Xbox Game Pass has had a strong start to October. Gears of War: E-Day, Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis have all arrived on the service, alongside a handful of other well-regarded games, and the result is one of the busier stretches the catalogue has seen this year. Two more day-one releases are now confirmed for the months ahead, adding to a schedule that already looks crowded. The confirmation is the story here: Microsoft is still committing to putting new games on the service at launch, rather than reserving them for a later date once the initial sales window has passed. For subscribers, that makes the coming soon list worth watching closely instead of treating the service as a fixed library. Day one is the phrase that matters most in the Game Pass conversation. A game that arrives on the service at launch is a different proposition from one added a year later, because subscribers...
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