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Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service finished 2024 with a bang, following the release of high-profile titles like Indiana Jones, Black Ops 6 and STALKER 2. This is in contrast to a few underwhelming months of PlayStation Plus releases for Essentials subscribers.

Xbox revealed last year there are no "red lines" on the games it could potentially bring to other platforms, and the gaming division's new campaign is now marketing pretty much everything as an Xbox - with Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella also mentioning how the mission is to make gaming more accessible than ever before.

Xbox is playing a "different game" to its competitors according to a gaming expert who says that trend will continue through 2025 and beyond. Microsoft's gaming division has been prioritising delivering its players the best subscription service it can through its Game Pass,

W hen Xbox unveiled its new generation of subscription services with Xbox Game Pass in 2017, the appeal for players was immediately apparent. Pay a monthly fee and get an ever-gro