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You can take $20 off three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate today

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Today’s Dealmaster is headlined by a new discount on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, as three-month subscription codes for the all-you-can-eat video game service are currently down to $25 at various retailers. That’s $20 off the standard going rate and matches the previous low we saw during a sale last year. The deal is applicable to both new and existing Game Pass subscribers, so you can stock up if you wish to continue an ongoing membership.

 

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We’ve highlighted various Xbox Game Pass Ultimate deals in the past, but the service remains an excellent value for those who play Xbox frequently. It rolls subscriptions to Xbox Live Gold, the standard Xbox Game Pass for consoles, and Xbox Game Pass for PC into a $15 monthly fee, which is equivalent to $180 a year. Individually, a year of Xbox Live Gold—which is required to play most Xbox games online and includes a few free games every month—normally costs $60, a year of standard Xbox Game Pass costs $120, and a year of Xbox Game Pass for PC costs $60.

 

A Game Pass Ultimate membership specifically is a better deal if you have a gaming PC capable of playing Xbox games, but at this deal price, the value is more apparent for a wider audience. Game Pass itself includes hundreds of downloadable games, including several we’ve given our own stamp of approval. These range from huge names like Red Dead Redemption 2, Gears 5, Minecraft Dungeons, and Forza Horizon 4—along with nearly every Microsoft-made game released in the past couple of years—to less-marketed gems like Outer Wilds, Subnautica, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Streets of Rage 4, among many others.

 

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For those who have never owned Game Pass before, we’re obligated to mention that it’s still possible to take up to three years of an existing Xbox Live Gold membership time—or just stockpile Xbox Live Gold codes ahead of time—and convert it into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service for $1 extra. Microsoft seems content to tether new users to Game Pass with discounts like that, particularly with the service playing a key role in its upcoming Xbox Series X. But if you’ve already used Game Pass, play through enough games to make use of the service, and plan on using some sort of Xbox console going forward, today’s deal should be a good one.

 

If you’re not an Xbox player, we also have tons of PS4 games on sale, discounted noise-cancelling headphones from Bose and Sony, Roku streamer deals, and more. Have a look below.

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