Xbox may have dropped Call of Duty from day one Game Pass, but there are reasons to hope for OG fans

Though Game Pass dropped in price, that came at a "cost" since Call of Duty will no longer be included as a day-one title. However, that won't affect the franchise's presence on the service but will merely cause year-long delays to inclusion and, perhaps, allow for classic titles to be included. That is according to PC Gamer, who says more Call of Duty games will be added to Game Pass in 2026, despite the fact that the next mainline entry won't be available until next year. This opens up the possibility for classic CoD games to be brought up to speed and included in the biggest subscription in video games, maybe even reinvigorating some of those classics that brought the series to where it is today. As PC Gamer writes, there aren't many CoD games currently available on Game Pass. The rebooted Modern Warfare trilogy, Black Ops 6 and 7, as well as CoD: WWII can be enjoyed through the subscription, but the vast majority of the series remains outside of its jurisdiction. Activision can literally choose out of over a dozen games that were never released on Game Pass, including the original Modern Warfare titles, the first two Black Ops games, or perhaps even the classic Call of Duty 1 and 2, if not World at War. This masterpiece needs a renaissance. Image via Activision Call of Duty 3, which was never ported to PC to begin with, also has the best chance ever to finally cross over onto other platforms. If I had to choose, I'd wholeheartedly pick Treyarch's three CoDs that really stuck with me for all this time, on top of the original MW games, of course. I'm talking here about WaW and the first two Black Ops titles, and I'm going for those because I'm currently hooked on stories about the Second World War and the Vietnam War. Either way, there's an infinite number of games Xbox could put on Game Pass. And if PC Gamer's report turns out to be true, then we're going to be enjoying a whole lot of CoD this year. The post Xbox may have dropped Call of Duty from day one Game Pass, but there are reasons to hope for OG fans appeared first on Destructoid.

Apr 24, 2026 - 01:36

Xbox may have dropped Call of Duty from day one Game Pass, but there are reasons to hope for OG fans

Though Game Pass dropped in price, that came at a "cost" since Call of Duty will no longer be included as a day-one title. However, that won't affect the franchise's presence on the service but will merely cause year-long delays to inclusion and, perhaps, allow for classic titles to be included.

That is according to PC Gamer, who says more Call of Duty games will be added to Game Pass in 2026, despite the fact that the next mainline entry won't be available until next year. This opens up the possibility for classic CoD games to be brought up to speed and included in the biggest subscription in video games, maybe even reinvigorating some of those classics that brought the series to where it is today.

As PC Gamer writes, there aren't many CoD games currently available on Game Pass. The rebooted Modern Warfare trilogy, Black Ops 6 and 7, as well as CoD: WWII can be enjoyed through the subscription, but the vast majority of the series remains outside of its jurisdiction. Activision can literally choose out of over a dozen games that were never released on Game Pass, including the original Modern Warfare titles, the first two Black Ops games, or perhaps even the classic Call of Duty 1 and 2, if not World at War.

This masterpiece needs a renaissance. Image via Activision Call of Duty 3, which was never ported to PC to begin with, also has the best chance ever to finally cross over onto other platforms. If I had to choose, I'd wholeheartedly pick Treyarch's three CoDs that really stuck with me for all this time, on top of the original MW games, of course. I'm talking here about WaW and the first two Black Ops titles, and I'm going for those because I'm currently hooked on stories about the Second World War and the Vietnam War.

Either way, there's an infinite number of games Xbox could put on Game Pass. And if PC Gamer's report turns out to be true, then we're going to be enjoying a whole lot of CoD this year.

The post Xbox may have dropped Call of Duty from day one Game Pass, but there are reasons to hope for OG fans appeared first on Destructoid.

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