You can prepare for Xbox's slate of first-party games in 2025 by checking out these three titles on Xbox Game Pass.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Of course, we've only just kicked off January 2025's Xbox Game Pass lineup, which includes some great additions towards the end of the month, as well as six games leaving on the 15th. Another batch will leave on the 31st, and you can find our predictions article for January elsewhere on Pure Xbox (check the related section below).

A reputable leaker potentially reveals two more games that will be a part of the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate lineup in January 2025.

Xbox Game Pass adds its first game of 2025, which happens to be a returning title with thousands of 'Very Positive' user reviews.

With a new month comes new sets of both new arrivals and departures from Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service. While subscribers have Road 96, Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector in addition to the already released Carrion to look forward to,

Xbox Game Pass is set to lose six titles on December 31, marking the final wave of games leaving the popular subscription service in 2024.

Make sure you play Lego 2K Drive, Humankind, and Party Animals before they leave Xbox Game pass at the end of the month.

According to the well-known leaker, Blizzard's first Diablo game is set to come to PC Game Pass this month, while 2023's UFC 5 is also supposedly hitting the EA Play / Game Pass Ultimate library in January 2025.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers are getting heaps of free gifts from EA Play and Microsoft this month, as alongside a massive month of game updates, players are set to get even more to download and keep for free.

Now that Activision Blizzard is under the Microsoft umbrella, the publisher’s biggest franchise is part of Game Pass. And Black Ops 6 is the first new release to debut on the subscription service. That includes all of the game’s various modes: the cinematic single-player campaign, and multiplayer outings like Zombies.

This Insomniac Games title leans heavily into humor, packed with fourth-wall-breaking dialogue and a punk-rock attitude that feels like a love letter to rebellion. For fans of action-packed games with a lighthearted tone, Sunset Overdrive is an absolute must-try.