Summary
Xbox Game Passhas confirmed eight more titles, includingSouth Park: The Fractured but WholeandAshen, for October 2024. Nearly half of these newly listed releases will be available toXbox Game PassStandard users, while the rest will require a higher-tier membership.
Microsoft’s subscription service started October 2024 on a quiet note, releasing only four new games in the first half of the month. The most recent of these additions happened on October 10, when the critically acclaimeddeck-building roguelikeInscryptionmade its way to Xbox Game Pass.
🆕South Park: The Fractured but Whole
🆕MechWarrior 5: Clans
🆕Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
🆕Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
🆕Call of Duty: Warzone
PC
Cloud and console versions available since February 2024.
The first of these newly confirmed releases that will reach Xbox Game Pass isSouth Park: The Fractured but Whole, which is scheduled to debut on October 16. This will be the first-everSouth Parkgameto make its way to Microsoft’s subscription service.The Fractured but Wholewill be followed by popular indie puzzlerDonut Countyand action gameMechWarrior 5: Clans, both of which are set to arrive a day later.
MechWarrior 5is one of twoday-one releases that are bound for Xbox Game Passin the second half of the month. The other one isCall of Duty: Black Ops 6, which Microsoft already confirmed will reach its subscription catalog on October 25. That’s also the day whenModern Warfare 3will receive Xbox Cloud Gaming support, which will arrive alongside the cloud version ofCall of Duty: Warzone. SoulslikeAshenis then scheduled to reach the service on October 29, two days before the PC version ofDead Island 2does the same.
Xbox Game Pass on Course to Remove More Games Than It Adds in October 2024
Although the October 2024 Wave 2 lineup incorporates roughly twice as many titles as its Wave 1 counterpart, this month is still going to be a small net loss for Xbox Game Pass. When not accounting for new versions of already available games, the service has so far received or confirmed to be releasing only nine new titles in October 2024. Meanwhile, it’s set to lose five games later today, followed by another five departures on October 31.
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.
