Xbox Game Pass Adds Surprise New Game

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Microsoft likes to let its Xbox Game Pass subscribers know in advance all the games that they will be able to look forward to on the service. Release date announcements often let Xbox Game Pass subscribers know when games will be joining the lineup months ahead of time, while Microsoft also releases posts twice per month that highlight all the new games coming in the next two weeks. However, there are times when Microsoft breaks from this by adding surprise new games to the Xbox Game Pass service with no formal announcement.

So is the case with the latest game added to Xbox Game Pass. With no prior announcements, Microsoft has surprised Xbox Game Pass subscribers with the addition of House Flipper, available to play now across PC, consoles, and the cloud. House Flipper is exactly as its name implies — it's a game about fixing up houses and then flipping them for a profit. House Flipper earned mixed reviews from critics when it first launched in 2020, but the user scores paint a different story, with the game having a respectable 4.1 rating in the Xbox marketplace based on 466 reviews.

Xbox Game Pass is Losing 4 Games Today

Barring any other surprises, House Flipper will be the last new Xbox Game Pass game for June 2022 before Microsoft turns its attention to the July 2022 free game offerings. Microsoft has yet to reveal all the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass in July 2022 at the time of this writing, but fans can expect more information to come sooner rather than later.

It's possible that the new Xbox Game Pass games for July 2022 will be revealed on Friday, July 1, but it's also possible that they won't be announced until early next week. July 4 is a holiday, so July 5 seems like the most likely candidate for Microsoft