Microsoft today announced that Xbox Game Pass will go live for everyone on June 1, and for Live Gold members today. Originally announced back in February, the service will cost $9.99 per month and offer access to over 100 different games.
Similar to a streaming video service like Netflix, Xbox Game Pass will regularly add new titles, as well as remove them. Here are the games that will be available at launch:
| A Kingdom for Keflings | A World of Keflings | Age of Booty | Banjo-Kazooie |
| Banjo Kazooie: N n B | Banjo-Tooie | Bionic Commando - Rearmed 2 | BioShock |
| BioShock 2 | BioShock Infinite | Blood Bowl | Borderlands |
| The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 | Bound by Flame | Braid | Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons |
| Capcom Arcade Cabinet | CastleStorm | Comic Jumper | Comix Zone |
| D4: Dark Dreams Don"t Die | Dark Void | de Blob 2 | Defense Grid |
| Defense Grid 2 | Dig Dug | DmC Devil May Cry: Definitive Edition | Double Dragon Neon |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara | Electronic Super Joy | Fable III | Farming Simulator 15 |
| Final Fight: DblImpact | Flock! | Galaga Legions DX | Gears of War |
| Gears of War 2 | Gears of War 3 | Gears of War: Judgment | Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - Day One Version |
| Grid 2 | Halo 5: Guardians | Halo: Spartan Assault | Hexic 2 |
| #IDARB | Iron Brigade | Jetpac Refuelled | Joe Danger 2: The Movie |
| Joe Danger Special Edition | Joy Ride Turbo | JumpJet Rex | Kameo |
| Knight Squad | KYUB | Layers of Fear | LEGO Batman |
| Lumo | Mad Max | Massive Chalice | Max: The Curse of Brotherhood |
| Mega Coin Squad | Mega Man Legacy Collection | Metal Slug 3 | Monday Night Combat |
| Ms. Splosion Man | MX vs ATV Reflex | N+ | NBA 2K16 |
| NeoGeo Battle Coliseum | OlliOlli | OF: Dragon Rising | Pac-Man CE DX+ |
| Pac-Man Museum | Payday 2: Crimewave Edition | Perfect Dark Zero | Pumped BMX + |
| Resident Evil 0 | Roundabout | Sacred 3 | Saints Row IV: Re-Elected |
| Sam&Max Beyond Time | Sam&Max Save the World | Samurai Shodown II | ScreamRide |
| Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. | Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe | Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World | Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage |
| SoulCalibur | SoulCalibur II HD | Spelunky | Splosion Man |
| Stacking | Steredenn | Strider | Sunset Overdrive |
| Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings | Super Time Force | Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | Terraria |
| The Golf Club | KOF98UM | The Maw | The Swapper |
| Toy Soldiers | Toy Soldiers: Cold War | Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown | Viva Piñata |
| Viva Piñata: TIP | WWE 2K16 | XCOM: Enemy Within | Shantae and the Pirate"s Curse |
As you can see, Xbox Game Pass will kick off with 112 games. Naturally, these range from independent games, to backward compatible Xbox 360 games, to AAA titles like Gears of War and Halo 5: Guardians.
As mentioned above, this list will change over time. Once you choose a game to play, you"ll download it to your console, after which you"ll be able to play it offline for 30 days. Naturally, if that game is removed from the list during that period, you won"t be able to play it after the month is up.
It"s also worth noting that Xbox Game Pass won"t work with an Xbox 360 console, despite the fact that many of the games were built for it. This is great news for Xbox One owners though, as it guarantees that all 360 titles on the list will be backward compatible.