Microsoft has announced Wave 2 of its Xbox Game Pass October 2025 lineup, fleshing out the rest of this month’s titles. It’s worth noting today’s announcement on Xbox Wire follows Microsoft’s Game ...

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Microsoft's proposed price hikes to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service might not hit you after all. On Oct 1, Microsoft announced a massive 50 percent price hike to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, two ...

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Microsoft is pausing price hikes for its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription in some countries. As reported by The Verge, existing customers received an email clarifying that if they were on an ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's 50% Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike has sparked subscriber backlash and criticism from former FTC chair Lina Khan, who links the increase to Microsoft's market dominance and the ...

Following a whiplash-inducing 50-percent price hike for Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass and the Xbox brand overall are in a funky place. That nauseating price increase is likely the loudest adjustment ...

Microsoft this week announced it is increasing the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent to $30 per month. A former employee has told Bloomberg that Xbox lost $300 million in sales of Call of ...

A new Bloomberg report based on interviews with former Microsoft employees has offered more fuel for speculation about the continued viability of Game Pass, including Microsoft's own alleged estimate ...

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Microsoft caused quite firestorm on social media when it announced a significant price increase for its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription tier. Effective immediately, the new cost is $29.99 per ...

Microsoft increased the prices for Xbox Game Pass this week, causing a lot of consternation from players who were already less than pleased with price jumps on almost all game consoles and the high ...