Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Coverage of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in the Nexus archive.
- Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft announced a price cut for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, reducing it from $29.99 to $22.99 per month, but future Call of Duty games will no longer be available on the service at launch. This ends an experiment where Game Pass included Call of Duty titles, potentially impacting sales for Activision Blizzard.
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass are experiencing price reductions, with Ultimate dropping to $22.99/month from $29.99 and PC Game Pass to $13.99/month from $16.49. The changes coincide with new Call of Duty titles no longer joining Game Pass at launch, instead being added a year later.
- New Call of Duty games will no longer be part of Xbox’s Game Pass
Microsoft has reduced the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, but future Call of Duty titles will no longer be available on the service at launch. Other Microsoft-owned studio games will remain on Game Pass at release, and older Call of Duty titles will stay accessible.
- Microsoft counters the MacBook Neo with freebies for students
Microsoft is responding to Apple's $599 MacBook Neo (discounted to $499 for students) with a new 'Microsoft College Offer' bundling 12 months of free Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with discounted Windows 11 PCs. Partners include Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Best Buy, with some Surface devices also discounted despite recent price hikes.