How to Sign Up for Family Plan on Xbox One

(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft has a couple of subscription services for owners of the Xbox I, Xbox Serial X or Series S.

Xbox Alive Golden is a monthly membership plan that is required for online play and, while information technology gives you a couple of free games a calendar month, that's its main purpose.

On the other paw, Xbox Game Pass is the house'south service that gives you access to hundreds of games for but i monthly fee.

They can each exist paid for separately, but the best news is that you can get both, plus PC Game Laissez passer, EA Play, Deject Gaming and access to exclusive game discounts for a single, cheaper price.

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Here'due south everything you need to know about Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

What is Xbox Game Pass and Game Laissez passer Ultimate?

Xbox Games Pass gives y'all access to well over 300 games to download and play on your Xbox 1 or Xbox Serial X/S for one monthly fee.

If you upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you besides get Xbox Alive Gold, PC Game Pass, EA Play and access to Xbox Deject Gaming, all for the same price.

You lot tin download the games and play them equally ofttimes as you like, every bit long as you go along to pay the monthly fee. Some titles might get unavailable every bit others are added, but you also take the pick of buying any of the drove outright at discounted prices.

Xbox Serial 10/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original Xbox games are office of the line-upward, the latter two through backward compatibility, so there are plenty of tiptop titles to choose from.

Microsoft adds releases of its own and many third-party games on the same day they are released in stores. This includes Halo Space and Bethesda's new, forthcoming sci-fi RPG, Starfield.

It could as well include all of Activision Blizzard'south vast back catalogue of titles, when Microsoft'due south acquisition completes, including legacy and new Call of Duty games.

The included Xbox Live Gold too gives subscribers exclusive discounts on many games on the Xbox Store.

How much does Xbox Game Pass Ultimate cost?

Xbox Games Pass Ultimate is priced at $fourteen.99/£10.99 a month. You can cancel at whatsoever time.

Equally mentioned, it includes Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Games Pass for PC and EA Play. Plus, Microsoft's cloud service, Deject Gaming, is function of Ultimate at no extra toll.

The standard console-simply version of Games Laissez passer doesn't include Gold, EA Play, Deject Gaming or the PC version. It costs $9.99/£7.99 a month. It'south the same cost for the PC-only version when subscribed to separately. Ultimate is clearly the better deal.

What games are part of Xbox Game Pass?

Xbox Game Laissez passer will always offer more than 300 games, made up of Xbox Serial Ten/South, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and original Xbox backward compatible titles.

Some might exist switched in future for other games, only here is the current list of all the games that are currently available:

All the Xbox Ane & Serial X/S games on Game Pass (as of 1 March 2022):

Note, all games run on Xbox One every bit well as Xbox Series Ten/S, just can have enhancements on the next-gen consoles. Some games volition likewise feature Xbox's Machine HDR and/or FPS Heave technologies.