Xbox Game Pass Announces New Titles for Early January
Xbox Game Pass January 2025: New Games and Departures
Microsoft has unveiled its first Xbox Game Pass lineup for 2025, confirming several anticipated titles and revealing the games leaving the service this month. January is shaping up to be a strong start to the year for subscribers.
The announcement, made via the official Xbox blog on January 7th, 2025, includes seven new games. Road 96, a choice-driven adventure game, is immediately available across all Game Pass tiers (including PC). Six more titles join the service later in the month: Lightyear Frontier (Preview), My Time at Sandrock, Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders, and Rolling Hills launch on January 8th, while UFC 5 and Diablo arrive on January 14th. Note that Diablo is exclusive to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and UFC 5 is a Game Pass Ultimate-only title.
New Games:
- Road 96: Available Now
- Lightyear Frontier (Preview): January 8
- My Time at Sandrock: January 8
- Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders: January 8
- Rolling Hills: January 8
- UFC 5: January 14 (Game Pass Ultimate only)
- Diablo: January 14 (Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass only)
Alongside the new games, several Game Pass Ultimate perks launched on January 7th, including in-game items for Apex Legends and DLC for First Descendant, Vigor, and Metaball.
However, with new arrivals come departures. Six games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on January 15th: Common'hood, Escape Academy, Exoprimal, Figment, Insurgency Sandstorm, and Those Who Remain.
This is just the first half of January's updates. Microsoft will undoubtedly announce further additions to the Game Pass catalog later in the month. Stay tuned for more news!
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