If you use Microsoft Rewards to pay for Xbox Game Pass, the bad news is it's soon going to cost you a lot more of your points.

So, sure, GamePass is reasonably successful for what it is — but it definitely hasn’t changed the world like Netflix did to Hollywood. People are still mostly buying new games, sometimes even still on a disc from Best Buy or Walmart. Streaming a game to your phone or TV over the cloud remains pretty niche.

Given the game went number one on Steam last week, it sounds like Avowed has sold rather well then, despite being included in Xbox Game Pass on day one. Game Pass is only applicable for the Xbox and Microsoft Store PC versions though - Steam users would have to purchase the game, and purchase it they seem to have done.

Microsoft increases the number of Microsoft Rewards points needed for Xbox Game Pass. Here's how this change will affect you.

Surprise! Today during the ID@Xbox Show, Jimbo dropped by with a few announcements, the main being that Balatro is coming to Xbox Game Pass – today! In addition to the Game Pass drop, Balatro is also adding a whole host of new ‘Friends of Jimbo’ card customisations including Fallout,

The Xbox Game Pass content catalog receives two more February 2025 titles, only one of which is available on the Standard tier.

Microsoft has announced its line-up of Xbox Game Pass titles for the latter half of February. This begins with Avowed, which Microsoft also noted down in its list for the first half of the month too. Hmm! Otherwise, there's a thin selection of other titles on offer. Well, you're probably still playing with your fungus hero anyway.