Xbox Deals and Discussion

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Welcome to the Xbox Deals and Discussion thread.

General info

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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.
  On Xbox One, Gold trials of any length work for sales and Games with Gold. You must be an active Gold subscriber (paid or trial) to play Games with Gold purchases.
• On Xbox 360, you must have at least a 1 month Gold subscription for sales and Games with Gold. Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.
• 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 ...
• Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
• Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!

Latest Sales Posts​

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Apr 14 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Apr 9 - Wednesday drops​

Apr 8 - Tuesday drops​

Apr 7 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Apr 3 - Thursday drops​

Apr 2 - Wednesday drops​

Apr 1 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 31 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Mar 27 - Thursday drops​

Mar 26 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 25 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 19 - Wednesday drop​

Mar 18 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 17 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 13 - Thursday drops​

Mar 12 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 11 - Tuesday drops​

Mar 10 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Mar 6 - Thursday drops​

Mar 5 - Wednesday drops​

Mar 4 - Tuesday drop​

Mar 3 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 27 - Thursday drops​

Feb 26 - Wednesday drop​

Feb 25 - Tuesday drops​

Feb 24 - Weekly Sale - Follow up / Last chance​

Feb 20 - Thursday drops​

Feb 19 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 17 - Weekly Sale - Last chance​

Feb 13 - Thursday drops (Anime Month)​

Feb 12 - Wednesday drops​

Feb 11 - Tuesday drops​

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​

Latest Countdown Posts​

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Apr 14 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Apr 7 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 31 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 24 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 20 - Spring Sale​

Mar 17 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Mar 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 24 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 17 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 10 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Feb 3 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 27 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 23 - Lunar New Year sale countdown​

Jan 20 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 13 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Jan 10 - Lunar New Year sale countdown​

Jan 6 - Pre-weekly countdown​

Game Pass potential departure dates​

Last updated - 2025-04-19

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What is this?

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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

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2025-04-21 23:59:59

Cocoon​

Far Cry 5​

Humanity​

Immortals Fenyx Rising​

2025-04-22 09:59:59

Donut County​

Jusant​

Tchia​

Thirsty Suitors​

2025-04-28 23:59:59

Flock​

Isonzo​

Isonzo (Windows)​

Legend of Mana​

Neon White​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

The Gunk​

TRIALS of MANA​

We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-04-30 23:59:59

Blizzard Arcade Collection​

Borderlands 3 Season Pass​

Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​

Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)​

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)​

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​

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PC)​

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo IV (Not available for purchase)​

Overcooked! 2 - Game Pass Core​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition Extra Content​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy​

Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC)​

STAR WARS Battlefront (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

STAR WARS Battlefront II - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order - EA Play - 2020-11-10​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor - EA Play -​

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor Xbox One - EA Play -​

STAR WARS: Squadrons - EA Play -​

2025-05-01 09:59:59

A Plague Tale: Requiem​

A Plague Tale: Requiem - Windows​

A Way Out - EA Play - 2019-11-02​

Age of Empires Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Lords of the West (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Not available for purchase)​

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition​

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Age of Mythology: Retold​

Aliens: Dark Descent​

Aliens: Dark Descent (Windows)​

Among Us - Game Pass Core​

Another Crab's Treasure​

Anthem - EA Play - 2019-10-09​

ARK: Survival Ascended​

As Dusk Falls​

Assassin's Creed Odyssey​

Assassin's Creed Valhalla​

ASTRONEER - Game Pass Core​

Atlas Fallen (Not available for purchase)​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand​

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand (Windows)​

Avowed (Not available for purchase)​

Avowed Standard Edition​

Balatro​

Battlefield 1 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Battlefield 1 Deluxe Edition Content (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Hellfighter Pack (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Premium Pass package (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield 2042 Xbox One - EA Play -​

Battlefield 2042 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2022-11-22​

Battlefield 4 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Battlefield V (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-06-20​

Bleeding Edge​

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper​

Bluey: The Videogame​

Borderlands 3​

Borderlands 3 Boost Mods Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Broken Age​

Broken Age (PC)​

Brütal Legend​

Burnout Paradise Remastered - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Car Mechanic Simulator 2021​

Chants of Sennaar​

Chants of Sennaar (Windows)​

Chivalry 2 - Game Pass Core​

Cities: Skylines - Remastered​

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Costume Quest​

Crackdown 3​

Crackdown 3: Campaign (Not available for purchase)​

Crackdown 3: Wrecking Zone (Not available for purchase)​

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - Game Pass Core​

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge​

Crusader Kings III​

Day of the Tentacle Remastered​

Dead Space - EA Play - 2023-10-26​

DEATHLOOP​

Deep Rock Galactic - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 - Game Pass Core​

Dishonored 2 (PC)​

Dishonored Definitive Edition​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider​

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Disneyland Adventures​

DOOM​

DOOM + DOOM II​

DOOM 64​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE - PC) - DOOM Eternal (Campaign) (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) - DOOM Eternal (Campaign) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE) (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

DOOM Eternal Standard Edition (PC)​

Dordogne​

Dordogne (Windows)​

Dragon Age 2 - EA Play -​

Dragon Age: Origins - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS College Football 25 - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS PGA TOUR - EA Play -​

