A while back, Microsoft announced a price increase to the Xbox Game Pass services, along with changes to the available Xbox Game Pass tiers in the coming months.

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out that this wasn’t good news for the bank balance, and in my opinion the details Microsoft have shared on the changes so far, are sparce.

Xbox Game Pass Price UK

The updated prices for Xbox Game Pass UK are as follows:

• Xbox Game Pass Core

The 12 months subscription increasing from £49.99 to £55.99

• Xbox Game Pass PC

Monthly subscription increasing from £7.99 to £9.99

• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

Monthly subscription increasing from £12.99 to £14.99

Changes to Xbox Game Pass Console

Xbox Game Pass Console is no longer available for new members which came in to force on 10 July 2024. 

If you were subscribed to Xbox Game Pass for Console and had automatic payment renewal enabled, you were able to continue to enjoy your membership. Xbox Game Pass Console codes will continue to be redeemable until further notice. The official announcment is available here!

Creation of Xbox Game Pass Standard

At the time of writing, the full details on Xbox Game Pass Standard have not been fully announced. We do know that testing for the Xbox Game Pass Standard commenced on 20 August 2024. Hopefully, more details will follow in due course, but one of the announced features (or lack thereof) is that there will be no day-one access to new game releases! Whaaaaaaat!? It looks like we could be waiting upto 12 months for this to be added to Xbox Game Pass Standard according to recent media releases.

An image released from Microsoft for the updated subscriptions in the US. We can assume that Xbox Game Pass Standard will be over the £10 threshold.