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  • You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console. Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work. Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance.
  • Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.
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  • All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every Tuesday.
  • ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
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Latest Sales Posts​

Feb 10 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Feb 7 - Thursday drops

Feb 5 - Wednesday drops

Feb 3 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 30 - Anime Month

Jan 29 - Wednesday drops (Team17 sale)

Jan 28 - Tuesday drops

Jan 27 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 24 - Lunar New Year sale follow up

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale

Jan 22 - Wednesday drops

Jan 20 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 14 - Tuesday drops

Jan 13 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Jan 8 - Wednesday drops (Wired Productions sale)

Jan 7 - Tuesday drops (Wired Productions sale)

Jan 6 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Jan 3 - Beyond Countdown follow up

Jan 2 - Beyond Countdown Sale

Jan 1 - Wednesday drop

Dec 31 - Tuesday drops

Dec 30 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Dec 25 - Wednesday drops

Dec 24 - Tuesday drops

Dec 23 - Weekly Sale - Last chance

Dec 20 - Friday drops

Dec 19 - Thursday drops

Dec 18 - Wednesday drops

Dec 17 - Tuesday drops

Dec 16 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Dec 16 - Chunsoft Sale

Dec 13 - Thursday evening drops

Dec 12 - Countdown Sale

Dec 11 - Wednesday drops

Dec 9 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Dec 8 - Sunday drops

Dec 4 - Wednesday drop

Dec 2 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance

Latest Countdown Posts​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2025-02-10
What is this?
Game prices in the Xbox store have a UTC end date associated with them. These dates generally fall into 5 categories :
  1. The item is currently on sale. These are usually the weekly sale items that end Tuesday mornings at 09:59:59 UTC.
  2. The item will go on sale, usually within 2-3 weeks. These are usually set to switch at 23:59:59 UTC, like the weekly sale on Monday evenings. Some of the major annual sales (Spring, Summer, Black Friday, Holiday) start on Thursday evening UTC, and some times appear to be random.
  3. The item is on Game Pass and is not currently or going to be on sale in the next few weeks. Third party games generally cluster around 09:59:59 UTC on the 1st and 16th of each month. Currently, at least one game is associated with every 1st and 16th through January 2026. The dates then spread out, ending with Human Fall Flat on July 1, 2028.
  4. First party and EA Play titles are farther out, starting in 2049, with many in 2799 and 9998.
  5. No date - some items do not have a price and so don't have a date. If the item is part of a bundle that has a price, the date from the bundle is used.
The list below uses the dates associated with games on Game Pass and EA Play. Time stamps in red are the regular Game Pass departure times and titles in red are confirmed to be leaving, either from Microsoft's regular news postings or by devs / publishers. Items available through Game Pass Core, currently on sale or not available for purchase are also color coded.

The date associated with a Game Pass game is not a guarantee it will leave on that date, but since March 2023 when the price data started getting analyzed, every game that's left Game Pass had been flagged as leaving on that date. It's given a number of people an extra heads up on the generally 2 week notice Microsoft provides.

If you have any questions about the list, please ask in the thread.

Most likely current and pending sales
2025-02-10 23:59:59
Cassette Beasts​
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core
Dead by Daylight​
Dead by Daylight Windows​
Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core
Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core
Hell Let Loose​
Kingdom Two Crowns​
Medieval Dynasty​
Orcs Must Die! 3​
Roboquest​
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)
Space Engineers​
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty​

2025-02-11 09:59:59
Aliens: Dark Descent​
Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​
Evil West​
Evil West (Windows)​
Madden NFL 25 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Madden NFL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
UFC 5 - EA Play -​
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Windows​

2025-02-13 09:59:59
Magical Delicacy​

2025-02-13 23:59:59
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​
No More Heroes 3 Xbox​
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)
Tales of Arise​
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-02-14 09:59:59
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)
Legend of Mana​
TRIALS of MANA​

2025-02-17 23:59:59
Dead Island 2​
Dead Island 2 (Windows)​
Isonzo​
Isonzo (Windows)​
Kona​
Kona II: Brume​
Lords of the Fallen​
Lords of the Fallen (PC)​
Road 96​
SnowRunner - Game Pass Core
SnowRunner (Windows 10)​
SteamWorld Build​

2025-02-18 09:59:59
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess​
Mafia: Definitive Edition​
Monster Hunter Rise​
RESIDENT EVIL 2​
RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​
RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Xbox (Not available for purchase)

