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Coming Soon​

South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 16
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard

From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes South Park: The Fractured but Whole, a sequel to 2014’s award-winning South Park: The Stick of Truth. Players will assume the role of the New Kid and join South Park favorites Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman in this hilarious and outrageous RPG adventure.


Donut County (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 17
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard


Making a return to the Game Pass library! Donut County is a story-based, physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.


MechWarrior 5: Clans (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – October 17
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass


Available on day one! In MechWarrior 5: Clans, players become new Smoke Jaguar pilots in the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Lead a five-mech “Star” squad across diverse planets, engaging in an expansive campaign with immersive gameplay and intricate combat. Armed with customizable BattleMechs featuring cutting-edge technologies, players explore a wealth of tactical options and strategic possibilities.


Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass

Available on day one! Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Developed by the award-winning teams at Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is an action thriller with a mind-bending narrative and unbound by the rules of engagement. This is signature Black Ops across a cinematic single-player Campaign, a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, and the epic return of Round-Based Zombies.


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
Game Pass Ultimate


Coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) with Game Pass Ultimate! In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat. The ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov is extending his grasp across the world causing Task Force 141 to fight like never before.


Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
Game Pass Ultimate


Coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) with Game Pass Ultimate! Welcome to Call of Duty: Warzone, the massively popular free-to-play battle royale experience, which now features Urzikstan, Rebirth Island, and Fortune’s Keep.


Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard


Returning to the Game Pass library, Ashen is an open world co-op action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home. As you adventure through the realm of Ashen, you’ll occasionally encounter other players in a passive, co-operative multiplayer open world. It’s up to you to decide how to deal with them – fight together against evil, invite them into your party, or simply ignore them.


Dead Island 2 (PC) – October 31
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass

Available on Cloud and Console and now coming to PC Game Pass! A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who – or what – you are. Survive, evolve and save the world!


StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – November 5
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass


Prepare to rediscover a classic. StarCraft: Remastered upgrades Blizzard Entertainment’s original sci-fi real-time strategy game and its acclaimed expansion, StarCraft: Brood War, from beginning to end. Experience the intergalactic battle between the terran, protoss, and zerg with improved graphics and audio, and the same classic gameplay that made StarCraft a global phenomenon.


StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – November 5
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass


With millions of players already in the fight, StarCraft II has made gaming history. Now it’s your turn to take command and lead vast armies of terran, protoss and zerg to victory amongst the stars. Prepare for interstellar war, commander. You’re needed at the front. The StarCraft II: Campaign Collection includes Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void, and Nova Covert Ops.

DLC / Game Updates​

Core Keeper Coming to Xbox One – October 17
Game Pass members on Xbox One will be able to dive into Core Keeper on October 17! Craft, build, and explore in a dynamic world. Develop your character, uncover ancient secrets, and engage in thrilling co-op or competitive play. Embrace the challenge and unearth the mysteries that await!

Game Pass Ultimate Perks​

Monster Hunter Now: MHN Bundle – Available Now
Claim one Ultra Hunting Ticket, 2 Paintballs, 2 Potions, a Magnamalo, and Rajang crafting materials for weapons and armor. This Perk content requires Monster Hunter Now (mobile) to use.


Throne and Liberty: Clay and Mischievous Bundle – Available Now
Express yourself with this Clay Outfit in Xbox colorways and a Mischievous Youngster Amitoi to tag along on your adventures. Base game Throne and Liberty included with this Perk.

Free Digital Comic GONE #1 by Jock from DSTLRY – Available now
On a distant, impoverished planet where resources are scarce, the best place to be is gone. Follow Abi’s epic sci-fi journey as she is swept light years into the cosmos. Written and drawn by Jock, from DSTLRY.

Leaving October 31​

The following games will be leaving the Game Pass library soon, so be sure to jump back in and wrap up where you left off. Remember you can save up to 20% off your purchase with your membership discount to keep the good times going!

• Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Headbangers (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Inkulinati (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Lonely Mountain’s Downhill (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Mineko’s Night Market (Cloud, Console, and PC)

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[DenchDeckard]

Always wanted to give Dead Island 2 a go. WIll also play the COD campaign!

 

[gothmog]

I haven't played a COD campaign in years, so it's a good month.

 

[Topher]

PC Game Pass...