EA SPORTS WRC (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​

Fable Anniversary - Game Pass Core​

Fable II​

Fable III​

Fallout (PC)​

Fallout 2 (PC)​

Fallout 76 - Game Pass Core​

Fallout 76 (PC)​

Fallout: New Vegas (BC)​

Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Far Cry 6​

FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION - EA Play -​

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition​

Frostpunk 2 (PC)​

Full Throttle Remastered​

Fuzion Frenzy​

Gang Beasts - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 - Boost: 30 Day Bonus (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5 Ultimate-Add-On (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Gears 5: Hivebusters - Game Pass Core​

Gears of War 4​

Gears Tactics​

Gears Tactics - Base Game (Not available for purchase)​

Generation Zero​

Ghostwire: Tokyo​

Gigantic: Rampage Edition​

Go Mecha Ball​

Goat Simulator 3​

Golf With Your Friends - Game Pass Core​

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox Series X|S)​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Grim Fandango Remastered​

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

Halo 2: Anniversary (PC)​

Halo 3 (PC)​

Halo 3: ODST (PC)​

Halo 4 (PC)​

Halo 5: Guardians - Game Pass Core​

Halo Infinite (Campaign)​

Halo Infinite (Campaign) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo Wars 2 - Welcome to the Ark (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars 2 (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars 2: Standard Edition - Game Pass Core​

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition​

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2: Anniversary (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 4 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo REACH (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Not available for purchase)​

Have a Nice Death​

Hell Let Loose​

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Game Pass Core​

House Flipper​

Immortals of Aveum - EA Play -​

INSIDE - Game Pass Core​

It Takes Two - Digital Version - EA Play - 2021-11-03​

It Takes Two - Digital Version Data (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

It Takes Two (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Joy Ride Turbo​

Jurassic World Evolution 2​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition​

Killer Instinct: Anniversary Edition (PC)​

Kona II: Brume​

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Game Pass only SKU) (Not available for purchase)​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

Little Kitty, Big City​

Lords of the Fallen​

Lost in Random - EA Play - 2022-04-13​

Madden NFL 25 Xbox One (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Madden NFL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Mass Effect - EA Play -​

Mass Effect Legendary Edition - EA Play -​

MASSIVE CHALICE​

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood​

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries​

Metal Slug Tactics​

Microsoft Flight Simulator - Digital Ownership (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Not available for purchase)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator Standard 40th Anniversary Edition​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Not available for purchase)​

Mirror's Edge Catalyst - EA Play - 2019-05-14​

Monster Train​

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord​

Moving Out 2​

Need for Speed - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Heat - EA Play - 2020-07-14​

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered - EA Play - 2021-06-25​

Need for Speed Payback - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Rivals - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Need for Speed Unbound - EA Play - 2023-06-22​

New Super Lucky's Tale​

NHL 25 Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - The Prince's Edition​

Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch Remastered​

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​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - Game Pass Core​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - Game Pass Core​

Pentiment​

Persona 3 Reload​

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition​

Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: Royal Edition Upgrade Pack (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part I (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: The White March Part II (PC)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition (PC)​

Planet of Lana​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - EA Play - 2020-03-04​

Prey (Cloud Gaming enabled)​

Prey (PC)​

Psychonauts​

Psychonauts (Windows 10)​

Psychonauts 2 - Game Pass Core​

Quake​

Quake 4 (PC)​

Quake II​

Quake III Arena (PC)​

Quantum Break​

Quantum Break (PC)​

ReCore​

Redfall​

Remnant II - Standard Edition​

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Xbox (Not available for purchase)​

Riders Republic (Not available for purchase)​

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)​

Roboquest​

Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Blade of Favor (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Centurion Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Commodus Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Glott Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Gorgon's Fury (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Legendary Edition Bonus Bundle (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Legionnaire Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Marius Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Oswald Gladiator Skin (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Son of Rome (Not available for purchase)​

ScreamRide​

Sea of Stars​

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Not available for purchase)​

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition​

Shady Part of Me​

Sifu​

Skate 3 - EA Play -​

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer​

Sniper Elite 5​

Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - Game Pass Core​

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game​

Stacking​

Starfield​

State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition - Game Pass Core​

State of Decay: Year-One (Not available for purchase)​

SteamWorld Dig​

SteamWorld Dig 2​

Stellaris: Console Edition​

STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town (Not available for purchase)​

Sunset Overdrive​

Sunset Overdrive (PC)​

Super Mega Baseball 4 - EA Play -​

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

Techtonica (Game Preview)​

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Game Pass Core​

Tell Me Why: Chapter 2 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapter 3 (Not available for purchase)​

Tell Me Why: Chapters 1-3​

Terraria​

The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled​

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut​

The Bard's Tale Trilogy - EA Play -​

The Case of the Golden Idol​

The Elder Scrolls Online - Game Pass Core​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition​

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (PC)​

The Evil Within​

The Evil Within 2 (PC)​

The Last Case of Benedict Fox: Definitive Edition​

The Rewinder​

The Sims 4 Get to Work - EA Play -​

theHunter: Call of the Wild​

Thirsty Suitors​

Titanfall 2 - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands - Standard Edition (Game Pass only SKU)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 1 Operators (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Operators (Not available for purchase)​

