Microsoft has confirmed the first wave of titles heading to Xbox Game Pass this month following a controversial price increase – check out the games below:
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Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that gives players access to a huge library of games for a monthly fee. Last month, Microsoft confirmed it was changing Game Pass to offer players “more flexibility, choice and value”.
Essential is now the cheapest tier of Xbox Game Pass and will cost you £9.99 a month. For that, you get access to a library of more than 50 games that can be played across PC and console. The new Premium tier is £14.99 and includes a library of 200+ games and access to all new Xbox published games within a year of them launching, with the expectation of Call Of Duty. Ultimate is now £29.99 a month and is the only tier of Xbox Game Pass that will let you play Day One releases.
As part of the rework, Microsoft added more than 90 titles to Xbox Game Pass and now they’ve confirmed the first wave of October additions. Check them out below:
All the titles heading to Xbox Game Pass this October 2025:
Supermarket Simulator – out now for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
Baldur’s Gate (Enhanced Edition) – out October 9 for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
Baldur’s Gate 2 (Enhanced Edition) – out October 9 for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
The Casting Of Frank Stone – out October 14 for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
Ball x Pit – – out October 15 for PC and Ultimate subscribers
The Grinch: Christmas Adventures – out October 15 for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
Eternal Strands – out October 15 for Ultimate subscribers
He Is Coming – out October 15 for Ultimate subscribers
Ninja Gaiden 2 Black – out October 15 for Ultimate subscribers
Pax Dei – out October 16 for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
Keeper – out October 17 for PC and Ultimate subscribers
Evil West – out October 21 for PC, Premium and Ultimate subscribers
Ninja Gaiden 4 – out October 21 for PC and Ultimate subscribers
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— Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) October 8, 2025
Microsoft has also confirmed a trio of titles will be leaving Xbox Game Pass on October 15 – Cocoon, Core Keeper and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants Unleashed.
Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft’s Director of Gaming and Platform Communications Dustin Blackwell defended the Xbox Game Pass price hike. “We understand price increases are never fun for anybody, but we’re trying to reinforce by adding more value to these plans as well,” he explained. “It’s something we don’t take lightly, and we’re listening to the feedback of players and the community to try to provide them with more of what they’re asking for.”
Microsoft has also confirmed 75 Day One titles will be available via Game Pass over the next 12 months.
In other news, a report claims a planned Assassin’s Creed sequel was scrapped due to the “tense” political climate in Donald Trump’s United States Of America.
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