This has been a remarkable year for Team Xbox and for you our gamers. We welcomed Bethesda to the family and announced a new slate of games together in June, and launched Psychonauts 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator Two of the top-rated games of the year, onto Xbox Game Pass. 25 million gamers have joined us in Sea of Thieves and your enthusiasm for Series X-shaped kitchen appliances has made the "Mini Fridge" an actual thing. Our players are at the heart of everything we do and we couldn't be more thankful for your incredible support.
Now, just weeks before the Xbox 20th anniversary in November, we're ecstatic to kick-off three epic months of back-to-back blockbuster game launches in Game Pass:
Age of Empires has been an integral part of the Microsoft gaming heritage for over 24 years. The Oct. 28 launch of Age of Empires IV is the biggest we've ever had. It is the most advanced real-time strategy game to the next generation through Steam and Game Pass for PC. Minecraft will be joining Game Pass for PC on Nov. 2 and will be followed by new Minecraft Dungeons Seasonal Adventures in December, and Caves & Cliffs: Part II in the coming year.
Forza Horizon 5's open world adventure in Mexico will launch on Nov. 9. S and Windows PC. Game Pass also includes console and cloud gaming (beta).
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition is available on Nov. 18 as a free update for existing players, including Game Pass members, with five new aircrafts and eight new airports, new Discovery Flights, tutorials and more as well as highly requested community features like DX12 support. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also launch the thrilling Reno Air Races, which is the fastest motorsport on Earth will be available on November. 18.
The Master Chief is back on Dec. 8 with Halo Infinite. This is the Halo we dreamed of 20 years ago, now become reality in the largest Halo game we've ever created. S and PC. Game Pass Ultimate members will also receive monthly multiplayer rewards as part of the Perks program.
Our teams have also been expanding on the games you love. In the last few months, you explored Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part 1, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, State of Decay 2: Homecoming, Grounded: Hot and Hazy, and the week before, Halo The Master Chief Collection Season 8. We are incredibly grateful that these worlds will continue to be played in by millions of players.
The Xbox community has turned gaming into an opportunity for fun and inspiration, as well as for education over the last two decades. Games help build bonds and strengthen connections between friends and family, and also give people new ways to connect.
We invite you to join us on Nov. 15th to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Xbox and Halo with a fun, digital broadcast to fans across the globe.Roof is on fire While we won't be announcing any new games, this anniversary broadcast will be a unique look back on 20 years of Xbox. We'll share more details soon, so stay tuned.
We've been hard at it to deliver three months of back-to-back games launches. We hope you will join us to celebrate twenty years of Xbox history. But, we also know that we're hard at work planning for the future and what's coming in the next 20 years.
