We’re ready for yet another wave of games to enter the Game Pass hall of fame this month, including the long-awaited Ubisoft epic Assassin’s Creed Origins. Xbox has now unveiled its first set of Game Pass games for the month, with the other confirmed titles including For Honor: Marching Fire Edition, Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection, Chorus, Disc Room and more.
Keep in mind that this is only the first wave of games we expect this month, and yet another set of Game Pass signups is expected soon. Also, as we all know, Xbox and Bethesda’s Game Showcase is also this month on June 12, so we’m sure to see plenty of other games coming to service this year and beyond.
Assassin’s Creed Origins 60FPS patch June 2 confirmed
We’ve known for a few months about Assassin’s Creed Origins coming to Game Pass, but you will also be able to play it at a higher frame rate on Xbox Series X / S en Origins gets a 60FPS patch on June 2nd, just in time for the Game Pass drop. This has been a strong rumor for a while, but it’s good to get it officially confirmed by Ubisoft.
If you also want to experience all the DLC for Origins now that it’s coming to service, the season pass costs $ 39.99 in the Microsoft Store. Game Pass Ultimate members will also have access to the Deluxe Pack on June 7 for Origins. The deluxe package includes The Ambush at Sea mission, The Desert Cobra package (including an outfit, two legendary weapons, a legendary shield and a mount) and three Ability points.
Everything comes to the Xbox Game Pass in June 2022
We all know by now that Xbox likes to release its Game Pass series in two waves every month. So all the games listed below are only from the first wave of announcements and you can expect more games to come to the service later this month.
- In honor of: Marching Fire Edition (console, PC, cloud) – June 1st
- Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (console and PC) – June 2
- Assassin’s Creed Origins (console, pc, cloud) – June 7th
- Chorus (Cloud, Console and PC) ID @ Xbox – June 7th
- Disk Room (Cloud, Console and PC) ID @ Xbox – June 7th
- Spacelines from the Far Out (console and PC) ID @ Xbox – June 7th
- Shadowrun Trilogy: Console Edition – June 21st
- Escape Academy (console) – June 28th
Everything that leaves Xbox Game Pass this month
These games are leaving the Xbox Game Pass on June 15th. Remember that you can still buy these games at a 20% discount at the moment with your Game Pass membership so you do not have to say goodbye forever.
- Darkest Dungeon (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Greedfall (cloud, console and PC)
- Limbo (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Worms Rumble (Cloud, Console and PC)
Brand new PS Plus launches this month in the US and Europe
The all-new PlayStation Plus service, including the new Extra and Premium game subscription levels, launches June 13 in the US and June 23 in Europe. The new game library will apparently introduce a competitor to Game Pass, with some big-name PS5 titles to be included in the service right away, and a few third-party titles such as Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and more.
What it does not become is to release someone new play on the service for the first day of release. That means you will not be able to play God of War Ragnarok via PS Plus on launch day. But if you have the patience, you will probably still be able to play the game via the service about 1-2 years ahead.
First and foremost, your Game Pass subscription shall not be active at the moment – I repeat, you shall does not have an active Game Pass for this to work. Once you are sure, proceed to the next step.
Next, invest in up to 3 years of Xbox Live Gold. You can easily purchase 12-month Xbox Live Gold codes from Amazon or other retailers that cost $ 60 / £ 50 depending on your region.
I recommend stacking 2-year-old Xbox Live Gold
The maximum number of stacks for Gold subscriptions is 36 months (costs $ 180), more than will be lost. So to keep things safe for those who currently have a Gold membership, I recommend that you stick to only 2 years value (costs $ 120 / £ 100).
Now, here’s the fun part. Once you have redeemed these codes and stacked your Xbox Live Gold membership to your liking, you can then convert this time to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in a 1: 1 ratio.
Go to the Xbox Live Gold Upgrade page and continue converting the time you paid for directly to Game Pass Ultimate. If you have never used the upgrade feature before, this will cost $ 1 / £ 1 (total cost will be $ 121 / £ 101). If you’ve used this before, it’s going to cost you $ 14.99 / £ 10.99 to upgrade instead.
Overall, you only pay a maximum of $ 135 for the 2-year Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (instead of $ 359). If you succeed in completing a 3-year conversion, you will pay a maximum of $ 195 instead of (instead of $ 539). Now it’s a big discount. When you are done, just make sure to turn off auto-renewal.
Robert Anderson is an agreement expert and trade editor for IGN. You can follow him @ robertliam21 on Twitter.