Xbox has confirmed that its Developer Direct showcase will return later this month, and it could mean big things for Xbox Game Pass.

Here's every game coming to Xbox Game Pass in January 2025. Here's every game announced so far for Game Pass in January 2025, including platforms and dates for when they'll be available:

If you have Game Pass Ultimate, you've already been able to stream some select games. Now, Xbox is letting you stream select games you own. Here's how to do it.

Xbox Game Pass is set to lose six titles on December 31, marking the final wave of games leaving the popular subscription service in 2024.

Xbox shared the news in a January 7 announcement, which lists everything coming to Game Pass in the first half of the month, including Lightyear Frontier and EA Sports UFC 5. It also, rightly, describes the legendary 1997 game Diablo as "the groundbreaking action-RPG that defined the genre."

A journalist and market data expert has suggested that Game Pass launches help boost PS5 game sales more than they help Xbox. Christopher Dring, formerly of GameIndustry.biz, revealed during a Q&A session with Install Base Forum that games launching on Microsoft’s subscription service can lose up to 80% of their expected premium sales on Xbox.

Xbox Game Pass subscriptions can give players an easy way to access tons of games, but it may result in a massive loss of actual game sales.

A report has come out that sheds light on revenue after a game is placed on Xbox Game Pass, and it suggests a title can lose "around 80% of its expected premium sales"

"Anecdotally, games that are in Game Pass can expect to lose around 80 percent of [their] expected premium sales on Xbox".