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Listings for Grand Theft Auto V<\/em> (which has already been on the service and left<\/span>) and, weirdly, Soul Hackers<\/em> revealed the same thing, in that none of the games had previously been available either on Game Pass or on Cloud Gaming, but now here they were. Even weirder is the fact that none of those things had ever been announced, which you\u2019d think would be the case given the prominence of both Elden Ring<\/em> and GTA V<\/em>. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason for that, of course, because Microsoft have since told Eurogamer <\/em>that the listings were a \u201cbug\u201d<\/span>. \u201cWe\u2019re aware of a bug that incorrectly displayed some titles as available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate,\u201d a representative says. \u201cWe rolled out a fix and this is now updated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Normally this kind of administrative, backend stuff wouldn\u2019t be that <\/em>exciting, but what got people interested here is that GamesCom is less than two weeks away, with Microsoft due to make a significant appearance (and a live presentation). And in June, Microsoft announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate users would be able to play \u201cselect\u201d titles they own via Cloud Gaming, even if they weren\u2019t part of the Game Pass catalogue. <\/p>\n

Put those two things together and it seemed entirely plausible that Microsoft had simply jumped the gun on a couple of GamesCom announcements. Calling these listings a \u201cbug\u201d certainly seems to put a dampener on that enthusiasm, but GamesCom kicks off on August 22 just in case you want to keep an eye on things anyway. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n