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Diablo and EA Sports UFC 5 lead Xbox Game Pass additions in January 2025

The first batch of the year

Marco Wutz

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Microsoft has announced the first wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for January 2025, opening the new year up with some classic hack ‘n slay action as well as brutal showdowns in the ring.

Blizzard’s iconic Diablo is coming to Game Pass Ultimate as well as PC Game Pass on January 14, 2025, which is perfect for anyone needing a break from Path of Exile 2 or Diablo 4. View it as something of an educational journey on what a genre-defining masterpiece looks like.

The second big hitter of 2025’s first wave is EA Sports UFC 5, which will be available on Game Pass Ultimate on the same day. Test your skills in the ring with the most brutal showdowns that sport has to offer and score a free Bruce Lee bundle by playing until February 11, 2025.

Find all Xbox Game Pass additions in January 2025 as well as all games leaving the service this month below.

Xbox Game Pass additions in January 2025

  • Road 96 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 7
  • EA Sports UFC 5 (Cloud and Xbox Series X|S) EA Play – January 14
  • Diablo (PC) – January 14

Moving to Game Pass Standard:

  • Lightyear Frontier (Game Preview) (Xbox Series X|S) – January 8
  • My Time at Sandrock (Console) – January 8
  • Robin Hood – Sherwood Builders (Xbox Series X|S) – January 8
  • Rolling Hills (Console) – January 8

Xbox Game Pass departures in January 2025

  • Common’Hood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 15
  • Escape Academy (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 15
  • Exoprimal (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 15
  • Figment (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 15
  • Insurgency Sandstorm (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 15
  • Those Who Remain (Cloud, Console, and PC) – January 15
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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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