Microsoft is launching its Xbox Game Pass Standard tier today. After briefly testing it with Xbox Insiders last month, the new $14.99 per month Game Pass Standard subscription is launching with the usual Game Pass library for Xbox and online console multiplayer access, too. This new tier doesn’t include immediate access to day-one game releases, though.

Microsoft first revealed this new Xbox Game Pass Standard tier in July, alongside price increases for Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers. Existing subscribers of Xbox Game Pass for Console will continue to be able to access day-one games, but new Game Pass subscribers will now only be able to pick between Core, Standard, PC, and Ultimate subscriptions.

Xbox Game Pass Standard will eventually get new first-party Xbox games and other titles, with Microsoft clarifying recently that “some games coming to Game Pass Ultimate (day one games or other game entries) will not be immediately available with Game Pass Standard and may be added to the library at a futu
re date (can be up to 12 months or more and will vary by title).”

That means that if you want day-one titles and you’re not already subscribed to Xbox Game Pass, only PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate offer that perk now. The new Game Pass lineup includes:

Xbox Game Pass core: $9.99 per month, with over 25 games, online console multiplayer, and deals / discountsXbox Game Pass Standard: $14.99 per month, with hundreds of games, online console multiplayer, and deals / discountsPC Game Pass: $11.99 per month, with hundreds of games, recent day-one titles, EA Play, and deals / discountsXbox Game Pass Ultimate: $19.99 per month, with hundreds of games, recent day-one titles, EA Play, online console multiplayer, and deals / discounts and perks

Xbox Game Pass Standard arrives just in time for the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Game Pass in October.

Source: Tourism Africa