Call of Duty games coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one lasted both versions as Microsoft announces big changes and welcome price drop

• Xbox gaming is about to get cheaper and change a bit
• Game Pass Ultimate will drop to $22.99 per month, while PC Game Pass will cost $13.99
• This comes after Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the service had “become too expensive” in a leaked memo.

Xbox has announced that it is lowering the price of its Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass services, and that it will no longer offer new ones. Call of Duty games at launch.

As detailed in a brief Xbox Wire blog post, Game Pass Ultimate will drop from $29.99 to $22.99 per month, while PC Game Pass will now cost $13.99 instead of $16.49.

New Call of Duty the games will also only be available “about a year” after release. Call of Duty titles already available on the service, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and its follow-up Call of Duty: Black Ops 7will remain accessible.

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The news comes from a leaked internal memo revealing that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma believed Game Pass had “become too expensive for gamers” and wanted to “evolve” the service. “We need a better value equation,” she said.