Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and launching a new ‘Standard’ tier

Microsoft is readying to hike its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing again successful September, alongside launching a caller “standard” subscription that doesn’t see day-one entree to first-party Xbox games. The Xbox shaper has started emailing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers informing of a terms summation to $19.99 a period that starts connected September 12th, a $3 summation implicit the existent $16.99 a period pricing.

PC Game Pass subscribers volition besides spot a terms hike successful September, with the work moving from $9.99 to $11.99 per month. If you’re extracurricular the US and wondering however the terms increases impact your ain subscription, Microsoft has a afloat database of each the worldwide terms changes here.

The price increases travel conscionable earlier Microsoft plans to adhd Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and different large first-party Xbox games to its Game Pass work aboriginal this year. The terms increases volition mostly impact Ultimate subscribers who marque up the immense bulk of Game Pass subscribers and travel conscionable implicit a twelvemonth aft the last Game Pass terms hikes raised rates by $1–$2 per month.

Alongside the Ultimate and PC Game Pass terms hikes, Microsoft volition besides connection a caller enactment of an Xbox Game Pass Standard subscription without day-one titles that volition beryllium priced astatine $14.99 per period for caller users to the service. The existing Xbox Game Pass for console subscription volition proceed for existing subscribers, but caller Game Pass subscribers won’t beryllium capable to prime the console enactment starting July 10th until the caller Game Pass Standard subscription is available. Microsoft says Xbox Game Pass Standard “will beryllium disposable successful the coming months.”

I revealed successful May that Microsoft was considering raising Xbox Game Pass Ultimate pricing again, amid a statement astir adding Call of Duty to the service. A terms summation to the apical tier volition assistance offset Microsoft adding Activision’s Call of Duty bid to Game Pass, and it has been mostly expected since Microsoft made the CoD addition official.