{"id":77755,"date":"2026-05-11T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77755"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:37:03","slug":"xbox-game-pass-price-day-one-games-and-tiers-in-2026-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=77755","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Game Pass Price, Day-One Games, And Tiers In 2026 Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is once again shaking up its Xbox Game Pass service, with drastic changes announced in April 2026 that included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/game-pass-gets-price-drop-new-call-of-duty-games-no-longer-included\/1100-6539523\/\">a price decrease and the confirmation that new Call of Duty games will no longer launch into the service<\/a>. Then in May 2026, Microsoft and Discord revealed a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/game-pass-starter-edition-announced-heres-what-its-all-about\/1100-6539875\/\">Starter Edition of Xbox Game Pass<\/a>. If you&#8217;re looking to join the service or upgrade your current membership, here&#8217;s everything you need to know about what each Game Pass tier gets you.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"toc\">What is Xbox Game Pass?<\/p>\n<p>Introduced several years ago, Game Pass is a subscription service that offers access to a library of first-party games from Microsoft and even more third-party titles. This a comprehensive collection of games across a wide selection of genres, and it can be accessed on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and through the cloud on compatible devices like phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>Games come and go on the service&#8211;with additions and removals normally happening twice per month&#8211;but the key draw to Game Pass is that you&#8217;ll get access to the biggest Xbox games on launch day. Or at least that <em>was <\/em>one of the key selling points. One of Microsoft&#8217;s biggest franchises, Call of Duty, is no<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is once again shaking up its Xbox Game Pass service, with drastic changes announced in April 2026 that included a price decrease and the confirmation that new Call of Duty games will no longer launch into the service. Then in May 2026, Microsoft and Discord revealed a new Starter Edition of Xbox Game Pass&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":77757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77758,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77755\/revisions\/77758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}