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Available Today​

Star Trucker (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 3
Available on day one with Game Pass! Hop into the driver’s seat of your rocket-powered big rig as you haul cargo, scavenge for salvage, and interact with an eclectic cast of star-hopping truckers in this Americana-infused journey on the ultimate open road… space!

Coming Soon​

Age of Mythology: Retold (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – September 4
Available on day one with Game Pass! From the creators of the award-winning Age of Empires franchise, Age of Mythology: Retold goes beyond history to a mythical age where gods, monsters, and humans collide. Combining the best elements of the beloved Age of Mythology with modern real-time strategy design and visuals, Retold is an epic and innovative experience for old and new players alike. Secure your domain, command legendary monsters, and call upon the power of the gods to crush your enemies.

Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 5
Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure from the creators of MudRunner and SnowRunner. Lead research missions,drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, use high-tech tools, and manage your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.


Riders Republic (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 11
Jump into the Riders Republic massive multiplayer playground! From snowy mountains to arid canyons, roam free in a huge open world comprised of iconic U.S. national parks. Grab your bike, skis, snowboard, or wingsuit and explore a sports paradise where the rules are yours to make.

Train Sim World 5 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 17
Available on day one with Game Pass! The rails are yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across three new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.

DLC / Game Updates​

Dead by Daylight: Castlevania – Available now
Game Pass members save 10%! Dead by Daylight: Castlevania brings a new Killer – Dracula, ‘The Dark Lord’ and a new Survivor – Trevor Belmont, into The Fog. Purchasing this add-on unlocks an exclusive Charm: Vampire Killer.


Ark: Survival Ascended Aberration – September 5
Aberration is a hauntingly beautiful, derelict ARK with a complex underground biome system. All Ark: Survival Ascended owners and Game Pass members get this massive expansion pack for free, which allows you to explore, tame, and conquer alongside the newest community-voted creature, the Yi Ling.


Ark: Survival Ascended – Bob’s Tall Tales: Steampunk Ascent – September 5
The Aberration adventure sets the stage for the second chapter of Bob’s Tall Tales – Steampunk Ascent, also available now. Free to all Bob’s Tall Tales owners, Steampunk Ascent introduces Cosmo, a web-slinging shoulder pet and a gear-shifting steampunk-themed adventure. New purchasers receive the new content, the previously launched Frontier, and the Wasteland War the future Extinction based content, plus Game Pass members save 10%.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks​

New Perks are regularly available weekly for Game Pass Ultimate members. Find new Perks in the Game Pass section of your Xbox console, Xbox Game Pass mobile app, or on the Xbox app for PC.


Predecessor: Ready for Action Bundle – Available now
Leave other players behind on the battlefield with unlocks for 10 heroes, as well as a banner, icon, spray, and the Green Shadow Ops Twin Blast skin exclusively for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members for a limited time! Predecessor base game included with this perk.


Metaball: Police Pack – Available now
Eight flashy and stylish legendary outfits to bring into this 3v3 free-to-play sports game! Customize your character freely with the eight outfits from the Police Pack. This Perk content requires Metaball to use.


EA Sports NHL 24: Starter Pack – Available now
Give your Ultimate Team a boost with the Starter Pack, featuring an NHL 24: Prime Pack containing 10 items and 5 Gold Players, and 500 NHL Points.


MultiVersus: MVP Pack 2 – Available now
The MultiVersus MVP Pack offers in-game content to further customize and boost your play for Game Pass Ultimate members. The MVP Pack 2 includes a Legendary Leave me Alone Ringout and an Epic Respects Sticker Emote.

Leaving September 15​

The following games are leaving the Game Pass library soon. Be sure to jump back in before they go or use your 20% membership discount on your purchase to keep them in your library.

• Ashes of Singularity: Escalation (PC)
• FIFA 23 (Cloud, Console, and PC) EA Play
• Payday 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Slime Rancher 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• SpiderHeck (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• You Suck At Parking (Cloud, Console, and PC)

 

[SportsFan581]

Been looking forward to Age of Mythology. I'll give Riders Republic a look as well.

 

[adamsapple]

Reminder that the console version of AoM has full Keyboard + mouse support for those who don't want to do it with a controller.

 

[T-Cake]

I'm wondering if Star Trucker was one of the trailers from this year's Summer Game Fest that I had my eye on. Yes, it was. I shall give that a go for sure.

 

[VanCityGamer]

Horrible batch. They have been noticeably worse lately.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Horrible batch. They have been noticeably worse lately.

Lower quantity and quality since the price increase last year.

 

[Punished Miku]

2 good ones. 3 bad ones. Weak August and September so far.

 

[amigastar]

Tommorrow is the day for AoM Retold. Excited.

 

[Davevil]

Also Star Trucker, out now

 

[Madserb2023]

I am still waiting for Activision games to drop. Where is the Tony Hawk Remake, Spyro, Crash 4. CTR etc

 

[theStartupSound]

I’m interested in all of them, finally a really good month again

 

[Cattlyst]

Definitely going to play Riders Republic and Expeditions. Lost many hours of my life to Mudrunner and Snowrunner so looking forward to giving it a go. Riders Republic just looks like crazy fun.

 

[AJUMP23]

Flying faster than a Concord to download some of these.

 

[Natsuko]

Definitely going to play Riders Republic and Expeditions. Lost many hours of my life to Mudrunner and Snowrunner so looking forward to giving it a go. Riders Republic just looks like crazy fun.

