Just
last
week,
Rand
Al
Thor
appeared
alongside
Jez
Corden
of
Window’s
Central
on
the
Xbox
Two
podcast.
The
discussion
covered
many
things,
but
most
notably
Rand
Al
Thor,
who
doesn’t
usually
leak
information,
mentioned
that

he
had
hear
rumours
that
a
Game
Pass
price
hike
is
coming,
along
with
a
new
tier.

“I
think
Tom
(Warren)
is
reporting
that
there
are
price
hikes
coming
for
game
pass,
and
I
believe
him
and
that
actually
is
happening.
I’ve
even
heard
that
there
is
a
new
tier
of
game
pass
coming
[…]
but
I
have
no
idea
what
is
involved,
what
it
would
be,
or
what
it
is.
Pretty
sure
it’s
happening.
Don’t
know
anything
about
it,
though”
said
Rand
Al
Thor.

His
comments
were
made
as
part
of
a
conversation
regarding
Tom
Warren
of
the
Verge
mentioning
a
planned
Game
Pass
price
increase
as
well.
Tom
Warren
has
been
a
very
reliable
source,
although
admittedly
a
price
increase
of
a
subscription
service
is
a
fairly
safe
bet.

Now,
another
insider
has
come
forward
to
share
what
they
know,
and
it
matches
up
with
what
Tom
Warren
and
Rand
Al
Thor
have
said.

eXtas1s
is
a
Spanish
insider
that
seems
to
have
insight
into
Xbox
specifically
and
writes
for
Exputer.
He
doesn’t
tend
to
offer
up
information
too
often,
and
has
typically
been
correct
when
he
does.
He
leaked
the
existence
of
the
white
Series
X,
for
example,
and
even
had
pictures
of
it.

He
tweeted
out
the
following,
which
has
been
translated
from
Spanish
using
Google
translate:
“We
can
assure
you
that
changes
are
coming
to
the
Xbox
Game
Pass
Tiers
mainly
due
to
Call
Of
Duty.
There
are
still
things
to
confirm,
but
I
hope
to
report
back
soon.”

The
tweet
he’s
seen
quoting
is
in
regards
to
a
new
report
from
The
Wall
Street
Journal
in
which
it
is
claimed
that
Microsoft
has
finally
made
the
decision
to
put
Call
of
Duty
on
Game
Pass
going
forward,
something
which
has
apparently
been
in
limbo
despite
what
Xbox
has
said
publicly.

According
to
eXta1s,
the
new
tier
of
Game
Pass
will
be
introduced
because
of
Call
of
Duty.
Does
this
indicate
Xbox
intends
on
creating
a
new,
more
expensive
tier
that
includes
Call
of
Duty?
Or
might
it
still
be
the
previously
rumoured
cheaper,
ad-supported
tier?
Either
way,
another
tier
would
bring
the
total
count
to
5.

Just
an
idle
thought
here:
could
it
be
a
sort
of
Game
Pass
“expansion
pack”
situation
where
you
pay
an
extra
£2-5
per
month
on
top
of
your
current
tier
to
unlock
Call
of
Duty?

Other
online
speculation
includes
a
new
tier
higher
than
“Ultimate”
which
includes
all
the
1st
party
Xbox
titles,
whereas
the
other
tiers
are
only
for
3rd
party
content.
That
seems
unlikely
though,
because
it
would
fly
in
the
face
of
how
Xbox
has
marketed
Game
Pass,
essentially
stripping
away
the
service’s
biggest
selling
point.
It
would
be
an
admission
that
Game
Pass
simply
can’t
work
in
its
current
state,
and
I
don’t
think
Xbox
is
willing
to
admit
that
just
yet
as
Game
Pass
is
the
only
big
thing
the
brand
has
going
for
it.