The Standard tier replaces the Game Pass for Console option for new subscribers.

First, the new tier and price changes. As of yesterday, there is a new tier of Xbox Game Pass called the "Standard" tier. This is replacing the previous standard tier of Xbox Game Pass on console. The difference is this new tier won't include day one games. These games may be added eventually, but there is no promise of this and no day one.

As for what's beyond that? Well, November actually has four games confirmed for Xbox Game Pass already in the form of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Stalker 2 and a couple of Starcraft games for PC, while December is going to be the month of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - it arrives for Game Pass on December 9th.

One of South Korea's biggest and most popular PC games will now be freely included in Xbox Game Pass on PC, and it could spike Game Pass subscriber counts.

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it plans on bringing all its Xbox Game Pass mobile app features into the standalone Xbox app in the near future. Beta testers can try the updated Xbox app this week.

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In a bid to streamline its mobile gaming experience, the updated Xbox app will absorb the features of the separate Game Pass app.

Tying in with its Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2024 broadcast, Microsoft made a few surprise additions to Game Pass on Thursday: Vintage Square Enix role-playing games Legend of Mana and Trials of Mana, surrealist roll-em-up We Love Katamari,

Microsoft has announced major changes to its Xbox mobile app. The company has announced that it is combining its Xbox mobile app with the separate Xbox Game Pass app. Once the transition is over, all the features of the company's Xbox Game Pass app will be available in the Xbox app.