The eclectic mix of stuff coming to Xbox Game Pass over the next few weeks includes some Call of Duty games, some nasty zombies, StarCraft, a South Park RPG, and a wonderful indie game about a growing hole.
On October 15 ,Xbox announced the second wave of games coming to Game Pass later this October. Sadly, not many spooky horror games are joining Game Pass this month, but, following Xbox’s acquisition of the publisher in 2023, a lot of Activision Blizzard titles are landing on the various tiers of Microsoft’s subscription gaming service. By far the biggest Activision game arriving on Game Pass this month is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. On October 25 the latest entry in the long-running FPS franchise lands on Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass PC. It’ll be available to stream via the cloud, too.
Speaking of the cloud, on Tuesday Xbox also confirmed that starting on October 25, Call of Duty Warzone and Modern Warfare III (which is already on Game Pass) will be playable via Xbox cloud streaming for all Ultimate subscribers. While I’m not a big fan of streaming games, the idea of being able to play infamously beefy Call of Duty titles instantly without having to download 150GB first sounds very tempting.
Anyway, here’s the full lineup of games coming to Xbox Game Pass later this month:
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
- South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Cloud, Xbox, PC) – Oct. 16
- Donut County (Cloud, Xbox, PC) – Oct. 17
- Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Oct. 29
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- MechWarrior 5: Clans (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S) – Oct. 17
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Xbox, PC) – Oct. 25
- Dead Island 2 (PC) – Oct. 31 (already on console/cloud)
- StarCraft: Remastered (PC) – Nov. 5
- StarCraft II: Campaign Collection (PC) – Nov. 5
Game Pass Ultimate
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – Oct. 25
- Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – Oct. 25
-October 17: Core Keeper arrives on Xbox One for all Game Pass subscribers.
