Xbox Game Pass News (Page 4)
News 'Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody' Says Xbox Exec Defending Game Pass Changes
"We're listening to the feedback of players..."
It's safe to say that yesterday's Game Pass changes haven't exactly gone down well with Xbox fans, particularly that huge price increase for Ultimate subscribers - and now we've spotted some Microsoft exec quotes that dropped alongside those changes, including a mention that the team is "listening to...
News Xbox Users Seeing Game Pass Dashboard Ad That Mentions Price Hike & New Benefits
And a new date existing subscribers might find useful
Yesterday, Microsoft dropped some megaton news with its complete overhaul of Xbox Game Pass, and literally the day after this big switch happened, folks are beginning to see new pop-up dashboard ads that give an overview of the service's price and feature changes. As first spotted by Tom Warren...
Guide How To Download The Black Ops 7 Beta On Xbox
It's not as simple as you might think!
So, the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta kicks into gear later today - and we've detailed all of the release times, rewards, content included and other information in our full BO7 beta guide. However, pre-loads are now live, and that brings us on to installing the beta on Xbox. As has become the norm with Call...
News Three Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Early October 2025
Update: Microsoft says it's just three rather than four
Microsoft has just quietly revealed the next batch of four games set to leave Xbox Game Pass in early October, with all of them showing on the official Xbox mobile app as of this morning. The highlight for us is probably Cocoon, which is a great puzzle adventure title that you should...
Poll What Are Your Plans For Xbox Game Pass After This Week's News?
Signing up? Changing tiers? Cancelling? Tell us!
In case you've been living under a rock, Microsoft dropped a huge Xbox Game Pass overhaul yesterday which involved new tiers, new names, new games and new price changes, and it's fair to say the overall reception hasn't been great. The reason for the negativity stems from the price increases, which...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (October 2-5)
Update: Ready or Not has been removed
Welcome to another round of Xbox Free Play Days! Microsoft is keeping the program running as part of its fresh Xbox Game Pass plans - and they're kicking off this new era with a big week of free games to try. Mega-popular shooter Ready Or Not is definitely the headline act here; VOID Intera
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Expands With 'Unlimited' Usage & Special Perks For Game Pass Members
The higher the tier, the better the service
In the midst of all the craziness about new tiers, price changes and a bunch of new games for Xbox Game Pass, you may have missed that Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting some significant improvements across all tiers of the service. Firstly, Xbox Cloud Gaming will now be available in "unlimited" fashion to...
News Xbox Reveals New Conversion Rates For Game Pass Premium & Ultimate
Here's a look
With Xbox announcing an overhaul to Game Pass today which involves new tiers and prices, there's inevitably been a change to the conversion rates that apply when you jump from one tier of the service to another. These conversion rates have often proved popular as a method for buying cheap memberships and converting to a higher tier,...
News Here's A Breakdown Of All The New Prices For Xbox Game Pass As Of October 2025
Specifically the UK, US, Canada, Europe and Australian prices
You've probably already heard today that Xbox Game Pass is getting a major overhaul with new names, games and price changes, and it's that last bit we want to highlight in this article specifically - what's changing, and by how much? As we've mentioned, Xbox Game Pass Essential and...
News Xbox Game Pass Is Getting A Major Overhaul With New Names, Games & Price Changes
Say hello to "Essential, Premium, and Ultimate"
Microsoft is announcing today that Xbox Game Pass is getting a major overhaul, with the service now being split into "Essential", "Premium" and "Ultimate" tiers. In the process, we're getting new games and some price changes. Essential is now the new name for Xbox Game Pass Core, and it's the...
Guide Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Beta: Release Date, Launch Times & Game Pass Early Access Details
Everything you need to know
The Black Ops 7 beta is upon us! Yep, ahead of the next Call of Duty worldwide launch on November 14th, developer Treyarch is unleashing a pretty extensive free beta for the game across all platforms this month. Xbox Game Pass users get benefits relating to this beta as well, and there are a selection of rewards you can...
News Grounded 2 Gets Its First Major Update On Xbox Game Pass
Say hello to our hairy and scary friend
Obsidian Entertainment has just dropped its first major content update for Grounded 2 in early access, and this one is for you fans of our eight-legged friends out there. The team's new 'Hair and Scary' update introduces AXL; the "giant tarantula boss" who's made made their way into Brookhollow Park this...
