Three Months Of Back-to Back Blockbuster Game Is Launched In Game Pass
This year has been remarkable for Team Xbox, and you are our fans. Bethesda was added to the Xbox Game Pass family. We also announced new slate games in June and launched Psychonauts 2 (and Microsoft Flight Simulator), two of the most popular games of the year. Sea of Thieves now has 25 million players. Your love for Series X-shaped appliances and the "Mini Fridge" have created a reality. Our players are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn't be more thankful for your amazing loyalty.
Just a few weeks away from the Xbox 20th anniversary in November, we're thrilled to kick off three thrilling months of back-to-back blockbuster game launches in Game Pass:
The Age of Empires franchise has been a major part of Microsoft's gaming legacy for over a quarter of a century. The October. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be our biggest yet, bringing the evolved real-time strategy game to a brand new generation on Steam and Game Pass for PC on day one. Minecraft will join Game Pass for PC on Nov. 2, followed by new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures in December and Caves & Cliffs: Part II later this year.
Forza Horizon 5's open world adventure in Mexico will launch on November. 9. MINECRAFTSERVERS.BEST S and Windows PC. Game Pass also includes console and cloud gaming (beta).
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition is available for free to current players, Game Pass members and Game Pass members. It features five new aircrafts and eight new airports. There are also new Discovery Flights and tutorials. The game also comes with popular community features like DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also launch the Reno Air Races, featuring the fastest motorsports on the planet. The update will be available from Nov. 18.
The Master Chief is coming back on December 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo we imagined 20 years ago and finally comes to life in the most epic Halo game we have ever created. S and PC. Game Pass Ultimate members will get monthly multiplayer bonuses as part of the Perks program.
Our teams have been hard at work to enhance the games you love. These past few months, you've played Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2 Homecoming, Grounded Hot and Hazy and last week's Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We're honored that millions of you continue to enjoy these worlds together.
The Xbox community has turned gaming into an opportunity for fun and inspiration as well as education over the past two decades. Games help build bridges and create bonds between friends and family and also offer people new ways to connect.
We invite you to join us Nov. 15 for a great digital broadcast that will be accessible for all fans around the world to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Xbox and Halo. While we won't be announcing any new games, the anniversary broadcast will be a special look back on 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.
We've been hard at work to bring you three months of back-toback games that launch. We hope that you'll join us in celebrating 20 years of Xbox history. But, we know that we're working hard to plan for the future and the next steps in the next 20 years.