2025-02-10 17:59:59
Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)
2025-02-12 09:59:59
No Man's Sky​
2025-02-16 09:59:59
A Little to the Left
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC)
EA Sports UFC 3
Frostpunk (PC)​
Frostpunk: Console Edition​
Indivisible (moved from 2025-03-01)
Indivisible (PC) (moved from 2025-03-01)
Merge & Blade (moved from 2025-03-01)
Return to Grace
Tales of Arise
Tales of Arise (Windows)
Tales of Arise (Xbox One) (Not available for purchase)
Tales of Arise (Xbox Series X|S) (Not available for purchase)
2025-02-17 09:59:59
Overthrown (Game Preview)​
2025-02-17 15:59:59
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Standard Edition​
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (Not available for purchase)
2025-02-18 15:59:59
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Windows Edition​
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Edition​
2025-02-18 17:59:59
Avowed (Not available for purchase)
Avowed Standard Edition​
2025-02-20 10:59:59
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders​
2025-02-20 23:59:59
Gigantic: Rampage Edition​
Have a Nice Death​
Remnant II - Standard Edition​
2025-02-22 18:59:59
NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black​
2025-02-24 07:59:59
Nine Sols​
2025-02-27 11:59:59
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap​
2025-02-27 15:59:59
Eternal Strands​
2025-03-01 09:59:59
Bluey: The Videogame​
Dead Island 2​
Disney Dreamlight Valley​
Genesis Noir (moved from 2024-08-01)
Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (moved from 2024-08-01)
GRIS​
Gris (PC)​
Maneater​
PAW Patrol World​
Space Engineers​
The Yakuza Remastered Collection (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2025-04-01)
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun​
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Windows​
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty​
Yakuza 0 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 0 for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 3 Remastered (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 3 Remastered for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 4 Remastered (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 4 Remastered for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 5 Remastered (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 5 Remastered for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza Complete Series (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza Kiwami (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
Yakuza Kiwami for Windows 10 (moved from 2025-04-01)
2025-03-01 13:59:59
Sniper Elite: Resistance​
2025-03-02 15:59:59
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector​
2025-03-08 23:59:59
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle​
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Standard Edition (Not available for purchase)
2025-03-10 14:59:59
Wildfrost​
2025-03-12 17:59:59
For The King II​
2025-03-16 09:59:59
Evil West​
Evil West (Windows)​
Football Manager 2024 (PC) (moved from 2024-11-16)
Football Manager 2024 Console (moved from 2024-11-16)
Lies of P​
MLB The Show 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2025-02-01)
MLB The Show 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) (moved from 2025-02-01)
No More Heroes 3 Windows​
No More Heroes 3 Xbox​
No More Heroes 3 Xbox​
Solar Ash​
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated​
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (PC)​
TUNIC (moved from 2024-04-01)
2025-03-24 13:59:59
Atomfall (Not available for purchase)
2025-04-01 09:59:59
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged​
Lil Gator Game​
Monster Hunter Rise (moved from 2024-04-01)
Open Roads​
Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)​
The Lamplighters League - PC Edition (PC)​
YAKUZA Series Starter Pack​
Yakuza: Like a Dragon​
Zombie Army 4: Dead War​
2025-04-08 15:59:59
South of Midnight​
2025-04-16 09:59:59
A Plague Tale: Requiem​
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows​
Botany Manor​
Botany Manor (PC)​
Coral Island (moved from 2024-12-01)
Harold Halibut​
Homestead Arcana​
Kona​
Mafia: Definitive Edition​
Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Orcs Must Die! 3​
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​
This War of Mine: Final Cut​
Turbo Golf Racing​
2025-04-24 06:59:59
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33​
2025-05-01 09:59:59
Have a Nice Death​
Kona II: Brume​
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase)
Sniper Elite 5​
The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition​
The Rewinder​
Thirsty Suitors​
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​
2025-05-12 23:59:59
DOOM: The Dark Ages (Not available for purchase)
DOOM: The Dark Ages Void DOOM Slayer Skin (Not available for purchase)
2025-05-14 23:59:59
DOOM: The Dark Ages Standard Edition​
2025-05-16 09:59:59
Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons​
Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons (PC)​
Chants of Sennaar​
Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​
Farming Simulator 22​
Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​
Hauntii​
Jurassic World Evolution 2​
Little Kitty, Big City​
Planet of Lana​
2025-06-01 09:59:59
Against the Storm (PC)​
Cassette Beasts​
Dune: Spice Wars (moved from 2024-12-01)
Firework (Windows)​
Generation Zero​
Goat Simulator 3​
Goat Simulator 3: Windows Edition​
Goat Simulator 3: Xbox One Edition​
Humanity​
Hypnospace Outlaw​
Moving Out 2​
PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Remnant II - Standard Edition​
Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends​
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​
The Big Con​
2025-06-16 09:59:59
Depersonalization (PC)​
Dordogne​
Dordogne (Windows)​
Far Cry 6​
Isonzo​
Isonzo (Windows)​
Keplerth (PC)​
My Time at Sandrock​
My Time at Sandrock (Not available for purchase)
Sandrock Online (Not available for purchase)
Shadowrun Returns​
Shadowrun Trilogy​
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​
The Callisto Protocol for Xbox One​
The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S​
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Not available for purchase)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​
2025-07-01 09:59:59
Arcade Paradise​
Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month​
Journey To The Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month (PC)​
Persona 3 Reload (moved from 2025-02-01)
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders​
SteamWorld Dig​
SteamWorld Dig 2​
2025-07-15 09:59:59
Turnip Boy Robs a Bank​
