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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hikes are here, load your account up at the now discounted rate while you can

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We are once again going to be doing something little bit different for today’s game post. Microsoft just announced sweeping changes to Xbox Game Pass – some good, some not so much – and one thing you’ll notice from our coverage is that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is going up from $19.99 a month to $29.99 a month. Now might be a good time to load up your account and you can do so on Amazon where you will still find 1-month subs/extensions down at $19.99 and 3-months options at $59.99 a month. You can alternatively score 3-months of PC Game Pass at $35.99, which converts to 2-months of Ultimate (that’s $18 per month). There’s no telling how much longer this will work, or how much longer pricing will remain at $20/month via proper retailers – jump in while you can. There are some slightly sketchy sites out there with lower prices still, but many of them end up being more hassle than not much of the time. 

Xbox Game Pass is getting a major revamp, a major price hike, and some major upgrades

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Justin is a senior deal Jedi over at 9to5Toys where he heads up our game/app coverage and more. He also covers all things music for 9to5Mac, including the weekly Logic Pros series exploring music production on Mac and iOS devices