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\n\tMicrosoft is dropping the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscription plans \u2014 and it\u2019s also going to hold back new \u201cCall of Duty\u201d titles from the services for about a year.<\/p>\n
\n\tBeginning this year, future releases of mega-popular first-person shooter \u201cCall of Duty\u201d releases, from Microsoft\u2019s Activision division, won\u2019t be available in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass at launch. According to Microsoft, new \u201cCoD\u201d games will be\u202fadded to the subscription tiers during the following holiday season \u2014 about a year later. The company said existing \u201cCall of Duty\u201d titles in the library will continue to be available.<\/p>\n
\n\tStarting Tuesday (April 21), the price of Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99 per month. PC Game Pass will drop from $16.49 to $13.99 per month.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cGame Pass Ultimate has become too expensive for too many players,\u201d Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma said in a post on X. \u201cWe\u2019ll keep learning and evolving Game Pass to better match what matters to players.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tMicrosoft said Xbox\u202fGame Pass Ultimate\u202fsubscribers will continue to have access to \u201chundreds of games\u201d on Xbox consoles and PCs including current \u201cCall of Duty\u201d titles, as well as in-game benefits, online console multiplayer and major day one releases.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOur players cover a wide breadth of geographies, preferences, and tastes, so while there\u202fisn\u2019t\u202fa single model\u202fthat\u2019s\u202fbest for everyone, this change responds to a lot of feedback\u202fwe\u2019ve\u202fgotten so far,\u201d the company said in announcing the change.<\/p>\n
\n\tSeparately, Paramount Pictures is developing a big-screen adaptation of \u201cCall of Duty,\u201d which is slated to premiere June 30, 2028. Pete Berg will direct from a script by Taylor Sheridan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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