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ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Xbox Game Pass' price hike to foldable iPhone teasers

Here's the week's biggest tech news stories from Meta, Xbox, Google, Amazon and more for October 4, 2025.

I'm leaving Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in the dust — I just cancelled my subscription and moved to the new best tier instead

I'm leaving Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in the dust — I just cancelled my subscription and moved to the new best tier instead

The recent price increase to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has seriously reduced its value, making one of the service's alternative tiers the new best option (if you're able to use it well, that is).

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Harry Potter leads tidal wave of new, free Xbox Game Pass games – and they're available now

Harry Potter leads tidal wave of new, free Xbox Game Pass games – and they're available now

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets almost 50 new games for free

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$30 a month for Ultimate — I don’t think Game Pass is worth it anymore

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has jumped to $30 a month, and for the first time, the subscription doesn’t feel worth it to me. While Microsoft has added perks like Fortnite Crew, Ubisoft+ Classics, and improved cloud streaming, these extras don’t align with what I actually value.

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Xbox Game Pass Price Increase Explained: When It's Happening and if It's Still Worth Buying

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting a major price hike, jumping 50% to $29.99/£22.22 per month, which will cost subscribers almost $120 (£88.92) more annually.

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Ubisoft and Tencent form Vantage Studios, a new subsidiary responsible for the development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six

Ubisoft has launched Vantage Studios, a new subsidiary that will lead the development of its biggest franchises, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six.

After price change, Xbox Game Pass users are canceling subscriptions so fast that Microsoft's website is struggling to keep up — and I don't blame them

Microsoft has majorly revamped Xbox Game Pass with new tiers, new features, and a big price hike for Ultimate — and the latter has angered many fans.

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Dying Light: The Beast's "360 approach" to stealth combat is "maybe better" suited to this series than Far Cry, according to Techland's ex-Ubisoft game director

Dying Light: The Beast's "360 approach" to stealth combat is "maybe better" suited to this series than Far Cry, according to Techland's ex-Ubisoft game director

"This is how I was mentored when I was working on Far Cry"

13 Years Later, A Fan Favorite Open World Game Could Make A Big Comeback

13 Years Later, A Fan Favorite Open World Game Could Make A Big Comeback

'Prototype' may be making a return, if a surprise new update is anything to go by.

Xbox Game Pass gets its biggest upgrade in almost a decade – but it's not all good news

Xbox Game Pass gets its biggest upgrade in almost a decade – but it's not all good news

Game Pass gets new tiers, Ubisoft+ and more – including a price hike

Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a 50% price hike — PC Game Pass is now almost 38% more expensive, with hardly any new benefits

Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a 50% price hike — PC Game Pass is now almost 38% more expensive, with hardly any new benefits

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service is undergoing a significant restructuring regarding its pricing and benefits.

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Ubisoft and Tencent's new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry studio has a name, and it's reportedly already making games

Ubisoft and Tencent's new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry studio has a name, and it's reportedly already making games

Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six Siege, and more are being handled by the joint venture

If you want to play Xbox Game Pass games like The Outer Worlds 2 or Black Ops 7 on day one, you're going to have to pay a full $30 a month for Ultimate

If you want to play Xbox Game Pass games like The Outer Worlds 2 or Black Ops 7 on day one, you're going to have to pay a full $30 a month for Ultimate

But hey, at least we're getting PC games on the lower tiers now, right?

Ubisoft's new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a 'creative house' that will take over development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six

Ubisoft's new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a 'creative house' that will take over development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six

Vantage Studios is the first of multiple new studios Ubisoft and Tencent plan to launch in the future.

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Xbox Game Pass is getting Ubisoft+ Classics and some other big new features — but one tier is getting a big, big price increase

Xbox Game Pass is getting a ton of new games today via Ubisoft+, as well as new Fortnite benefits. Ultimate subscribers will have to swallow a 50% price increase to get it, though.

A surprise Steam update for Prototype broke the mods making the 16-year old game playable on modern systems—but could hint at a potential remaster

Updated credits include remaster studio Iron Galaxy and references to a "Ubisoft Connect Version" that doesn't currently exist.

I've spent five hours exploring the Steam Autumn Sale with our Games Editor, and these are the 10 best games on discount I'd recommend picking up while you still can

Here's a list of the best Steam Autumn Sale games of 2025 to pick up before the event ends

How to watch the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct — trailers and interviews from more than 30 new games

PC Gamer is back in Tokyo, highlighting over 30 games and interviews with developers

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'It doesn't feel like they've tried to copy and paste the game onto the screen' says star of Ubisoft's upcoming Watch Dogs movie

"It feels like its own thing, and it feels like the beginning of a world-building exercise," said actor Tom Blyth.

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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora gets major story expansion — and a third-person mode

Ubisoft has announced From the Ashes, a major story expansion for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora launching December 19, 2025 alongside the film Avatar: Fire and Ash.

Best Xbox Series X games: The 25 greatest Xbox games to play in 2025

From Elden Ring to Gears 5, here are the best Xbox Series X games to play today

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All of my favorite Xbox games this year came from indie devs — am I old or have AAA publishers completely lost the plot?

2025 was another stellar year for games across the board, but increasingly I find myself just automatically assuming games from AAA publishers aren't worth the effort. Am I out of touch, or is something else going on?

Assassin's Creed Shadows DLC, Claws of Awaji, is a refreshingly focused experience that does everything the main game does – just much better

Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji is the action role-playing game’s (RPGs) first major expansion since launch. Claws of Awaji is an essential experience for those looking to finish off Shadows’ story.

Ubisoft’s reported ‘fix’ for a non-existent problem in the Black Flag remake will just make the game worse

No matter how better the rest of the game is, cutting content is never the right call.

Borderlands 4 review

True looter-shooter greatness in a messy package.

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