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Microsoft Cuts Game Pass Prices, Ends Day-One Call of Duty on the Service

The shift signals a value reset under new Xbox boss Asha Sharma.

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Activision games "Call of Duty" are pictured in a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Overview

  • Microsoft announced Tuesday that Game Pass Ultimate drops to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass falls to $13.99, with the change taking effect now.
  • New Call of Duty entries will no longer arrive on Game Pass at launch and will instead be added the following holiday season, roughly a year later.
  • Existing Call of Duty games already in the catalog remain available, and Microsoft says other first-party day-one releases still come to Ultimate.
  • The reduction partly reverses October 2025’s steep increase, keeping prices below the recent peak yet still above pre-hike levels.
  • Microsoft says the change answers player feedback, and reporting has tied day-one Call of Duty to lost premium sales that undercut the prior model.