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Xbox Game Pass Gets a Price…Decrease!

4/23/20261 hr 8 min

Microsoft has walked back its wild 50% Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price increase from six months ago...mostly. We discuss the bold change and what it means moving forward. Plus: our favorite games from this week's ID@Xbox Showcase, and more!

00:00:00 - Intro & Game Pass Price Decrease 00:18:19 - PC Game Pass & The Future of Game Pass Exclusives 00:42:53 - ID@Xbox 2026 ( Tears of Metal & Crashout Crew) 00:46:56 - RV There Yet? & Escape Academy 2 00:49:49 - Vampire Crawlers & Echo Generations 2 00:52:15 - Deep Dish Dungeon & inKONBINI 00:57:12 - Beastro & LOFSONG & Outro

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Clips

Call of Duty Walk-Back Frustration
The Goodwill Price Hike
Elder Scrolls VI Dilemma
Game Pass-Only Games Idea
Boiling Water Analogy
Would You Resubscribe Now?
7‑Eleven Pizza Confession

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Ryan McCaffrey· Host0:00

    This episode of Podcast Unlocked is presented by Invincible Versus, available now on Xbox Series consoles, PlayStation 5, and PC. Invincible Versus is a brutal 3v3 tag fighting game from Studio Quarter Up, Skybound Entertainment's first in-house game development studio, where you can play as your favorite characters from the Invincible universe. This game is designed to let you become a superhero in the bloodiest fight in the universe, made by a dev team of fighting game veterans, and with the direct input from creator Robert Kirkman. Invincible Versus is full of the visceral, bloody combat and authentic depictions of destruction and chaos that Invincible fans know and love. Plus, a story by the creators behind the hit TV series. At launch, the roster includes 18 playable fighters, including Invincible himself, Mark Grayson, plus Omni-Man, Rex Splode, and more.

  2. Michael Higham· Panelist0:58

    I'm not gonna go into how much I get food from 7-Eleven. This isn't about me being a, being an absolute slob when it comes to 7-Eleven pizza. My friends have been on the case about how often I order pizza from 7-Eleven. Do not kill me, please. I know there's good pizza out there.

  3. Miranda Sanchez· Panelist1:15

    What?

  4. Ryan McCaffrey· Host1:15

    Michael, you need to come over here.

  5. Michael Higham· Panelist1:17

    All right, man. I'm gonna- What?

  6. Ryan McCaffrey· Host1:18

    I'm gonna, I'm gonna make you pizza in my, in my Ooni oven. W- I've been- Ooh.

  7. Michael Higham· Panelist1:22

    Oh.

  8. Ryan McCaffrey· Host1:22

    You come on over. Let's have an Unlocked get together over here.

  9. Michael Higham· Panelist1:25

    Nice. Let's go.

  10. Ryan McCaffrey· Host1:25

    I'll make you guys pizzas.

  11. Miranda Sanchez· Panelist1:26

    Heck yeah.

  12. Ryan McCaffrey· Host1:27

    Enough of the 7-Eleven nonsense.

  13. Michael Higham· Panelist1:28

    [laughs] Listen, it's cheap,

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