Xbox Game Pass is already looking unbeatable in 2023

Starfield. Redfall. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Minecraft Legends. Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Monster Hunter Rise, Lies of P, Routine, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Atomic Heart, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, Ark 2, Flintlock, Guilty Gear Strive, Valheim on console, GoldenEye 007. And many, many more.

Are you going to buy any games in 2023? Or are you just going to boot up the Xbox Game Pass tab every time you sign onto your console and have a little browse? Because I know, in the middle of a cost of living crisis, how little I can afford on brand new $70 games multiple times per year.

To that end, Xbox Game Pass feels like an absolutely essential part of my gaming setup. As well as the titles listed above, we’re undoubtedly going to get many more games arriving in the future – we all know how Xbox likes to stealth drop things on the service – and for the meagre asking price of £10.99 a month for the highest tier… what’s not to like? It also lets me play on my phone, my consoles, or my PC without ever having to migrate save data (and I get more choice on my PC, too!).