Will Xbox announce a new Game Pass tier with first-party games only ('Triton') before the end of 2026?

Market context

A datamine revealed in the Game Pass backend a tier codenamed 'Triton', focused only on Xbox Game Studios games (~15 titles). CEO Asha Sharma said internally that Game Pass 'got very expensive'. This asks whether Xbox will officially announce that tier before the end of 2026.

Resolution criteria

• How it resolvesResolves YES if, before December 31, 2026, Microsoft or Xbox officially announce a new Game Pass tier focused exclusively on Xbox Game Studios first-party games, at a price different from the existing tiers. Resolves NO if no such tier is announced. Source: Xbox Wire or official Microsoft announcements. The market closes on December 31, 2026 at 23:59 Mexico City time (05:59:00 UTC on January 1, 2027).