This has been a remarkable year for Team Xbox and for you our loyal customers. Bethesda was welcomed to the Xbox Game Pass family. We also announced a new slate of games in June and launched Psychonauts 2 (and Microsoft Flight Simulator), two of the most popular games of the year. 25 million gamers have joined us in Sea of Thieves and your love for Series X-shaped appliances has resulted in the "Mini Fridge" real. Our players are at the heart of everything we do and we couldn't be more thankful for your unwavering support.
Just a few weeks away from the Xbox 20th anniversary in November, we're ecstatic to kick-off three epic months of back-to-back blockbuster game launches in Game Pass:
- The Age of Empires franchise has been a key part of Microsoft's gaming heritage for the past 24 years, and the Oct. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV will be the biggest to date bringing the evolved real-time strategy game to a new generation on Steam and Game Pass for PC on day one. Minecraft will be available on Game Pass for PC on November. 2 and will be followed by new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures in December and Caves & Cliffs: Part II later in the year.
- On Nov. 9gaming's top racing franchise returns when Forza Horizon 5's open world adventure in Mexico accelerates into Xbox Game Pass. The largest Forza Horizon ever and winner of the Most Excited Game of E3 award, Forza Horizon 5 will launch simultaneously on Xbox Series X
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition launches November. 18 as a completely free update for players who are already Game Pass members, with five new aircrafts, eight new airports, new Discovery Flights, tutorials and more as well as highly requested community features like DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also release the exciting Reno Air Races, which includes the fastest motorsport on Earth will be available on Nov. 18.
The Master Chief is back on Dec. 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo we imagined 20 years ago, and has finally become reality in the biggest Halo game we've ever made. S, and PC. Game Pass Ultimate members will receive monthly multiplayer bonuses as part of the Perks program.
Our teams have also been expanding the games that you love. These last few months you played Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2 Homecoming, Grounded: Hot and Hazy, and the week before, Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We are grateful that these worlds continue to be enjoyed by millions of players.
Over the past two decades in the last two decades, the Xbox community has transformed gaming into an experience of joy, inspiration, education, and social connection. Games help to build bonds and forge connections between family and friends and provide people with new ways of connecting.
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We invite you to join us on Nov. 15 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Xbox and Halo with a fun digital broadcast for fans around the world. While we won't announce any new games, the anniversary broadcast will be a unique look back at 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.
We've been working hard to deliver three months of consecutive game launches. We hope that you'll join us in celebrating twenty years of Xbox history. However, we know that we are hard at work planning for the future and the next steps in the coming 20 years.
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