Microsoft adds 13 games to Game Pass in November, sets cloud hour limits
The gist
Microsoft's November Game Pass Wave 1 lists 13 entries, including Football Manager 27 and Vampire Crawlers.
Monthly cloud-hour caps replace unlimited streaming for a small share of subscribers.
How it unfolded
- Apr 21, 2026Game Pass Ultimate drops from $29.99 to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99 a month.
- Sep 3, 2026Microsoft announces that from November, plans will include set monthly cloud gaming hours — Ultimate 15, Premium 10, Essential 5 — replacing unlimited streaming, expected to affect 4% of subscribers.
- Nov 3, 2026Xbox Wire publishes the November 2026 Wave 1 Game Pass post, listing 13 entries including Football Manager 27 (PC) and Pit of Goblin; it is updated Nov. 4.
Key terms
- Game Pass
- A subscription service offering a rotating library of games to download and play on various devices.
- cloud gaming
- Online gaming where video games run on remote servers and the video output is streamed to the user's device.
Source: Wikipedia