Xbox Game Pass Will Now Offer Xbox One Exclusive Games at Launch

<p>Xbox Game Pass is pretty much available in every Xbox One bundle you can buy to give you a taste of their download service&period; On top of the expansive library that Game Pass already offers&comma; Phil Spencer announced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;majornelson&period;com&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;23&sol;xbox-game-pass-expands-to-include-new-releases-from-microsoft-studios&sol;">via Major Nelson&&num;8217&semi;s blog<&sol;a> today that they <em>&&num;8220&semi;plan to release all new Xbox One exclusive games from Microsoft Studios into Xbox Game Pass on the same date as their global release&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> This means that the upcoming <em>Sea of Thieves <&sol;em>will be making its way to Xbox Game Pass on March 20th&comma; when it is also released digitally and in retail outlets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Sea of Thieves <&sol;em>is just the beginning though&comma; as this offer will also include other upcoming titles like <em>Crackdown 3 <&sol;em>and <em>State of Decay 2<&sol;em>&period; More importantly&comma; it includes unannounced games like the next entries in the <em>Gears of War<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Halo<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Forza <&sol;em>franchises&period; Of course&comma; the service is similar to PlayStation Plus in that if you don&&num;8217&semi;t have a subscription you cannot play games that are released through Game Pass until you renew&period; Microsoft will be partnering with retailers to offer a 6-month Game Pass subscription for &dollar;59&period;99 USD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;133426" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-133426" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-133426" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;23104144&sol;2916157-crackdown-3-04&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Crackdown 3" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-133426" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Crackdown 3&comma; Microsoft Studios&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>I think this is a very smart decision that offers plenty of reason to maintain a subscription &lpar;you get day one releases of Microsoft Studios&&num;8217&semi; games&comma; as well as whatever else is added to Game Pass&rpar; and is very inviting for new Xbox One owners&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s hard not to get excited knowing that you have a library at your fingertips and with Microsoft Studios&&num;8217&semi; catalog&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s also a level of quality there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are you excited about this news&quest; Let us know in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;majornelson&period;com&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;23&sol;xbox-game-pass-expands-to-include-new-releases-from-microsoft-studios&sol;">Major Nelson<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;