Microsoft is gifting free PC Game Pass trials to non-members who played some of its biggest 2021 game releases.
Anyone who playedHalo Infinite,Forza Horizon 5or Age of Empires IV onPCfrom release until July 09, 2025, is eligible to receive a 3-month trial of PC Game Pass, it announced this weekend.
However, the offer is only valid to those who have never previously been a member of Game Pass onXboxor PC. So users will have to have played purchased copies of the above games, or Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer mode.
Users can check eligibility and claim the offer over onMicrosoft’s website.
When the 3-month trial ends, users will be charged the full membership rate. To stop being charged, they can cancel their subscription in theirMicrosoftaccount.
According to a recent report, anXbox Game Pass ‘Family Plan’is coming soon.
Windows Centralsays its sources claim the plan will allow multiple users in one household to access the service, in a similar fashion to Spotify andNintendo SwitchOnline’s family plans.
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“According to trusted sources familiar with Microsoft‘s efforts, we can now confirm that Xbox is moving ahead with an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan, which should be set to launch sometime this year,” the site reported.
Microsoft recentlyrevealedthat it had paid developers and publishers “hundreds of millions of dollars in Game Pass license fees”.
