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Xbox reveals 3 free games that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can play this weekend

Highlights Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can enjoy WWE 2K23 and two other titles for free over the first extended weekend in August 2023. Free Pl...

Fay Watson Aug 03, 2023
Xbox reveals 3 free games that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can play this weekend

Highlights

  • Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can enjoy WWE 2K23 and two other titles for free over the first extended weekend in August 2023.
  • Free Play Days is a recurring promotion that allows subscribers to play paid titles they don't own for four days.
  • Descenders, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and WWE 2K23 are available for free until Sunday, August 6, and are available on both PC and Xbox consoles.

WWE 2K23 and two other titles will be available for free to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members during the first extended weekend in August 2023. This latest addition to Microsoft's subscription service was just announced as A Short Hike joined the Xbox Game Pass catalog.

While the ever-expanding library of on-demand titles is by far the biggest selling point of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, the top tier of the subscription service also offers many other benefits. One of these additional benefits comes in the form of recurring promotional periods called Free Play Days, which allow subscribers to play a variety of paid titles they don't own for a period of four days that typically runs from Thursday to Sunday. The last such offer included Deceive Inc., Disney Speedstorm, For Honor, and Tropico 6.

Meanwhile, the newly launched version of Free Play Days includes Descenders, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and WWE 2K23. This trio of titles is available for free to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold subscribers until Sunday, August 6 at 11:59 PM PDT. Since WWE 2K23 was only launched in March to positive reviews, this wrestling simulation is by far the newest title of the group, while Bandai Namco's 2.5D fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ and No More Robots' bike-based roguelike Descenders were both released in 2018.

Xbox Free Games to Play This Weekend

Xbox Reveals 3 Free Games Game Pass Ultimate Subscribers Can Play This Weekend

  • Descenders
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • WWE 2K23

All three games are available on both PC and Xbox consoles, as is typical for Free Play Days titles. Another tradition of these recurring promotions are generous sales that Microsoft is currently offering on the featured titles, with the biggest of them being the 85% discount on the FighterZ Edition of Dragon Ball FighterZ, which is currently available for $14.24. Meanwhile, Descenders and WWE 2K23 are currently on sale for $7.49 and $38.49, respectively. As usual, these discounts are available during the free play weekend.

This newly announced edition of Free Play Days is not the only time-limited benefit currently available to Microsoft subscribers, as Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can also claim three free games. One of these offers expires on August 15, while the other two are valid until August 31.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers who are short on time and have no particular interest in the latest Free Play Days titles may want to spend their weekend playing Death Stranding instead. Hideo Kojima's unique action-adventure game is one of four games that Xbox Game Pass will be losing on August 15.