News Xbox Rewards Is Buffing Its Points In Some Cases, And Nerfing Them In Others
Xbox Game Pass users getting the biggest benefits
A new month has kicked off for Microsoft and Xbox Rewards, and alongside the news that Xbox Game Pass redemptions are apparently being taken away from the service soon, people are noticing that the points have been buffed for the Xbox Rewards service specifically! This seems to apply to various...
News Microsoft Rewards Set To Remove 'Direct' Xbox Game Pass Redemptions From October 1st
Update: Now in effect
It feels like we're getting a lot of Microsoft Rewards news at the moment, and this is a particularly interesting development - various MS Rewards users are getting told that direct Xbox Game Pass redemptions are about to end! They're seeing this when going to the standard Microsoft Rewards dashboard on a browser, but it's...
News Three New Games Confirmed For PC Game Pass Over The Next Few Months
Starting mid-October!
Xbox has quietly announced a small batch of new additions to its PC Game Pass library recently, with the first of these coinciding with the ROG Xbox Ally release on October 16th! We haven't heard much chatter about these online thus far, so we thought we'd gather up all of these recent announcements down below and let you know...
News Microsoft Adds Xbox 360 Title To Game Pass Today (September 30)
Featuring Lara Croft
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass update! We have a bit of a strange one today, in that Microsoft and Square Enix are bringing 2010's Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light to the library, more than 15 years after its initial release. Due to the age of this Tomb Raider spin-off, the console version of the game is actually an...
News Four New Games Added To Xbox Retro Classics In September 2025
More classics to play on Game Pass!
In today's overview of the Xbox September Update, Microsoft has detailed four new additions to its Retro Classics library, following the seven games that were added in August 2025. Although this a slightly shorter list than what we've become used to since
News Xbox Game Pass Adds First-Party Game To 'Leaving Soon' Section, But Don't Panic
Update: It's since been removed
If you've woken up today and checked your Xbox app to see that a first-party game is leaving Xbox Game Pass soon, don't worry! This is almost certainly just an error, and we're assuming Microsoft will fix it in the very near future. The game in question is Age of Mythology: Retold, which is showing up alongside all...
Guide Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In October 2025
All the confirmed reveals so far
Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in October 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in October 2025. Here's a...
News Ubisoft Might Be Bringing Prince Of Persia To Xbox Game Pass Soon
Bring it on!
In the midst of all the Tokyo Game Show craziness that was happening yesterday, there was a strange addition to the PC Game Pass lineup in the form of a Prince of Persia title, although it didn't actually work when it was added. The game in question is Ubisoft's excellent Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and you can see some examples...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 25)
Your latest roundup of new titles
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, we have two full additions to the main Game Pass Ultimate library, including Square Enix action-RPG Visions of Mana. We also got a surprise PC addition during today's Tokyo Game Show broadcast, but it's technically a free-to-play game, with its Game Pass in
News Three Games Announced For Game Pass At Xbox TGS 2025 Showcase
Although one of them kinda doesn't make sense
Today's Xbox showcase at Tokyo Game Show 2025 is in the books, and although we saw seven Xbox Game Pass titles during the event, only three of them were games with brand-new release date announcements. We've heard about one of those before - Winter Burrow - which finally now has a release date in...
News Forza Horizon 6 Heads To Japan In 2026, Day One On Xbox Game Pass
Your first look at the new Forza title!
It's real! After weeks and weeks of rumours that Forza Horizon 6 was going to be announced at Tokyo Game Show 2025, it's happened - and yep, we're going to be cruising around open-world Japan next year on Xbox Game Pass. You can get your first glimpse at Xbox's upcoming racer via t
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 25-28)
Come try out some free Xbox titles!
Free Play Days is here, and it's a big one this week! To coincide with Tokyo Game Show 2025, Microsoft has added six Xbox titles to Free Play Days, including a batch of quite recent releases. Here's your full Xbox Free Play Days selection this weekend: Bassmaster Fishing Diablo 4 Dungeons 3
News Ampere Analysis: Xbox Users Play More Games, But For A Shorter Amount Of Time
Compared to Steam & PlayStation players
A fresh set of data from Ampere Analysis this week gives us some new insight into how players across Xbox, PlayStation and PC interact with their games - and the results are interesting if somewhat predictable. The headline here is that Xbox users play more games on average than those across Steam and...
