New Microsoft Games Will Hit Xbox Game Pass on Release Day

There are now more reasons to get an Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft’s subscription gaming service for the Xbox One will get all the upcoming Microsoft games on release day.

Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer announced today that Microsoft Studios’ upcoming releases, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3, and State of Decay 2 will be available to subscribers of Xbox Game Pass on day one of release. The company will also be releasing all of its upcoming unannounced games on release day to Xbox Game Pass subscribers — which means the next Forza, or Halo game will be available on release day for Xbox Game Pass subscribers at no extra cost.

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The company is also teaming up with select retail partners, including GameStop, to offer a new 6-month Xbox Game Pass subscription option after Xbox fans requested for more subscription options. The addition of all of Microsoft Studio’s upcoming games will definitely be a huge push for Xbox Game Pass. The service already has more than 100 games on the Xbox One and the addition of big titles like Sea of Thieves and Crackdown 3 makes the $9.99 a month subscription service a lot more enticing. The next big move would probably be to bring Xbox Play Anywhere support to Game Pass, so that subscribers can play all the supported games on their PCs, too.

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  • Demileto

    23 January, 2018 - 11:33 am

    <p>There's been reports that Xbox Play Anywhere games on Game Pass do play on PC already despite Microsoft not guaranteeing it:</p><p>https://www.vg247.com/2017/08/30/xbox-game-pass-doesnt-technically-support-pc-but-you-can-play-recore-there-thanks-to-xbox-play-anywhere/</p&gt;

  • navarac

    23 January, 2018 - 11:50 am

    <p>Game Pass – probably another one of those future extinct Microsoft "subscription services",</p>

    • Bart

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      23 January, 2018 - 2:50 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#239774"><em>In reply to navarac:</em></a></blockquote><p>You mean like Office? Yeah….</p>

  • woelfel

    23 January, 2018 - 12:28 pm

    <p>I called this a year ago. :)</p>

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      21 March, 2021 - 4:53 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#239785"><em>In reply to woelfel:</em></a><em>?</em></blockquote><p><br></p>

  • spacein_vader

    Premium Member
    23 January, 2018 - 1:40 pm

    <p>If they could stop excluding windows users ASAP that'd be great. Be good to no longer be second class citizens to MS when gaming is concerned. </p><p><br></p><p>Yes, I am still bitter about Games For Windows Live! </p>

  • Michael Rivers

    23 January, 2018 - 1:55 pm

    <p>It doesn't make any sense to write "request for." It should just be "request."</p>

  • gvan

    23 January, 2018 - 8:09 pm

    <p>Game Pass is Good…</p>

  • maethorechannen

    Premium Member
    24 January, 2018 - 6:52 am

    <p>That might actually make Game Pass worth it.</p>

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    • Elza18

      21 March, 2021 - 4:47 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#276661">In reply to Jansen:</a></em></blockquote><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The company is also teaming up with select retail partners, including GameStop, to offer a new 6-month Xbox Game Pass subscription option after Xbox fans requested for more subscription options.&nbsp;</span></p>

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  • Anna 21

    21 March, 2021 - 4:49 pm

    <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The company is also teaming up with select retail partners, including GameStop, to offer a new 6-month Xbox Game Pass subscription option after Xbox fans requested for more subscription options. The addition of all of Microsoft Studio’s upcoming games will definitely be a huge push for Xbox Game Pass.&nbsp;</span></p>

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