2025-07-16 09:59:59
Assassin's Creed Valhalla​
Cricket 24​
Cricket 24: The Official Game Of The Ashes (PC)​
Flock​
Gigantic: Rampage Edition​
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess​
Moonlighter (moved from 2024-12-01)
No Man's Sky​
Tchia​
The Case of the Golden Idol​
2025-08-01 09:59:59
Cooking Simulator​
Cooking Simulator Windows​
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (moved from 2025-02-01)
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge (Not available for purchase)
NINJA GAIDEN Σ (Not available for purchase)
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 (Not available for purchase)
NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection​
Starbound (PC)​
2025-08-16 09:59:59
Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand - Free Upgrade​
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​
PlateUp!​
2025-09-01 09:59:59
Call of the Wild: The Angler​
Core Keeper​
Core Keeper (PC)​
Sea of Stars​
2025-09-16 09:59:59
RESIDENT EVIL 2​
Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​
Wargroove 2​
2025-10-01 09:59:59
All You Need is Help​
Cocoon​
Sifu​
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​
2025-10-16 09:59:59
Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​
Donut County​
RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​
2025-11-01 09:59:59
Dead Island 2 (Windows)​
Jusant​
Metal Slug Tactics​
Return to Monkey Island​
Wartales​
2025-11-16 09:59:59
Spirittea​
2025-12-01 09:59:59
Aliens: Dark Descent​
Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (moved from 2024-12-01)
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​
Lords of the Fallen​
Lords of the Fallen (PC)​
OCTOPATH TRAVELER​
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​
PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay (moved from 2024-01-01)
SteamWorld Build​
2025-12-16 09:59:59
Ben 10: Power Trip​
Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition​
Hunt: Showdown 1896​
Mortal Kombat 11​
Still Wakes the Deep​
2026-01-01 09:59:59
Carrion​
Carrion (PC)​
Hell Let Loose​
House Flipper (moved from 2024-01-01)
Injustice 2​
Injustice 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​
Middle-earth: Shadow of War​
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2​
Road 96​
2026-01-16 09:59:59
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​
Medieval Dynasty​
Medieval Dynasty (Xbox One)​
Neon White​
Palworld (Game Preview) (moved from 2025-02-01)
Starbound​
2026-02-01 09:59:59
Brotato (moved from 2025-02-01)
Shady Part of Me​
Shady Part of Me (Windows)​
2026-03-01 09:59:59
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​
2026-03-16 09:59:59
Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​
2026-04-01 09:59:59
Cities: Skylines - Remastered​
Cities: Skylines - Windows 10 Edition (PC)​
Cities: Skylines - Xbox One Edition - Game Pass Core
Mad Streets​
2026-04-16 09:59:59
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)
Inscryption​
2026-05-01 09:59:59
Another Crab's Treasure​
Ashen​
Citizen Sleeper​
Creatures of Ava​
DayZ - Game Pass Core
Descenders - Game Pass Core
Goat Simulator - Game Pass Core
Goat Simulator: Remastered​
Goat Simulator: Remastered (Windows Edition)​
Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)​
2026-05-16 09:59:59
Galacticare​
Shadowrun Returns PC (PC)​
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut PC (PC)​
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition PC (PC)​
2026-06-01 09:59:59
ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core
Dead by Daylight​
Dead by Daylight Windows​
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition - Game Pass Core
theHunter: Call of the Wild​
theHunter: Call of the Wild - Windows 10​
World War Z: Aftermath​
World War Z: Aftermath (PC)​
2026-06-16 09:59:59
Among Us - Game Pass Core
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core
2026-07-01 09:59:59
Slay The Spire - Game Pass Core
Slay The Spire (PC)​
Unpacking - Game Pass Core
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide​
2026-07-16 09:59:59
Dungeons Of Hinterberg​
Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core
Golf With Your Friends (Windows Version)​
Magical Delicacy​
PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core (moved from 2024-07-16)
Stellaris (PC)​
Stellaris: Console Edition​
Techtonica (Game Preview)​
2026-08-01 09:59:59
Celeste - Game Pass Core
Crusader Kings III (moved from 2025-02-01)
Crusader Kings III (PC) (moved from 2025-02-01)
Go Mecha Ball​
INSIDE - Game Pass Core
Roboquest (moved from 2024-08-01)
2026-08-16 09:59:59
Firewatch - Game Pass Core
LIMBO - Game Pass Core
LIMBO (PC)​
2026-09-01 09:59:59
Neon Abyss​
Neon Abyss (PC)​
Star Trucker​
2026-09-16 09:59:59
Dead Cells - Game Pass Core
Dead Cells (PC)​
Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core
Superliminal - Game Pass Core
2026-10-01 09:59:59
Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core
2026-11-01 09:59:59
Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core
2026-11-16 09:59:59
Frostpunk 2 (PC)​
Wreckfest - Game Pass Core
Wreckfest (PC)​
2026-12-01 09:59:59
Legend of Mana​
Monster Sanctuary (moved from 2024-12-01)
Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version) (moved from 2024-12-01)
Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core
Stardew Valley (PC)​
Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core
TRIALS of MANA​
Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core
2027-01-01 09:59:59
VALORANT​
2027-02-01 09:59:59
Trailmakers​
2027-03-16 09:59:59
Control - Game Pass Core
Control Standard Edition - Control Expansion Pack 1 The Foundation (PC)​
Control Standard Edition - Control Expansion Pack 2 AWE (PC)​
Control Standard Edition (PC)​
Control Ultimate Edition - Game Pass Core
Control Ultimate Edition - Xbox Series X|S - Game Pass Core
Control Ultimate Edition (PC)​
2027-04-01 09:59:59
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core
2027-05-01 09:59:59
SnowRunner - Game Pass Core (moved from 2024-05-01)
SnowRunner (Windows 10) (moved from 2024-05-01)
2027-06-01 09:59:59
Batman: Arkham Knight​
Terraria​
2027-06-16 09:59:59
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​
2027-07-01 09:59:59
Assassin's Creed Odyssey​
Assassin's Creed Origins​
Far Cry 5​
FOR HONOR​
Immortals Fenyx Rising​
My Friend Peppa Pig​
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​
Watch Dogs2​
2027-09-16 09:59:59
Riders Republic​
Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)
2027-10-16 09:59:59
South Park: The Fractured but Whole​
2027-12-16 09:59:59
Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core
Overcooked! 2 (PC)​
2028-02-01 09:59:59
Far Cry New Dawn​
2028-07-01 09:59:59
Human Fall Flat - Game Pass Core

