Celebrating three Epic Months of BacktoBack Blockbuster Game Launches in Xbox Game Pass
It's been an amazing year for Team Xbox and for you our loyal gamers. MINECRAFT SERVERS We welcomed Bethesda to the Xbox family and announced a brand new slate of games together in June, and then launched Psychonauts 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator, two of the most highly-rated games of the year, onto Xbox Game Pass. Twenty million players have joined us in Sea of Thieves and your love for Series X-shaped appliances has made the "Mini Fridge" an actual thing. Our players are at the heart of everything we do and we couldn't be more thankful for your unwavering support.
We are thrilled to launch three months of blockbuster back-to-back games in Game Pass, just weeks before the Xbox 20th Anniversary in November.
- The Age of Empires franchise has been a key part of Microsoft's gaming heritage for over a quarter of a century. The October. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be the most significant yet 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 be joining Game Pass for PC on November. 2. Then, there will be new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures in December, and Caves & Cliffs: Part II later in the year. Forza Horizon 5's open-world adventure in Mexico will launch 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 is available for free to current players, Game Pass members and Game Pass members. It includes five new aircrafts and eight new airports. There are also new Discovery Flights and tutorials. The game also includes highly requested community features such as DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also release the exciting Reno Air Races, which is the fastest motorsport on Earth will be available on November. 18. - The Master Chief returns on Dec. 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo that we had in our minds 20 years ago, and it's finally here in the biggest Halo game ever created. Halo Infinite is available in Game Pass on Xbox One, Xbox Series X Game Pass Ultimate members will receive monthly multiplayer rewards as part of the Perks program. Our teams have also been expanding the games that you love. In the last few months, you've 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 millions of you continue to enjoy these worlds together.
The Xbox community has turned gaming into an opportunity for fun and inspiration as well as education over the last two decades. Games build bridges and forge bonds between friends and family and give people new ways to connect.
We invite you to join us on November. 15 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Xbox and Halo with a fun digital broadcast for gamers around the globe. Although we won't reveal any new games, the anniversary broadcast will feature a special 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 consecutive game launches. We hope you'll join us to celebrate 20 years of Xbox history, be aware that we're working on the road ahead and what's to come in the coming 20 years.