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F1 23 becomes available via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate this week as part of the game's arrival on subscription service EA Play.

Xbox Game Pass added two acclaimed horror games in the form of Resident Evil 2 and Those Who Remain to its sizable content library. This catalog expansion arrives mere days after the last Xbox Game Pass update introduced Super Mega Baseball 4 and We Happy Few.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl shared some stunning new screenshots showcasing a number of its environments, as well as its recently revised heads-up display (HUD). This latest look at the game surfaced online without much fanfare shortly after GSC Game World assured its fandom that STALKER 2 is still targeting an early 2024 release.

In October 2023, Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and by the end of the year, the latter company’s CEO had departed. Now, this will be the year where we’ll see how Activision Blizzard functions when fully integrated into Microsoft. The most immediate change for those who play games will likely be Activision Blizzard titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s subscription service.

We have a new rumor about upcoming Xbox title Contraband.

Xbox Game Pass is losing four games, including Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden, later today. The latest departures from Microsoft's subscription service are happening mere days after Xbox Game Pass added We Happy Few and Super Mega Baseball 4, the latter of which is an exclusive for its Ultimate members.

The name of Bethesda's upcoming Indiana Jones game may have leaked ahead of its grand reveal at next week's Xbox Developer Direct.

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For those who haven’t heard of the name Palworld before, this is the game that’s commonly described as ‘Pokémon with guns’ – and now it has an official EA release date of January 19, 2023. Because of this, many may be wondering if it will come to Game Pass.

Of the three first party companies in the industry, Microsoft has been the most willing to see its first party titles releasing on PlayStation and Nintendo rather than simply as Xbox exclusives, and though it’s not something that’s happened too often (or with any of its particularly major games), we could be seeing more of it this year.

Microsoft is planning to bring one of its “more acclaimed” first-party games to competing platforms this year, it’s claimed.

In a recent announcement from Microsoft, it has been officially disclosed that Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) will be bidding farewell to the Xbox Game Pass on Friday, January 5. The renowned game, which made its Game Pass debut on July 5, 2023, will conclude its six-month stint as an available title for subscribers. Unlike typical Game Pass additions, GTA 5's inclusion had lacked the customary forewarning, surprising subscribers with its unannounced arrival. Furthermore, Rockstar titles, including GTA 5, have consistently departed on dates divergent from the usual 15th or last days of the month, setting them apart from the customary removal schedule of other Game Pass offerings.

There’s little doubt that the Xbox Game Pass is the best thing to happen with Xbox consoles since, well, ever. The lineup of games that it provides often includes brand-new releases and classic titles for gamers to enjoy while they’re there. The one catch is that the games don’t always stay on the service forever, and so you have to play them while they’re available. In the case of Grand Theft Auto V, the title has been on the game pass for about six months. But as GameRant notes, it’s leaving today. So, if you’ve been enjoying the free ride, that ride is about to come to an end.

2023 was a good year for both Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, with Microsoft and Sony putting plenty of quality content on both subscription services, but with the year now behind us, which offered the best overall value? Well, the folks at The Loadout actually did the math, tallying up the value of the games added to both Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus this year, with the latter arguably coming out on top.

Xbox Game Pass users should have a lot to look forward to in 2024, and the year is kicking off with a bang, thanks to the games being added to the service in January. As a subscription model that allows access to a large playable library, Xbox Game Pass has a mix of smaller titles and major offerings for a diverse experience overall. Not every inclusion will be for everyone, but it's usually easy to find something that has some personal appeal without too much effort.

Microsoft has announced the first library update for Xbox Game Pass in 2024, with a great batch of games that includes Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the 2019 Resident Evil 2 remake, Hell Let Loose and plenty more.

Microsoft has seemingly accidentally revealed that Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition and Baldur’s Gate 2 Enhanced Edition will be making their way on to Xbox Game pass. According to TrueAchievements, notifications about the games coming to Game Pass went out to subscribers with the Xbox Game Pass app installed on their smartphones.

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The first games coming to during January 2024 have been revealed as we enter into the new year. Due to the small number of new releases over the next couple of weeks, the list consists of older games, including some that are returning to the service for another stint.

The next lineup of games arriving on Xbox Game Pass has been announced, and with highlights including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and the Resident Evil 2 remake, it’s shaping up to be a pretty bumper month for subscribers.

Microsoft added 150 games to Xbox Game Pass in 2023, the total of which was valued at over $5,000.

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early January, which includes Hell Let Loose, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, We Happy Few, and more.

It’s a new year, and Xbox is kicking off January with its first batch of new Game Pass titles for 2024. This month is headlined by the additions of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and the remake of Resident Evil 2. As always, when new games enter a few must leave, and one big departure is Grand Theft Auto V in just a couple of days. Check out the full list below and check out the links to our reviews for applicable titles.

