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?

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass January 2025 Wave 2 lineup of titles. The announcement on Xbox Wire comes ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct on January 23, where fans will get to see a number of day one Game Pass games, including Doom: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and a mystery fourth reveal.

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,

In one of the biggest Xbox Game Pass release waves in recent memory, Microsoft's subscription service adds 2 Ultimate and 7 Standard games.