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

 

[Punished Miku]

Not terrible. Looking forward to the Call of Duty campaign, and that's obviously a great value add for 2 weeks.

I already have Ashen, Donut County, South Park. Adding old games is literally pointless for me 99% of the time and if this is the way GP is going to go it will be a useless service for me like PS+ Extra.

Not getting Starcraft on console at all is a bummer. I don't understand why they wouldn't treat it like the Age of Empire games after a year of having Activision. Big disappointment, and to not even comment on it when revealing these is worse.

Mechwarrior 5 I know nothing about. I'll have to look into it, but hopefully this is fun. Day 1 addition so good. Unreal 5 game. Will give it a try since I'm new to the series.

Recommend people beat Frog Detective if they like funny hipster indie games. I thought it was great. Short, with a nice OST. Made me laugh more than once.

 

[Bernoulli]

 

[XXL]

PC Game Pass...

Starcraft 1 & 2 is pretty nice.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I haven't heard of any of those games that are leaving. That's a great leaving month too.

 

[Complistic]

StarCraft 2's campaign is absolutely worth playing if anyone missed it 10 years ago.

 

[SportsFan581]

Great month for PC users with CoD, StarCraft, and DI2

 

[Topher]

Starcraft 1 & 2 is pretty nice.

Hope folks jump in a realize how great those games are. Starcraft is the most underutilized IP in gaming, imo.

 

[adamsapple]

Hope folks jump in a realize how great those games are. Starcraft is the most underutilized IP in gaming, imo.

Starcraft 2 campaign, all said and done, was also pretty good.

I recall people being mixed towards it back in the day.

 

[AJUMP23]

Eating good.

 

[XXL]

Hope folks jump in a realize how great those games are. Starcraft is the most underutilized IP in gaming, imo.

Do you know if they're available to buy on Steam?

 

[Topher]

Do you know if they're available to buy on Steam?

No, not on Steam. Only through battle.net up till now.

 

[Preseznik]

Dead Island 2 coop is what I've been wanting to try, so that's good news.

 

[ManaByte]

This isn't sustainable! They can't keep getting away with this!

Starcraft 2 campaign, all said and done, was also pretty good.

I recall people being mixed towards it back in the day.

People were mixed because Blizzard released it episodically in three parts.

 

[Topher]

This isn't sustainable! They can't keep getting away with this!

Eh.....seem to remember a price hike a few months ago. That usually helps.

 

[Salz01]

Cloud…. =/

 

[gothmog]

Hope folks jump in a realize how great those games are. Starcraft is the most underutilized IP in gaming, imo.

The original and sequel is like top 10 or 20 in lifetime PC sales. I would say it's doing just fine for an RTS franchise.

 

[M1chl]

Fuck CoD play DONUT COUNTY

Its incredible experience

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Fuck CoD play DONUT COUNTY

Its incredible experience

 

[willothedog]

Eh.....seem to remember a price hike a few months ago. That usually helps.

Plus playstation and Steam are more than happy to subsidise with that sweet-sweet CoD revenue.

 

[Roberts]

Not getting Starcraft on console at all is a bummer. I don't understand why they wouldn't treat it like the Age of Empire games after a year of having Activision. Big disappointment, and to not even comment on it when revealing these is worse.

Yeah, it sucks. I've played the first one million years ago and loved it and would like to get back into the franchise. If it does well, I'm pretty sure they will eventually port it to consoles. If you could play, let's say, Halo Wars on consoles with a controller, you could do SC as well.

Anyway, only two games for me. Have the rest.

 

[M1chl]

Because otherwise people on the internet wouldn't listen

 

[Topher]

The original and sequel is like top 10 or 20 in lifetime PC sales. I would say it's doing just fine for an RTS franchise.

When I say "underutilized", I'm not talking about sales. I'm talking about new entries in the franchise.

Plus playstation and Steam are more than happy to subsidise with that sweet-sweet CoD revenue.

I mean.....that's just what third party publishers do.

 

[Reaseru]

Both Statcraft I and II stories are among the best in the industry.

God, I miss the old Blizzard.

 

[Punished Miku]

Hopefully they announce some indies for GP at this show on the 17th because they're slipping a bit on the indies. For me, the last game I'm playing gets added on 10/25, but they have Starcraft on 11/5 so that's nearly 2 weeks of nothing for console GP. And it's not like indie and AA games aren't coming out this year. Been tons of them dominating the year for me.

