Celebrating Three Epic Months Of Back-to-Back Blockbuster Game Launches In Xbox Game Pass
This year has been remarkable for Team Xbox, and you are our supporters. Bethesda was welcomed to the Xbox Game Pass family. We also announced new slate games in June and also launched Psychonauts 2 (and Microsoft Flight Simulator) two of the most popular games of the year. Twenty-five million players have now joined us in Sea of Thieves and your love for Series X-shaped appliances has resulted in the "Mini Fridge" an actual thing. Our players are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn't be more grateful for your incredible support.
We are thrilled to announce three months of back-to-back blockbuster games on Game Pass, just weeks ahead of the Xbox 20th Anniversary in November.
- The Age of Empires franchise has been a significant part of Microsoft's gaming heritage for 24 years and the October. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be our biggest yet bringing the evolved real-time strategy game to a brand new generation on Steam and Game Pass for PC on day one. fun gallery will be joining Game Pass for PC on Nov. 2. Then, there will be new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures in December and Caves & Cliffs: Part II later in the year.
- On Nov. 9th, gaming's top racing series returns when Forza Horizon 5's open-world adventure in Mexico accelerates into Xbox Game Pass. Our largest Forza Horizon ever and the winner of the Most Anticipated Game of E3 award, Forza Horizon 5 will be available simultaneously on Xbox Series X
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition is available for free to current players, Game Pass members and Game Pass members. It features five new aircrafts and eight new airports. Additionally, there are new Discovery Flights and tutorials. The game also includes highly requested community features such as DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also launch the Reno Air Races, featuring the fastest motorsports in the world. It will also be available on Nov. 18.
The Master Chief is coming back on December 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo that we envisioned 20 years ago and it's finally here in the biggest Halo game ever created. Halo Infinite is available in Game Pass on Xbox One, Xbox Series X Game Pass Ultimate members will also receive monthly multiplayer rewards as part of the Perks program.
Our teams have been working hard to improve the games you love. These past few months, you've played Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2: Homecoming, Grounded: Hot and Hazy, and last week's Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We're grateful that millions of you continue to play in these worlds together.
The Xbox community has turned gaming into an opportunity for fun and inspiration as well as education over the last two decades. Games build bridges and forge bonds between friends and family and give people new ways to connect.
We invite you to join us on November. 15th to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Xbox and Halo with a fun digital broadcast to fans across the globe. Although we won't reveal any new games, this anniversary broadcast will be a special review of 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.
We've been hard at work to bring you three months of back-toback game launches. While we hope that you'll join us in celebrating 20 years of Xbox history, know that we're hard at work to plan for the future and what's coming up in the coming 20 years.