Microsoft announced the first October wave of Xbox Game Pass additions on October 7, a lineup headed by Battlefield 6 and seven titles that join the service on the day they launch. The Xbox Wire post lists nine games arriving between October 8 and October 16, and notes that Gears of War: E-Day and Minecraft Dungeons II are already available on the service.
The wave opens on October 8 with Echo Weaver, Forever Ago and Neon Abyss 2, according to Xbox Wire. Echo Weaver is a time-loop metroidvania, Forever Ago a single-player road-trip adventure, and Neon Abyss 2 a roguelike action platformer. Neon Abyss 2 is the only game in the wave Microsoft also lists for Game Pass Premium; every other addition is limited to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
Battlefield 6 arrives on October 13 for cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC, alongside Deep Dish Dungeon, a co-op survival exploration game set in a hand-crafted dungeon, and Valor Mortis, a first-person soulslike from the creators of Ghostrunner in which players rise from death as a former soldier of Napoleon's army. Xbox Wire said Game Pass Ultimate includes EA Play, that EA Play members can claim the EA Play Deployment Pack and the Season 5 EA Play Pack, and that Ultimate subscribers receive 10% off eligible EA digital purchases.
October 15 brings Bluey's Happy Snaps, a photo-based adventure that supports a second player, and Chained Beasts, a one-to-four player co-op gladiator roguelike. Beyond These Stars, a city-builder set on the back of a space whale, closes the wave on October 16 as a PC-only addition. Microsoft marks seven of the nine games as day-one releases on the service: Echo Weaver, Forever Ago, Deep Dish Dungeon, Valor Mortis, Bluey's Happy Snaps, Chained Beasts and Beyond These Stars.
Eurogamer called Battlefield 6 the month's headliner, reporting that the shooter sold more than seven million copies in its first three days and topped Steam's best-seller charts at launch. The outlet said post-launch updates, including a Top Gun collaboration, had continued into this year despite layoffs at Battlefield Studios in March.
Nine games leave on October 15
Xbox Wire also listed nine titles leaving the Game Pass library on October 15. Eurogamer noted that the group includes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which it said debuted on Game Pass early last year.
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (cloud, console and PC)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (cloud, console and PC)
- Crime Scene Cleaner (cloud, console and PC)
- Donut County (cloud, console and PC)
- Evil West (cloud, console and PC)
- Nova Roma (Game Preview) (PC)
- Pacific Drive (cloud, console and PC)
- Superball (cloud, console and PC)
- The Casting of Frank Stone (cloud, console and PC)
Beyond the new arrivals, Xbox Wire flagged that Shape of Dreams, a top-down co-op roguelite, is already available with its Starless Path anniversary update, and that an Asphalt Legends in-game benefit unlocking the Ford GT MKII, 250 tokens and 250,000 credits is available to Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, Essential and PC Game Pass members. GameSpot counted the wave at 11 games across the first half of the month, including the already-available Gears of War: E-Day and Minecraft Dungeons II, and described its coverage as developing.
