Earlier today it was revealed that Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition and Brews & Bastards had stealth launched into Xbox Game Pass. Though, now we know they were part of the first full batch of games launching into Xbox’s subscription service of the year. The batch includes new titles for Ultimate and Premium subscribers.
The biggest announcements of new games entering the service are 2024’s Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft’s open world Star Wars title which has recently made the jump to Switch 2. On launch the game was met with a very mixed response, however I for one thoroughly enjoyed my time, taking the time to unlock all achievements on offer. The other headline addition for January 2026 is Resident Evil Village. With the newest Resident Evil, Requiem launching at the end of February, this seems the right time for Capcom to start building hype around the new entry.
The other notable addition for Ultimate subscribers is MIO: Memories of Orbit, a platformer that many members of the Gamer Social Club community are excited to play. This arrives as a Day One addition to Game Pass Ultimate.
For Premium members, the highlight additions are last year’s British adventure FPS, Atomfall which we thoroughly enjoyed in our review – we also have many Atomfall guides if you’re started the game for the first time. Also joining Premium is hit footballing title, Rematch which had a successful launch last year, as well as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition.
The full list of titles joining the subscription service are as follows – all titles are Cloud gaming supported:
6 January 2026
Brews & Bastards – Xbox One and Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, PC
Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, PC
7 January
Atomfall – Xbox One and Series X/S, PC: Now with Premium
Lost in Random: The Eternal Die Cloud – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Now with Premium
Rematch – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Now with Premium
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Now with Premium
8 January
Final Fantasy – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, PC
13 January
Star Wars Outlaws – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, PC
15 January
My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery – Xbox One and Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, PC
20 January
Resident Evil Village – Xbox One and Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, PC
MIO: Memories of Orbit – Xbox Series X/S, PC: Game Pass Ultimate, PC
And that takes us through to late-January when we will surely see some more games announced for Xbox Game Pass.
What Xbox Game Pass games have you been playing over the Christmas break? Will you be checking out Star Wars Outlaws for the first time? Let us know in the comments below and come and join the friendly and active Gamer Social Club Discord to chat about all your other favourite Game Pass games.