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition​

Torment: Tides of Numenera​

Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC)​

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator​

Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​

UFC 5 - EA Play -​

Unravel - EA Play - 2019-05-08​

Unravel Two - EA Play - 2019-01-19​

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut​

Wasteland Remastered​

We Happy Few​

WILD HEARTS Standard Edition - EA Play -​

World War Z: Aftermath​

Wreckfest - Game Pass Core​

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection​

2025-04-20 17:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

2025-04-21 10:59:59

Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders​

2025-04-22 23:59:59

Farming Simulator 22​

Farming Simulator 22 PC (PC)​

Monster Sanctuary - Game Pass Core​

Neon Abyss​

2025-04-23 18:59:59

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black​

2025-04-24 06:59:59

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33​

2025-04-26 13:59:59

Atomfall​

2025-04-28 11:59:59

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap​

2025-04-28 15:59:59

Eternal Strands​

2025-04-30 13:59:59

Sniper Elite: Resistance​

2025-04-30 15:59:59

Far Cry 4​

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​

2025-05-01 15:59:59

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector​

2025-05-05 17:59:59

Revenge of the Savage Planet (Not available for purchase)​

Revenge of the Savage Planet PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

2025-05-06 23:59:59

Dungeons Of Hinterberg​

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn​

2025-05-07 23:59:59

MechWarrior 5: Clans​

South of Midnight​

2025-05-08 23:59:59

Commandos: Origins​

Commandos: Origins (Win) (PC)​

2025-05-10 14:59:59

Blue Prince​

2025-05-14 23:59:59

DOOM: The Dark Ages (Not available for purchase)​

DOOM: The Dark Ages Standard Edition​

DOOM: The Dark Ages Void DOOM Slayer Skin (Not available for purchase)​

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​

2025-05-17 06:59:59

Crime Scene Cleaner​

2025-05-17 14:59:59

Tempopo​

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​

2025-06-04 16:59:59

One Lonely Outpost​

2025-06-10 23:59:59

MULLET MADJACK​

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)​

My Time at Sandrock Online (Not available for purchase)​

REMATCH (Not available for purchase)​

Shadowrun Returns​

Shadowrun Trilogy​

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut​

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition​

The Callisto Protocol (Not available for purchase)​

The Callisto Protocol for Xbox One​

The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S​

The Callisto Protocol for Xbox Series X|S (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (Not available for purchase)​

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition​

2025-06-16 14:59:59

33 Immortals (Game Preview)​

2025-06-19 09:59:59

REMATCH (Not available for purchase)​

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​

2025-07-11 03:59:59

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Content Pack (Not available for purchase)​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Cross-Gen Edition​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Wireframe Tony Shader (Not available for purchase)​

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Not available for purchase)​

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​

Mafia: Definitive Edition​

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC)​

Magical Delicacy (moved from 2026-07-16)​

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

Borderlands 3 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Borderlands 3 Gearbox Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Gold Weapon Skins Pack​

Borderlands 3 Neon Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Retro Cosmetic Pack​

Borderlands 3 Season Pass​

Borderlands 3 Toy Box Weapons Pack​

Borderlands 3: Season Pass 2​

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition​

Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition (PC)​

Call of the Wild: The Angler​

Core Keeper​

Core Keeper (PC)​

Sea of Stars​

This War of Mine: Final Cut​

2025-09-16 09:59:59

RESIDENT EVIL 2​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: Frankfurt - Fulda: Kinzigtalbahn​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles - San Bernardino​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack - Train Sim World 5: West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes​

Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition​

Wargroove 2​

2025-10-01 09:59:59

All You Need is Help​

Cocoon​

Sifu​

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC) (moved from 2025-04-01)​

We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie​

2025-10-16 09:59:59

Cities: Skylines II - PC Edition (PC)​

Donut County​

Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) - Grand Theft Auto V: Story Mode (Xbox Series X|S)​

Grand Theft Auto Online (Xbox Series X|S) (Not available for purchase)​

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S)​

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One) (Not available for purchase)​

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (PC)​

Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Grand Theft Auto V Legacy (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

RESIDENT EVIL 3 for Windows​

2025-11-01 09:59:59

Dead Island 2​

Dead Island 2 (Windows)​

Jusant​

Metal Slug Tactics​

Return to Monkey Island​

Wartales​

2025-11-16 09:59:59

Football Manager 2024 (PC)​

Football Manager 2024 Console​

Frostpunk (PC)​

Frostpunk: Console Edition​

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​

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​

Genesis Noir (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Genesis Noir: Windows Edition (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Lords of the Fallen​

Lords of the Fallen (PC)​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER​

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II​

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay​

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​

Wildfrost​

2026-01-01 09:59:59

Carrion​

Carrion (PC)​

Hell Let Loose​

House Flipper​

Injustice 2​

Injustice 2 - Standard Edition (PC)​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War​

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Standard Edition Content (Not available for purchase)​

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

Bluey: The Videogame (moved from 2025-03-01)​

Disney Dreamlight Valley​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game​

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Windows)​

Nine Sols​

2026-03-16 09:59:59

Enter The Gungeon​

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)​

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island​

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​

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT​

SMITE 2 (Game Preview)​

THE FINALS​

2026-04-16 09:59:59

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes​

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Not available for purchase)​

Hunt: Showdown 1896 (Windows)​

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​

World War Z - WWZ Upgrade to Aftermath​

World War Z (PC)​

World War Z: Aftermath​

World War Z: Aftermath (PC)​

World War Z: Aftermath Upgrade (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)​

