Xbox Game Pass, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers a wide selection of games available on the service for as little as $10 a month. The service also includes a subscription to the higher-tier Game Pass Ultimate ($30 a month), which allows users to access hundreds of games. The sequel to the original game, Hades 2, won Best Action Game at the 2025 Game of the Year and Best Game on Steam Deck at the Steam Awards. Other games added to the service include Cyberpunk 2077 and the latest installment of Football Manager, which features new features for the official Premier League licenses and AI for the first time in the series' history. Microsoft also plans to bring in several new games from April, including Hades 2 and the upcoming sequel to Halo 2.