Far future dates, mostly first party and EA Play
2048-12-30 23:59:59
Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​
EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
EA SPORTS FC 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​
F1 23 - EA Play -​
GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​
Madden NFL 24 - EA Play -​
Madden NFL 24 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Madden NFL 24 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​
Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​
WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​
2049-12-30 23:59:59
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (4K HDR bundle) (PC)​
NHL 24 Xbox One - EA Play -​
NHL 24 Xbox Series X|S - EA Play -​
2098-12-31 23:59:59
Battlefield 1 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
NBA LIVE 19 - EA Play - 2019-05-10​
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
2099-02-01 19:59:59
Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core
2099-04-04 09:59:59
Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
2099-04-18 09:59:59
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 2​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 3​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 4​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 5​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1 - The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Season Pass (Episodes 2-5)​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - The Complete Season (Episodes 1-5)​
2099-12-29 23:59:59
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core
2100-06-12 23:59:59
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​
2220-10-06 03:59:59
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered - EA Play - 2021-06-25​
2220-10-13 23:59:59
Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​
2220-10-22 23:59:59
Battlefield V (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-06-20​
2220-12-11 23:59:59
It Takes Two - Digital Version - EA Play - 2021-11-03​
2779-12-30 23:59:59
DIRT 5 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​
DiRT Rally 2.0 - EA Play - 2021-08-10​
2798-12-30 21:59:59
Wasteland Remastered​
2798-12-31 23:59:59
Fuzion Frenzy​
The Elder Scrolls Online - Game Pass Core
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​
2799-01-14 23:59:59
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​
2799-02-01 09:59:59
Halo Wars 2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
2799-02-08 09:59:59
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season​
2799-02-08 23:59:59
Forza Horizon 5 Standard Edition​
2799-02-17 23:59:59
Wolfenstein: Youngblood​
Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PC)​
2799-02-28 09:59:59
The Walking Dead: Season Two​
2799-03-02 23:59:59
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​
2799-03-07 23:59:59
Halo Infinite (Campaign)​
2799-03-11 23:59:59
Dishonored Definitive Edition​
Dishonored Definitive Edition (PC)​
DOOM 3​
DOOM 64​
Fallout 4 - Game Pass Core
Fallout 4 (PC)​
Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​
Prey (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind​
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion​
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PC)​
The Evil Within​
The Evil Within (PC)​
Wolfenstein: The New Order​
Wolfenstein: The New Order (PC)​
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood​
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (PC)​
2799-03-16 23:59:59
DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE - PC) (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core
Fallout 76 (PC)​
2799-03-20 23:59:59
Sea of Thieves: 2024 Edition​
2799-03-24 07:59:59
Bleeding Edge​
2799-03-26 23:59:59
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​
2799-03-28 09:59:59
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep​
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 2, Give No Shelter​
The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 3, What We Deserve​
The Walking Dead: Michonne - The Complete Season​
2799-03-28 23:59:59
Lost in Random - EA Play - 2022-04-13​
2799-04-10 23:59:59
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Game Pass Core
2799-04-29 23:59:59
Joy Ride Turbo​
2799-05-12 23:59:59
Psychonauts​
Psychonauts (Windows 10)​
2799-05-17 23:59:59
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​
2799-05-18 23:59:59
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​
2799-05-31 23:59:59
Banjo Kazooie: N n B​
Banjo-Kazooie​
Banjo-Tooie​
Disneyland Adventures​
Fable III​
Gears of War​
Gears of War 2​
Gears of War: Judgment​
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Not available for purchase)
Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core
Halo: Spartan Assault​
Jetpac Refuelled​
Kameo​
Perfect Dark Zero​
Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​
Sunset Overdrive​
Viva Piñata​
Viva Piñata: TIP​
2799-06-09 05:59:59
Crackdown 3​
Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)
Crackdown 3: Wrecking Zone (Not available for purchase)
Gears of War 4​
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10​
Halo: Spartan Assault (Mobile / PC)​
Halo: Spartan Strike​
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (PC)​
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​
ReCore​
2799-06-09 06:58:59
Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition (PC) - Game Pass Core
Sunset Overdrive (PC)​
2799-06-09 23:59:59
Gears 5 - Game Pass Core
The Outer Worlds​
The Outer Worlds (PC)​
2799-06-13 18:59:59
Arx Fatalis (PC)​
BATTLETECH (PC)​
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider​
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)​
DOOM​
Fallout (PC)​
Fallout 2 (PC)​
Fallout 3​
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (PC)​
Fallout Tactics (PC)​
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​
Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core
RAGE​
The Evil Within 2​
The Evil Within 2 (PC)​
Wolfenstein II: Standard Edition (PC)​
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus​
2799-06-14 23:59:59
ScreamRide​
2799-06-17 23:59:59
The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​
2799-06-26 23:59:59
Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​
2799-06-30 23:59:59
Banjo Kazooie: N n B (Not available for purchase)
Banjo-Kazooie (Not available for purchase)
Banjo-Tooie (Not available for purchase)
Fable II​
GoldenEye 007 (Not available for purchase)
Jetpac Refuelled (Not available for purchase)
Kameo (Not available for purchase)
Perfect Dark​
Perfect Dark (Not available for purchase)
Perfect Dark Zero (Not available for purchase)
Rare Replay​
Ryse: Legendary Edition​
Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)
State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)
Viva Piñata (Not available for purchase)
Viva Piñata: TIP (Not available for purchase)
2799-07-13 23:59:59
Halo 3 (PC)​
2799-07-18 23:59:59
BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​
2799-07-21 23:59:59
Grounded - Game Pass Core
2799-08-13 14:59:59
The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​
2799-08-16 23:59:59
Microsoft Solitaire Collection​
2799-08-17 23:59:59
New Super Lucky's Tale​
2799-08-19 14:59:59
Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​
2799-08-19 19:59:59
Quake​
Quake III Arena (PC)​
2799-08-19 23:59:59
Battletoads​
2799-08-24 23:59:59
Halo Infinite​
2799-08-27 14:59:59
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​
2799-08-31 23:59:59
Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core
Gears of War 3​
Mass Effect - EA Play -​
2799-09-19 23:59:59
Tell Me Why​
Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)
Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)
Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​
Wasteland 3​
Wasteland 3 (PC)​
2799-09-22 02:59:59
Halo 3: ODST (PC)​
2799-09-30 23:59:59
Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core
Dishonored 2 (PC)​
DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core
Phoenix Point​
2799-10-07 23:59:59
Brütal Legend​
2799-10-14 23:59:59
Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​
2799-10-27 23:59:59
Day of the Tentacle Remastered​
Full Throttle Remastered​
Grim Fandango Remastered​
2799-10-28 14:59:59
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​
2799-11-03 23:59:59
Minecraft Launcher (PC)​
2799-11-08 23:59:59
Battlefield 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​
2799-11-09 15:59:59
Gears Tactics​
2799-11-14 23:59:59
Halo 3 - Halo: Reach​
Halo 3: ODST​
Halo 4 (PC)​
Halo: Reach (PC)​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection​
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​
RAGE 2​
RAGE 2 (PC)​
2799-11-16 23:59:59
ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (Not available for purchase)
2799-11-23 00:59:59
Forza Horizon 5 (Not available for purchase)
Forza Motorsport (Not available for purchase)
2799-11-23 23:59:59
Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core
2799-12-03 15:59:59
DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC)​
2799-12-07 23:59:59
Need for Speed Unbound - EA Play - 2023-06-22​
2799-12-11 23:59:59
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (PC)​
2799-12-13 23:59:59
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​
2799-12-17 23:59:59
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core
2799-12-30 23:59:59
Battlefield 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​
Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
Burnout Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
EA SPORTS WRC (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​
Fe - EA Play - 2018-09-03​
Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​
Mirror's Edge Catalyst - EA Play - 2019-05-14​
Need for Speed - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
Need for Speed Heat - EA Play - 2020-07-14​
Need for Speed Payback - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
Need for Speed Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
NHL 94 REWIND - EA Play - 2021-03-01​
Peggle 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-14​
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - EA Play - 2020-03-04​
STAR WARS Battlefront II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​
STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​
Super Mega Baseball 3 - EA Play - 2022-03-03​
The Sims 4 - EA Play -​
The Sims 4 EA Play Edition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-05-22​
Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
UFC 4 - EA Play -​
Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​
Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​
2799-12-31 22:59:59
ARK: Survival Ascended​
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​
As Dusk Falls​
Broken Age​
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows)​
Contrast​
Costume Quest​
Costume Quest 2​
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy​
DEATHLOOP​
DOOM + DOOM II​
Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core
Ghostwire: Tokyo​
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​
Hi-Fi RUSH​
Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​
MASSIVE CHALICE​
Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​
Minecraft​
Minecraft Dungeons​
Minecraft Legends​
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition​
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​
Pentiment​
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​
Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​
Quake II​
Quantum Break​
Redfall​
skate. (2007) - EA Play - 2021-08-05​
Stacking​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1​
Torment: Tides of Numenera​
We Happy Few​
9998-12-30 00:00:00
A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)
Age of Mythology: Retold Standard Edition​
Alice: Madness Returns - EA Play - 2019-10-25​
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (PC)​
Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​
Ara: History Untold (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Ara: History Untold Standard Edition (PC)​
Ara: History Untold, Alexander the Great (PC) (Not available for purchase)
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​
Army of Two - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​
Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​
Battlefield Hardline (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-07-08​
Bejeweled 2 - EA Play - 2008-03-08​
Bejeweled 3 - EA Play - 2011-10-14​
BLACK - EA Play -​
Broken Age (PC)​
Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 1 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 2 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 3 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Content Pack 5 (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Cross-Gen Bundle​
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - Standard Edition (PC)​
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core
Crysis - EA Play - 2020-07-09​
Crysis 2 - EA Play - 2020-07-09​
Dante's Inferno - EA Play - 2018-08-02​
Dead Space (2008) - EA Play - 2008-10-08​
Dead Space 2 - EA Play -​
Dead Space 3 - EA Play -​
Dead Space Ignition - EA Play - 2010-10-13​
Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)
DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2014-10-28​
Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​
Feeding Frenzy - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Feeding Frenzy 2 - EA Play - 2008-09-17​
FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​
Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​
Genshin Impact​
Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​
Heavy Weapon - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​
Mass Effect 2 - EA Play -​
Mass Effect 3 - EA Play -​
Mass Effect: Andromeda (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2017-03-15​
MechWarrior 5: Clans​
Medal of Honor Airborne - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Dungeons for Windows (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Dungeons for Windows + Launcher (PC)​
Minecraft for Windows (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Legends - Windows (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Legends for Windows + Launcher (PC)​
Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC (PC)​
Minecraft: Java Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Mirror's Edge - EA Play - 2008-11-05​
Overwatch 2​
Peggle - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition (PC)​
Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​
Plants vs. Zombies - EA Play - 2010-09-24​
Quake 4 (PC)​
Quantum Break (PC)​
RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Xbox (Not available for purchase)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)​
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​
Sea of Solitude - EA Play - 2020-01-21​
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​
Skate 3 - EA Play -​
Spyro Reignited Trilogy​
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​
SSX - EA Play - 2012-02-21​
STAR WARS Battlefront (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​
Starfield​
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town - Windows Edition (Not available for purchase)
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)​
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
The Gunk​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 2 (PC)​
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Episode 1) (PC)​
The Walking Dead: The Final Season - The Complete Season​
Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)
We Happy Few (PC)​
Wolfenstein 3D (PC)​
Zuma - EA Play - 2008-03-15​
Zuma's Revenge! - EA Play - 2012-07-07​
No set date
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Assassin's Creed Origins (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Battlefield 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2011-10-08​
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Cross-Gen Bundle (Not available for purchase)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - Standard Edition (Windows) (Not available for purchase)
Cities: Skylines II (Not available for purchase)
Crysis 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-07-09​
Diablo (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Diablo IV PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)
EA SPORTS UFC 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-08-19​
F1 22 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-06-30​
F1 22 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-06-30​
Far Cry 5 (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Far Cry 6 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Far Cry New Dawn (PC) (Not available for purchase)
FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (PC) (Not available for purchase)
FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (Not available for purchase)
Immortals Fenyx Rising (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Last Crusade Pack - Lion Tamer Whip (Not available for purchase)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Last Crusade Pack - Traveling Suit Outfit (Not available for purchase)
Iron Brigade - Rise of the Martian Bear (Not available for purchase)
Iron Brigade (Not available for purchase)
Killer Instinct 2 Classic (Not available for purchase)
Killer Instinct Classic (Not available for purchase)
League of Legends (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Legends of Runeterra (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Madden NFL 23 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-02-09​
Madden NFL 23 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-02-09​
Minecraft Preview (Not available for purchase)
Minecraft Preview for Windows (Not available for purchase)
NHL 21 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2021-04-12​
NHL 23 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-04-13​
NHL 23 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2023-04-13​
Overwatch 2 PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)
PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core
Riders Republic (PC) (Not available for purchase)
South Park: The Fractured but Whole (PC) (Not available for purchase)
StarCraft II Campaign Collection (PC) (Not available for purchase)
StarCraft Remastered (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Starfield: Old Mars Skin Pack (Not available for purchase)
Super Lucky's Tale (Not available for purchase)
Teamfight Tactics (PC) (Not available for purchase)
The Cave (Not available for purchase)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Game Pass only SKU) (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)
VALORANT PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)
Watch Dogs2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)
 
