Xbox Game Pass is truly delivering in December as it reveals its monthly games along with a handful of bonus goodies for subscribers to its Ultimate tier.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and with Xbox delivering unto players an adventure from everyone’s always-on-the-telly-around-christmas action hero in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, players are nestling in for a gaming experience that should last them until the new year. That doesn’t mean that Microsoft’s gaming arm is finished with them, though, as the Xbox Game Pass December 2024 drop has revealed a number of goodies that players can get their hands on for free as Ultimate subscribers.

It’s just as well that Xbox should be playing catch-up here after PlayStation started delivering bonus PS Plus features, like the arrival of Sly 2 and 3, and a Space Marine 2 game trial for PS Plus Premium subscribers to celebrate the console family turning 30. Xbox seems to try to get the edge over PlayStation on this front with massive day one titles – but it seems that it's not above a few lovely Christmas gifts, as it reveals a heap of free games for players to get stuck into over the festive period.

Here’s what you need to know about the Xbox Game Pass December 2024 bonus games for Ultimate subscribers, and the most recent updates to the service.

Xbox Game Pass December 2024 free games update

As Xbox drip-feeds games onto the Xbox Game Pass service, December’s delivery of games has come into shape nicely. Here’s everything that has been added in a number of Xbox Game Pass December 2024 updates, revealed in a recent blog post:

Xbox Game Pass Core

  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fuelled (console)

  • DayZ (console)

  • Goat Simulator (console)

Xbox Game Pass Standard

Xbox Game Pass PC and Ultimate

  • EA Sports WRC (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC)

  • Overthrown Game Preview (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC)

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC)

  • Wildfrost (console, cloud, PC)

  • For the King 2 (console, cloud, PC)

There are heaps of games here for players to get stuck into, with Hunt: Showdown 1896 especially becoming a fountain of playtime with a recent patch stomping crashing issues. Plus, with Post Malone becoming part of the game, fans will have an awful lot keeping them busy.

The Xbox Game Pass December 2024 update doesn’t end here, though, as Microsoft and EA have revealed a fountain of goodies that will be revealed to players across the holiday season.

Xbox Game Pass December 2024 bonus free games

Along with this fresh heap of games has come a promise of ‘digital gifts’ in an Xbox Game Pass December 2024 bonus update for subscribers to the Ultimate tier of the service, or EA Play, as revealed by a new blog post. Between Tuesday, December 17 and Thursday, December 26, players can access a collection of free titles and content, featuring the following:

  • Battlefield 1: Revolution

  • The Sims 4 Home Chef Hustle Stuff Pack

  • Titanfall 2: Ultimate Edition

  • 500 PGA Tour Points in EA Sports PGA Tour

There is more to be revealed by the collaboration between Xbox Game Pass and EA Play for Ultimate subscribers, with the key art for the promotion also featuring appearances from Skate 3, Fight Night Champion, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Deluxe Edition, Star Wars Battlefront 2 Deluxe Edition, Battlefield 2042 Gold Edition and the NFS Unbound Palace collab. We can expect that these titles will appear a little further down the line, accessible from the Xbox Game Pass menu.

These games are available to download for free for only one day each, so you're going to have to login daily to download them. They're available as free permanent downloads as revealed by the games' pages on the Xbox store, so grab them now and play them forever.

There are also more in-game bonuses for Ultimate subscribers to enjoy in the Xbox Game Pass December 2024 bonuses, including the following:

  • Apex Legends Viking Arms Weapon Charm – Now to December 30

  • Battlefield 2042 MCS-880 skin: Deliverance – Now to December 24

  • F1 24 5000 XP Boost – Now to December 31

  • College Football 25 Loyalist Ultimate Team Pack – Now to December 31

  • Madden NFL 25 MUT Pack – Now to December 31

  • EA FC 25 Winter Champions Left Arm Reindeer Tattoo & Clubs Coins – Now to December 26

  • EA Sports FC 25 Football Ultimate Team Draft Token – Now to January 14

  • EA FC 25 3000 CHEL Coins – Now to January 30

  • NHL 25 WOC Battle Pass XP Modifier Tokens – Now to January 30

Take your pick and download the items from your favourite games before they’re unavailable. It’s a curious drive from Xbox Game Pass that is still shrouded in mystery, but it’s still free stuff, so we’re not going to start complaining just yet.