Microsoft’s premium game subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, may be set to receive a brand new tier with a compelling new offer.
The Twitter/X account of open-source Xbox Cloud Gaming tool Better xCloud has shared findings from a recent datamine, suggesting that Xbox Game Pass may be set to receive a new tier focused on offering a catalog of first-party games. The subscription tier codename ‘TRITON’ has appeared alongside the previously known codenames ‘FERDINAND’, ‘EUROPA’, and ‘DIA’ for the existing tiers.
The datamine has revealed a number of games that are associated with the new tier, including DOOM 64, Psychonauts, DOOM Eternal, Dishonored 2, Fable Anniversary, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Gears 5, Halo 5, Halo Wars 2, Hellblade, Ori and the Blind Forest, State Of Decay 2, and The Elder Scrolls Online. A commonality between the aforementioned titles is that they are all first-party games published under the banner of Xbox Game Studios.
Based on the appearance of the new ‘TITRON’ subscription tier codename and its association with Xbox Game Studios titles, it’s likely that a new tier featuring a catalog of Xbox first-party titles will be announced sometime in the future.
In related news, it was revealed last month by Mat Piscatella, Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana (formerly NPD), that PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass and other game subscriptions achieved the biggest growth in the US video game market in 2025. He explained that while overall player numbers and engagement hours remained relatively stable, spending patterns were shifting, and subscriptions were leading the charge. “In the US in terms of total spend [we] reached about $60.7 billion,” Piscatella said, noting that the market was up 1.5% year-over-year, with the standout category being subscriptions. “The biggest growth areas were in subscription spending. That was actually the biggest growth driver last year. We had 20% increase in spending on subscriptions.”