Expeditions is okay, but somehow a disappointment after Snowrunner. I couldn't bring myself to spend much time with it. Maybe when the DLCs are out. I bought one of the expensive editions because the kids wanted it. But they're not really happy with it either and are playing Snowrunner again. But you can play it, especially if it's in the pass anyway. There are far worse ways to spend your time.

 

[DoubleClutch]

You guys have to look at the big picture… I paid about $200 for 2.5 years of Game Pass Ultimate.

Since then I’ve played Jedi Survivor, Persona, Call of Duty, Diablo, Age of Empires, and now Age of Mythology (all on top of a bunch of other games).

I’ve gotten my money’s worth for sure.

 

[Natsuko]

You guys have to look at the big picture… I paid about $200 for 2.5 years of Game Pass Ultimate.

Since then I’ve played Jedi Survivor, Persona, Call of Duty, Diablo, Age of Empires, and now Age of Mythology (all on top of a bunch of other games).

I’ve gotten my money’s worth for sure.

Which big picture? That I should subscribe to more and more subscriptions that get more and more expensive over the years? I have access to GPU because my husband still subscribes to it. And I just can't get used to it. I've bought everything I've played in the last few months. And I'm happy with that. I've installed a few games from GPU over the last few months. And didn't end up playing them, if only because I don't like hoping that they'll stay in long enough. With AoMR, I'm actually not sure whether my husband only bought the upgrade or the game itself. But then that would be the only thing I would have touched with GPU for a long time.

 

[amigastar]

You guys have to look at the big picture… I paid about $200 for 2.5 years of Game Pass Ultimate.

Since then I’ve played Jedi Survivor, Persona, Call of Duty, Diablo, Age of Empires, and now Age of Mythology (all on top of a bunch of other games).

I’ve gotten my money’s worth for sure.

Same here, i happy with my Game Pass PC subscription. Now i enjoy AoM Retold tommorrow.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

 

[StueyDuck]

Is expeditions co-op?

If not then poop list

 

[Natsuko]

Is expeditions co-op?

If not then poop list

I think currently only for Steam. Co-op was announced for summer and should also be available on console soon. Maybe it's already out and I missed it. (https://www.focus-entmt.com/en/news...e-on-steam-embark-on-cooperative-explorations)

If it lasts as long as Snowrunner, you won't have to worry much about it anyway, it's still in the pass today. There were rumours that Snowrunner would stay. Maybe Expeditions will also be one of those games that will be a permanent guest. There will probably be enough DLCs to sell.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Which big picture? That I should subscribe to more and more subscriptions that get more and more expensive over the years? I have access to GPU because my husband still subscribes to it. And I just can't get used to it. I've bought everything I've played in the last few months. And I'm happy with that. I've installed a few games from GPU over the last few months. And didn't end up playing them, if only because I don't like hoping that they'll stay in long enough. With AoMR, I'm actually not sure whether my husband only bought the upgrade or the game itself. But then that would be the only thing I would have touched with GPU for a long time.

If you don’t find value in it, don’t subscribe.

I don’t care to own live service games which most are nowadays, so getting to play these for a while is fine for me.

For what I’ve paid I’ve gotten countless of hours of fun and value. You pay $30 to spend two hours in a dirty movie theater watching trailers and smelling other people’s farts. I’m sure for $20/month or whatever Game Pass costs these days you can scrape together two hours of fun.

 

[DoubleClutch]

It blows my mind how people will complain about everything nowadays. You can still buy all the games for the same price. You don’t have to get Game Pass to play them.

Having choice is always good for the consumer.

 

[Natsuko]

If you don’t find value in it, don’t subscribe.

I don’t care to own live service games which most are nowadays, so getting to play these for a while is fine for me.

For what I’ve paid I’ve gotten countless of hours of fun and value. You pay $30 to spend two hours in a dirty movie theater watching trailers and smelling other people’s farts. I’m sure for $20/month or whatever Game Pass costs these days you can scrape together two hours of fun.

Now there's a significant difference: I hardly play any live service games. I'm primarily into single-player games and I like to take plenty of time for them. Mentioned Persona? I bought Persona 5 and 5 Royal on the PlayStation 4 and Royal on the Switch. I'm currently waiting for a sale for Royal on the Xbox. I'm not in a hurry as I'm currently in the second cycle of SMTVV and Metaphor is coming in autumn.

In the meantime, I'm passing the time with Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition. It's been years since I played that game. At launch, to be precise. I don't know if it's in the pass, I bought it. My problem with GPU is that the first party games of this gen don't meet my taste. The third party games that interest me I either bought somewhere else a long time ago and/or they are extensive and I don't want to play them under time pressure via the subscription. I've never subscribed to GPU myself and I'm not going to. The subscription doesn't get any cheaper and the games don't stay forever. At some point I'll have to pay to keep playing because it runs out or I'll have nothing. I have what I buy. Not even first party games stay forever and I have a problem with that. I sometimes go back to Forza Horizon 1 to 3. I would have had to buy them anyway, no Game Pass. No thanks, then I can buy my games, I like playing old stuff.

It's great if the pass is something for you. It doesn't fulfil my needs and is simply not for people who play like me. It's more for fast food gaming. I don´t like this.

 

[Aion002]

I am extremely hyped for Age of Mythologies!

And I will definitely try Expeditions.

 

[PontiusFeeb]

I'm subscribed for years at a big discount, so it doesn't really matter to me, but it's probably not the best idea for Microsoft to raise the price and then have two weak months of Game Pass releases in a row.