Celebrating Three Epic Months Of Back-to-Back Blockbuster Game Launches In Xbox Game Pass

It's been a memorable year for Team Xbox and for you our gamers. We welcomed Bethesda to the family and announced a new set of games in June, and launched Psychonauts 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator, two of the top-rated games of the year, onto Xbox Game Pass. Minecraft Servers of Thieves now has 25 million players. Your enthusiasm for Series X-shaped kitchen appliances and the "Mini Fridge" has made it a reality. We couldn't be happier for the incredible support we have received from our players.

Just a few weeks away from the Xbox 20th anniversary in November, we're excited to begin three months of blockbuster games that will be back-to-back launches in Game Pass:

- The Age of Empires franchise has been a major part of Microsoft's gaming legacy for over a quarter of a century. The October. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be the biggest to date and will bring the redesigned real-time strategy game to a brand new generation on Steam and Game Pass for PC on day one. Minecraft will join Game Pass for PC on Nov. 2, followed by new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures in December and Caves & Cliffs: Part II in the coming year.


Forza Horizon 5's open world adventure in Mexico will be available on Nov. 9. S, Xbox One, Windows PC and Steam as well as Game Pass including console, PC and Cloud Gaming (beta).


Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition will be available Nov. 18 as a no-cost update for players who are already Game Pass members, with five new aircrafts and eight new airports, new Discovery Flights, tutorials and more, and highly requested community features such as DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also launch the Reno Air Races, featuring the fastest motorsports in the world. It will also be available on Nov. 18.


The Master Chief is coming back on December 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo that we had in our minds 20 years ago and is finally here in the most epic Halo game ever created. S and PC. Game Pass Ultimate members will also receive monthly multiplayer rewards as part of the Perks program.


Our teams have also been expanding on the games you love. These past few months, you played Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2 Homecoming, Grounded: Hot and Hazy, and the last week's Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We're honored that you're continuing to play these games together.

Over the past two decades in the last two decades, the Xbox community has transformed gaming into an experience of joy and inspiration, education, and social connection. Games can strengthen bonds and create connections between family and friends, and also give people new ways to connect.

We invite you to join us on Nov. 15 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Xbox and Halo with a fun, digital broadcast to fans across the world. Although we won't reveal any new games, the anniversary broadcast will be a unique review of 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.

We have been hard at work to bring you three months of back-toback games that launch. We hope that you'll join us in celebrating 20 years of Xbox history. But, we also know that we are hard at work planning for the future and the next steps in the coming 20 years.