Microsoft has announced the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2024, with Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Resident Evil 2 headlining this month's offerings.

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Microsoft has announced the first library update for Xbox Game Pass in 2024, with a great batch of games that includes Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the 2019 Resident Evil 2 remake, Hell Let Loose and plenty more.

Microsoft has revealed its first batch of Game Pass titles for January.

Resident Evil 2, one of the best horror games ever made, is coming to Xbox Game Pass later this month on January 16.

Five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass in the next two weeks, including Grand Theft Auto 5and Persona 3 Portable. 

Just six months after its much-hyped return to Xbox Game Pass, Grand Theft Auto V is set to once again drive off into the sunset.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers will see a few more games leave the subscription service. If you recall, we only received one wave of title reveals last month. Typically, Game Pass will have two waves of new games brought into the subscription service. It will also come with two waves of video games that will be removed. However, we only had one wave during December last year. Today, we’re finding out what games are on their way off the subscription service before we get the unveiling of the January 2024 first wave. 

Xbox Game Pass is going to add plenty of new games to its library in 2024, expanding the variety of choices available to anyone who subscribes to the service. Although it's impossible to say what the full scope of changes to the library will be in the coming year, a number of planned titles have already been revealed. Among these options, a select number stand out as the most exciting additions to the service.

While PlayStation and Nintendo reaped the awards with their games, Xbox players might have been the true winners in terms of savings. According to TrueAchievements, after calculating the cost of each new game on Xbox Game Pass, the total amounted to nearly $9000.

For far too long, Xbox gamers have had to say to themselves “Next year. Next year’s going to be the big one” as they hope for platform defining exclusives. It’s no secret that Microsoft’s expanding collection of game studios have struggled to produce over the last few years, but 2023 was a year that changed that in some ways.

The year is coming to a close and Microsoft may have one more surprise up its sleeve as it seems that may leave soon. Some players have received notifications that the game will be one of three due to leave the service on December 31, but only two of those have been confirmed by Microsoft.

It was, by all accounts, a strange 2023 for Xbox. Its games were all over the board, and the company itself spent most of the year embroiled in the process of getting Activision Blizzard into the figurative catcher’s mitt.

There’s little doubt that Microsoft has been trying to “figure itself out” among gamers to try and woo them over to their side. After all, even with their “big purchases,” they still don’t have the “established names” that can carry them from year to year. In fact, that’s why they made purchases like Activision Blizzard, so they could expand their roster immensely. However, one way that they’ve tried to “fight back” is through the Xbox Game Pass. They’ve used its low price to bring in developers and gamers alike. With Lies of P, the team behind it believed that it was a huge part of their success.

Larian Studios has explained why Baldur’s Gate 3 might never come to Xbox‘s Game Pass subscription service.

As we eagerly anticipate IGN’s Best Game of 2023 announcement, we as the Podcast Unlocked panel thought we’d tell you what we think is the best Xbox game of this year. After all, we talk about Xbox every single week, we use our Xbox’s constantly, and we’re fully immersed in the Xbox ecosystem. And so our group gathered, discussed, and debated. We’ll get to the winner in a bit, but first, here are the five games we settled on as nominees, listed in alphabetical order.

Many fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 were expecting the game to launch on Xbox Game Pass; Larian has now confirmed that the game is worth the price it is set at and will not be coming to the subscription service. 

Swen Vincke, the director of Baldur’s Gate 3 and CEO of Larian Studios, has spoken out about the role-playing game’s lack of Xbox Game Pass release, saying that it was a decision made «from the get-go.»

Don't expect Baldur's Gate 3 to ever come to Xbox Game Pass, as Larian boss Swen Vincke shoots down talk of the game joining a subscription service. Vincke says this was decided before launch, and his mind hasn't changed now that the game has finally been released on Xbox.

Baldur's Gate 3 will not be coming to Game Pass, even now the game is available on Xbox.

It’s the end of the year, which means we’re rolling out our nominations for the best-in-category for various different platforms and denominations here at Destructoid. Today, we’re taking a look at our list of nominees for the Best Xbox game of 2023, and it’s an interesting pack.

Xbox has been surprisingly robust with its selection of post-Black Friday offerings, and continues to overshadow the competition when it comes to next-level discounts this close to the holidays. Xbox Series X consoles are officially on sale right now, alongside Xbox controllers, and even the new Call of Duty has been discounted as well.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to offer free game streaming in exchange for advertisements. As per TweakTown, Xbox Gaming CFO Tim Stuart suggested during the recent Wells Fargo TMT Summit that to expand geographically, it would be ideal to leverage the company's xCloud service, allowing players to cloud stream games at any ‘endpoint' via a simple Game Pass Ultimate subscription. He further added, “For models like Africa, or India, Southeast Asia, maybe places that aren't console-first, you can say, ‘Hey, do you want to watch 30 seconds of an ad and then get two hours of game streaming?'”

