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Microsoft finally name one thing correctlyXbox Game Pass For PC is now “PC Game Pass”
Xbox Game Pass For PC is now “PC Game Pass”
I’m not sure I’ve ever once in my life typed “Xbox Game Pass For PC,” preferring to drop the last two words when writing about Microsoft’s game subscription service here on a PC games website. In future I won’t have to produce my own Radio Edit, however. During last night’s Game Awards, Microsoft announced that the service, on PC, is now simply called PC Game Pass.Here’s the video announcing the change, filled with people I’ve never heard of but presume to be famous in some way:PC Game Pass at The Game Awards (feat. Dave & GaTa)Watch on YouTubeAnd here’s the “patch notes” Xbox put out:Really super important patch notes that will change everything you’ve ever known about Game Pass#PCGamePasspic.twitter.com/rSq4FhtO7i— PC Game Pass (@XboxGamePassPC)December 10, 2021To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThe service remains otherwise unchanged. The trailer above does contain a deliberate “leak” of games coming to the service next year, however, including a handful that were previously unannounced. The briefly visible list of games includesTotal War: Warhammer3,Redfall,Starfield,Somervilleand more - all of which we already knew. Those we didn’t know about were newly revealedSniper Elite 5, physics playground Pigeon Simulator, Devolver’s samurai action game Trek To Yoki, and an unannounced game from Hugecalf Studios. I guess the latteris a golf game?If you’re lamenting the loss of “Xbox” in the name, you should remember that to play games on PC Game Pass you’ll still need todownload the “Xbox” app. PC Game Pass For Xbox, you could call it. And I’m sure Microsoft will find new ways to make all this complicated again soon enough.We stayed up late to cover the PC gaming news at the marketing extravaganza: hit ourThe Game Awardstag for everything, or skip toEvery trailer at The Game Awards 2021.
I’m not sure I’ve ever once in my life typed “Xbox Game Pass For PC,” preferring to drop the last two words when writing about Microsoft’s game subscription service here on a PC games website. In future I won’t have to produce my own Radio Edit, however. During last night’s Game Awards, Microsoft announced that the service, on PC, is now simply called PC Game Pass.Here’s the video announcing the change, filled with people I’ve never heard of but presume to be famous in some way:PC Game Pass at The Game Awards (feat. Dave & GaTa)Watch on YouTubeAnd here’s the “patch notes” Xbox put out:Really super important patch notes that will change everything you’ve ever known about Game Pass#PCGamePasspic.twitter.com/rSq4FhtO7i— PC Game Pass (@XboxGamePassPC)December 10, 2021To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsThe service remains otherwise unchanged. The trailer above does contain a deliberate “leak” of games coming to the service next year, however, including a handful that were previously unannounced. The briefly visible list of games includesTotal War: Warhammer3,Redfall,Starfield,Somervilleand more - all of which we already knew. Those we didn’t know about were newly revealedSniper Elite 5, physics playground Pigeon Simulator, Devolver’s samurai action game Trek To Yoki, and an unannounced game from Hugecalf Studios. I guess the latteris a golf game?If you’re lamenting the loss of “Xbox” in the name, you should remember that to play games on PC Game Pass you’ll still need todownload the “Xbox” app. PC Game Pass For Xbox, you could call it. And I’m sure Microsoft will find new ways to make all this complicated again soon enough.We stayed up late to cover the PC gaming news at the marketing extravaganza: hit ourThe Game Awardstag for everything, or skip toEvery trailer at The Game Awards 2021.
I’m not sure I’ve ever once in my life typed “Xbox Game Pass For PC,” preferring to drop the last two words when writing about Microsoft’s game subscription service here on a PC games website. In future I won’t have to produce my own Radio Edit, however. During last night’s Game Awards, Microsoft announced that the service, on PC, is now simply called PC Game Pass.
Here’s the video announcing the change, filled with people I’ve never heard of but presume to be famous in some way:
PC Game Pass at The Game Awards (feat. Dave & GaTa)Watch on YouTube
PC Game Pass at The Game Awards (feat. Dave & GaTa)
And here’s the “patch notes” Xbox put out:
Really super important patch notes that will change everything you’ve ever known about Game Pass#PCGamePasspic.twitter.com/rSq4FhtO7i— PC Game Pass (@XboxGamePassPC)December 10, 2021
Really super important patch notes that will change everything you’ve ever known about Game Pass#PCGamePasspic.twitter.com/rSq4FhtO7i
The service remains otherwise unchanged. The trailer above does contain a deliberate “leak” of games coming to the service next year, however, including a handful that were previously unannounced. The briefly visible list of games includesTotal War: Warhammer3,Redfall,Starfield,Somervilleand more - all of which we already knew. Those we didn’t know about were newly revealedSniper Elite 5, physics playground Pigeon Simulator, Devolver’s samurai action game Trek To Yoki, and an unannounced game from Hugecalf Studios. I guess the latteris a golf game?
If you’re lamenting the loss of “Xbox” in the name, you should remember that to play games on PC Game Pass you’ll still need todownload the “Xbox” app. PC Game Pass For Xbox, you could call it. And I’m sure Microsoft will find new ways to make all this complicated again soon enough.
We stayed up late to cover the PC gaming news at the marketing extravaganza: hit ourThe Game Awardstag for everything, or skip toEvery trailer at The Game Awards 2021.
