The free Xbox app is a great way to manage Game Pass, check out what your friends on Xbox Live are doing, and even earn some Microsoft reward points, too. But did you also know that inside the app is a free puzzle game that is fun to play and can earn you credits toward your next Xbox purchase?

EA Sports Games Go Free This Weekend With Xbox Free Play Days, and the progress carries over if you choose to buy them instead.

While the PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S versions of My Time at Sandrock have been available as part of the Game Pass Ultimate catalog since the summer of 2025, Microsoft made it available to Game Pass Standard subscribers earlier this week. It’s also on PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch.

Nearly a year after adding Diablo 4 to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has now brought the original Diablo and several other titles to the service. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate-- a CNET Editors' Choice award pick-- offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X,

This pass features member deals and is an excellent way to test out titles to make sure you like them before purchasing them outright.

XBOX adds a few new games to Game Pass every month, and a few games always have to go. Three games were added to Game Pass this month, while four titles are returning to Game Pass Standard

Xbox Game Pass on Switch 2 would be amazing, but it comes with a bittersweet realization about the future of Xbox.

You could buy a few games to hold you over until spring, or you could purchase a subscription to Xbox Game Pass and get access to potentially hundreds of games to keep you occupied. Microsoft launched Game Pass in 2017,