PowerWash Simulator - Game Pass Core​

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​

2026-08-16 09:59:59

Firewatch - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO - Game Pass Core​

LIMBO (PC)​

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader​

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 - Game Pass Core​

Monster Sanctuary (Windows Version)​

Overthrown (Game Preview)​

Stardew Valley - Game Pass Core​

Stardew Valley (PC)​

Totally Reliable Delivery Service - Game Pass Core​

TRIALS of MANA​

Vampire Survivors - Game Pass Core​

2026-12-16 09:59:59

For The King II​

2027-01-01 09:59:59

VALORANT​

2027-02-01 09:59:59

Trailmakers​

2027-02-16 09:59:59

Kingdom Two Crowns​

2027-03-01 09:59:59

Balatro​

2027-03-16 09:59:59

Control - Game Pass Core​

Control Expansion 1 "The Foundation" - Game Pass Core​

Control Expansion 2 "AWE" - Game Pass Core​

Control Season Pass - 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)​

TUNIC - Game Pass Core​

2027-04-01 09:59:59

SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - Game Pass Core​

Zombie Army 4: Dead War (moved from 2025-04-01)​

2027-05-01 09:59:59

SnowRunner - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner - Anniversary DLC - Game Pass Core​

SnowRunner (Windows 10)​

SnowRunner (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

2027-06-01 09:59:59

Batman: Arkham Knight - Game Pass Core​

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​

FOR HONOR - Standard Edition (Not available for purchase)​

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​

Watch Dogs: Legion​

Far future dates, mostly first party and EA Play

Spoiler

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 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

F1 24 - EA Play -​

GRID Legends - EA Play - 2022-09-01​

Madden NFL 24 (Not available for purchase) - 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 -​

UFC 5 - 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​

2229-01-03 23:59:59

ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass​

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) - Game Pass Core​

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)​

2799-03-24 07:59:59

Bleeding Edge​

2799-03-26 23:59:59

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition​

The Walking Dead: Michonne - Ep. 1, In Too Deep - The Walking Dead: Michonne - Season Pass​

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​

2799-04-30 08:59:59

Sea of Thieves: 2025 Edition​

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​

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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​

Rare Replay (Not available for purchase)​

Ryse: Legendary Edition​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Colosseum Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Duel of Fates Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Mars' Chosen Pack​

Ryse: Son of Rome - Morituri Pack​

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​

Microsoft Flight Simulator: Add-on Support​

2799-07-21 23:59:59

Grounded - Game Pass Core​

2799-07-24 23:59:59

Killer Instinct​

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 - Age of Empires IV: 4K HDR Video Pack (PC)​

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 4 (PC)​

Halo: Reach (PC)​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 3: ODST​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo: Reach​

Halo: The Master Chief Collection (PC)​

RAGE 2​

RAGE 2 (PC)​

2799-11-16 23:59:59

ARK: Survival Evolved​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberration (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Extinction (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Genesis Season Pass​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Genesis Season Pass (PC)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Scorched Earth (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved (PC)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Aberrant Skins (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Explorer's Edition (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved Season Pass​

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: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberrant Skins (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Aberration (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Extinction (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Survival Evolved - ARK: Scorched Earth (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition​

As Dusk Falls​

Broken Age​

Call of Duty (Not available for purchase)​

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​

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)​

Ara: History Untold, Confucius (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold, Harriet Tubman (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Ara: History Untold, John A. Macdonald (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (PC)​

Army of Two - EA Play - 2018-11-11​

Battlefield 1 Apocalypse - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 In the Name of the Tsar - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Revolution - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 They Shall Not Pass - EA Play -​

Battlefield 1 Turning Tides - 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 -​

Blizzard Arcade Collection​

Broken Age (PC)​

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)​

Call of Duty: Warzone​

Call of Duty: Warzone - Content Pack 4 (Not available for purchase)​

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 III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (Not available for purchase)​

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​

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle​

Killer Instinct (PC)​

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)​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - Standard Edition​

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (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)​

Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition - Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire Pack (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 - The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind Upgrade (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (Not available for purchase) - Game Pass Core​

The Gunk​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 2 (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 3 (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 4 (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Season Pass (Not available for purchase)​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season - The Complete Season​

The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack (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​

Blizzard Arcade Collection PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

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)​

Crysis 3 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play - 2020-07-09​

Diablo (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Diablo IV PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

F1 23 (Not available for purchase) - EA Play -​

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 - Standard Edition - Marching Fire Expansion - FOR HONOR (Not available for purchase)​

FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

FOR HONOR : MARCHING FIRE EDITION (Not available for purchase)​

Heroes of the Storm (PC) (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 24 (Not available for purchase) - 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 -​

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)​

Towerborne (Game Preview) (Not available for purchase)​

Train Sim World 4 (Not available for purchase)​

VALORANT PC (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Watch Dogs: Legion (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

Watch Dogs2 (PC) (Not available for purchase)​

 

[JohnnyCage]

I was waiting for sales on RDR1 and GTA 4 but sure enough they are gated behind deals with gold. Lame.

 

[Kromis]

I was waiting for sales on RDR1 and GTA 4 but sure enough they are gated behind deals with gold. Lame.

