New Xbox Game Pass Standard subscribers may wait a year for new games

Xbox’s new Game Pass Standard tier of service is being offered to gamers in the console’s Insiders test program beginning today.

The mid-range subscription, announced last month alongside a $3 price increase to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier of service, gives players access to the Game Pass library but not the day-and-date new releases that give Ultimate so much of its value.

Xbox Wire said on Tuesday that Standard-tier subscribers could wait as long as a year to see these brand-new games in their libraries.