Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Adds 2 Games Released 27 Years Apart

Summary

Xbox Game Pass Ultimatemembers can start playingEA Sports UFC 5andDiabloas part of their subscription starting today. These are the third and fourth titles added toXbox Game Pass Ultimatein January 2025.

The originalDiablorequires no special introduction, being the game that effectively defined hack-and-slash RPGs following its release at the tail end of 1996. As forUFC 5, it hit the market in October 2023 and is still the latest entry in EA Sports' long-running series of mixed martial arts fighting games.

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Xbox Game Pass Now Offers Over a Dozen Activision Blizzard Titles

Now thatDiablo 1is playableon Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the subscription service offers 13 Activision Blizzard titles in total—countingSpyro Reignited TrilogyandCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogyas three games each. This averages nearly one new Activision Blizzard title added per month since Microsoft’s acquisition of the company in late 2023. Although plenty more games from the Activision Blizzard catalog are still waiting to reach Xbox Game Pass, their release pace is clearly picking up.

Cloud, Console, PC

Day-one release; exact release date TBA.

EA Sports UFC 5andDiabloconclude thefirst wave of January 2025 additions to Xbox Game Pass. This month’s Wave 2 lineup is expected to be announced soon, possibly on January 21, not least because of Microsoft’s historical tendency to reveal new XGP releases on Tuesdays.

Even more news regarding upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles could be announced before the end of the month, as there’s an Xbox Developer Direct scheduled for January 23. Microsoft already confirmed the upcoming event will featureClair Obscur: Expedition 33,South of Midnight, andDoom: The Dark Ages. All three of these games are still waiting for release dates but have been confirmed as day-one Xbox Game Pass Ultimate titles and are targeting 2025 launches. Before the next Xbox Developer Direct kicks off, Microsoft’s subscription service will lose six games on January 15, includingInsurgency: SandstormandThose Who Remain.