It’s been a fun week.

As I write this, I’m out of hospital with a crazy sinus infection, so apologies for those who asked for not getting to my take on the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes”>Xbox Game Pass drama sooner. I did want to collect some of my thoughts, and also talk to some of my industry contacts to get their views.

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It’s been a fun week.

As I write this, I’m out of hospital with a crazy sinus infection, so apologies for those who asked for not getting to my take on the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-october-2025-changes”>Xbox Game Pass drama sooner. I did want to collect some of my thoughts, and also talk to some of my industry contacts to get their views.

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