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I would not say real-money-only battlepasses are the standard, at least for the shooter and BR games. I would not consider MTG Arena in the same genre, and would look at other card games as comparison points. I'm only loosely familiar with Heathstone and Teppen.

Halo Infinite effectively had them due to no earned currency but kept each pass available permanently. They backpedaled on the currency but have since changed the format. Dying game, or at least dying support.

Overwatch didn't include currency but that was recently changed. Instead they're charging out the ass for collabs, weapon skins, and Mythic skins.

Destiny doesn't give you currency but those seasons are essentially a lite version of an MMO sub, locking story content and gear behind the pass.

I think all of the other major games in that ballpark had the "buy once, re-earn by playing" model. Everything I've tried does at least.
 
Has anyone been able to successfully purchase Xbox 360 games from marketplace.xbox.com via Desktop?

I try to purchase STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN but clicking "buy game" redirects to https://www.xbox.com/en-US/


I'm having that problem now as well. Even if I log in and go back, pressing buy continues to send me to xbox.com. The June 19th sale has really broken marketplace.xbox.com or whatever they did to try to get the remaining few games to actually get marked down, which they still haven't!
 
i dont know about the animated movie but 185 DLC is mostly individual costumes. You can just buy them bundled of course. Im hoping Xbox discounts DLC before closing the marketplace because ive been keeping an eye on bundles for this game(though the game is infamously known to have all DLC characters within the disc and the DLC just unlocks them fuck)
To be clear, the animated movie does not exist AFAIK, but the little snippet promo videos have me wanting one real bad. This one in particular is in my regular rotation:

 
The 13 months restriction is probably the most alarming about this update, as it signals an annual review of Game Pass by MS. This means they're not confident in pricing YOY and could increase the prices each September. While I don't see that happening a third year in a row, it does mean they're reigning it in for sustainability as they finally have the data to support the model. Game Pass started as a dream and now they're shaping it for reality.

I can't fault that and so long as they have summers like this past one with a ton of games I'm interested in coming, I can't see how I wouldn't find incredible value out of it.
is the 13 month thing confirmed?
it seems like that fool removed the twit after getting enough clicks
 

The Best Deal In Gaming Keeps Getting Worse

"Most notably, the basic Xbox Game Pass subscription tier, simply called “Game Pass for Console,” is turning into Game Pass Standard, going from $11 a month to $15, gaining Xbox Live, and losing access to day-one Game Pass releases and certain other games in the full Game Pass library."

"Instead of $240 a year for Game Pass Ultimate, PC players can play Black Ops 6 with their friends for just $144. There’s a version of Game Pass that’s still the best deal in gaming, it turns out. It’s just not on Xbox anymore. And maybe that’s the entire point: having potentially cannibalized its own console storefront by training some of its players not to buy things,"

"My conspiracy theory take here is that Game Pass has done irreparable harm to the way players perceive the value of games on Xbox and MS is trying to sabotage it to nudge people into buying games again."

Xbox Game Pass Is Getting A Price Increase And Introducing A New Tier

"Microsoft recently revealed that this year's upcoming Call of Duty game, Black Ops 6, will be included in Game Pass on release day. Microsoft also said that it won't be locked behind a new tier. Technically, Microsoft is staying true to its word since Ultimate is not a "new" tier, but Black Ops 6 won't be available for Game Pass Standard."

Xbox Game Pass Standard Tier Won't Include Day One Titles as Microsoft Hikes Prices Again

"Microsoft last raised prices on Xbox Game Pass in 2023, raising the Ultimate tier price from $14.99/month to $16.99/month in its first price hike since 2017. Paying $14.99 a month for Xbox Game Pass therefore nets users significantly less than it did just one year ago, with Microsoft essentially removing day one titles, EA Play, cloud gaming, and free perks from the service in that time."

[Windows Central] Xbox Game Pass is getting major changes (new ‘Standard’ tier option for new members with no day one games, price increases) - Resetera discussion​

 
So 20 bucks a month is 240/yr which is 4 $60 games. If Xbox was actually releasing a 1st party 80-100 metacritic score reviewed game every quarter I would have no issue with the price hike but, I feel like they just can't get to a good release cadence yet. Then add in the major 3rd party new release there is potential but idk
Hopefully the coming year is different.
 
So 20 bucks a month is 240/yr which is 4 $60 games. If Xbox was actually releasing a 1st party 80-100 metacritic score reviewed game every quarter I would have no issue with the price hike but, I feel like they just can't get to a good release cadence yet. Then add in the major 3rd party new release there is potential but idk
Hopefully the coming year is different.

the games are $70 each now. even with the increase, it's still $20 to play $70 game on day 1 for a month (plus all the perks that goes with GPU)

if my GPU runs out and my daily reward points is not able to sustain GPU, I would just sub a month when AAA game comes out

just sub for a month or two when the next AAA comes out, it still beats $70 and then try to trade it in later.
 
I think if MS can have months like the current one when there isn’t a first party release, I’ll be fine with it.

