Two high-profile first-party games from Xbox are seeing their rumored release windows leaked, including a new IP and a beloved Microsoft franchise.

While the full lineup has yet to be announced, there are already five new games for Xbox Game Pass subscribers to look forward to in December 2025.

As Xbox Game Pass grows ever bigger, I'm keeping careful track of the best new additions, upcoming arrivals, which games are leaving soon, and much more.

Here's your Xbox Free Play Days list for November 27th to November 30th (so far): As far as we know, all of this week's Xbox Free Play Days titles are locked behind an Xbox Game Pass Essential, Xbox Game Pass Premium or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, and are playable until Sunday, November 30th.

A day-one Xbox Game Pass release is making its way to PlayStation 5 in the near future after drawing impressive player counts on Microsoft's platform.

Nowadays, everything is an Xbox — or so Microsoft would have you believe. The advent of the Netflix-like Game Pass subscription has become the tech company’s top priority, shifting their focus from traditional hardware sales to basically producing third-party software for an array of devices,

Take the Associated Press, for example. The huge global news organisation has today highlighted its 10 top video game releases of 2025, and there are actually three Xbox first-party games in the mix here.

Microsoft's game developers are apparently quite elated about launching their games on PlayStation, likely because it means more potential revenue.

Gamers of all stripes freaked out when Microsoft jacked up prices on its Game Pass subscription by 50 percent two months ago — which is why it’s terrific that Amazon is ignoring Microsoft’s demands and selling Game Pass Ultimate at the “old” price of $59.