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Release Date: Nov. 10, 2020

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Xbox Game Pass Core Launches Tomorrow With 36 Titles

by Rainier on Sept. 13, 2023 @ 10:16 a.m. PDT

Xbox Series X is Microsoft's fastest, most powerful console ever and set a new bar for performance, speed and compatibility, allowing you to bring your gaming legacy, thousands of games from three generations and more forward with you.

Game Pass Core will give players access to our advanced multiplayer network, a select collection of over 25 games to play with friends around the world, and exclusive member deals, all for $9.99 USD per month or $59.99 USD per year.

For over twenty years, Xbox players have been connecting via Xbox Live to compete, cooperate, and experience the world’s biggest online multiplayer games. In 2017, we introduced Xbox Game Pass which provided a curated library of games. Game Pass Core brings online play together with Game Pass in a new offering for gamers around the world.

Game Pass Core will continue to provide the benefits you had with Xbox Live Gold, including the ability to play together with online console multiplayer, deals and discounts (up to 50% off select games!), and access to Free Play Days for select fully featured games. All of that is the same. As a reminder, the price isn’t changing from Gold to Core, and there is no action required for you to change your payment or make adjustments to your membership.

Xbox Live Gold cards in retail stores will remain purchasable and redeem for Game Pass Core, while supplies last.

When we announced Xbox Game Pass Core, we shared that this membership would come with more than 25 high quality games from the Xbox Game Pass library – we’re thrilled to share that there will be 36 games available to play on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One starting tomorrow! We’ll get to the full list – starting with some truly iconic multiplayers, games with incredible storytelling, and influential indies.

Check out the most recent single player Fallout game, Fallout 4, and use your continued access to multiplayer in Fallout 76. Traverse the backyard in Grounded or explore Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online. Play the absolute mind trip that is Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (get some headphones for this one!). These are only a few of the Xbox Game Studios games for you to dig into tomorrow.

We’re also thrilled to share games that will be available from our creator partners. Check out the roguelike Vampire Survivors, or on the other end of the gaming spectrum, cozy game Stardew Valley. We also have some unhinged co-op fun with Gang Beasts and Golf With Your Friends.

Let’s look at the full list of games coming tomorrow! (Note: Game Library may vary over time and by country)

  1. Among Us
  2. Astroneer
  3. Celeste
  4. Dead Cells
  5. Descenders
  6. Dishonored 2
  7. DOOM Eternal Standard Edition
  8. Fable Anniversary
  9. Fallout 4
  10. Fallout 76
  11. Firewatch
  12. Forza Horizon 4 Standard Edition
  13. Gang Beasts
  14. Gears 5 Game of the Year Edition
  15. Golf with your Friends
  16. Grounded
  17. Halo 5: Guardians
  18. Halo Wars 2
  19. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  20. Human Fall Flat
  21. INSIDE
  22. LIMBO
  23. Ori & the Will of the Wisps
  24. Overcooked! 2
  25. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
  26. Powerwash Simulator
  27. Psychonauts 2
  28. Slay the Spire
  29. Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition
  30. Stardew Valley
  31. State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
  32. Superliminal
  33. The Elder Scrolls Online
  34. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
  35. Unpacking
  36. Vampire Survivors

For current Xbox Live Gold members:

  • On September 14, Xbox Live Gold members will automatically become Game Pass Core members, with no change in pricing, and have immediate access to a new library of over 25 high-quality games.
  • Member deals & discounts will also be part of Xbox Game Pass Core.
  • Games with Gold will come to an end on September 1.
  • Players can continue to access any Xbox One games they previously redeemed through Games with Gold if they remain a Game Pass Core or Game Pass Ultimate member.
  • Regardless of subscription status, any Xbox 360 titles redeemed via Games with Gold in the past will be kept in a player’s library.

For more details, check out the Game Pass Core homepage here.


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