News Rematch Season 1 Kicks Off With New 3v3 Mode, Crossplay & More On Xbox Game Pass
And a free trial if you don't have Game Pass
Rematch has officially kicked off its first season since launching on Xbox Game Pass back in June, and Season 1 brings loads of new features with it, along with 20% discount on the Xbox Store and an upcoming free trial. One of the big new things they've added for Season 1 is a much-requested 3v3 ranked...
News Microsoft Has Made Its 'Largest Investment' In Xbox Game Pass Ever This Year
"This year marks our largest investment in Game Pass to date"
In a new interview with outlet Eurogamer, ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla says that Microsoft has made its "largest investment in Game Pass to date" in 2025 so far. Further elaborating on the point that this has been a big year for Game Pass, Charla added that Xbox has "signed deals with m
News Two Games Are Available Early This Week With Xbox Game Pass (September 22-23)
Arriving today and tomorrow
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, we're going to highlight two titles coming to the library over the next two days - starting today with the PC-only addition of Endless Legend 2. Here's some more information on that title, along with what's coming to the service tomorrow for console and PC: Endless...
News Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Is Getting Huge Praise On Xbox Game Pass & PC
"Vampire Survivors is no longer the king of the genre."
This week has brought us the release of multiple Xbox Game Pass titles, including one that might go under the radar for many people in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - to be honest, we've kinda overlooked it over the past few days as well. However, this game is getting seriously good feedback so...
News Little Rocket Lab Is A Timed Xbox Exclusive Coming To Game Pass This October
"Are you ready to roll up your sleeves?"
We've already talked about the stacked list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in October 2025, and a couple more have actually been added since we did that - including Little Rocket Lab which officially arrives on October 7th, 2025. This game sees you playing as an aspiring engineer who wants to complete...
News Here's Some Direct Gameplay From Double Fine's New Xbox Exclusive Keeper
The Psychonauts team is back!
Since Double Fine's surprise reveal of Keeper this summer, the team has been keeping the finer details of its new title quite close to its chest - but we've got some fresh gameplay on the upcoming Xbox exclusive this week. First off, roughly three minutes of direct feed gameplay are viewable up above; no commentary or...
News Hades Returns To Xbox Game Pass Today (September 19)
Ahead of the upcoming sequel
Say hello to your latest Xbox Game Pass addition! Today, Supergiant's mega-hit Hades returns to the library to mark its fifth anniversary - with Hades 2's Xbox release potentially coming in 2026. To get yourself back up to speed with the first Hades, here's a quick summary of this Xbox indie hit - and
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 18-21)
Free trials on Xbox
Microsoft has revealed its Free Play Days lineup for the coming weekend, with four Xbox titles playable across Xbox One and Series X|S. Here's the full Free Play Days list this week: Matchpoint Tennis Championships Ship of Fools SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada Townscaper This week, Matchpoint and Synduality are avai
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 18)
Two new additions to the main library
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, Microsoft is bringing two games to the service, including the long-awaited console debut of strategy hit Frostpunk 2. Before we fully detail those two additions down below, Game Pass Ultimate players also have access to an EA Play bonus today. The free...
News How To Download The Free EA Sports FC 26 Trial With EA Play & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
It'll be available earlier than expected!
We've got a big 10-hour Xbox Game Pass Ultimate trial coming our way this week in the form of EA Sports FC 26, and the good news is that it's starting earlier than expected - it's been pushed ahead by one day according to EA. The official release date for the EA Sports FC 26 free trial is Thursday,...
News Four Games Are Available Across Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & Standard Today (September 17)
Both libraries are growing
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, we have four new additions to the service, in the form of three Game Pass Standard titles and one new Game Pass Ultimate drop. Here's what's new to Game Pass today for Standard & Ultimate players: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (XGP Standard): "In the direct...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Patch 2 Will Add New Graphics Setting On Xbox
Coming to Game Pass soon
Team Cherry has detailed Patch 2 for its Xbox Game Pass hit Hollow Knight: Silksong, which arrives shortly after Patch 1 delivered some difficulty tweaks recently across all platforms. <related ids="187621"> While Patch 2 doesn't make any more balance adjustments, it does add a new visual setting,
News Another Three Titles Are Joining Xbox Game Pass Core This October
Our first proper Core update since March
Microsoft has today announced a new batch of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass Core in October, which marks the first time the "Core" service has added some new console games since March! These are three excellent games as well, with the always-popular Disney Dreamlight Valley joining the classic simulation...
