Three Months Of Back-to-Back Blockbuster Game Launches In Game Pass
This year has been a memorable one for Team Xbox, and you are our loyal fans. We welcomed Bethesda to our family and announced a brand new set of games in June, and launched Psychonauts 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator Two of the top-rated games of the year, onto Xbox Game Pass. Twenty million players have joined us in Sea of Thieves and your passion for Series X-shaped appliances has made the "Mini Fridge" an actual thing. We couldn't be happier with the incredible support we have received from our players.
Now, just weeks before the Xbox 20th anniversary in November, we're ecstatic to kick-off three epic months of back-to back blockbuster game launches in Game Pass:
The Age of Empires franchise has been a significant part of Microsoft's gaming legacy for over a quarter of a century. The Oct. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be our biggest yet, bringing the evolved real-time strategy game to a new generation on Steam and Game Pass for PC on day one. On November. 2, Minecraft will be available on Game Pass for PC. In December, a brand new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures will be available. Caves & Cliffs: Part II will be released later in the year.
Forza Horizon 5's open-world adventure in Mexico will be available on Nov. 9. S, Xbox One, Windows PC and Steam as well as Game Pass including console, PC and Cloud Gaming (beta).
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition launches November. 18 as a no-cost update for existing players, which includes Game Pass members, with five new aircrafts and eight new airports, new Discovery Flights, tutorials and more, and highly requested community features like DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also launch the Reno Air Races, featuring the fastest motorsports on the planet. Just Say Yes The update will be available from Nov. 18.
The Master Chief will return on Dec. 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo that we had in our minds 20 years ago, and it's finally here in the most epic Halo game ever created. S, and PC. Game Pass Ultimate members will receive monthly multiplayer rewards as part of the Perks program.
Our teams have also been expanding the games you enjoy. In the last few months, you explored Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2: Homecoming, Grounded: Hot and Hazy, and the last week's Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We are grateful that these worlds continue to be explored by millions of players.
In the last two decades, the Xbox community has turned gaming into a place of joy, inspiration, education, and social connection. Games build bridges and forge bonds between friends and family and also offer people new ways to connect.
We invite you to join us on November. 15 for a fun, digital broadcast that will be available to all fans worldwide to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Xbox and Halo. While we won't be announcing any new games, this anniversary broadcast will feature a special look back on 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.
We've been hard at it to bring you three months of back-to-back games launches. And while we hope you'll join us in celebrating 20 years of Xbox history, know that we're hard at work to plan for the future and what's to come in the next 20 years.