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Microsoft has announced a price hike for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, raising the price by 50% from $20 to $30 per month. You do not have to pay that much everywhere, however. GameStop, for example, has ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Microsoft has announced a price hike for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, ...

Some things happen slowly and then all at once. So it appears to be with Xbox Game Pass. Once hailed as the “best deal in gaming,” it’s now best known as the deal that just keeps getting worse. A ...

If raising console prices wasn't enough to scare you away, Microsoft has also increased the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent. That makes the subscription cost $30 per month when it used ...

Xbox owners got a bit of a nasty surprise thanks to Microsoft’s sudden announcement today that the monthly cost of a Game Pass Ultimate subscription is getting a 50 percent increase. The new $30 ...

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Microsoft's (MSFT.O), opens new tab Xbox has raised the price of the highest tier of Game Pass by 50% and expanded its offerings under the videogame subscription service to include ...

Microsoft announced Wednesday it will be revamping its tiered gaming subscription service Xbox Game Pass with expanded game libraries, including PC titles, unlimited cloud gaming, new in-game benefits ...

Microsoft has kicked off October by announcing a significant price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which comes just over a year after the last price rise for the subscription service. In July 2024, ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has increased Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $30 monthly, marking a 100% rise since 2019, alongside a rebrand introducing Essential, Premium, and Ultimate tiers. The update expands game ...