February 2025 is well under way, and that means a brand new batch of exciting titles arriving on Xbox Game Pass. But where to begin?
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Everything from a Far Cry spin-off to the latest Madden to one of Xbox's biggest releases of the year are set to be added to the game catalogue this month.
The latter is the highly anticipated Avowed, a new action RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment – best known for The Outer Worlds, Pentiment and Pillars of Eternity. The studio also made a little old game back in 2008 called Fallout: New Vegas, so you can see why expectations are big.
Just like PlayStation Plus subscribers, Xbox Game Pass is a great way to access a whole bunch of titles without having to pay full price for each one individually. The only difficulty is deciding which subscription to go for.
Well, we've rounded up what's set to arrive on Xbox Game Pass this month alongside what's set to disappear and what the future has in store.
Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles for February 2025
Avowed. Obsidian
Far Cry New Dawn - 4th February
Another Crab's Treasure - 5th February (Game Pass Standard)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - 5th February (Game Pass Standard)
Starfield - 5th February (Game Pass Standard)
Madden NFL 25 - 6th February
Kingdom Two Crowns - 13th February
Avowed - 18th February
That's all we know in terms of officially confirmed games coming to Game Pass in February 2025. We'll update this page when the next batch of free games is confirmed by Microsoft.
What games are leaving Xbox Game Pass?
EA Sports UFC 3. EA
While many games are added to Xbox Game Pass, some are taken away.
Microsoft has confirmed that the following games will be removed on 15th February 2025:
A Little to the Left
Bloodstained Ritual of the Night
EA Sports UFC 3
Indivisible
Merge and Blade
Return to Grace
Tales of Arise
What happened to Xbox Games with Gold?
Xbox Games with Gold. Xbox
Xbox Live Gold was discontinued on 1st September 2023, and those who kept their subscription will have been automatically swapped over to the new Xbox Game Pass Core tier as part of a price increase for Xbox Game Pass.
This change-up removes the two free monthly games and replaces them with a library of around 30 titles - including Halo 5: Guardians, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Forza Horizon 4, to name a few.
Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers will still be able to access online, as well as certain deals and discounts.
Microsoft plans to update the Game Pass Core library two to three times a year.
What other Xbox Game Pass games are coming up?
Looking further into the future, the following Xbox Game Pass games have been confirmed for upcoming releases on the service, though a lot of dates are still to be announced.
And that's your lot in terms of what's coming up! We'll be sure to let you know about all those future Xbox Game Pass games as we learn more about them.
Toby Saunders is a freelance writer specialising in Video Game journalism. He has a wealth of experience in the field and is published on many different websites including PCGamesN, Nintendo Life and Pocket Tactics. He has a degree in Film Studies (he gets to write about Film and TV occasionally, too).
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