The Xbox Game Pass is very popular and is therefore getting a lot of new game feed from Microsoft. In addition to EA Play, another third-party provider could be added in the future.
The Xbox Game Pass game subscription is very popular among PC and Xbox gamers, as they receive countless game feed for a monthly fee. Actually, EA Play, the game subscription from publisher Electronic Arts, should have been included in 2020, but the release had to be postponed without further ado. Regardless, there may be otherwise positive news for subscribers.
According to a new rumor, not only EA Play, but another third-party service could be added in 2021 and significantly upgrade the Xbox Game Pass. If you believe the speculations, at some point in the new year the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will not only include EA Play, but also Ubisoft’s Ubisoft + game subscription. For the fee to be paid only once a month, Xbox and PC gamers would then get three game subscriptions at the same time.
The rumor originated in a tweet from Idle Sloth, which wrote an article by Xbox Worlds picks up. This takes up the 10 hottest Xbox rumors for the new year, some of which have already made the rounds elsewhere.
Top 10 Biggest Rumors About Xbox
Source:https://t.co/MpGt2H02bY pic.twitter.com/IMuRzo5Iiy
— Idle Sloth 🙅🏻♂️1️⃣2️⃣❎ (@IdleSloth84) December 25, 2020
In addition to the potential new addition of Ubisoft + to the Xbox Game Pass sometime in the Christmas season 2021, the article also states, for example, that Microsoft could buy SEGA, the next big game company, to strengthen the game portfolio of first-party titles. Such SEGA rumors made the rounds weeks ago, as did the supposed fact that Microsoft is said to have already acquired additional studios behind the scenes.
Microsoft is also said to have secured the publishing rights for a large AAA game in the coming year 2021, with which it wants to surprise gamers. Furthermore, Forza Horizon 5, Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG Starfield and the shooter Wolfenstein 3 are all set to cause a sensation in the new year.
Incidentally, a source is not explicitly named for these rumors, so it will be exciting to see which of them will actually be confirmed. We’ll keep you up to date!