Xbox apes Netflix with $10 per month, 100-game unlimited “Pass”

Enlarge / A promotional image shows some of the games you'll be able to download for one monthly subscription price through Xbox Game Pass. (credit: Xbox Wire)

Borrowing a page from Netflix's unlimited subscription model, Microsoft today announced Game Pass, a service that will offer downloadable copies of over 100 Xbox One and backwards-compatible Xbox 360 games from the systems' legacy catalogs for a $10-per-month subscription (8).

Microsoft hasn't provided a full list of games that will be available yet, but an e-mailed announcement included Halo 5: Guardians, Saints Row IV Re-Elected, NBA 2K16, Mad Max, LEGO Batman, Mega Man Legacy Collection, Terraria, Payday 2, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, Fable III, SoulCalibur II, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 as examples of what to expect at launch. Publishers taking part in the program include 2K, 505 Games, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Deep Silver, Focus Home Interactive, Sega, SNK, THQ Nordic GmbH, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and Microsoft Studios.

New games will cycle in and out of availability with some regularity, Microsoft said. Still, based on the above list, we wouldn't expect any major new releases to hit Game Pass until well after their traditional retail launches.

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