The new games to be added to the service this month include Monster Train, Galacticare, One Lonely Outpost, Enter the Gungeon, 33 Immortals, and more.

Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass In Wave 1 of March 2025

The full list of Xbox Game Pass Games during the first half of March, 2025, are as follows:

• Monster Train (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Available Today
• Galacticare (Xbox Series X|S) – March 5
• One Lonely Outpost (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 6
• Enter the Gungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 11
• Mullet Madjack (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – March 13
• 33 Immortals (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – March 18

Prominently featured among the latest additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalogue is 33 Immortals, an action roguelike game developed and published by Thunder Lotus Games. It is set to be released for Windows and Xbox Series X|S. Players assume control of a damned soul who must battle their way through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven as they rebel against a cruel God who banishes them.

Games Leaving Game Pass This Month

The full list of games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass Games on March 15, 2025, are as follows:

• Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Lies of P (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• No More Heroes 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Solar Ash (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Yakuza 5 Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Cloud, Console, and PC)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

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The new games to be added to the service this month include Avowed, EA Sports F1 24, Watch Dogs: Legion, and more.

Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass In Wave 2 of February 2025

The full list of Xbox Game Pass Games during the second half of February, 2025, are as follows:

• Avowed (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – February 18
• EA Sports F1 24 (Cloud, Console, and PC) EA Play – February 20
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – February 20
• Watch Dogs: Legion (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 25

Prominently featured among the latest additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalogue is Watch Dogs: Legion, an action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Stadia on October 29, 2020 and as a launch title for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 in November. It takes place in a futuristic, dystopian version of London.

Games Leaving Game Pass This Month

The full list of games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass Games on February 28, 2025, are as follows:

• F1 22 (Console and PC) EA Play
• Gris (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Maneater (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• PAW Patrol World (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Space Engineers (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Wo Long Fallen Dynasty (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Yakuza 3 Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Yakuza 4 Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

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Microsoft has updated the official store listings for Xbox Game Pass, and now we have a list of the games that are confirmed to be leaving the service by the end of February, 2025. On February 28, eight titles will be removed, leaving players with a limited time to give them a go. This batch includes a mix of action-adventure games and indie titles.

Leaving Xbox Game Pass By End of February 2025

The following games are set to leave Xbox Game Pass on February 28, 2025:

• Yakuza 3 Remastered (PC/Console)
• Yakuza 4 Remastered (PC/Console)
• Maneater (PC/Console)
• Gris (PC/Console)
• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PC/Console)
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (PC/Console)
• Paw Patrol World (PC/Console)
• Space Engineers (PC/Console)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

Earlier this month, the games that made their exit from the Xbox Game Pass catalog include Little to the Left (PC/Console), Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC/Console), EA Sports UFC 3 (Console), Return to Grace (PC/Console), Tales of Arise (PC/Console), Indivisible (PC/Console), and Merge & Blade (PC/Console).

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a historical fantasy action role-playing game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. It was released on March 3, 2023, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The game’s story takes place in a reimagined version of the late Han Dynasty, just before the Three Kingdoms era. Players control an unnamed protagonist who faces off against both historical figures and creatures from Chinese mythology, all of whom have been corrupted by demonic qi.

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The new games to be added to the service this month include Far Cry New Dawn, Another Crab’s Treasure, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, Starfield, Madden NFL 25, Avowed, and more.

Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass In Wave 1 of February 2025

The full list of Xbox Game Pass Games during the first half of February, 2025, are as follows:

• Far Cry New Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 4
• Another Crab’s Treasure (Console) – February 5
• Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Console) – February 5
• Starfield (Xbox Series X|S) – February 5
• Madden NFL 25 (Cloud, Console, and PC) EA Play – February 6
• Kingdom Two Crowns (Cloud and Console) – February 13
• Avowed (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – February 18

Prominently featured among the latest additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalogue is Avowed, an action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios for Windows and Xbox Series X/S. It is set in the world of Eora, the same universe as that of Pillars of Eternity.

