Xbox Game Pass officially adds its 15th Game Awards 2025 nominee

Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is now available at Xbox Game Passafter being launched across three of its levels. It marks the 211th title added to the service this year and the 15th nominee from The Game Awards 2025 to join Xbox Game Pass.

The latest title from Life is strange developers don't nod, Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is an episodic narrative adventure that is a combination of a coming-of-age story and a thriller that takes place across two timelines: 1995 and 2022. Its first part – or “band” to use the game's jargon – was released in mid-February 2025, and debuted to under 7 positive reviews by OpenCritic with an average score of 5. Tape 2 was released two months later to a somewhat more reserved critical reception, achieving a 71 average score on OpenCritic. Reviewers raved Lost Records: Bloom and Rage for compelling writing full of memorable characters and an intoxicating atmosphere, while noting that its choices lacked impact and the 1995 timeline was more engaging than today's story.

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Lost Records: Bloom and Rage now available on 3 Xbox Game Pass tiers

Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is available on Microsoft's subscription service starting today, December 2. Since it is not a first release, it can be played on all non-essential Game Pass tiers: Premium, PC and Ultimate. It's the second title to join the platform this month, following the addition of Day One Marvel Cosmic Invasion to Xbox Game Pass on December 1st.

Xbox Game Pass now has 15 TGA 2025 nominees

Looking at the whole of 2025, Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is the 211th new title to hit Xbox Game Pass since the start of the year. For a narrower perspective, it's also the 15th The Game Awards 2025 nominee to be added to Microsoft's subscription service. The story-driven adventure was nominated in the Games for Impact category, which honors titles with a positive social message. Lost Records: Bloom and Rage competes in that category with another Xbox Game Pass title, South of midnightdeveloped by Microsoft subsidiary Compulsion Games. TGA 2025 will take place on December 11. The ceremony is widely expected to be dominated by another Xbox Game Pass game—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33which already set a new show record with 12 nominations in 10 categories.

All TGA 2025 nominees available on Xbox Game Pass

Game	Added	TGA 2025 Nomination(s)
No Man's Sky	June 11, 2020	Best Ongoing Game; Best Community Support
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle	December 9, 2024	Best Action/Adventure Game; Best Performance (Troy Baker)
Avowed	February 18, 2025	Best RPG
Nuclear fallout	March 27, 2025	Innovation in accessibility
South of midnight	April 8, 2025	Games for Impact; Innovation in accessibility
Blue Prince	April 10, 2025	Best Independent Game; Best Indie Debut Game
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	April 24, 2025	Game of the Year; Best Game Direction; Best Story; Best Art Direction; Best Score and Music; Best Sound Design; Best Performance (Charlie Cox / Jennifer English / Ben Starr); Best Independent Game; Best Debut Indie Game; Best RPG
DOOM: The Dark Ages	May 15, 2025	Best Action Game; Innovation in accessibility
The Alters	June 13, 2025	Best Simulation/Strategy Game
Rematch	19 June 2025	Best sports/racing game
Hollow Knight: Silk Song	September 4, 2025	Game of the Year; Best Art Direction; Best Score and Music; Best Independent Game; Best Action/Adventure
Ball x Pit	15 October 2025	Best independent game
Ninja Gaiden 4	20 October 2025	Best action game
The Outer Worlds 2	29 October 2025	Best RPG
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage	December 2, 2025	Games for Impact

Xbox Game Pass arrivals may slow down this month

Three other titles are currently confirmed to come to Xbox Game Pass in December 2025: Routine, Dome Keeperand A game about digging a hole. The full Wave 1 lineup for the month is expected to be officially detailed later this week, possibly as early as today, December 2nd. But based on previous years, the overall pace of additions is expected to slow for the rest of the month — especially compared to November, when 20 new titles were added to the service.

Upcoming Xbox Game Pass titles with known release dates

Game	Game Pass Level(s)	Platform(s)	Date	Notes
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage	Ultimate, PC, Premium	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	2 Dec
Routine	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, console, PC	Dec. 4	Day one release.
Dome Keeper	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	9 Dec	Day One (Series X/S) release.
A game about digging a hole	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	9 Dec	Day One (Series X/S) release.
Threat	Ultimate, PC	PC	5 Feb	Game Preview; day one release.
High on Life 2	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	13 Feb	Day one release.

Previous years also suggest that Microsoft may temporarily change its typical Xbox Game Pass announcement cadence by consolidating all December 2025 titles into a single lineup reveal instead of doing Wave 1 and 2 separately. Should that happen, the company will most likely return to its regular two-wave announcement schedule in January 2026.