Xbox Game Pass January 2025 Lineup: New Arrivals and Departures
Microsoft has unveiled its first Xbox Game Pass lineup for 2025, confirming several anticipated titles and revealing the games leaving the service this month. January is shaping up to be a strong month for subscribers.
The announcement, made via the official Xbox blog on January 7th, 2025, includes seven new games. Road 96, a choice-driven adventure, is immediately available across all Game Pass tiers (including PC). This marks its return to the service after a previous stint. Six additional games join the roster later in the month:
New Games Arriving in January 2025:
- Road 96: Available now (January 7th)
- Lightyear Frontier (Preview): January 8th
- My Time at Sandrock: January 8th
- Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders: January 8th
- Rolling Hills: January 8th
- UFC 5: January 14th (Game Pass Ultimate only)
- Diablo: January 14th (Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass only)
The inclusion of Diablo and UFC 5 confirms earlier leaks. Note that access to Diablo and UFC 5 is restricted to Game Pass Ultimate and, in Diablo's case, PC Game Pass subscribers. The remaining titles are available with a standard subscription.
Alongside the new games, several Game Pass Ultimate perks launched on January 7th, including weapon charms for Apex Legends and DLC for First Descendant, Vigor, and Metaball.
Departing Games (January 15th):
The following six games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on January 15th:
- Common'hood
- Escape Academy
- Exoprimal
- Figment
- Insurgency Sandstorm
- Those Who Remain
This is just the first half of January's Game Pass updates. Microsoft promises further announcements for the latter half of the month and beyond.
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