As Xbox Game Pass grows ever bigger, I'm keeping careful track of the best new additions, upcoming arrivals, which games are leaving soon, and much more.

Free Play Days is here! This weekend, Xbox has five games playable as part of the program - including the latest EA Sports FC release, ghost-hunting sim Phasmophobia and multiplayer horror title The Outlast Trials; right as the game gets its brand-new 'Invasion' update which we've showcased up above.

The rumored ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming is now official, with public testing likely to commence soon.

With the news that Microsoft's popular franchise Halo will make the jump to the PlayStation platform for the first time with next year's Halo: Campaign Evolved, the company confirmed it is testing a free ad-supported version of its Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is included in the Game Pass service .

All three paid Game Pass tiers include unlimited cloud gaming, but wait times get longer the further down you go. It’s fair to assume that any free cloud service not tied to Game Pass will be hit with longer wait times, though perhaps the enforced ads would hide those pretty well anyway.

Free-to-play hero sports ball game Superball, formerly known as Super Buckyball Tournament, is now available for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, as well as WeGame in

In the coming months, Microsoft will reportedly launch a free version of Xbox cloud game streaming that will likely play a pre-roll ad lasting two minutes and sessions lasting up to one hour.

Microsoft's reportedly considering scrapping paid multiplayer in a bid to make the next Xbox console more competitive.

Insider info on the next Xbox console supports the theory of it being a PC in console clothing; one that's going to end up as very expensive.