Game Pass Games: May 2026
Is it worth the £££?
It’s that time when more games come to Game Pass, and it’s the first time since Xbox announced that the price of Game Pass was getting cheaper. Microsoft has had a hard time of it with consoles, and it seems like reducing the price of Game Pass is one of the obvious levers the people at x-headquarters have to pull, and pull in some new customers. But do the first set of new games coming to the service give you the urge to splurge on the service? I have to write, it doesn’t for me.
From Xbox Wire:
- Ben 10 Power Trip (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 6 – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Descenders Next (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 6 – Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
- Wheel World (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – May 6 – Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
- Wildgate (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – May 6 – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – May 6 – Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
- Mixtape (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – May 7 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Outbound (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 11 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Black Jacket (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – May 12 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Call of the Elder Gods (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld and PC) – May 12 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Elite Dangerous (Cloud and Console) – May 12 – Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium
- Doom: The Dark Ages (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – May 14 – Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
- Subnautica 2 (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – May 14 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Forza Horizon 6 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – May 19 – Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Taking the Multisystem 2 for a spin.
