Xbox Game Pass gives you unlimited access to over 100 Xbox One and Backward Compatible Xbox 360 games for $10.95 per month.
All Xbox One users (no Xbox Live Gold required) can start their 14-day free trial and enjoy over 100 titles. Note that you have to install the full version of each game to play.
For those who can't view the above link or can't be bother clicking (like me), here's the full list of games available (launch titles for the service):
Jees between that and EA Access my 'Ready to Install' list is gonna be crazy!
Don't know about you, but not too long ago all my EA games were removed from ready to install and I had to access them through the EA Access app thing. That might help you.
I mean, I hate downloading useless apps when the old way worked fine, but if you've got a lot of clutter.
Love the concept and pricing, but as someone that has owned a 360 for a decade it's a bit too heavy on the 360 titles and light on the One games for now. Hopefully we see more recent titles pop up soon.
Bit surprised they didn't include Gears of War 4 or ANY Forza titles.
so $20 for Australia?
I was in the alpha for this a couple of months back. It's great value for money.
If you have to pay for this and pay for XBL Gold I don't agree that it's 'great value'.
You can't expect everything for nothing.
True, video games are an expensive hobby, if people just dont have money for it, the hobby might be too pricey for them. Simple as that. Just because the site is Ozbargain does not mean everything will cost next to nothing or "free". These companies need to make money and to pay people too. There is always mobile gaming for those that require something a little less pricey.
I still think it's great value.
XBL is your price of admission to premium and largely uninterrupted online gaming services, the games for gold lottery and 100s of other things less important to me but important to some.
To that point, someone has to pay for the cloud, servers and engineers. Offsetting the cost is the Games for Gold lottery which gives a player a free XB1, XB360 and Indie game for free each month. Not bad for ($4-$5 a month).
Game Pass is your very reasonable price of admission to transiently "own" and play games. Much better for the consumer.
Not @ $10 p/m… EA Access is around $45 per year. Same/similar pricing should apply to this IMO.
You don't have to pay for Gold. Thats seperate other than the fact you miss out on early access and will have to wait until next week to sign up as opposed to doing so today.
You'll need Gold for online play still of course, but if you're primarily a single player type of person then feel free to just grab the Pass membership. Given how many of these titles are 360 releases, I'd assume many have pretty small to no online communities anyway, although that'll vary game to game.
They are going to have to add better titles than that to get people taking up ongoing subscriptions @ $131.4/year
Exactly, many of these were given away free at some point too. Most are dirt cheap too and many long term gold members would own alot. It's geared towards new people, trying to get PS4 owners to take up.
Hmmm, does this give you an Xbox live gold membership as well? Or is that on top of this?
Not enough good games to tempt me.
Looks like all games released on games with gold
I never pay for Plus or Gold outside of offers when a month is a dollar or two, or free.
If they somehow bundled this with Gold down the line, like throw GWG out the window and replace it with this, I'd be throwing money at the screen.
Good deal, too bad my Gold trial expired a week or so back, definitely gonna take advantage though when I finally finish up the Master Chief Collection and wanna burn through Guardians.
Need to get a bigger hard drive!
I've never own an Xbox console until the One S so this is awesome for me to catch up on older titles.
I'll never find the time of day to play. but the games listed here are better than the EA vault imho.
The perfect person for this. If you had a 360 since 2006 or so, it'd be very questionable.
Huge price difference though when EA Access can be had for A$27 or A$28 a year vs $130 per annum for this.
Below list may help some people decide the worth of the program. (Expanding on Silverrat's list)
33 games on XBOne + 6 games available on both XBOne & 360 concurrently.
Note: Italics = X360 game (only on XBOne via BC). Bold = GWG title at some point.
• IDARB - XBOne - GWG – Feb 2015
• A Kingdom for Keflings - X360 (XBLA)
• A World of Keflings - X360 (XBLA) - GWG – Nov 2015.
• Age of Booty - X360 (XBLA)
• Banjo Kazooie: N n B - X360
• Banjo-Kazooie - X360 (XBLA)
• Banjo-Tooie - X360 (XBLA)
• Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 - X360 (XBLA)
• BioShock - X360
• BioShock 2 - X360
• BioShock Infinite - X360 - GWG – Mar 2015.
• Blood Bowl 2 - XBOne
• Borderlands - X360
• Bound by Flame - X360
• Braid - X360 (XBLA)
• Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons - X360 (XBLA) - GWG – Feb 2015.
• CAPCOM ARCADE CABINET - X360 (XBLA)
• CastleStorm - Both - GWG – Dec 2015 (original), May 2015 (XBOne Definitive Ed.)
• Comic Jumper - X360 (XBLA)
• Comix Zone - X360 (XBLA)
• D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - XBOne - GWG – Jan 2015
• Dark Void - X360
• de Blob 2 - X360
• Defense Grid - X360 (XBLA) - GWG – July 2013.
• Defense Grid 2 - XBOne - GWG – May 2016
• DIG DUG - X360 (XBLA)
• DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition - XBOne
• Double Dragon Neon - X360 (XBLA)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - X360 (XBLA)
• Electronic Super Joy - XBOne - N/A in Australia
• Fable III - X360 - GWG – June 2013.
• Farming Simulator 15 - X360
• Final Fight: DblImpact - X360 (XBLA)
• FLOCK! - X360 (XBLA)
• Galaga Legions DX - X360 (XBLA)
• Gears of War - X360 - GWG – Dec 2013.
