A new leak has revealed what Microsoft and Discord’s teased partnership actually looks like. According to strings found in Discord’s datamining GitHub, a new Game Pass tier called “Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition” is set to be bundled into Discord Nitro at no extra cost.
The leak surfaced via the Discord datamining GitHub, where the following text was discovered: “Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition is now included with Nitro.”
What Is the Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition?
The Starter Edition is the official name for the tier previously codenamed “Triton,” which was believed at the time to be a first-party only offering.
The datamined text lists the key benefits: over 50 games like Stardew Valley, Fallout 4, and Grounded; 10 hours of cloud gaming per month; Xbox Rewards; and cloud gaming for select games already owned in a user’s Xbox library.
According to reports, the first-party lineup includes Doom Eternal, Doom 64, Dishonored 2, Fable Anniversary, Fallout 76, Gears 5, Halo 5 Guardians, Halo Wars 2, Hellblade, Ori and the Blind Forest, Psychonauts, and State of Decay.
The Discord Nitro Connection
Discord Nitro currently costs $9.99 per month. With this bundle, Nitro subscribers would receive the Game Pass Starter Edition at no additional charge.
The Verge’s Tom Warren doubled down on earlier reports about the Starter Edition tier, lending the leak more credibility ahead of an official announcement.
It remains unclear whether the Starter Edition will be exclusive to Discord Nitro members or also available as a standalone subscription for Xbox users.
How Does It Compare to Existing Tiers?
Xbox Game Pass Essential costs $9.99 per month. It includes just over 50 titles along with unlimited Xbox Cloud Gaming access, which makes it arguably a better standalone option on paper compared to the Starter Edition’s 10-hour monthly cloud gaming cap.
Pricing for the Starter Edition as a standalone product has not leaked. Some estimates place it around $4.99 to $5.99 per month, but no official information supports that at this stage.
