T he new year is here and Xbox has announced its first batch of games joining its subscription service. Xbox Game Pass for console and PC will see seven games added to the service

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,

Half a dozen games are scheduled to leave the Xbox Game Pass library later today, including three popular multiplayer titles.

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 Game Pass subscribers will be able to play Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders on January 21st, the day it launches on Xbox and Steam.

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,

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?

The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate content catalog expands to include two more titles, which happen to have been released 27 years apart.