(These are just the next two weeks)

Neon White (Xbox Day One)
Tchia (Xbox Day One)
Flock (Day One)
Magical Delicacy (Day One)
Dungeons of Hinterberg (Day One)
Flintlock: Siege of Dawn (Day One)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Day One)

But the question is whether it keeps it up like this. And admittedly this is a pretty stacked month so it may be asking too much.
 
the games are $70 each now. even with the increase, it's still $20 to play $70 game on day 1 for a month (plus all the perks that goes with GPU)

if my GPU runs out and my daily reward points is not able to sustain GPU, I would just sub a month when AAA game comes out

just sub for a month or two when the next AAA comes out, it still beats $70 and then try to trade it in later.
This, I don’t see what people are complaining about. Sucks prices are going up but, what can you do about it. If you don’t like something don’t buy it at the end of the day. Do you guys honestly think Xbox subscription fees were sustainable for them? Everyone was basically getting 3 years for $90 of gpu going on a decade now and your mad prices have gone up…. Gamers just complain to complain I feel like.
 
the games are $70 each now. even with the increase, it's still $20 to play $70 game on day 1 for a month (plus all the perks that goes with GPU)

if my GPU runs out and my daily reward points is not able to sustain GPU, I would just sub a month when AAA game comes out

just sub for a month or two when the next AAA comes out, it still beats $70 and then try to trade it in later.
Yes very good points. Spaced on the 70 dollar games now 😆 . Lol its too hot out here my brain is not thinking straight.
 
FWIW, this is just as vomit-inducing:

PS-Plus-goatse-1.jpg


Don't feel like you're alone in this. All of these companies blow goats now. Reject it. fuck 'em all.

Wow, I didn't know we get Sony movie credits for plus subscription.

Friendly reminder for y'all to redeem your free movie from the Sony Rewards thingy they sent out (if you were into that)
I wish there was a vote button on here, but do you all pay for movie/tv streaming services? I am just as opposed to paying $20/month for Netflix as I am for GPU. Just curious as I've always had a hard time with the "renting" aspect of these models.

Hopefully MS Rewards/Ambassadors keeps me on GPU with minimal expense. As others have stated, I wouldn't pay $20 out of pocket for the service. We all knew this was coming though, and the price does roughly track with inflation the past several years

For streaming services, I'm more likely to just buy a month and binge. I don't value movies/TV as much as games.

I have more FOMO for Game Pass because games usually don't return to the service. I'm likely to go back to what I did when game pass was first announced and had the occasional $1 offer - buy a month (when I feel like it) and binge! I will be utilizing Bloomy's Game Pass list like crazy to optimize when is the best time to sub again based on potential departures.

Inflation is back down to a reasonable 3%. So tired of the "Inflation excuse" that companies have fed us for going on 4 years now. These increases are simply BS corporate greed. They continue to think we'll just take it. Not me.

STONKS GOIN' UP BABY! 🤑🚀
 
the games are $70 each now. even with the increase, it's still $20 to play $70 game on day 1 for a month (plus all the perks that goes with GPU)

if my GPU runs out and my daily reward points is not able to sustain GPU, I would just sub a month when AAA game comes out

just sub for a month or two when the next AAA comes out, it still beats $70 and then try to trade it in later.
Are you guys really ever paying $70 for a game though? Even first party Nintendo games I seem to find for $30-40 when I actually purchase them. I think Diablo 4 was the last $70 game I bought, I always wait for sales.
 
Are you guys really ever paying $70 for a game though? Even first party Nintendo games I seem to find for $30-40 when I actually purchase them. I think Diablo 4 was the last $70 game I bought, I always wait for sales.
same thing with GPU subscriptions. no one on this site is going to pay $20 when there are cheaper prepaid codes/rewards/what not

it will also make me buy first party games again. When I have game pass subscription for years, there is no reason for me to buy old MS games no matter the price.

Now I would probably buy old first party games at dirty cheap prices. The plan would be to buy old first party games to play during months of weak releases. Subscribe and play nothing but new day 1 games during peak release season.
 
The $70 reasoning only works if you were already going to buy those games on day one, or plan on largely focusing your play habits around what is plopped onto Gamepass to get maximum "value" out of it.

I can definitely see it being the case for some, but the Venn Diagram on this for me has so far been two almost entirely separate circles. This year I think the only day one games I will play are Avowed and Indy.
 
Shouldn't the $20 and $30 Dell rewards be counting down by now to the reset? Makes me feel like they switched how often we can claim them again.
 
The last reset was May 1, and they changed it to every 3 months. Leading us to an August 1 reset. They went from 2 times a year, to 4 resets a year. Unless I missed something recently.

Ah, gotcha. I was off a bit. Wack! I think we should see an update tomorrow since they seem to be updating the system.
 
Shouldn't the $20 and $30 Dell rewards be counting down by now to the reset? Makes me feel like they switched how often we can claim them again.

Afaik they only count down once you've bought them but they change things so much it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't reset this time. The reset in February and change to every three months happened with no notice so I wouldn't expect any other change to have advance notice either, they like to act secretive about stuff for no good reason.
 
I get the sense that people simply don't know what to make of Game Pass because the industry is changing faster than they can keep up. Simply put: how we consume gaming has shifted and that speaks to younger generations. MS is just first through the wall in how this will shape future gaming, because it should be clear to everyone that the push for live service games is failing. What can work is live service gaming.

At this point, most big publishers have tried their hand at this but there are clear winners in this space because of what they can offer. This really is no different than streaming services like Netflix and Max, both of which cost the same or more as GPU come September. People have no issues paying monthly for those services so this is just another avenue to entertainment. For those that still wish to own movies in that space, the options are there to buy on Fandango or Apple; no different than PSN or Xbox.

The only caveat here is that physical is being phased out now and for those that still cling to owning their games/collections, it will sting for them. Personally, I've never been happier offloading my games for hundreds of dollars and having no clutter.
 
Yeah, that sucks. Oh well, maybe they’ll come to GamePass one day. That price increase better give me every game I want dammit!

You get nothing! Good day, sir!

Expecting more just because you pay more is not really a fair way to view things. How can we make sure that big corporations can make more profits off your sacrifice. I guess I should probably try to play some COD games as they hit the service since they are directly causing the increase.
 
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I've been 100% F2P on Arena outside the $15 welcome package and I bought Dogmeat to support Bethesda (only way I could justify it to myself). I have like 11k gems I just use for the battlepasses and it just grows from the free gem dailies, R/M protection and draft tokens. I was actually about to quit the game because the meta has become way too fast thanks to a bloated schedule and constant power creep needed to sell paper. But they fucking got me with the quintessential Redwall/Mouse Guard set. I can't say no to collecting it, so the daily grind continues lol.

