Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers can start the weekend a little early, because the next Free Play Days event begins today, January 22 and goes through Sunday, January 25. One of the four games available to players is South Park: Snow Day!, which seems appropriate given the cold weather sweeping much of the US.

Several amazing titles have just been added to Xbox Game Pass, with more joining them over the next few days, but one open-world game stands out.

Xbox Game Pass surprise-drops two additional games to bolster its January 2026 lineup after a strong track record of additions in the previous year.

Subscribers can play several other games, including the original Final Fantasy in all its 2D glory, on Game Pass in January.

In essence, the big takeaway here is that people will soon be able to play Xbox games in yet another place, without needing to own an actual physical Xbox. This is possible through Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is included with Game Pass Essential, Premium, and Ultimate.

Xbox Game Pass is adding major titles like Death Stranding Director's Cut and Resident Evil Village this January and February. Gamers can also look forward to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II. Meanwhile,

Xbox has good news for fans.  It’s next big step makes sure gaming doesn’t stop when gamers are away from the console. With the January 2026 update, Micros

Game Pass Premium is making everything about Xbox Game Pass more complicated than it needs to be.

It may be that the very idea of an Xbox game is coming to an end. Microsoft has undeniably shifted its tactics, with a new focus on multi-platform releases, handheld Xboxes that are actually miniature Windows computers,