Next week Xbox will start with everything: this is what awaits you

Xbox kicks off January with everything, you can't miss it.

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The Xbox vacation is coming to an end next week. Although in Spain we still have one more holiday with the Kings’ Day, in the United States they will start reactivating this Monday, and with it, we will begin a key month for Xbox in this 2026 start.

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Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the new games for Xbox Game Pass for the first half of January are expected to be announced. For now, we have several confirmed games, but this is just an appetizer for what’s to come. We remind you that the games that will leave Game Pass on January 15 have already been announced, so the announcement of new games is just around the corner.

The next week with Xbox

In addition to the first announcements of games for Xbox Game Pass, we will also have the first dose of the year of free play days next Thursday, and it’s normal for game announcements to resume on Friday. In short, we’re back to normal, without forgetting that this month we have a Developer Direct, where we will have new announcements, dates, and much more.

In this case, it’s clear that after the calm comes the storm, and we hope that after these well-deserved vacations, Xbox returns with everything, both in Game Pass and in news for everyone. This 2026 is a very special year for Xbox, as it celebrates 25 years of the brand, and Microsoft is going all out.