If it's any consolation, it's the same damn sale they've always had for many years now. You're not missing much.

 

[awp]

BlazeBlue Cross Tag Battle is up on GamePass.

 

[JohnnyCage]

If it's any consolation, it's the same damn sale they've always had for many years now. You're not missing much.

I just got my XSX around a month ago and backwards compatibility is a big reason why. GTA 4 runs like crap on PC and RDR1 isn't on PC so they were 2 of the games I was after. Hopefully they are included in a regular sale soon.

 

[briandadude]

Not a fan of the redfall controllers being exclusive to the design lab. That means they will never go on sale and we can’t use Xbox credit.

 

[darthfracas]

Picked up Advance Wars Reboot for the Switch. Absolutely loving it as much as I did 20 years ago. And yet my youngest had the audacity to say the art style looked like a mobile game. I damn near made him play the OG on my GBA SP to teach him some history.


Which reminds me, I need to go back and finish Wargroove.

 

[deszaras]

Picked up Advance Wars Reboot for the Switch. Absolutely loving it as much as I did 20 years ago. And yet my youngest had the audacity to say the art style looked like a mobile game. I damn near made him play the OG on my GBA SP to teach him some history.
Which reminds me, I need to go back and finish Wargroove.

It finally came out? It’s been constantly delayed for over a year. I loved that game.

 

[Bloomy]

MS Rewards added a reward option to redeem an Amazon gift card for any dollar amount between $5 and $100.  Caught my eye on the main page when the suggested rewards had an Amazon Custom reward with "Redeem for 10,000,000 points".

 

[Z-Saber]

My Ultimate is finally expiring in two weeks. The three years of Gold converting into Ultimate thing still seems to work per various people bringing it up here every month or so, but I'll need someone to go over the exact steps of it again so I don't bork it.

I should have enough Rewards points to cover the Gold and Ultimate, or at least I'll be really close and paying very little out of pocket. Still a good deal either way.

May 2023 seemed like it would never come, but here we are.

 

[easper]

My Ultimate is finally expiring in two weeks. The three years of Gold converting into Ultimate thing still seems to work per various people bringing it up here every month or so, but I'll need someone to go over the exact steps of it again so I don't bork it.

I should have enough Rewards points to cover the Gold and Ultimate, or at least I'll be really close and paying very little out of pocket. Still a good deal either way.

May 2023 seemed like it would never come, but here we are.

Assuming nothing has changed (and I haven’t forgotten), here are the steps:

1) Let Ultimate expire. Wait a bit (I waited til the next day, I think)

2) Add 3 years of Gold to your account. You are now subscribed to Gold only.

3) Add a month of Ultimate, choosing to convert all the Gold to Ultimate. You’ll lose that 37th month, but it’s worth it.

4) Play all your backlog games (just kidding…)

 

[Z-Saber]

Alright, thanks Here's hoping they don't nerf the conversion in two weeks.

 

[bardockkun]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1651572587837939713?t=h2C2Y-s6OcwWS8sF88OH8A&s=19

Straight up forgot they haven't announced the GWG for next month until now.

 

[Antarael Dulacre]

Already have Hoa, but good thing I waited on the Pod Racer

 

[Bryson]

My Ultimate is finally expiring in two weeks. The three years of Gold converting into Ultimate thing still seems to work per various people bringing it up here every month or so, but I'll need someone to go over the exact steps of it again so I don't bork it.

I should have enough Rewards points to cover the Gold and Ultimate, or at least I'll be really close and paying very little out of pocket. Still a good deal either way.

May 2023 seemed like it would never come, but here we are.

I can confirm this still works. I just re-upped a couple of weeks ago. You just need to make sure that your current subscription is expired, then apply for 3 years of Gold. Once that's done you then get 1 month of Game Pass Ultimate and voila!

I've also read of people just extending their current gamepass subs using reward points. I have no idea which is more cost effective. Microsoft also stopped selling 12-month Xbox Live Gold online. I think the max is 3 months? I had to buy a 12-month of Xbox Live Gold from a retailer.

Strangely enough when Microsoft stopped the $1 dollar for gamepass deal, many of the top Xbox podcasters like Destin and Ryan from IGN were falsely reporting that the gold to ultimate conversion no longer works which is not true.

 

[Bryson]

Microsoft would have to stop all business in the UK, which isn’t going to happen over gaming.

This is the kind of hot take you get from a McDonalds worker. New indication is that the UK government might be asking the CMA to overrule their decision. Microsoft provide products across the country that even schools, offices and PA'S use on a daily to a weekly basis and closely provide cybersecurity protecting the country from cyber attacks. Thinking that Microsoft would be forced to stop doing business in the UK is laughable.

Microsoft has the option to pull Activision games out of the UK or have it run independtantly as an LLC or PLC according to Michael Pachter. It wouldn't be the first time this happens. HBO Max is not avaialble in the UK for example.

Microsoft needs the US, UK, EU and China to approve. MS have already stated that they will go ahead with the acquisition even if the FTC blocks the merger. I believe that MS will go through with the deal if they can get at least 3 out of the 4 countries but fighting 2 regulatory bodies at a time would be risky.

Let's just call this what it is. A corrupt rogue government body protecting their UK hometown boys in Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst. They blocked the merger over concerns of the cloud market stating that MS has 70% of the cloud due to gamepass. WTF!? Nobody subscribes to game pass for the cloud. The cloud is just a nice perk.