News Four Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass In Late September 2025
Just a small batch to end the month
Microsoft has just announced its latest batch of titles departing Xbox Game Pass, with four games leaving the service in late September 2025. And actually, even though Xbox classes this as four games, we'd say it's more like two. You've basically just got the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection and Terra Invicta in...
News These 13 Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass (September 17 - October 7)
Your latest roundup of new titles
Welcome to your next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles from Microsoft! We've got a bunch of new arrivals heading to the library over the next few weeks - and don't forget, RoadCraft was added to the library earlier today as well! <related ids="187919"> Before we get into the main list, Xbox has also highlighted...
News Xbox Game Pass Hit Palworld To Exit Early Access In 2026
Version 1.0 is coming
Things have gone a little quiet on the Palworld front since developer Pocketpair had its legal battles with Nintendo, but now the team has a major announcement to make: the game is leaving early access sometime in 2026. In a new developer post, Pocketpair says that it is "planning a massive update" to coincide with the game's...
News RoadCraft Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 16)
"Use your construction machinery to restart the local industry"
Our first Xbox Game Pass title of the week is about to arrive! We've seen a lot of curiosity around RoadCraft ahead of its release on the service, and now it's finally upon us for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Cloud Gaming. It'll be available across both the Xbox Game Pass...
News Six Games Are Confirmed For Xbox Game Pass In October 2025 So Far
An early look at next month
As we always do around this time of the month, we're taking a look today at what's ahead for October 2025's Xbox Game Pass selection, with six titles having been confirmed for the library next month so far. As it stands, we already know about three Xbox Game Studios titles - including Obsidian's third release of the year...
News Microsoft Rewards Might Be Ditching The 'Auto-Redeem' Offer For Xbox Game Pass
Emails have been shared by some MS Rewards members
We've got a little update to share on Microsoft Rewards today, as it's being reported that the service might be ditching the ability to auto-redeem Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass subscriptions at the end of the month. For those who aren't aware of it, the clue is in the name - auto-redeem allows...
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (September 11-14)
Included with Xbox Game Pass
Free Play Days is back for the coming weekend, and Xbox has put four games live as part of the promo this week - including two 2025 games; action-RPG Empyreal and strategy RPG Rogue Waters. Here's your full list of Xbox Free Play Days games this weekend: Bad North: Jotunn Edition (two-hour trial) Empyreal The Escap
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Dragon Age: The Veilguard On Xbox Game Pass?
You enjoying it so far?
Back at the tail-end of August, we were treated to Dragon Age: The Veilguard on Xbox Game Pass - a title that initially received great reviews on Metacritic, but has since received very mixed feedback from fans of the series. In other words, some really like this game and others really don't! Here at Pure Xbox at least, it...
News Football Manager 26 Is Officially Releasing On Xbox Game Pass This November
A major overhaul for the series
We've got a release date for Football Manager 26! It's been announced by SEGA today that the game will be coming to PC, Xbox consoles, PS5 and mobile on November 4, 2025 - with the Switch version to follow on December 4 instead. As we've already covered here at Pure Xbox,
News Halo Infinite Warpath Update Brings Back Classic Halo Reach Maps & Mode On Xbox
Invasion returns
Xbox has unveiled its latest update for Halo Infinite, this time dubbed Operation: Warpath. The latest event, which runs through October 7th, brings with it lots of multiplayer goodies - including the return of Invasion mode and some of its accompanying maps from Halo: Reach. Invasion was a multiplayer game mode that debuted way...
News Xbox Game Pass Helps Dead Island 2 To Huge Player Milestone As Dev Teases Sequel
Impressive player numbers!
Dead Island 2 developer Dambuster Studios has given us an update on how its zombie-slaying sequel is performing, whilst also teasing what's next for the now-14 year old franchise. First off, 2023's Dead Island 2 has now reached a whopping 20 million players across all platforms. The game joined console Game Pass in...
News PAW Patrol World Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (September 10)
3D platforming action on XGP
Welcome to your latest Xbox Game Pass roundup! Today, Paw Patrol World re-enters the library after a brief absence from XGP, bringing its family-friendly open world adventure to the service. This may be a family-oriented affair but it still looks like there's fun to be had with PAW Patrol World. Here's a brief...
