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Xbox Game Pass getting big changes, ditching day one releases for basic tier

Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in th…

Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the run-up to October's release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will include the removal of day one releases for its basic tier. While this will continue to be available to existing members until their subscription expires (notably, from 12th September, Microsoft will only allow users to stack Game Pass for Console for up to 13 months), new users looking for a basic tier package will need to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Standard, which launches in September. All this follows Microsoft's$69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year, and confirmation in May that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 would be a day one Game Pass release when it launches in October.

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