It has been reported that Microsoft may additional shake up Xbox Game Pass with new tiers of the service, and now certainly one of them might have been revealed.
X user @redphx (via Windows Central) found references to one thing referred to as “Triton,” and it’s stated to be the title of a brand new tier of Game Pass that might solely embrace first-party video games from Xbox Game Studios. This might embrace video games like Doom Everlasting, Dishonored 2, Fallout 4, Halo 5, The Elder Scrolls On-line, and State of Decay 2, amongst others. It is unclear if the supposed new Game Pass tier would come with all first-party Xbox video games or just some particular choice of them.
It is also potential Triton is an experiment and is not deliberate for launch in any respect. There’s not a lot to go on at this stage, so the potential value, launch timing, or different specifics are usually not out there. GameSpot has contacted Microsoft in search of clarification.
Earlier than this, it was reported that Microsoft might merge Xbox Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass and that Microsoft might look to bundle extra third-party companies into Game Pass to assist drive folks to subscribe. A few of these at the moment embrace EA Play, Fortnite Crew, and Ubisoft+ Classics for Xbox Game Pass Final.
There are additionally rumors of a free Xbox Cloud Gaming providing (in trade for advertisements), however the newest report stated it is not going to be its personal separate Game Pass tier.
Microsoft just isn’t planning any main adjustments to Xbox Game Pass in 2026, a report from February 2026 stated. Nonetheless, this was earlier than Asha Sharma took over for Phil Spencer as the brand new Microsoft Gaming CEO.
In October 2025, Microsoft raised Game Pass costs, with Game Pass Final going up by a whopping 50% to $30/month. Game Pass Premium, in the meantime, prices $15/month, whereas Game Pass Important goes for $10/month. PC Game Pass prices $16.50 monthly.
A latest report stated Sharma is making an attempt to make Game Pass “extra engaging to a broader vary of consumers,” and that reportedly consists of providing “lower-priced tiers.”
She took over for Spencer on February 23, and certainly one of her first strikes was to kill the “That is an Xbox” advertising and marketing marketing campaign. Microsoft stated this was a part of Sharma’s effort to guide a “reset” of how Xbox reveals up as a model.
With regards to Game Pass, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters lately stated he and Sharma have “kicked round concepts” for a way Netflix and Xbox might work collectively on subscription bundles. Nothing has been confirmed, however Peters stated he “would not eradicate any potentialities.”
Peters additionally stated what might Xbox followers consider, and that’s that even Microsoft is “nonetheless making an attempt to determine tips on how to make the Game Pass bundle work.”
Game Pass launched in June 2017, so it is developing on its ninth anniversary. It is modified and grown quite a bit since then, and one of many key items of suggestions is that it is grow to be complicated with its quite a few totally different tiers that supply totally different video games and perks.