What you need to know You can earn up to 10,000 Microsoft Rewards points for earning Gamerscore this month. The number of reward points you earn matches how much Gamerscore you earn, up to 10,000 points. You can use Microsoft Rewards to purchase gift cards, Xbox Game Pass subscriptions, and more. Microsoft Rewards is a program that allows you to exchange earned points for Microsoft Gift Cards, Xbox Game Pass subscriptions, Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, and much more. It's one of the best Xbox features that you might not be using, and during the month of January, you can easily earn quite a few points. A new Microsoft Rewards challenge will earn you one Microsoft Rewards point for every Gamerscore point that you earn, with a limit of 10,000 Rewards points.