Google Stadia shutdown their cloud gaming service and their service was near zero lag running 4k 60fps. MS cloud isn't even anywhere near that good. MS should not be punished for trying to innovate. MS chose to invest in Cloud, Playstation chose to invest in PSVR. Instead of trying to maintain competition in a non-existent cloud market, they've effectively killed it.

At this point it's just nice to see MS fight for something, anything...against playstation. Seeing PS pay to keep so many games away and skip Xbox, buying publishers is the only way going forward.

https://twitter.com/FOSSpatents/status/1651548164892008456?s=20

 

[HektiK]

I think this month has been the first in a long while where I actually claimed the games with gold.  I keep forgetting about it pretty much since they stopped giving out 360 games.  

 

[awp]

Launch trailer for Redfall has me excited for next week! Also worth noting that it will be playable Monday at 8 pm EST.

https://youtu.be/ZHIioJEzCpE

 

[Bloomy]

Launch trailer for Redfall has me excited for next week! Also worth noting that it will be playable Monday at 8 pm EST.

I've been snipping it from the upcoming deals list for Monday since it has an end date in line with the Monday sales so no one mistakenly things it will get a discount when it's merely launching.

 

[Antarael Dulacre]

Does the GOlden Week/Star Wars sale start at the usual time, same as the weekly ones on tuesdays? Or are those speical sales timed a little bit differently?

Also I was wondering why Star Wars Racer was excluded from that sale..guess with the GWG announcment I got an answer to that lol

 

[Jodou]

This is the kind of hot take you get from a McDonalds worker. New indication is that the UK government might be asking the CMA to overrule their decision. Microsoft provide products across the country that even schools, offices and PA'S use on a daily to a weekly basis and closely provide cybersecurity protecting the country from cyber attacks. Thinking that Microsoft would be forced to stop doing business in the UK is laughable.

Microsoft has the option to pull Activision games out of the UK or have it run independtantly as an LLC or PLC according to Michael Pachter. It wouldn't be the first time this happens. HBO Max is not avaialble in the UK for example.

Microsoft needs the US, UK, EU and China to approve. MS have already stated that they will go ahead with the acquisition even if the FTC blocks the merger. I believe that MS will go through with the deal if they can get at least 3 out of the 4 countries but fighting 2 regulatory bodies at a time would be risky.

Let's just call this what it is. A corrupt rogue government body protecting their UK hometown boys in Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst. They blocked the merger over concerns of the cloud market stating that MS has 70% of the cloud due to gamepass. WTF!? Nobody subscribes to game pass for the cloud. The cloud is just a nice perk.

Google Stadia shutdown their cloud gaming service and their service was near zero lag running 4k 60fps. MS cloud isn't even anywhere near that good. MS should not be punished for trying to innovate. MS chose to invest in Cloud, Playstation chose to invest in PSVR. Instead of trying to maintain competition in a non-existent cloud market, they've effectively killed it.

At this point it's just nice to see MS fight for something, anything...against playstation. Seeing PS pay to keep so many games away and skip Xbox, buying publishers is the only way going forward.

https://twitter.com/FOSSpatents/status/1651548164892008456?s=20

The UK is not happy about the decision and the FTC will be the next hurdle since an appeal will almost certainly fail. If the FTC approves, then the deal will be back on and the UK will lose out. Much like World of Warcraft is run differently in China due to all the regulations, the same would apply here due to the CMA.

The deal isn't dead yet but the CMA has certainly pissed people off, and if the deal goes through whoo boy will they see backlash when WoW gets taken down temporarily. People can just play COD on PS5 (which the majority have anyway) but if EU servers go down for WoW--THAT will definitely not end well.

 

[Bloomy]

Does the GOlden Week/Star Wars sale start at the usual time, same as the weekly ones on tuesdays? Or are those speical sales timed a little bit differently?

Major ones like Spring and Countdown start at odd times (mid/late afternoon US Eastern), but the one starting today is midnight UTC.

And the end date for Episode I Racer on Monday night was "12/30/9998 00:00:00", so they apparently don't give much lead time in the store on the GwG.

 

[Bryson]

The Last Case of Benedict Fox is now live on Game Pass. 12.5 GB

If you don't see it then just restart your console.

 

[awp]

Last Case of Benedict Fox is out on GamePass. Have been looking forward to this one!

 

[SIX min WHISTLE]

Battlefront 3 announced!

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1651587133751058432?t=aJrT5aawxN0Ue1Zfr9iA2g&s=19

 

[Bryson]

Square Enix actively making fun of MS/ABK deal getting blocked while releasing their game on every platform except Xbox. Do you guys get it yet?

F*CK Square Enix!

https://twitter.com/SunGod87/status/1651583476100136962?s=20

 

[FuzzmeisterJ]

Battlefront 3 announced!

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1651587133751058432?t=aJrT5aawxN0Ue1Zfr9iA2g&s=19

You are almost a month late for jokes. That's just ew.

 

[walletandgromice]

MS Rewards added a reward option to redeem an Amazon gift card for any dollar amount between $5 and $100. Caught my eye on the main page when the suggested rewards had an Amazon Custom reward with "Redeem for 10,000,000 points".

