The Pope can now get Xbox Rewards The Loadout The Loadout The Pope can now get Xbox Rewards Microsoft has expanded its Rewards program to new countries, meaning more Xbox gamers can earn rewards for playing and buying games or completing challenges Jamie Hore Published: Aug 3, 2022 07:23 ET Xbox Ever wondered what the Pope gets up to in his spare time? Chances are, it isn't grinding the Apex Legends ranks or diving into one of the Xbox Game Pass August free games. But on the off chance that His Holiness does own an Xbox, he'll wake up to some good news. That's because Microsoft has expanded its Rewards program to over thirty new territories – including Vatican City. That means Pope Francis and the other 824 inhabitants of the world's smallest official country can now earn Reward points for buying new Xbox titles, completing Xbox Game Pass quests, or grinding some of the best free-to-play games on the platform. Microsoft Reward points can then be exchanged for everything from supermarket gift cards, to Xbox store credit, to entries into giveaways for big prizes – unfortunately the papacy isn't one of them. While we can imagine His Holiness would be an absolute menace at Halo Infinite, it's more likely that he would opt for something a little less-violent. Perhaps he'd survey il Vaticano using the wings provided to him by God – and by 'God' we mean Microsoft Flight Simulator – or even swap the Popemobile for the Forza Horizon 5 fastest car as he whips round Mexico. As spotted by 'IdleSloth' on Twitter, as well as Vatican City, a further 37 countries have been added to the Microsoft Rewards scheme, ranging from other micronations like Monaco and San Marino all the way up to bigger countries like Turkey and Poland. The scheme is now available in 58 countries in total. If you are excitedly reading this news, Mr. Pope, you may also want to take a peep at our picks for the best upcoming Xbox Series XS games. Also if you want to squad up for some Halo any time soon, drop us a line. Additional nonsense from Aaron Down. More from The Loadout All Xbox Game Pass games: everything currently available GoldenEye 007 remake revealed, and it's coming to Xbox Game Pass Xbox Game Pass adds $480 worth of games in January 2022 Xbox Game Pass to add Activision games as service hits 25 million subscribers Ark server maintenance coming as dev deletes three days of saves Xbox’s Phil Spencer confirms plans to put Call of Duty on Game Pass Jamie Hore Jamie started out his journalism career rambling about FIFA esports, but today he covers much more, like the best Warzone guns and the Apex Legends tier list. He's also rather excited for the Starfield release date. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. The best Xbox Series X games to play right now Upcoming Xbox Series X games 2022 and beyond All Xbox Game Pass games: everything currently available Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games