Still worth it just for CoD alone in terms of monetary value (saving $50 just this month playing that game so it pays for itself), but I prefer when they are showcasing more day one indies. And we know a lot of these small games are fine taking the GP deals. Conscript, Crow County, Neva, Keylocker, Cryptmaster, Kill Knight, Parcel Corps, Empire of Ants, Death Come True, To the Moon, Sky Oceans, Squirrel with a Gun. They used to be a bit better at picking out the truly hidden gems over and over. Hopefully they get back to that. We did get Dungeons of Hinterberg and Flintlock, but a lot of the rest is more mainstream stuff this year.

 

[Varteras]

When I say "underutilized", I'm not talking about sales. I'm talking about new entries in the franchise.



I mean.....that's just what third party publishers do.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Hope folks jump in a realize how great those games are. Starcraft is the most underutilized IP in gaming, imo.

All the one liners when units are built are etched in my brain for all eternity.

 

[mayham2199]

Starcraft 2 campaign, all said and done, was also pretty good.

I recall people being mixed towards it back in the day.

I was mixed on it but overall it was good. It was just always going to be hard to live up to that story in #1.

 

[rm082e]

So when it says "Cloud" on MW3, that means you can't download the game and play it offline? You have to use the XCloud service to play it? If so, that seems like an odd choice...

 

[Topher]

All the one liners when units are built are etched in my brain for all eternity.

Sometimes when my wife is driving she will say..."proceeding". That's how much she's heard my tank guys. lol

 

[Cakeboxer]

Starcraft 1 + Brood Wars were so fucking good. Still better than most console exclusives.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Gonna play the fuck out of Blops6, can't wait to dive into zombies

So when it says "Cloud" on MW3, that means you can't download the game and play it offline? You have to use the XCloud service to play it? If so, that seems like an odd choice...

...obviously not, MWIII is already available on game pass for months, this is just adding thr cloud option.

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

Dead Island 2 is awesome, so if you're on PC and didn't play it yet.. try it, was seriously impressed how good it looks and runs on consoles, plus to me it's the most fun to date first person zombies game

Not much else here for me, but still the trio (hopefully nothing delayed) Black Ops, Stalker and indi.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Sometimes when my wife is driving she will say..."proceeding". That's how much she's heard my tank guys. lol

That’s awesome.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Omg, look what I found!

 

[gothmog]

When I say "underutilized", I'm not talking about sales. I'm talking about new entries in the franchise.

I think it has the right amount of entries compared to something like the Command & Conquer franchise. SC2 being drawn out makes it seem like it has less. I'd love to see a SC3 but I feel like the genre just hasn't aged well in general.

 

[Topher]

I think it has the right amount of entries compared to something like the Command & Conquer franchise. SC2 being drawn out makes it seem like it has less. I'd love to see a SC3 but I feel like the genre just hasn't aged well in general.

They could have expanded into other genres like Warhammer 40k has done. Doesn't really matter anymore since Blizzard isn't the same Blizzard that made those classic games anyway.

 

[ManaByte]

So when it says "Cloud" on MW3, that means you can't download the game and play it offline? You have to use the XCloud service to play it? If so, that seems like an odd choice...

It's already on Game Pass. It's being added to cloud.

 

[gothmog]

They could have expanded into other genres like Warhammer 40k has done. Doesn't really matter anymore since Blizzard isn't the same Blizzard that made those classic games anyway.

I almost feel like nobody wants to do it because they would instantly compare it to Ghost and start asking for it again.

 

[Varteras]

Sometimes when my wife is driving she will say..."proceeding". That's how much she's heard my tank guys. lol

When I go to pick a buddy of mine up, I text him "Carrier has arrived!"

It never gets old for us.

 

[Little Chicken]

This will be my first CoD since the 360. Thanks MS

 

[Heisenberg007]

4 console games. And 2 of those are re-releases.

Wow.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Sept Terrion Of Nothing]

Both Statcraft I and II stories are among the best in the industry.

God, I miss the old Blizzard.

Yeah. That Blizzard was really amazing. Actually correction: Starcraft team was amazing. After all those years after Starcraft 1 they delivered Starcraft 2.

In the meanwhie another team at Blizzard destroyed Diablo 2's legacy with that abominable Diablo 3

 

[twilo99]

StarCraft was never ported to console? Huge miss there….