Microsoft has revealed the next games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this October.
This is the first new batch of games coming to Game Pass since Microsoft announced a price hike for Ultimate, amid a shake up of tiers. The below games will all be on Ultimate, but some aren’t available on lower tiers.
Your Xbox Game Game Pass games for October are as follows:
Available Today
- Supermarket Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
Coming Soon
- Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions (PC) – 9th October
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- The Casting of Frank Stone (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – 14th October
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Ball x Pit (Cloud, Console, and PC) – 15th October
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- The Grinch: Christmas Adventures (Cloud, Console, and PC) – 15th October
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Eternal Strands (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – 15th October
Now with Game Pass Premium
- He Is Coming (Game Preview) (PC) – 15th October
Now with Game Pass Premium
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Black (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – 15th October
Now with Game Pass Premium
- Pax Dei (PC) – 16th October
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Keeper (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – 17th October
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC) – 21st October
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Ninja Gaiden 4 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – 21st October
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
Other newly available games on the service include Hogwarts Legacy and Little Rocket Lab.
The big draw this month is Ninja Gaiden 4, the latest in the Team Ninja series that’s been developed in collaboration with Bayonetta developer Platinum Games. In addition, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is being added to Game Pass Premium on 15th October.
Keeper and Ball x Pit are also day one additions to look out for – the former is the next game from Psychonauts developer Double Fine, while the latter is a brick-breaking roguelite.
As for what’s leaving the service, the following games will no longer be available from 15th October (Cocoon, at least, has 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 details can be found on Xbox Wire.
Microsoft announced its Xbox Game Pass price hike last week, which has increased the cost of Game Pass Ultimate by 50 percent. It’s been met with criticism.
For more, check out our guide on all the games available on Xbox Game Pass.
