AMD Bundles Xbox Game Pass With Radeon, Ryzen Purchases
AMD's new promotion offers a bunch of free games, but only for one month.
AMD on Tuesday launched its new campaign to make its gaming-oriented CPUs and GPUs more attractive to the target audience. From now through the first half of next year, AMD will provide a free subscription to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass for PC with a purchase of qualified hardware.
Gamers who purchase a Radeon RX 6000-series graphics card or Ryzen 5000X/3000X/XT processor from a participating retailer will get a free one-month subscription to Microsoft Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of AMD's Equipped for Battle game bundle. Typically, Microsoft charges $1 for the first month and then $9.99 per month.
While the bundle's value is not exactly high for graphics cards that cost from $650 to $1700, it allows gamers to try out over 100 new games and enjoy their graphics board without purchasing a bunch of titles.
AMD Equipped for Battle Game Bundle
Eligible CPUs | Eligible GPUs |
Ryzen 9 5950X | Radeon RX 6900 XT |
Ryzen 9 5900X | Radeon RX 6800 XT |
Ryzen 7 5800X | Radeon RX 6800 |
Ryzen 5 5600X | Radeon RX 6700 XT |
Ryzen 9 3950XT | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
Ryzen 9 3900XT | Radeon RX 6600 |
Ryzen 9 3900X | - |
Ryzen 7 3800XT | - |
Ryzen 7 3800X | - |
Ryzen 7 3700X | - |
Ryzen 5 3600XT | - |
Ryzen 5 3600X | - |
Ryzen 5 3600 | - |
AMD said that the campaign starts on October 26, 2021, and ends on June 30, 2022, at 11:59:59 PM ET, or when the supply of Coupon Codes is exhausted, whichever occurs first.
In addition, AMD offers the Raise the Game bundle that includes complimentary copies of Far Cry 6 and Resident Evil Village with a purchase of a Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics board, but this campaign ends on December 31.
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Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.