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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike delayed in some regions News Oct 8th, 2025

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike delayed in some regions

Existing subscribers in Germany, Ireland, South Korea, Poland and India will not be paying the new fee

Microsoft: "We're trying to reinforce by adding more value" to Game Pass to justify price hikes News Oct 3rd, 2025

Microsoft: "We're trying to reinforce by adding more value" to Game Pass to justify price hikes

“We understand price increases are never fun for anybody, but we’re trying to reinforce by adding more value to these plans as well"

Microsoft tweaks Xbox Game Pass tiers, hikes some prices News Oct 2nd, 2025

Microsoft tweaks Xbox Game Pass tiers, hikes some prices

The PC version of the service now costs $16.50 per month

Xbox says 2025 marks its "largest investment in Game Pass" News Sep 22nd, 2025

Xbox says 2025 marks its "largest investment in Game Pass"

ID boss Chris Charla says that a lot of its developer partners end up bringing multiple titles to the service after their first experience

First-party and Game Pass push Xbox revenue up 10% News Jul 31st, 2025

First-party and Game Pass push Xbox revenue up 10%

The subscription service has brought in over $5 billion for the year

Arkane co-founder calls Xbox Game Pass "unsustainable" News Jul 7th, 2025

Arkane co-founder calls Xbox Game Pass "unsustainable"

"The maths doesn't work"

Doom: The Dark Ages has hit three million players News May 21st, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages has hit three million players

That's a record for developer Id Software, apparently

Kingsley: Game Pass helped mitigate risk on new IP Atomfall News Apr 17th, 2025

Kingsley: Game Pass helped mitigate risk on new IP Atomfall

The exec also explains its approach to budgeting projects

Stalker 2 has sold over one million copies News Nov 25th, 2024

Stalker 2 has sold over one million copies

And many more players have experienced the shooter via Game Pass

Report: Microsoft spends $1bn a year on Game Pass titles News Sep 20th, 2024

Report: Microsoft spends $1bn a year on Game Pass titles

The service boasts over 34 million subscribers to date

Microsoft says FTC's Game Pass complaints are "misleading" News Jul 22nd, 2024

Microsoft says FTC's Game Pass complaints are "misleading"

Xbox giant says it is false to call the tweaked subscription tiers "degraded"

The FTC isn't happy with Xbox Game Pass price increase News Jul 19th, 2024

The FTC isn't happy with Xbox Game Pass price increase

The organisation

Activision Blizzard games drives Xbox revenue up 51% News Apr 26th, 2024

Activision Blizzard games drives Xbox revenue up 51%

Diablo 4 was one of the most successful first-party launches on Game Pass

Sea of Thieves surpasses 40m players News Apr 19th, 2024

Sea of Thieves surpasses 40m players

This comes ahead of the game's release on PlayStation 5

Xbox to bring four titles to other platforms News Feb 16th, 2024

Xbox to bring four titles to other platforms

Game Pass now boasts 34 million subscribers

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