Microsoft has announced the following games coming to Xbox Game Pass this October.
This is the first new batch of games coming to Game Pass since Microsoft announced a price hike for Ultimate amid the tier change. All of the games listed below will be available on Ultimate, but some are not available at lower levels.
Your Xbox Game Game Pass games for October:
Available today
- Supermarket Simulator (Cloud, Console and PC)
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
Soon
- Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions (PC) – October 9
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Frank Stone Casting (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X|S) – October 14
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Ball x Pit (cloud, console and PC) – October 15
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- The Grinch: A Christmas Adventure (cloud, console and PC) – October 15
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Eternal Strands (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X|S) – October 15
Now with Game Pass Premium
- He Is Coming (game preview) (PC) – October 15
Now with Game Pass Premium
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Black (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X|S) – October 15
Now with Game Pass Premium
- Pax Dei (PC) – October 16
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Keeper (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X|S) – October 17
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Evil West (cloud, console and PC) – October 21
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Ninja Gaiden 4 (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X|S) – October 21
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
Other new games available on the service include: Hogwarts Legacy and Little Rocket Lab.
Big giveaway this month Ninja Gaiden 4, the latest game in the Team Ninja series, developed in collaboration with Bayonetta developer Platinum Games. Besides, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black will be added to Game Pass Premium on October 15th.
Keeper and Ball x Pit are also day one additions worth checking out: the former is the next game from Psychonauts developer Double Fine, and the latest is a stunning roguelike.
As for leaving the service, the following games will no longer be available as of October 15th (at least Cocoon, joined PS Plus this month instead).
- Cocoon (cloud, console and PC)
- Core Keeper (cloud, console and PC)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants Unleashed (cloud, console and PC)
Full information can be found at Xbox wire.
Microsoft announced its Xbox Game Pass Price Increase Last Weekwhich increased the cost of Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent. This was met with criticism.
For more information, check out our guide to All games available on Xbox Game Pass.
