New Xbox boss Asha Sharma had some good and bad news for Game Pass subscribers yesterday: the service is now cheaper, but new Call of Duty games will no longer be included with the service at release. They'll now arrive a year later, around the time that they're inevitably replaced by the next Call of Duty.
The change is one of the first major shakeups from Sharma, who takes up Phil Spencer's mantle following a truly shameful year for Microsoft in which Xbox was the least of its fumbles.
Xbox's two-year run of giving away its single biggest money-maker to subscribers is over, which Activision seems keen to move on from, as Call of Duty's wider availability reportedly dealt a huge blow to the profitability of Black Ops 6 in 2024 and Black Ops 7 in 2025.
Reactions to the news among fans swung between disappointment and understanding, but among them was a specific request: "They should release all legacy Call of Duty games on game ...
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