Microsoft has just revamped the tiers of Xbox Game Pass, and while there are some new features among the various levels of the subscription, it's mostly bad news out here. Ultimate is getting dramatically more expensive, and it remains the only way to get access to the primary benefit of Game Pass: day one access to brand-new games.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – or, as I prefer to call it, the only tier of Game Pass that really matters – is now $30 a month, up from its previously monthly fee of $20. This is still the only way the subscription provides day one access to major games like The Outer Worlds 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
