2 December 2025

Xbox Game Pass Officially Adds Its 15th Game Awards 2025 Nominee

By newsgame

Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is now available on Xbox Game Pass, having launched across three of its tiers. 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 developer Don’t Nod, Lost Records: Bloom and Rage is an episodic narrative-driven adventure that’s a combination of a coming-of-age story and a thriller taking place across two timelines: 1995 and 2022. Its first part—or “tape,” to use the game’s jargon—was released in mid-February 2025, debuting to largely favorable reviews, as underscored by its 75 OpenCritic average score. Tape 2 launched two months later to a slightly more reserved critical reception, achieving a 71 average score on OpenCritic. Reviewers praised Lost Records: Bloom and Rage for compelling writing full of memorable characters and an intoxicating atmosphere, but while noting that its choices lacked impact and the 1995 timeline was more engaging than the present-day storyline.

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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 beginning today, December 2. Since it’s not a day-one release, it can be played across every non-Essential Game Pass tier: Premium, PC, and Ultimate. It is the second title to join the platform this month, following the day-one addition of Marvel Cosmic Invasion to Xbox Game Pass on December 1.

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 reach Xbox Game Pass since the beginning of the year. For a more narrow perspective, it is 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 is competing in that category with one other Xbox Game Pass title, South of Midnight, developed 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 33, which already set a new show record with 12 nominations across 10 categories.

All TGA 2025 Nominees Available on Xbox Game Pass

Game	Added	TGA 2025 Nomination(s)
No Man’s Sky	Jun 11, 2020	Best Ongoing Game; Best Community Support
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle	Dec 9, 2024	Best Action/Adventure Game; Best Performance (Troy Baker)
Avowed	Feb 18, 2025	Best Role-Playing Game
Atomfall	Mar 27, 2025	Innovation in Accessibility
South of Midnight	Apr 8, 2025	Games for Impact; Innovation in Accessibility
Blue Prince	Apr 10, 2025	Best Independent Game; Best Debut Indie Game
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Apr 24, 2025	Game of the Year; Best Game Direction; Best Narrative; Best Art Direction; Best Score and Music; Best Audio Design; Best Performance (Charlie Cox / Jennifer English / Ben Starr); Best Independent Game; Best Debut Indie Game; Best Role-Playing Game
DOOM: The Dark Ages	May 15, 2025	Best Action Game; Innovation in Accessibility
The Alters	Jun 13, 2025	Best Simulation/Strategy Game
Rematch	Jun 19, 2025	Best Sports/Racing Game
Hollow Knight: Silksong	Sep 4, 2025	Game of the Year; Best Art Direction; Best Score and Music; Best Independent Game; Best Action/Adventure
Ball x Pit	Oct 15, 2025	Best Independent Game
Ninja Gaiden 4	Oct 20, 2025	Best Action Game
The Outer Worlds 2	Oct 29, 2025	Best Role-Playing Game
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage	Dec 2, 2025	Games for Impact

Xbox Game Pass Arrivals May Slow Down This Month

Three other titles are currently confirmed to be coming to Xbox Game Pass in December 2025: Routine, Dome Keeper, and 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 2. However, based on previous years, the overall pace of additions is expected to slow for the remainder 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 Tier(s)	Platform(s)	Date	Notes
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage	Ultimate, PC, Premium	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Dec 2
Routine	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, Console, PC	Dec 4	Day-one release.
Dome Keeper	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Dec 9	Day-one (Series X/S) release.
A Game About Digging A Hole	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Dec 9	Day-one (Series X/S) release.
Menace	Ultimate, PC	PC	Feb 5	Game Preview; day-one release.
High on Life 2	Ultimate, PC	Cloud, PC, Series X/S	Feb 13	Day-one release.

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