Games Leaving Game Pass This Month

The full list of games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass Games on February 15, 2025, are as follows:

• A Little to the Left (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• EA Sports UFC 3 (Console) EA Play
• Indivisible (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Merge and Blade (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Return to Grace (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Tales of Arise (Cloud, Console, and PC)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

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Microsoft has updated the official store listings for Xbox Game Pass, and now we have a list of the games that are confirmed to be leaving the service by the middle of February, 2025. On February 15, seven titles will be removed, leaving players with a limited time to give them a go. This batch includes a mix of action role-playing games and indie titles.

Leaving Xbox Game Pass By Mid February 2025

The following games are set to leave Xbox Game Pass on February 15, 2025:

• Little to the Left (PC/Console)
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (PC/Console)
• EA Sports UFC 3 (Console)
• Return to Grace (PC/Console)
• Tales of Arise (PC/Console)
• Indivisible (PC/Console)
• Merge & Blade (PC/Console)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

Last month, the games that made their exit from the Xbox Game Pass catalog include Those Who Remain (Xbox, PC), Insurgency: Sandstorm (Xbox, PC), Exoprimal (Xbox, PC), Figment: Journey into the Mint (Xbox, PC). Escape Academy (Xbox, PC), Common’hood (Xbox, PC), Anuchard (Cloud, Console, and PC), Broforce Forever (Cloud, Console, and PC), Darkest Dungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC), Death’s Door (Cloud, Console, and PC), Maquette (Cloud, Console, and PC), and Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, Console, and PC).

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a action role-playing game developed by indie studio ArtPlay and published by 505 Games. Considered a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series, the game launched in June, 2019 for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, followed by releases for Amazon Luna in October, 2020, Android and iOS in December 2020.

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The new games to be added to the service this month include Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders, Flock, Gigantic: Rampage Edition, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Magical Delicacy, Tchia, The Case of the Golden Idol, Starbound, Eternal Strands, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, Shady Part of Me, Sniper Elite: Resistance, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, and more.

Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass In Wave 2 of January 2025

The full list of Xbox Game Pass Games during the second half of January, 2025, are as follows:

• Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – Available Today
• Flock (Console) – January 22
• Gigantic: Rampage Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 22
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Console) – January 22
• Magical Delicacy (Console) – January 22
• Tchia (Xbox Series X|S) – January 22
• The Case of the Golden Idol (Console) – January 22
• Starbound (Cloud and Console) – January 22
• Eternal Strands (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 28
• Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – January 28
• Shady Part of Me (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 29
• Sniper Elite: Resistance (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 30
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – January 31
• Far Cry New Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC) – February 4

Prominently featured among the latest additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalogue is Sniper Elite: Resistance, a third-person tactical shooter developed and published by Rebellion Developments. It is set to be released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Games Leaving Game Pass This Month

The full list of games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass Games on January 31, 2025, are as follows:

• Anuchard (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Broforce Forever (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Darkest Dungeon (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Death’s Door (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Maquette (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, Console, and PC)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

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The Information has learned from sources that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had faced the pivotal decision of shutting down the company’s Xbox and cloud gaming business in 2021. With Game Pass in its infancy at the time, the software giant could either invest heavily to bolster its gaming division or shut it down altogether. Nadella ended up going with the former, initiating a bold acquisition strategy that included purchasing Bethesda Studios for $7 billion in 2021 and Activision Blizzard for $75.4 billion in 2023.

As per the source, the acquisitions were intended to fortify Microsoft’s position in gaming and cloud services. By adding major franchises like Elder Scrolls and Call of Duty to its portfolio, the company aimed to make Game Pass indispensable to gamers, thereby driving subscription growth. However, convincing top game studios to participate in Game Pass has proven challenging for Xbox. Despite offering fees to include their titles in the service, many developers remain hesitant. Gus Zinn, a portfolio manager at the Macquarie Science and Technology Fund, remarked, “I just think the majority of the game market doesn’t really want a Game Pass”.

Beyond Game Pass, Microsoft also envisioned leveraging the Activision deal to promote its Azure cloud platform. The hope was that game developers would shift to Azure for their cloud needs. However, despite the acquisition, the Call of Duty developer continues to rely on rented servers from Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services for games and its own servers for development.

