PC and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions just dropped around the world—here are the new prices in Australia

Microsoft announced some reductions to PC and Xbox Game Pass subscription fees overnight, following hints last week that changes were afoot. The prices—which have already taken effect in Australia—are still higher than they were before the last increases in October, but those increases were massive.

There's one significant caveat on these reductions. From now on, new Call of Duty games will not launch on any of the tiers. Instead, you can expect them to come, via Microsoft, "during the following holiday season (about a year later)".

In other words, if you've been using Game Pass to play the latest COD game, it's probably not useful for that purpose anymore.

Here's where the prices for Xbox Game Pass land in Australia, as of April 2026:

Is PC Game Pass worth it? It could be if you're the kind of burn through games really quickly, or just like to sample a range of different titles. Some recent additions include Albion Online, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Replaced, Tiny Bookshop, Planet of Lana 2 and Super Meat Boy 3D. Of course, there's no lock-in contract: You can sign up for a month and then cancel.