Microsoft's subscription service takes a significant turn: Xbox Game Pass reorders its tiers and updates its prices With a clear commitment to expanding its catalog and benefits, but increasing the price of its most comprehensive plan. The company reorganizes its offering into three tiers and announces new game additions and benefits.
Beyond the noise on the networks, the movement pursues homogenize libraries between console, PC and cloud, clarify what each plan offers, and bolster Ultimate with third-party extras. We'll tell you, without any preambles or slogans, What changes, how much it costs, and what arrives today to the service and how it rethinks the Xbox Game Pass model.
What's changing: new names, same bases, and more options
The Game Pass structure is simplified into three levels: Essential, Premium and UltimateThe old Core and Standard are renamed and aligned with the new perks, while Ultimate maintains its status but adds benefits and cloud gaming with priority.
If you were already subscribed, you won't have to do anything: Core automatically switches to Essential, Standard becomes Premium and Ultimate remains as such. Microsoft indicates that All plans now include catalog for console and PC and access to cloud gaming, with quality differences depending on the level.
Prices in Spain and increases compared to the previous plan
The most noticeable change is in Ultimate: goes from €17,99 to €26,99 per monthIt is a remarkable leap, which comes accompanied by more launch games, Ubisoft+ Classics and the future incorporation of Fortnite Crew Without aditional costs.
The intermediate plan, Premium, remains at €12,99 per month. Expand your library and receive games from Xbox Game Studios within the first year of its launch (with the exception of Call of Duty, which may take longer).
At the base, Essential is priced at €8,99 per month, with console multiplayer, curated catalog, and cloud gaming. For profiles that do not need premieres or extras, is the most affordable gateway.
Benefits by level: what each plan includes
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (€26,99 per month)
The most complete step offers More than 400 games across console, PC, and cloud, with priority on streaming and quality improvements. Microsoft promises More than 75 day-one premieres per year, including all from Xbox Game Studios.
- Catalog on console, PC, and cloud with over 400 games.
- Day one premieres (first-party and selected third-party releases).
- EA Play y Ubisoft+ Classics included
- Fortnite Crew joins the plan in November.
- Cloud gaming with the highest quality and shortest wait.
- In-game advantages and up to 100.000 points annual in Rewards.
- Online multiplayer on consoles.
Xbox Game Pass Premium (€12,99 per month)
The intermediate level broadens its focus on strategy, management and PC classics, alongside recent Xbox and third-party releases, include titles such as frostpunk 2.
- Over 200 games on console, PC, and compatible devices.
- Xbox Game Studios games are coming within the first year.
- Cloud gaming with reduced waiting times.
- In-game advantages and up to 50.000 points in Rewards.
- Online multiplayer on consoles.
Xbox Game Pass Essential (€8,99 per month)
The access option combines more than 50 console and PC games with multiplayer and cloud computing. It's the plan for hassle-free play with basic rewards.
- Over 50 games on console, PC, and cloud.
- Online multiplayer on consoles.
- In-game advantages and up to 25.000 points in Rewards.
PC Game Pass (€14,99 per month)
On the computer, the key proposal remains: hundreds of titles on PC, Xbox Game Studios releases from day one and EA Play. For those who only play on PC, remains the most direct route to own releases.
- Hundreds of games on PC with first-party day one.
- It includes EA Play.
- In-game advantages and even 50.000 points in Rewards.
Cloud and priorities: everyone can play, not everyone equally
The three levels include cloud game, but only Ultimate has the higher priority in wait times and streaming quality. Premium improves latency compared to Essential, which offers standard access.
What happens to your current subscription?
Microsoft confirms that migrations are automatic: Those who had Core moved to Essential and those who had Standard moved to Premium, respecting the remaining time. No paperwork required to retain access.
Games coming to Xbox Game Pass today
The company accompanies the movement with a wave of additions. Among them, a wide block of Ubisoft titles, Bethesda classics and recent successful additions such as Hogwarts legacy, as well as new strategy and management features on PC.
