Game Pass first launched back in 2017 wit the idea of delivering unmatched value, benefits, and a deep library of games for subscribers. Today, Team Xbox has announced an update to the service with three upgraded Game Pass plans based on how players play: Essential, Premium, and Ultimate.
Xbox Game Pass Essential is the new Xbox Game Pass Core, the basic tier with access to games across console, PC, and cloud. Essential is suppose to make things easy to jump in and start playing. The revamped Essential plan now includes unlimited cloud gaming, online multiplayer, in-game benefits, and Rewards with Xbox, plus a curated catalog of 50+ games playable on both console and now PC.
Xbox Game Pass Premium now gets access to 200+ games on Xbox console, PC, and supported devices.This library, with more than 40 new games available today, is also now playable on PC. Cloud gaming is also available for members of the Premium tier so they can enjoy unlimited cloud gaming, including select games you own, and newly added in-game benefits in some of the biggest games like League of Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X, instantly unlocking cosmetics, characters, and more to enhance your gameplay.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting the biggest update which is why they are increasing the price from $20 to now $30. Ultimate subscribers now get access to over 75 day one releases a year. The Ultimate tier library has more than 400 games playable on Xbox consoles, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Cloud on supported devices, with more than 45 new games added today. In addition to EA Play, EA’s subscription service, being available for Game Pass Ultimate members, two more additions will be available, Ubisoft+ Classics and Fortnite Crew. Ubisoft+Classics offers a curated selection of Ubisoft games playable on console, PC, and cloud, like Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, and more. Fortnite Crew is getting added on November 18. This gives access to the Fortnite Battle Pass, 1,000 V-Bucks each month, and more. Cloud Gaming is also getting upgraded and can stream up to 1440p for select titles as Xbox Cloud Gaming is officially out of “Beta.”
With these new Xbox Game Pass updates, Xbox has also announced more than 45 new games added today. These come along with in-game benefits available across each plan. Game titles, features, and availability vary over time, by region, Game Pass plan, and platform. The new games available today across Game Pass plan includes:
Ultimate – Available Today
- Hogwarts Legacy(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed II(PC)
- Assassin’s Creed III Remastered(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag: Freedom Cry (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood(PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection(Cloud and Console)
- Assassin’s Creed Unity(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Child of Light (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Far Cry 3 (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Far Cry Primal (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Hungry Shark World (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Monopoly Madness (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Monopoly 2024(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- OddBallers (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (Cloud and Console)
- Rabbids: Party of Legends(Cloud, PC, and Consolbie)
- Rayman Legends (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Risk Urban Assault (Cloud and Console)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Skull and Bones (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- South Park: The Stick of Truth(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Steep (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- The Crew 2(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- The Settlers: New Allies (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Trackmania Turbo(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Transference (Cloud and Console)
- Trials Fusion(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Trials of the Blood Dragon (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Trials Rising(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Uno (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Watch_Dogs(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Wheel of Fortune(Cloud and Console)
- Zombi (Cloud, PC, and Console)
Premium – Available Today (also in Ultimate)
- 9 Kings (Game Preview) (PC)
- Abiotic Factor(Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Against the Storm (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (PC)
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)
- Age of Mythology: Retold (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Ara: History Untold(PC)
- Arx Fatalis(PC)
- Back to the Dawn(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Battletech (PC)
- Blacksmith Master (Game Preview)(PC)
- Cataclismo (PC)
- Cities: Skylines II(PC)
- Crime Scene Cleaner(Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor(Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Diablo (PC)
- Diablo IV(PC and Console)
- An Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire (PC)
- The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard(PC)
- Fallout (PC)
- Fallout 2(PC)
- Fallout: Tactics (PC)
- Football Manager 2024(PC)
- Frostpunk 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Halo: Spartan Strike(PC)
- Hogwarts Legacy(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Manor Lords (Game Preview)(PC)
- Minami Lane(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Minecraft: Java Edition (PC)
- Mullet Madjack (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- My Friendly Neighborhood(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- One Lonely Outpost (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Quake 4(PC)
- Quake III Arena (PC)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)
- Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Sworn (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
- Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)
- Volcano Princess(Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Warcraft I: Remastered (PC)
- Warcraft II: Remastered (PC)
- Warcraft III: Reforged (PC)
- Wolfenstein 3D(PC)
Essential – Available Today (also in Ultimate and Premium)
- Cities: Skylines Remastered (Cloud and Xbox Series X|S)
- Disney Dreamlight Valley (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Hades (Cloud, PC, and Console)
- Warhammer 40,000 Darktide (Cloud, PC, and Console)