Based on the details shared, before finalizing the Activision deal, Microsoft had set a target of over 100 million subscribers by 2030, a goal that requires tripling its current subscriber base within five years. Achieving this necessitates an unrealistic annual growth rate of 40%.

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The new games to be added to the service this month include Road 96 , Lightyear Frontier, My Time at Sandrock, Robin Hood, Rolling Hills, EA Sports UFC 5, and more.

Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass In Wave 1 of January 2025

The full list of Xbox Game Pass Games during the first half of January, 2025, are as follows:

• Road 96 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 7
• Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview) (Xbox Series X|S) – January 8
• My Time at Sandrock (Console) – January 8
• Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders (Xbox Series X|S) – January 8
• Rolling Hills (Console) – January 8
• EA Sports UFC 5 (Cloud and Xbox Series X|S) EA Play – January 14
• Diablo (PC) – January 14

Prominently featured among the latest additions to the Xbox Game Pass catalogue is EA Sports UFC 5, a mixed martial arts fighting game developed by EA Vancouver and published by EA Sports. It serves as the sequel to EA Sports UFC 4 (2020) and was released on October 27, 2023, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. One of the game’s standout updates is a revamped damage system, which realistically simulates blood, sweat, and facial injuries.

Games Leaving Game Pass This Month

The full list of games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass Games on January 15, 2025, are as follows:

• Common’Hood (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Escape Academy (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Exoprimal (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Figment (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Insurgency Sandstorm (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Those Who Remain (Cloud, Console, and PC)

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

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Microsoft has updated the official store listings for Xbox Game Pass, and now we have a list of the games that are confirmed to be leaving the service by the middle of January, 2025. Starting January 15, six titles will be removed, leaving players with a limited time to give them a go. This batch includes a mix of shooters and indie titles.

Leaving Xbox Game Pass In January 2025

The following games are set to leave Xbox Game Pass on January 15, 2025:

• Those Who Remain (Xbox, PC)
  
• Insurgency: Sandstorm (Xbox, PC)
  
• Exoprimal (Xbox, PC)
  
• Figment: Journey into the Mint (Xbox, PC)
  
• Escape Academy (Xbox, PC)
  
• Common’hood (Xbox, PC)
  

As always, this is your chance to show the above games some love before they make their exit from the subscription service. Subscribers who are interested in keeping any of these games can use their membership discount to save up to 20% on their purchase.

Exoprimal is a multiplayer third-person shooter developed and published by Capcom, released on July 14, 2023, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. In this PvPvE game, players take on the role of exofighters, soldiers equipped with powerful exosuits, tasked with completing objectives while battling waves of dinosaurs. The ultimate goal is to outpace the rival team and defeat Leviathan, a sinister artificial intelligence orchestrating the chaos.

The game divides players into two teams of five, competing to complete missions and eliminate hordes of dinosaurs faster than their opponents. Exoprimal features a variety of exosuits, each falling into one of three character classes: Assault, Tank, and Support. Players can switch between exosuits mid-game or equip rigs, which grant them abilities from other classes, allowing for strategic flexibility.

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Known insider eXtas1stv took to Twitter/X to share that, according to their sources, Call of Duty: World at War will be added to the Xbox Game Pass catalog sometime during May, 2024, the same month in which Singularity is also allegedly set to arrive on the subscription service.

The insider pointed out that Call of Duty: World at War has already been added to the Microsoft Store for PC, and that, based on the listing it does not support achievements. As for other Call of Duty titles that have yet to make their way to Xbox Game Pass, the insider said that there will be another entry making its way to the subscription service in March, 2024, though they didn’t have any further details in this regard. They added that there will be no Call of Duty title added to Game Pass before then, and that World at War is the only entry in the series that will be added during May, 2025.

The recent appearance of older Call of Duty titles, including Call of Duty 1, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011), Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Call of Duty: WWII, on the Microsoft Store for PC seemed like the first step to their arrival on  the Xbox Game Pass catalog.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 successfully launched day one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass PC. While there were concerns regarding the move potentially hurting Microsoft’s revenue, Daniel Ahmad, Director of Research and Insights at Niko Partners, and Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD), had reported that this was not the case. In fact, as per them, the day one availability of Black Ops 6 on Xbox Game Pass has been a net benefit to the software giant.

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