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Brendan Lowry

Good news… if you live in the right country: Game Pass Ultimate price hike paused

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Last week, Microsoft introduced a huge overhaul to Xbox Game Pass that revamped the subscription service with more widespread access on Windows PCs and Xbox Cloud Gaming, along with renamed tiers and price hikes to both PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — the latter of which proved to be extremely controversial, with users unsubscribing so fast the firm's website struggled to keep up.

Now, in the wake of the gaming community's blistering reaction to the changes, Microsoft is delaying its $10 Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price increase in select countries. The firm seems to be hitting the brakes on the updated cost in European countries specifically; users in the US and UK will still have to pay the new, higher price.

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