News and updates related to Microsoft's Xbox consoles and the Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
Xbox is rolling out a fresh late-April wave of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate perks, and it’s a surprisingly chunky drop: cosmetics, currency, a returning Skate pack, a Discord Nitro trial, and even a digital comic freebie. It lands at a moment when Microsoft is clearly trying to re-sell the value of…
Xbox just dropped one of the strangest day-one additions Game Pass has seen in a while: Kiln, a multiplayer brawler from celebrated studio Double Fine Productions. It lands the same week Microsoft confirmed new Call of Duty games won’t hit Game Pass at launch anymore—making Kiln feel like both a…
Xbox just made Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass cheaper—then immediately took a flamethrower to one of the biggest reasons many people subscribed in the first place: day-one Call of Duty. Starting today (April 21, 2026), Microsoft says new Call of Duty entries won’t hit Game Pass until…
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is in a weird place: the company is reportedly debating fundamental changes to the service’s structure and even whether Call of Duty should remain a day-one Game Pass staple. At the same time, Microsoft is pushing one of its most aggressive Game Pass promotions in years,…
If you’ve been staring at the Xbox Game Pass library like it’s Netflix at 11 p.m.—endless scrolling, zero commitment—this weekend has a clean, high-impact answer: play the new heavy hitters that just landed, then sample what’s about to hit next week. Hades 2 is now on Game Pass and finally on Xbox…
Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass may be lining up another Call of Duty drop—this time with Call of Duty: Vanguard reportedly showing signs of an imminent arrival. The chatter is fueled by a new listing discovery on the Microsoft Store ecosystem, and it lands at a moment when Game Pass’ pricing and tier…
Xbox Game Pass may be heading for its biggest rethink in years. In a leaked internal memo reportedly sent to Xbox staff, new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says Game Pass has become “too expensive for players” and argues Microsoft needs a “better value equation,” while also signaling the…
A new rumor suggests Microsoft could pull Call of Duty from Xbox Game Pass later this year. The twist: the chatter isn’t centered on the usual “Game Pass is cannibalizing sales” argument—it's about Call of Duty potentially warping Game Pass’ own business math so badly that it undermines the…
Microsoft may be rethinking one of its loudest, most expensive promises: day-one Call of Duty on Xbox Game Pass. A new claim says Xbox is considering pulling this year’s Call of Duty from Game Pass at launch—an about-face that would immediately test subscriber trust and expose the brutal economics…
The idea that Call of Duty would become a permanent, day-one pillar of Xbox Game Pass has been one of the most powerful narratives to come out of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard King acquisition. Now, an Xbox insider is floating the possibility that the 2026 entry (and potentially even sooner)…