Also the bonus sheet was proven to be a bug eating the rare slot. That's not how MH3 was supposed to work, but like most things Arena they fucked it up again with a buggy mess. Supposed to take the place of the common slot but with it being so rare most people don't notice. I did have it happen once but 99% of standard is pretty much chaff anyway so I couldn't be fussed.

Stepping back, my disengagement with Arena is less the predatory pricing because it's easy to ignore as F2P. What I can't stand is the stagnate meta and the WotC dickriders proclaiming the game is in a great state. I mainly play historic now but even that has become wildly unbalanced thanks to zero bans (how is Glavanic Discharge not a more powerful Lightning Bolt just because it can't go face? Bolt is banned for a reason and this is absolutely bonkers broken) and MH3 essentially destroying the format, making it timeless 2.0 without monkey.
This may be more of a DM question, but how do you have 11k gems? I can barely get enough at the end of one mastery pass to afford the next one.
 
You get nothing! Good day, sir!

Expecting more just because you pay more is not really a fair way to view things. How can we make sure that big corporations can make more profits off your sacrifice. I guess I should probably try to play some COD games as they hit the service since they are directly causing the increase.
I Legit don't know why, but people really shit on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's campaign (I guess people didn't like the future stuff), but holy shit that campaign was fun to me. Zero-G missions where you have a Scorpion style harpoon and using that to grab people and use them as human shields and other random tech (and a goddamn space dog fighting mission that was just there for one mission) made me really enjoy that campaign. I Mean storyline means shit with usual blah, blah, blah evil military gets hands on super weapon where they want their own country or something, but that campaign was so fun.

And I still standby in saying as much shit as they get for feeling formulaic, nearly every game that tries to copy Call of Duty's military linear FPS campaign style never gets close. I Guess can argue Titanfall 2, but that game just goes beyond normal military stuff.
 
The Crew: Motorfest and AEW: Fight Forever are free to play this weekend for Game Pass people. EA FC24 and MLB The Show 24 are also available to play for free from now until the 16.

Also I just spent over $80 on 8BitDo blind boxes. I Really, really don't need more controllers or keyboards, but goddamn I am curious.
 
Got the xbox price increase email. Lol at this line "We are planning to update our prices so that we may continue to bring you more value"

Increased price = increased value?
you should see it coming after the activation acquisition
how much you'd think activation would charge if they were to have a subscription plan that gives cod day 1?

it would be more than EA and ubi for sure.

but we're getting it for $3 more a month, how is that not increased value?

not that we're paying msrp here at cag.
 
you should see it coming after the activation acquisition
how much you'd think activation would charge if they were to have a subscription plan that gives cod day 1?

it would be more than EA and ubi for sure.

but we're getting it for $3 more a month, how is that not increased value?

not that we're paying msrp here at cag.
It is not added value. From day one Game Pass included ALL MS owned studios games on their service. This is just games from another MS owned studio. That is the same value. Saying them adding games that were always promised to us is an increased value is no different than trying to claim that the new games coming to Game Pass each month is increased value.
 
It is not added value. From day one Game Pass included ALL MS owned studios games on their service. This is just games from another MS owned studio. That is the same value. Saying them adding games that were always promised to us is an increased value is no different than trying to claim that the new games coming to Game Pass each month is increased value.

Did you honestly think msft would spend billions on activision (mainly cod) ans not recoup it somehow?
 
I’m disappointed Gamepass went up again since I think it went up about 6 months ago. I’ve been keeping mine topped off at its max using rewards points every 3 months. I haven’t cared much for AAA games except for Hogwarts Legacy in a long time. I’ve enjoyed the indie titles and games aimed for kids through Gamepass. Over the last 5 years I’ve steadily have bought less games and it’ll probably continue that way. As long as I get enough rewards points and exchange them for GPU at a reasonable exchange, I’ll keep it but I’ll start thinking about buying certain games I only have access through GPU and Core. I definitely can see a point where I’ll just replay games I already have.
 
My old man moment for the current conversation, but it's probably wise for everyone to think of what kind of consumer you are in this era.

-Either be all in on GPU and play what you're given there ($240/year is a very reasonable annual gaming budget)
-Buy and play things you own either physically or digitally (we all probably have 1,000's of hours of content already owned and untouched)

As someone in camp 2, we have been pretty relentless in cutting out subscription expenses as a family the last couple of years. I probably have a lifetime supply of things I've already purchased to enjoy (Kromis will be happy to know we're investing our cancelled subscription fees). For us it's best to use things you've already spent your money on rather than continually digging a backlog grave you will never get out of. All I know is that trying to do both leads to a messy situation where you feel overwhelmed with content and spend more time digging through stuff than actually enjoying it
 
oooh maybe you'll get a puppy instead!

edit: I wish i knew that was a thing, im a sucker for a blind box and have been eyeing 8bitdos stuff lately.
Damn. Sorry I didn't give a heads up. It kinda leaned more heavily towards PC/Switch with some of the items they listed as possible things you can get so didn't really think of posting it here. With that said that puppy better have blue switches and bluetooth capabilities.
 
I saw where they’ve cut stacking. I’m not fully clear due to wording of it but it sounds like we can’t keep it maxed at 3 years anymore. It’s now 13 months. Am I correct in that?
 
I saw where they’ve cut stacking. I’m not fully clear due to wording of it but it sounds like we can’t keep it maxed at 3 years anymore. It’s now 13 months. Am I correct in that?
Thought I read that was for the standard GamePass but it’s all confusing. I’m thinking we may be good to stack more at least until September. I’d say stack now rather than waiting just in case.

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Also, like someone else, I had the Just for You offer for the Mafia Trilogy for $9.80 and when I went to buy it, it went up to $19.79 (current sale price with GP). Those evil bastards!
 
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