Imminent removal of CoD from Game Pass will show ‘cracks’ in Microsoft’s gaming strategy, leaker suggests After just two games on Day One, CoD could be leaving Game Pass for good. …
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Thursday, April 30th 2026 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Is Out Now in Early Access Press Release by TheLostSwede Apr 30th, 2026 16:21 Discuss 13 Comments Hooded Horse, Unfrozen Studio, and Ubisoft are excited to share that the highly anticipated turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and M… …
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… But not surprising." Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis agrees that "the commercial reasoning for pursuing a subscription-first strategy for new releases the size of CoD has not been realised." "Its inclusion in Game Pass was hoped to turbo-charge the service," he says, "but these short-term in… …
… Windows Central's Jez Corden claims Xbox is considering taking "Call of Duty out of Game Pass this year" due to "cracks in the strategy" of its Game Pass subscription service. "I think one of the reasons Microsoft had to raise the price of Game Pass is Call of Duty. …
Xbox's New CEO Punts Copilot AI on Console as Microsoft Reworks Gaming Strategy by Alan Velasco — Wednesday, May 06, 2026, 01:50 PM EDT Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is undergoing a major shift in strategy as recently installed CEO Asha Sharma has been implementing changes big and small. …
… DualShockers commends the newest iteration of the franchise for preserving the Sudden Strike experience and carrying forward its long-standing tradition - "the Sudden Strike series has established itself as one of the best real-time strategy titles available, and Sudden Strike 5 keeps this legacy a… …
… The All Access payment plan arguably made more sense for Xbox than it would for PlayStation, since the Game Pass subscription service is so central to Microsoft's offering. …
… I don't doubt that there were some teams within Microsoft who had an incredibly clear understanding of the differences between those markets and the flaws in any strategy that conflated them, but the headline idea – "let's put one of the world's biggest games on Game Pass and make Game Pass irresis… …