New games on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (exclusive to this tier)
The top-of-the-range plan adds a wide selection, mostly from Ubisoft. All can be played on console, PC or cloud as the case may be..
- Assassin's Creed II (PC)
- Assassin's Creed III Remastered (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Freedom Cry (PC)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PC)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (PC)
- Assassin's Creed Revelations (PC)
- Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection (Consoles & Cloud)
- Assassin's Creed Unity (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Child of Light (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Far Cry 3 (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Far Cry Primal (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Hungry Shark World (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Monopoly Madness (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Monopoly 2024 (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- OddBallers (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Prince of Persia The Lost Crown (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show (Consoles & Cloud)
- Rabbids: Party of Legends (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Rayman Legends (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Risk Urban Assault (Consoles and Cloud)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Skull and Bones (PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Cloud)
- South Park: The Stick of Truth (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Steep (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- The Crew 2 (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- The Settlers: New Allies (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Tom Clancy's The Division (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Trackmania Turbo (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Transference (Consoles and Cloud)
- Trials Fusion (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Trials of the Blood Dragon (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Trials Rising (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- One (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Watch_Dogs (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Wheel of Fortune (Consoles and Cloud)
- Zombie (PC, consoles and cloud)
New games in Xbox Game Pass Premium (also available in Ultimate)
The intermediate level broadens its focus on strategy, management and PC classics, alongside recent Xbox and third-party releases.
- 9 Kings (Game Preview) (PC)
- Abiotic Factor (PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Cloud)
- Against the Storm (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (PC)
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (PC)
- Age of Mythology: Retold (PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Cloud)
- Search: History Untold (PC)
- Arx Doom (PC)
- Back to the Dawn (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Battletech (PC)
- Blacksmith Master (Game Preview) (PC)
- Cataclysm (PC)
- Cities: Skylines II (PC)
- Crime Scene Cleaner (PC, Xbox Series X|S and Cloud)
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Cloud)
- Diablo (PC)
- Diablo IV (PC and consoles)
- An Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire (PC)
- The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (PC)
- Fallout (PC)
- Fallout 2 (PC)
- Fallout: Tactics (PC)
- Football Manager 2024 (PC)
- Frostpunk 2 (PC, Xbox Series X|S and cloud)
- Halo: Spartan Strike (PC)
- Hogwarts Legacy (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Manor Lords (Game Preview) (PC)
- Minami Lane (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Minecraft: Java Edition (PC)
- Mullet Madjack (PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Cloud)
- My Friendly Neighborhood (PC, consoles and cloud)
- One Lonely Outpost (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Quake 4 (PC)
- Quake III Arena (PC)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)
- Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (PC)
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Cloud)
- Sworn (PC, Xbox Series X|S and cloud)
- Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)
- Volcano Princess (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Warcraft I: Remastered (PC)
- Warcraft II: Remastered (PC)
- Warcraft III: Reforged (PC)
- Wolfenstein 3D (PC)
New games in Essential (also included in Premium and Ultimate)
The entry level incorporates very popular titles to start playing on console, PC and the cloud at no additional cost.
- Cities: Skylines Remastered (Xbox Series X|S and cloud)
- Disney Dreamlight Valley (PC, consoles, and cloud)
- Hades (PC, consoles and cloud)
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (PC, consoles, and cloud)
Which plan might be best for you?
If you're looking for Day one releases, cloud gaming with maximum quality and third-party benefits (Ubisoft+ Classics and Fortnite Crew), Ultimate is the only one that brings it all together. For a generous library and cloud storage without the premium cost, Premium is the most balanced middle groundIf you are only interested in playing online and having a basic rotating catalog, Essential delivers without complicating things. On PC, the specific plan remains the direct option to the first-party releases.
After the readjustment, Game Pass strengthens its proposal with More games, more partners, and cloud for everyone, at the cost of making Ultimate more expensive. With the new names—Essential, Premium, and Ultimate—and the arrival of dozens of titles, each user can adjust the cost to their playing style, whether prioritizing premieres, catalog or price.
