Xbox Game Pass Standard launches without Starfield, Hellblade 2, and more

Microsoft has launched a new Game Pass tier, Xbox Game Pass Standard, which includes access to hundreds of games and online multiplayer but no day one releases.

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced big changes to Xbox Game Pass, with a new tier called Xbox Game Pass Standard replacing Game Pass for Console for new subscribers. Xbox Game Pass Standard is available now, and there's quite a substantial difference in what the new tier offers in terms of features and the library of games compared to the previous.

Xbox Game Pass Standard launches with a library of 370 games and online multiplayer Xbox Game Pass Standard launches without Starfield, Hellblade 2, and more

Xbox Game Pass Standard is priced at $14.99/£10.99 and gives subscribers access to a library of 370 games and online multiplayer. However, with this tier, day one releases are not included, so you won't see games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle drop into Standard upon release. Microsoft has confirmed that it can take up to a year or more before day one releases join Xbox Game Pass Standard.

As for what games are currently included with Xbox Game Pass Standard, it appears that some major releases are missing. Compared to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which boasts 506 console games in its library (including EA Play titles), Xbox Game Pass Standard features 370 games and does not include big games such as Starfield, Hellblade 2, Forza Motorsport, Diablo IV, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. As per Vixolus on ResetEra, here is the full list of games not included with Xbox Game Pass Standard:

Games not currently included with Xbox Game Pass Standard

Age of Mythology: Retold Standard Edition

Another Crab's Treasure

Botany Manor

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

Core Keeper

Creatures of Ava

Diablo IV

Dungeons Of Hinterberg

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

Flock

Forza Motorsport

Galacticare

Go Mecha Ball

Harold Halibut

Hauntii

Humanity

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview)

Little Kitty, Big City

Magical Delicacy

MLB The Show 24 Xbox One

MLB The Show 24 Xbox Series X|S

Neon White

Octopath Traveler II

Open Roads

Payday 3

PlateUp!

Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders

Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends

Sea of Solitude

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Slime Rancher 2

SpiderHeck

Star Trucker

Starfield

Still Wakes the Deep

Tchia

The Case of the Golden Idol

The Rewinder

Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

Valorant

You Suck at Parking

While You Suck at Parking, SpiderHeck, Slime Rancher 2, and Payday 3 are obviously not included because they are leaving Xbox Game Pass in September, it's surprising to see the likes of Starfield and Forza Motorsport are not a part of Standard.