Summary
PC Game Passhas addedDead Island 2to its content catalog. This development marks the finalXbox Game Passrelease for October 2024.
Dead Island 2originally hit the market in April 2023 following years of development hell that saw it switch developers several times. Ahead of its debut, Embracer Group struck a publishing agreement with Epic, making the PC version of the action RPG exclusive to the Epic Games Store for a year. This is whyDead Island 2skipped PC Game Passback in February 2024, when it was originally added to Microsoft’s subscription service.
Since its release,Dead Island 2achieved a “Strong” rating on OpenCritic, derived from an aggregate score of 75 and a 57% reviewer recommendation rate. The first-person ARPG also boasts “Mostly Positive” reviews on Steam, based on over 6,600 player impressions. As such,Dead Island 2seems poised to bolster the selection ofcompelling action RPGs on PC Game Pass.
Cloud and console versions available since February 2024.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Cloud, PC, Series X/S
Day-one release.
The arrival ofDead Island 2concludes the October 2024 lineup of Xbox Game Pass releases, which included 10 new titles. Moving forward, Microsoft’s subscription service is set to addStarCraft: RemasteredandStarCraft 2: Campaign Collectionon November 5. That’s also the day whenMetal Slug Tacticswill debut as a day-one addition to its content catalog.
Another four titles have already beenconfirmed to be coming to Xbox Game Pass later in November 2024. The first of those isGoat Simulator Remastered, which is scheduled to debut on November 7.Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024andSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylare then scheduled to follow suit on the 19th and 20th of the month, respectively. Finally, 2D soulslikeNine Solswill arrive on November 26. Since all of these November 2024 Xbox Game Pass releases are day-one titles, they will only be available via PC Game Pass and the Ultimate tier of the service. The same goes forIndiana Jones and the Great Circle, which is planned to reach Xbox Game Pass on December 9 and will likely be the platform’s biggest release of the month.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