Microsoft is considering ad-based business models for its Xbox Game Pass streaming service, according to chief financial officer Tim Stuart.

Microsoft is exploring the possibility of offering access to Xbox Game Pass in exchange for viewing advertisements.

Development veteran Hideo Kojima has partnered with Microsoft for his next title.

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Hideo Kojima has shown off a new trailer for OD, his game with Microsoft Game Studios previously known as Overdose.

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Kojima Productions is, of course, busy with Death Stranding 2’s development in collaboration with Sony, but it has other irons in the fire as well. Last year it was announced that the studio was collaborating with Microsoft on an Xbox-exclusive game, and at The Game Awards, that game was formally unveiled.

The Na’vi resistance fighter simulator is here, and like many other big-budget games, it has a big price tag to go along with it — so it’s only natural to see if Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is on Xbox Game Pass or PS Plus to save a few pennies.

Xbox Series X|S maker Microsoft has once again expressed a desire to release its membership service Game Pass on to PS5, PS4, allowing first-party titles like Starfield and Forza Motorsport to become available to a wider audience. Xbox CFO Tim Stuart made the comments during the Wells Fargo TMT Summit, stating it to be a «bit of a change of strategy».

This is a great way to check out Game Pass for cheap.

The 2023 Dead Space remake is widely regarded as one of the best games of the year, and it's now available for just $7.99 for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members (and £7.99 for those in the UK as well). That's a colossal discount for, in my opinion, one of the best games ever made. So, just to recap and ensure you're following; this is the full Dead Space Digital Deluxe Edition, not just an upgrade, but the full game + digital extras as well, for $7.99 -- 90% off the MSRP, and $72 in overall savings. Wow.

The Dead Space remake and a few other EA-published titles are now available for massively discounted prices for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Microsoft spends over $1 billion a year bringing third-party titles to Xbox Game Pass.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has revealed how much its Xbox Game Pass subscription service is costing the company, and it's a pretty penny, to say the least.

Xbox spends «over a billion dollars a year» on its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.

Earlier this week, a different Xbox executive said Microsoft's mission was to bring Game Pass to PlayStation and Nintendo.

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Xbox Game Pass is adding 12 new titles to its December catalogue, including two day-one releases. The standout here has to be the Remnant franchise — both From the Ashes and its newly launched sequel Remnant II, celebrated for its souls-like shooter experience that pits players against tough-as-nails fantastical monsters, across procedurally-generated levels. Its challenges can also be tackled in co-op, so it's best advised that you check out the sequel because it will have a larger active player base. Another major addition this month is Far Cry 6, setting you against the vibrant tropical island of Yara to topple its ruthless dictator Antón Castillo (Giancarlo Esposito), who is hellbent on using the Viviro, an unstable form of cancer treatment, to restore his land to former glory. It arrives December 14 on Xbox Game Pass.

Microsoft has announced the first two new games to be added to the library and they’ll be arriving in December 2023. After promising to update the list of games two or three times a year, this will be the first update since the program launched in September.

After some pretty solid additions in November, the titles coming to Xbox Game Pass for December look to continue the momentum. Remnant: From the Ashes and Remnant 2 are available on both PC and Xbox starting today while the others will be spread out over the first couple weeks of December. Both Remnant games are a ton of fun, and I’d definitely recommend checking out if you have a Game Pass subscription.

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in early December, which includes Remnant II, SteamWorld Build, Far Cry 6, and more.

The Xbox Game Pass subscription is something well worth investing in if you own the Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S consoles. These latest-generation platforms can download the latest game releases on the service to play natively on your hardware. This subscription service allows you to access a wide collection of video games. We get two waves of new games added to the subscription service each month, with the first happening right at the start of the month. Today, through the official Xbox Wire, Microsoft has unveiled the first wave of games coming to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service. 

Subscribers to the Core membership are getting a couple more games in December.

December is a big month for Game Pass.

Microsoft has announced the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in December 2023, as well as the first new additions coming to the Game Pass Core library.

UPDATE: Microsoft has announced the first wave of games coming to Game Pass in December, verifying the leak detailed below.

Remnant: From The Ashes and Remnant II have been added to Xbox Game Pass.

The upcoming Xbox Game Pass December 2023 games might have just leaked, and there are some interesting titles in the line-up.

Two fantastic soulslike third-person shooters are now seemingly available as part of an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscription, despite the lack of an official announcement from either Microsoft or publisher Gearbox Publishing.

Remnant: From The Ashes and its sequel, Remnant 2, have been made available on Game Pass for console, PC and Cloud.

Target has a pretty sweet Game Pass deal that gets even better if you buy multiples.

This is a great way to check out Game Pass for cheap.