Microsoft is launching its Xbox Game Pass Standard tier today. After briefly testing it with Xbox Insiders last month, the new $14.99 per month Game Pass Standard subscription is launching with the usual Game Pass library for Xbox and online console multiplayer access,

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First, the new tier and price changes. As of yesterday, there is a new tier of Xbox Game Pass called the "Standard" tier. This is replacing the previous standard tier of Xbox Game Pass on console. The difference is this new tier won't include day one games. These games may be added eventually, but there is no promise of this and no day one.

The confusing part is that Xbox is only picking out a small number of Game Pass titles to highlight, which suggests at first glance that there's nothing else to come (but that's obviously not the case). Nevertheless, there are plenty of big upcoming games mentioned in here, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Stalker 2.

Black Ops 6 is coming to Game Pass in October. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and STALKER 2 are coming in November. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming in December. While the full scope of games coming to Xbox Game Pass these next few months has yet to be revealed,

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Xbox Game Pass has introduced the new Standard tier for $14.99 per month. It replaces Xbox Game Pass For Console, but bizzarely doesn't include day one releases anymore. Day one releases might eventually come to Standard after one year,