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🟩 Xbox, Multi-platformDiscord Partners With Xbox, Bringing Game Pass To Nitro Subscribers
!Game Informer News(https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/bodydefault/public/2026/05/11/e44a6bc3/xbox-game-passdiscord-nitrofinal511-ff69e5bb4ba1fe856123.jpg.webp) Discord launched its Nitro subscription almost 10 years ago, and it's changed a lot over the years. While its current tiers mainly offer users more emojis, higher quality streaming, and generally more customization options, it used to include complementary games, but that perk was discontinued in 2019. Today, the company announced plans to revive that idea and partner with Xbox and provide Game Pass for Nitro users – kind of. According to a blog post on Discord's website, the new program is called Nitro Rewards(https://discord.com/blog/nitro-rewards), and it's exactly what it sounds like – perks for Discord's paid subscribers. Discord describes today's announcement as the "first wave," with more benefits to come at a later date. The first perk is access to Xbox Game Pass. Discord describes the level of access as "a starter version" of the service, which seems to line up with Game Pass Essential, as it includes "a library of 50+ PC and console games." This tier includes a fraction of the titles available on Game Pass' higher tiers (which have 200+ and 500+, respectively), but as a benefit to Nitro subscribers at no extra cost, it's a pretty good deal. !Game Informer News(https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/bodydefault/public/2026/05/11/027f10b6/nitrorewards.png.webp) Nitro Rewards also includes discounts on certain Logitech products, with subscribers getting "up to 30% off at Logitech G, 15% off SteelSeries, and 20% off KontrolFreek, with new offers rotating regularly." Finally, Nitro subscribers will also get bonus Orbs each month and an Orbs multiplier, meaning they'll get more Orbs for completing quests. The blog closes with a disclaimer that features will be rolling out gradually "over the coming weeks," so you might not see them right away, but they'll probably be showing up soon. On the flipside, an Xbox Wire post(https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/05/11/xbox-game-pass-and-discord-partnership-announce/) about the same subject announced an inverted version of the deal; Game Pass subscribers will soon get certain Discord Nitro benefits. More specifically, they'll get 250 Discord Orbs each month, 1.2x extra Orbs when completing quests, and automatically applied Discord Shop discounts, which sounds like the new Nitro Rewards Orb upgrades. In other Xbox news, the highest tier, Game Pass Ultimate, recently decreased in price(https://gameinformer.com/2026/04/21/xbox-drops-prices-for-game-pass-ultimate-and-pc-game-pass-but-new-call-of-duty-games), and Copilot AI will no longer be coming to consoles(https://gameinformer.com/2026/05/05/microsoft-copilot-will-no-longer-come-to-consoles-says-xbox-ceo).
🖥 Xbox, PCBattlefield 6's first truly big map feels like playing a different, much better Battlefield
I was burnt out on Battlefield 6, but Golmud is reeling me back in.
🟩 Xbox, Multi-platformDiscord Nitro Subscribers Now Get Game Pass Included
Confirming earlier rumors and reports, Microsoft and Discord announced a new partnership today that includes a new version of Xbox Game Pass called the Starter Edition. Available to Discord Nitro members, the Starter Edition of Game Pass includes a library of 50+ console and PC games, and Discord Nitro is staying the same price, which is $10/month or $100/year. The Game Pass Starter Edition also includes 10 hours of cloud gaming access per month. Some of the games included with the Game Pass Starter Edition include Fallout 4, Stardew Valley, DayZ, Deep Rock Galactic, Grounded, and Overcooked 2. Continue Reading at GameSpot(https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-starter-edition-announced-heres-what-its-all-about/1100-6539875/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/)
🟩 Xbox, Multi-platformDiscord adds a free Xbox Game Pass ‘starter edition’ for Nitro subscribers
Discord is announcing the launch of Nitro Rewards today, a new program for subscribers that bundles benefits from third parties like Microsoft, Logitech, and SteelSeries, into a Nitro subscription. The main addition is that Nitro members will now get a new starter edition of Xbox Game Pass at no extra cost. Xbox Game Pass starter &8230;
🟩 Xbox, Multi-platformForza Horizon 6 leak threatens Xbox upcoming racing game
Forza Horizon 6 could be in jeopardy after a terrible mistake by Playground Games led to leaks on multiple piracy websites.
🖥 Xbox, PC, Multi-platformForza Horizon 6 has been leaked and cracked a week before its release
The full version of Playground Games' upcoming Forza Horizon 6 game has leaked online over the weekend and has already been cracked by pirates. The download appeared on file sharing sites after some Steam users were allegedly able to obtain access to an unencrypted version of the game. Forza Horizon 6 isn't supposed to launch &8230;
🖥 PlayStation, Xbox, PC, Multi-platformMake sure you get Dishonored 2 free of charge this week
If you have Lenovo Legion Gaming Community, Gamesplanet, and Steam accounts, you can get Dishonored 2 free of charge on May 13
🖥 Xbox, PCDouble Fine is the latest team at Microsoft to unionize
The studio behind Psychonauts and Keeper has filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board.
🟩 Xbox, Multi-platformDouble Fine workers unionize in the face of major Xbox strategy shifts
Double Fine, the Xbox-owned studio behind Psychonauts 2, Keeper, and Kiln, is unionizing with the help of Communications Workers of America
🎮 PlayStation, Xbox, Multi-platformBefore Alien: Isolation 2, the underrated Aliens: Fireteam Elite is getting a sequel
Cold Iron Studios and Daybreak Game Company have announced Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 shortly after a teaser for the next Alien: Isolation game came out
🟩 Xbox, Multi-platformBest Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (May 8-10 2026)
We have a variety of Xbox Game Pass recommendations to save you from endlessly searching for something new to play.
🎮 PlayStation, Xbox, Multi-platformSekiro: No Defeat anime gets new preview and confirmed theatrical run
The anime adaptation of FromSoftware's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will be released in movie theaters before streaming on Crunchyroll.