Fortnite Crew is one of the new perks of an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, but what's it all about, and what do you actually get with it?

As mentioned at the top, Fortnite Crew and Ubisoft+ Classics will be available to you if you subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which has jumped from $20 to $30 today (October 1). The latter benefit is currently live, while the former perk will start rolling out on November 18. But again, what even are they? Let us briefly explain.

Microsoft has kicked off October by announcing a significant price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which comes just over a year after the last price rise for the subscription service.

Microsoft has just hiked prices for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by 50% and introduced new subscription tiers with Fortnite Crew Included. Here's the full info.

Today’s Game Pass Core subscribers will automatically move to Essential, Standard subscribers will transition to Premium, and Ultimate subscribers will remain in the Ultimate plan. While Ultimate is now more expensive, Premium, which replaces Standard, comes in at R199.99, and Essential, which replaces Core, remains at R139.99 a month.

IGN Senior Executive Editor and Unlocked podcast host Ryan McCaffrey reacts to Microsoft's recent price increases on consoles, software, and Xbox Game Pass and how they fly in the face of the player-first decisions that Xbox had continually made since Phil Spencer took over the Xbox business.