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Xbox Kept At Least One Big Promise In Its Most Tumultuous Year Ever

When it drastically increased the price of Game Pass Ultimate on October 1, 2025, Xbox made a promise in a now-deleted Xbox Wire post: “Ultimate subscribers now get access to over 75 day-one releases a year.”  In the year since, a lot has changed at Xbox. This promotional image from October 2025 promotes "75+ day one games a year" as an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit October 2025: 9 Games Added Sopa: The Tale of the Stolen Potato Little Rocket Lab Ball X Pit Keeper  Ninja Gaiden 4 The Outer Worlds 2 Powerwash Simulator 2 Bounty Star:  Super Fantasy Kingdom Following the price-increase announcement and 75+ game commitment, Xbox came out swinging in October. November 2025: 12 Games Added Football Manager 26 Dead Static Drive Egging On Whiskerwood Pigeon Simulator Winter Burrow Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Moonlighter 2 Total Chaos Young Suns Monsters Are Coming More day-one games would come to Game Pass Ultimate in November 2025 than any other month. Kiln (Double Fine) May 2026: 11 Games Added Mixtape Motorslice Forza Horizon 6 Outbound Black Jacket Call of the Elder Gods Subnautica 2 Luna Abyss Echo Generation 2 Crashout Crew Kabuto Park May 2026 was the most chaotic month for Game Pass within the past year.