This is not a fun change for me. I like using my points on rockband dlc because I couldn't use them on anything more practical. Now I'll feel like I'm being irresponsible using my points on these frivolous purchases.

 

[Mason_mellon]

Anyone here play Marvel snap? Last two days each time I earn credits I get a random number of credits taken from my account. Have lost thousands. Their support said they'd "look into it". Just wanted to see if any of you gamers had this issue too.

Also saw the boxes of Redfall had a sticker stating 60fps would come later. Imo it would be best to pull those off no need to draw even more attention.

 

[WNYX585AM]

I was waiting for sales on RDR1 and GTA 4 but sure enough they are gated behind deals with gold. Lame.

RDR1 digital is currently on sale at Newegg for $9

 

[bee01]

This is the kind of hot take you get from a McDonalds worker. New indication is that the UK government might be asking the CMA to overrule their decision. Microsoft provide products across the country that even schools, offices and PA'S use on a daily to a weekly basis and closely provide cybersecurity protecting the country from cyber attacks. Thinking that Microsoft would be forced to stop doing business in the UK is laughable.

Microsoft has the option to pull Activision games out of the UK or have it run independtantly as an LLC or PLC according to Michael Pachter. It wouldn't be the first time this happens. HBO Max is not avaialble in the UK for example.

Right, Xbox is only a part of Microsoft's business in the UK. Ignoring the CMA would result in massive penalties and make Microsoft look untrustworthy to regulators and governments around the world. Microsoft isn't going to burn their UK business and future contracts to the ground over Activision.

The CMA operates independently from the government and has been given more power recently. Ministerial override could happen, but I'm not sure this is the extraordinary case that they'd want to exercise it for. Call of Duty on Game Pass isn't going to be considered essential to the country's national security or financial stability.

HBO Max isn't available in the UK because Sky has the rights to HBO content in the UK, not because WBD is trying to dodge regulators. There's no indication that the CMA thinks removing Activision content from the UK or having Activision UK operate independently is acceptable. Removing Activision content from the UK would probably be considered harmful to consumers.

Microsoft and Activision will continue to fight (especially if Europe approves) since they have a lot riding on the deal, but the UK was the biggest obstacle and it just got a lot bigger.

 

[darthfracas]

Square Enix actively making fun of MS/ABK deal getting blocked while releasing their game on every platform except Xbox. Do you guys get it yet?

F*CK Square Enix!

https://twitter.com/SunGod87/status/1651583476100136962?s=20

Who exactly is that guy?

 

[Bryson]

Who exactly is that guy?

From his profile:

"I'm Senior Social Media Manager for Square Enix Japan titles, nice to meet you."

 

[awp]

Right, Xbox is only a part of Microsoft's business in the UK. Ignoring the CMA would result in massive penalties and make Microsoft look untrustworthy to regulators and governments around the world. Microsoft isn't going to burn their UK business and future contracts to the ground over Activision.

The CMA operates independently from the government and has been given more power recently. Ministerial override could happen, but I'm not sure this is the extraordinary case that they'd want to exercise it for. Call of Duty on Game Pass isn't going to be considered essential to the country's national security or financial stability.

HBO Max isn't available in the UK because Sky has the rights to HBO content in the UK, not because WBD is trying to dodge regulators. There's no indication that the CMA thinks removing Activision content from the UK or having Activision UK operate independently is acceptable. Removing Activision content from the UK would probably be considered harmful to consumers.

Microsoft and Activision will continue to fight (especially if Europe approves) since they have a lot riding on the deal, but the UK was the biggest obstacle and it just got a lot bigger.

UK officials weren’t happy with what MS was saying about the UK in the last few days and apparently already are planning meetings to discuss the situation. It may not seem like a big deal but Microsoft is a powerful company and governments want to get along with them even to ensure future investment in the country.

So, yeah, I would not be surprised if UK minsters try to step in and figure out a solution. It’s not just about Call or Duty. It’s about maintaining relationships with a major employer in the country.

https://twitter.com/winc_gaming/status/1651643150346100740?s=46&t=n557V_EC4EqditJsSEbq1A

 

[JohnnyCage]

RDR1 digital is currently on sale at Newegg for $9

Thank you kind sir.

 

[MykelxKnight]

This is the new story with the CMA approving this. Hopefully it happens.

https://twitter.com/peterovo5/status/1651555737565274112?s=46&t=TI5iYhUKn76DYv-hvthHag

 

[Bloomy]

So Game Pass's price is safe, but Game Pass Ultimate's ... ?

And what would they do if MS did raise the price after the fact?  Force a split, or charge a fine that MS would barely blink an eye at?

 

[Kromis]

Friendly reminder that today is the last day to buy Bad Company 1 and 2 and BF 1943 before it gets delisted tomorrow

 

[josekortez]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1651572587837939713?t=h2C2Y-s6OcwWS8sF88OH8A&s=19

Straight up forgot they haven't announced the GWG for next month until now.

"There's some Hoas in this house!" :shock:

 

[awp]

This is the new story with the CMA approving this. Hopefully it happens.

https://twitter.com/peterovo5/status/1651555737565274112?s=46&t=TI5iYhUKn76DYv-hvthHag

While I would love this to be true, I’m doubting it since it came out early this morning in an interview with CNBC (I think). If there was more to it, the story would have gotten more traction. Pachter is not the most reliable.

