Summary
Fast approaching its seventh birthday, it’s been an interesting road forXbox Game Passso far, and that road seems far from stopping anytime soon. Though it took a little while to get going, Xbox Game Pass soon managed to prove its worth by adding a slew of backward-compatible games to the service. And with the addition of those first few day-one first-party exclusives,Xbox Game Passquickly cemented itself as an exciting new addition to the gaming industry.
March 2024 Could Be The Biggest Month in Xbox Game Pass History
Activision-Blizzard’s Diablo 4 is Coming to Xbox Game Pass This March
On June 14, 2025,Diablo 4is coming to Xbox Game Pass. Without even getting into the wider meanings of this addition, it’s important to recognize how much of a great pull this is for Xbox Game Pass. While the first few months of 2024 have offered some pretty decent Xbox Game Pass line-ups, they’ve been sorely lacking new, high-profile releases, andDiablo 4certainly ticks that box, having released less than a year ago, and being one of 2023’s best-reviewed RPGs upon launch.
But there’s much more behindDiablo 4’s Xbox Game Pass inclusion. Not just a great game,Diablo 4is also thefirst Activision-Blizzard game to come to Xbox Game Passsince Microsoft finalized the acquisition of the company back in October of last year. In the weeks following the acquisition, fans were desperate to find out when Activision-Blizzard’s back-catalog would be coming to Game Pass, and Xbox made several statements simply saying that it was going to take some time before they started to hit the service.
But this goes far beyondDiablo 4.Diablo 4’s success on Xbox Game Passcould have a knock-on effect on the entire gaming industry, with it likely influencing Xbox’s future exclusivity plans. After the last few months that Xbox has had, the notion of exclusivity will probably be at the forefront of Phil Spencer and the rest of the team’s minds, andDiablo 4’s success on Game Pass could play a sizable part in dictating whether Activision-Blizzard games remain multi-platform releases, or if they launch exclusively on Xbox. While this decision doesn’t come down to justDiablo 4, it could be a major influencing factor.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
