The modern gamer has a tool missing in his toolbox.

Back in the days of yore, sprawling mega rental stores dominated every other corner, and mom-and-pop rental shops offered up semi-scratched discs and even whole consoles for the savvy button masher with a buck to blow.

But in 2018, video game rental has pretty much gone the way of video rental. It’s disappeared, vanished, kaput. You might as well pile the family into the old Model-T and crawl to the city to watch a talkie for a nickel.

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The limited selection of automated rental kiosks can only do so much for an audience that once enjoyed aisles and aisles of new promise and old favorites. Now what are you going to do? Just buy a game and hope you like it?

To heck with that. Enter Xbox Game Pass.

For the uninitiated, Xbox Game Pass gets you unlimited access to over a hundred Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for a single monthly price of just $9.99.

The game library receives monthly additions to its catalog as new AAA titles hit the scene. And no, it’s not just a bunch of aging discount bin titles. In fact, new Xbox exclusives hit the service the same day they launch on Xbox.

The latest blockbuster to land is none other than Forza Horizon 4, a highly anticipated racing game. The newest release includes dynamic weather and seasons that change over time in an open world you can share with other players. Race around historic Britain while amassing new cars, with over 450 to collect.

Other blockbusters include Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2, and Elder Scrolls Online — to name a few. There are also plenty of great indie titles too, like the critically acclaimed Hello Neighbor.

Want to keep a title? You can fully purchase any title in the catalog for up to 20% off.

Less than the cost of two drinks from a coffee house each month.

The math is easy. Spend thousands on games, some of which you may regret buying, or pay less than the cost of two drinks from a coffee house each month and have a massive library available at your fingertips. Pretty easy decision.

You don’t even have to spend a single cent to get started. Check out Xbox Game Pass today with a two-week free trial.

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