• Gears of War 2 - X360 - GWG – Feb 2016.
• Gears of War 3 - X360 - GWG – July 2015.
• Gears of War: Judgment - X360 - GWG – April 2015.
• Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Day One Vers.) - XBOne
• GRID 2 - X360 - GWG – May 2016.
• Halo 5: Guardians - XBOne
• Halo: Spartan Assault - XBOne - GWG – June 2014
• Hexic 2 - X360 (XBLA)
• Iron Brigade - X360 (XBLA) - GWG – Nov 2013.
• Jetpac Refuelled - X360 (XBLA)
• Joe Danger 2: The Movie - X360 (XBLA)
• Joe Danger Special Edition - X360 (XBLA)
• Joy Ride Turbo - X360 (XBLA)
• Jump Jet Rex - XBOne - N/A in Australia
• Kameo - X360
• Knight Squad - XBOne - GWG – Nov 2015
• KOF98UM - X360 (XBLA)
• KYUB - XBOne - N/A in Australia
• Layers of Fear - XBOne - GWG – March 2017
• LEGO Batman - X360
• Lumo - XBOne
• Mad Max - XBOne
• MASSIVE CHALICE - XBOne - GWG – June 2015
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood - XBOne - GWG – June 2014
• Mega Coin Squad - XBOne - N/A in Australia
• Mega Man™ Legacy Collection - XBOne
• Metal Slug 3 - X360 (XBLA)
• Monday Night Combat - X360 (XBLA)
• Ms. Splosion Man™ - X360 (XBLA)
• MX vs ATV Reflex - X360 - GWG – Oct 2016.
• N+ - X360 (XBLA)
• NBA 2K16 - XBOne
• NEOGEO BATTLE COLISEUM - X360 (XBLA)
• OF: Dragon Rising - X360 - GWG – Dec 2015.
• OlliOlli - XBOne
• PAC-MAN CE DX+ - X360 (XBLA)
• PAC-MAN MUSEUM - X360 (XBLA)
• PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION - XBOne
• Perfect Dark Zero - X360
• Pumped BMX + - XBOne
• Resident Evil 0 - Both
• Roundabout - XBOne
• Sacred 3 - X360
• Saints Row IV: Re-Elected - XBOne - Note: SR4 X360 – GWG Apr 2016
• Sam&Max Beyond Time… - X360 (XBLA)
• Sam&Max Save the World - X360 (XBLA)
• Samurai Shodown II - X360
• ScreamRide - Both
• Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. - X360 (XBLA)
• Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe - X360 (XBLA)
• Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World - X360 (XBLA)
• Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage - X360 (XBLA)
• Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - XBOne
• SOULCALIBUR - X360 (XBLA)
• SOULCALIBUR II HD - X360 (XBLA)
• Spelunky - X360 (XBLA)
• Splosion Man - X360 (XBLA) - Note: GWG – Dec 2014 (replacement for Aus accounts).
• Stacking - X360 (XBLA)
• Steredenn - XBOne - N/A in Australia
• Strider - Both
• Sunset Overdrive - XBOne - GWG – Apr 2016
• Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings - XBOne - GWG – Oct 2016
• Super Time Force - Both
• TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 - XBOne
• Terraria - Both - Note: X360 vers. – GWG Apr 2015
• The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 - X360
• The Golf Club - XBOne
• The Maw - X360 (XBLA)
• The Swapper - XBOne
• Toy Soldiers - X360 (XBLA)
• Toy Soldiers: Cold War - X360 (XBLA) - GWG – Feb 2014.
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown - X360 (XBLA)
• Viva Piñata - X360
• Viva Piñata: TIP - X360 - GWG – Nov 2014.
• WWE 2K16 - XBOne - GWG – Aug 2016
• XCOM®: Enemy Within - X360 - GWG – June 2016.
Good list! Last year probably more than a few OzBargainers would have also got Joy Ride Turbo free via the Walmart deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/255762) and Max:The Curse of Brotherhood free via the Microsoft JP store Gold deal (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/283326).
FYI the version of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons available on the pass is the Xbox One version of the game, which I think is just a port, but I thought it worth pointing out as it was the 360 version that was offered through GWG.
Thanks. :-)
Unfortunately edit time's expired on my comment so I can't change it. :-(
A bunch of the non highlighted are worth it id say, "gamers" are just an entitled angry internet minority at this point, who perhaps need to chill and just enjoy things for what they are, not what angry game nerd culture wants them to believe is worthwhile.
Looks like around 80% of those titles are arcade games. As others have mentioned already, most have been either already been free or been heavily discounted at some point. I recognize many of these from the recent "backwards compatibility sale".
Personally, i would like to see a cheaper second tier to just play full retail titles or even a third tier for those just wanting arcade games. Most who have had claimed Games With Gold since it's introduction have more then enough arcade games. It's good value for those new to Xbox and not wanting to spend a lot upfront to build a digital collection but not so much for long term owners/Gold members.
Incredible value. $10.95 per month in Australia. We are paying less than the United States based on exchange rates.
Bargain gaming. Kudos Microsoft.
Looked at my xbox ones historical network stats. It averages around 100gb a month in updates.
why the negs, i dont get it
if my next post says i need food and water to survive, would that fact get negged too?
Lol the neg voting bandwagon. Keep going nerds :)
Queued up like 30 games this morning I'll never play. So excited.
Not sure if already asked but does anyone know if the games include their DLC/Add-ons?
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Gah, beaten by 5 minutes!
Also, why are we still awake at this time of night?