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Microsoft hiking Xbox Game Pass prices by up to 25%

The gaming giant said its PC Game Pass subscription would increase by £2 to £9.99 per month.

It comes after Microsoft announced in May that its most eagerly awaited new title - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - would be available straight away to Game Pass subscribers. The price rises and attempts to push console users to move to a more expensive tier appear linked to the decision to release the latest Call of Duty straightaway on Game Pass. At the time, observers questioned how Microsoft could afford the move, with GamesIndustry.biz head Christopher Dring telling the BBC he wondered if the firm would "introduce higher tiers to Game Pass or other monetisation techniques" to mitigate it.

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