In Another Three New Releases For This Year
Arriving in February, April and "Winter"
We've had a lot of games sitting in the "TBD" section of our Xbox Game Pass 2024 guide for ages now, but two of them have received brand-new release windows this week - in the form of Botany Manor and Magical Delicacy. The former is a puzzle-exploration game that was previously confirmed for spring and now...
Thursday8th Feb 2024
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In February 2024
The full list of confirmed games so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in February 2024? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in January, as well...
News Persona 3 Reload Is Officially The Fastest-Selling Game In Atlus History
Despite being included with Xbox Game Pass
The fantastic Persona 3 Reload made its debut on Xbox Game Pass as a day one launch title earlier this month, but even despite its inclusion, it's ended up being the fastest-selling game in Atlus history! The news was announced earlier today, where it was confirmed that the game had surpassed "one million...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (February 8-11)
Three games to dig into this weekend
Xbox Free Play Days is back once again for the next few days, and it includes some great games that are free to try (for Game Pass members) from February 8th to February 11th across Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The slight exception to the rule here is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which is...
News Forza Motorsport Update 6 Changing 'Car Progression' Next Month
A response to community feedback
Forza Motorsport has received multiple updates since racing onto Xbox last October, and in the latest announcement, it's looking toward Update 6 launching in March 2024 and changing how car progression works. In brief, this new update will give players "freedom" to equip the parts they want to install, regardless of...
Wednesday7th Feb 2024
News 'Hauntii' Is Bringing Its Cosy, Ghostly Adventure To Xbox Game Pass In 2024
"Play as Hauntii, a naive but brave ghost on a relentless quest for answers"
We have another Xbox Game Pass announcement that's floated our way today, folks! Hauntii, the upcoming ghostly adventure from 'Moonloop Games' is officially launching day one in the Game Pass library. You can check out the team's Game Pass announcement trailer up above,...
News Lies Of P x Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Content Comes To Xbox Game Pass Next Week
Souls-like standouts
Last September, two Xbox Game Pass titans combined forces when a chunk of Lies of P content was added to Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty - and now the favour is being repaid. Starting next week,
News Tales Of Arise Mysteriously Disappears From February's Xbox Game Pass Lineup
Wonder what happened there?
Yesterday, Microsoft delivered our latest Xbox Game Pass roundup - and a weird error occurred as the team announced what was coming in the first half of February. While the lineup is looking nice through February 20th, it could have been even better as Tales of Arise was initially listed as well before being removed!...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 7)
All aboard!
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update for February 2024! Two more games are now available in the library; action RPG Anuchard and the deep, realistic simulator Train Sim World 4. Now, technically Anuchard was added the library yesterday, but there's been
Tuesday6th Feb 2024
Feature Capcom Is Bringing An Action-Oriented Resident Evil Experience To Xbox Game Pass This Month
Collect your STARS
Today's Xbox Game Pass update brought news that another Resident Evil title is coming to the library in the form of Resident Evil 3 - and this one is for the action fans out there. While January's addition of Resident Evil 2 presented Capcom's m
News These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (February 6-20)
Update: Now official!
Update: Microsoft has now confirmed these XGP titles, as well as adding a few more to the lineup! We've updated the table below with all the official games coming soon to Xbox Game Pass. Strangely, Tales of Arise was also mentioned as coming to Xbox Game Pass by Microsoft, but was later removed and mentioned as an "incorrect...
Monday5th Feb 2024
Talking Point Are You Still Playing Forza Motorsport On Xbox Game Pass?
Nürburgring Nordschleife is tempting us back
We were fairly impressed with Forza Motorsport when it launched on Xbox Series X|S late last year as a big-old reboot for the Forza franchise. Sure, it didn't quite feel feature-complete, and we were missing some key courses, but the racing felt fantastic and it seemed like another solid addition to Xbox...
News Palworld Server Costs May Explain Why Xbox Is Helping Out With Pocketpair's Game Pass Hit
"We’re providing support to enable dedicated servers"
Last week, Xbox provided an update on the mega-successful Palworld and how the team was helping out with the Game Pass phenomenon - and a new post from the developer's CEO explains why this may be necessary. Taking to Twitter, Pocketpair's Takuro Mizobe joked about the server costs for...
Saturday3rd Feb 2024
Talking Point How Important Is EA Play To You On Xbox Game Pass?
Would you be sad if it went away?
Believe it or not, it's now been over three years since EA Play was added to Xbox Game Pass for Ultimate (and later PC) members. The partnership was announced alongside the launch of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S in November 2020, and since then we've seen some truly amazing EA titles join the Game Pass...
News Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In March 2024
Some early predictions!
What's leaving Xbox Game Pass in March 2024? Well, Microsoft hasn't confirmed anything just yet, but based on some games that were added to the service this time last year, we can at least make a few predictions ahead of time. We know that a lot of Xbox users want more advance notice of games leaving Xbox Game Pass, but...
News Avowed Will Have Multiple Endings, Unsurprisingly
"I mean it's an Obsidian game"
Player choice in Obsidian's games has played a huge role over the years, and in the company's upcoming first-person fantasy RPG Avowed, it will be no different. Just in case you have been wondering how much freedom you'll have, the game director Carrie Patel recently confirmed how Avowed would have multiple endings...
News Rumours Resurface About Xbox Shadow Drop 'Hi-Fi RUSH' Releasing On More Platforms
A new datamine has been discovered
Update [Sat 3rd Feb, 2024 07:05 GMT]: The Verge's senior editor Tom Warren has seemingly doubled down on his belief Hi-Fi RUSH will be coming to other platforms - reminding social media how the latest update for the game already promotes platform-exclusive shirts... Original article [Fri 2nd Feb, 2024 02:15...
Friday2nd Feb 2024
Pick One What Was Your Favourite Xbox Game Pass Game In January 2024?
AC Valhalla? Palworld? Resident Evil 2? Tell us!
Well, what a crazy month January 2024 ended up being for Xbox Game Pass! As we came into the new year, it looked like it'd be a quiet few weeks for the service, but it ended up being bigger than we ever could have expected. The main reason for that was the launch of Palworld on January 19th, which...
News 'Excellent' JRPG Persona 3 Reload Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (February 2)
Starting off the month in style!
January is officially over and that means we can start looking ahead to February, and what's to come for Xbox fans this month. Game Pass is always a good place to start, and, well - this ain't a bad game to kick off the month, is it! Persona 3 Reload joins the library today as Atlus brings yet another of its famous...
News Two Games Will Leave Xbox Game Pass In Early February 2024
The first batch of departures for February
Microsoft has revealed the first two games leaving Xbox Game Pass in February 2024, with one of them departing on both console and PC (Opus: Echo of Starsong), while the other is a PC exclusive (Galactic Civilizations 3). There's every chance we could learn of more upcoming removals over the next few days,...