 

[awp]

It’s taking all of my will power to resist getting Jedi Survivor. The Force may win out…

(And sadly codes on GameFlip are not that cheap)

 

[Bloomy]

Friendly reminder that today is the last day to buy Bad Company 1 and 2 and BF 1943 before it gets delisted tomorrow

Bad Company 1 has a couple free DLCs: Community Choice Pack and Conquest

Bad Company 2's VIP DLC is free.

BC2's Onslaught mode DLC is already marked discontinued on TrueAchievements.

Already had the Onslaught and Vietnam DLCs, but I picked up the SPECACT Upgrade Bundle, which bundles the 4 $2 SPECACT DLCs for $6. Those DLCs each have an achievement.

 

[bee01]

Pachter is not the most reliable.

That's the understatement of the century.

 

[BjAngel]

If I buy the windows version of cassette beasts will i get the series x version also when it releases

Dumb question and I think the answer is no

 

[Kromis]

Random but they fixed the Xbox Live error when trying to play Quantum Break on PC so it is now playable.

 

[bee01]

So Game Pass's price is safe, but Game Pass Ultimate's ... ?

And what would they do if MS did raise the price after the fact? Force a split, or charge a fine that MS would barely blink an eye at?

Which is why the CMA didn't consider behavioral remedies - Microsoft could choose to ignore them, and the CMA didn't want to be on the hook to enforce them. Besides, Microsoft can't offer remedies now - they were supposed to do that during the investigation before this decision came out.

Pachter is not the most reliable.

That's an understatement. He's made numerous false claims, such as Microsoft being able to force the deal through by taking the CMA to trial and winning in court, which isn't an option in the UK. Microsoft could win an appeal with the CAT, which just lets the CMA make the same decision again.

I'm ready for the Microsoft buying Sega speculation to start. Sonic and Angry Birds instead of Crash and Candy Crush!

 

[Gideon68]

HOA - Home Owner's Association: a sim game on how to bilk as much money as you can from the home owners.

Xbox Series X Replica 8 can Mni Fridge $37.98 at Walmart

XBOX Series X Replica 8 Can Mini Fridge (Thermoelectric Cooler) - Walmart.com

 

[josekortez]

I just played 10 minutes of an online game of Battlefield 1943.  I killed one guy, got shot up by a tank multiple times, and kamakazied an airplane into the ocean because I couldn't figure out the controls.  The only thing that I learned is why I usually avoid playing these kinds of games, but at least I'll have those fond memories after it gets taken off the Xbox store! 

 

[BjAngel]

I just played 10 minutes of an online game of Battlefield 1943. I killed one guy, got tea bagged multiple times, and kamakazied an airplane into the ocean because I couldn't figure out the controls. The only thing that I learned is why I usually avoid playing these kinds of games, but at least I'll have those fond memories after it gets taken off the Xbox store!

fify

 

[Bryson]

Which is why the CMA didn't consider behavioral remedies - Microsoft could choose to ignore them, and the CMA didn't want to be on the hook to enforce them. Besides, Microsoft can't offer remedies now - they were supposed to do that during the investigation before this decision came out.

That's an understatement. He's made numerous false claims, such as Microsoft being able to force the deal through by taking the CMA to trial and winning in court, which isn't an option in the UK. Microsoft could win an appeal with the CAT, which just lets the CMA make the same decision again.

I'm ready for the Microsoft buying Sega speculation to start. Sonic and Angry Birds instead of Crash and Candy Crush!

Behavioral remedies? But Microsoft did exactly everything that CMA asked of them. CMA claimed this was about Call of Duty so MS offered an unprecedented 10-year deal for COD to anyone that asked for it. When MS made the CMA look like fools they pivot their argument at the last second to block the deal based on Cloud market concerns? Now Boosteroid and NVidia have released statements coming out in full support of MS/ABK merger, both are no longer getting Call of Duty and Activision games thereby weakening their Cloud service. Instead of increasing competition, CMA have killed the Cloud market. Now what!?

In their 420 page report, they claim that MS has not sufficiently proven that they can get Call of Duty working on the Switch. WTF!? Since when did CMA become developers? Then why would Nintendo agree to a 10 year deal then? Firstly MS doesn't even own Activision yet, secondly they got DOOM Eternal running on the Switch, thirdly, MS never said that they would bring COD to the Switch. Nintendo's next console (Switch 2) should be right around the corner. This sounds like the CMA is just grasping at straws here throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

Blocking $69 billion ABK deal over a small non existent Cloud market sets a bad precedent. It basically means the CMA can block a deal for any reason they make up not based on reality. What's stopping the CMA from blocking MS from acquiring Sega and Angry Birds? You think those P0nies are going to want to lose their beloved Persona and Yakuza games?

Yes it's true that if the Competition Appeal Tribunal sides with MS and the appeal succeeds, it goes back to the CMA but they are no longer allowed to use the same argument against the merger. They'd have to find a new argument to cock block the merger and their original argument is already weak as it is.

 

[Z-Saber]

End of the day, I really don't care about any of this, in a personal way. I'm not big into any of the IPs that belong to Activision Blizzard and the only thing I play is the already free Overwatch 2. If Microsoft has some exclusivity with it or other things or not, doesn't bother me.

But holy crap if this isn't some weird sabre rattling from an institution that clearly knows nothing about what they're regulating.

"It's a series of tubes!"