While Xbox Game Pass rarely goes a month without getting at least something new that’s worth checking out, it’s certainly had its dry spells in recent years. The back half of January, however, has quietly revealed a surprising number of cool new games hitting the Netflix-like subscription service,

Xbox has some killer games on the way, and soon, too. Will the incoming software wave be enough to bolster Game Pass and inspire confidence for unsure Xbox owners?

One of the biggest new game releases of the year confirms exactly when it will be joining the Xbox Game Pass service.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers are normally given a heads-up on what games are coming to the service each month. There are typically two waves monthly that add a few games to the collection. We recently had the announcement for January’s second wave, and now we might have an early look at a couple of games coming to the subscription service next month.

Xbox has announced more games coming to Game Pass this month, including Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders, a new Sniper Elite game, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, and Citizen Sleeper 2.

Team Ninja takes to the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 to announce the long-awaited fourth mainline entry in the Ninja Gaiden series.