No, you can’t play Starfield for $1 – Xbox has withdrawn the $1 14-day Xbox Game Pass trial again
So you’ll now have to buy the game outright or pay for a month’s subscription to play
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Bad news, Xbox fans – you won’t be able to playStarfieldfor $1, because Xbox has withdrawn the $1 14-dayXbox Game Passtrial. Again.
The $1 / £1 / AU$1 trial month had long been a staple of the subscription service since it launched way back in 2017, but in March 2023,Microsoftconfirmed it was ditching the introductory offer and was “evaluating different marketing promotions” for new members in the future.
Microsoft has apparently eliminated the $1 Xbox Game Pass trial once again, just before the release of Starfield https://t.co/8tUcvdYHX3https://t.co/nnok972zbUPictured: today vs earlier this month pic.twitter.com/GpDDl3jz4lAugust 27, 2023
Xbox then reintroduced the trial last month… only to quietly withdraw it again just beforeStarfieldis set to release. Funny that.
ICYMI,Xbox Game Pass recently had a price hike.Xbox Game Passsubscription prices rose from $9.99 / £7.99 / AU$10.95 to $10.99 / £8.99 / AU$11.95. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers were similarly affected, with their costs rising from $14.99 / £10.99 / AU$15.95 per month to $16.99 / £12.99 / AU$18.95.
Only players in Norway, Chile, Denmark, Switzerland, and Saudi Arabia were spared the price increase.
That means you’ll now either have to take out a full month’s subscription to playStarfield– and Xbox’s other AAA titles, of course – or buy the game outright.
ICYMI,the person who leaked 45 minutes ofStarfieldhas been arrested for handling stolen goods.
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It took police just four days to find and arrest Harris after he leaked a 45-minute segment of the game online, although, to be fair, Harris had plastered his social media with numerous videos about his ill-gotten gains, so he shouldn’t have been too surprised when the police cars pulled up.
Thesci-fi game recently went gold, and you canpreloadStarfieldright now on Xbox Series X|Sand PC (thoughSteamplayers still need to wait until August 30) if you’ve pre-ordered the game, or are planning on downloading it from theXbox Game Passsubscription service.
You may have to free up some space beforehand, though –Starfieldis going to take up a sizeable 100.19GB onXbox Series X|S for Standard Edition players, and 117.07GB for those rocking the Premium Edition. PC and Steam users have it worse still, with Bethesda’s spacefaring RPG taking up an eye-watering 139.84GB.
Want to go all-in on Starfield hardware for your Xbox before the game launches? Here’swhere you can buy the Starfield Xbox Wireless Controller, as well aswhere to buy the Starfield Xbox Wireless Headset.
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