Xbox Game Pass: Brings Persona 5 Royal and more this October
Xbox Game Pass dispels rumors as they unveil the rest of the list of their October game titles for their subscribers. Here’s what to expect this month.
After leaks and spilled tea made rounds on various social media platforms, Xbox finally released the complete list of their October games. This week has been opened with A Plague Tale: Requiem. The Xbox Games Pass subscribers list includes various games, DLC/updates, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks. Make sure to check the entire list to check the games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass by the end of the month.
From Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, here’s what you can expect until the end of this month on your Xbox Game Pass:
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Xbox Game Pass for October 2022
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Platforms: Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 18
Developer/s: Asobo Studio
Genre: Action-Adventure, Stealth, Third-Person Perspective
This is a sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019). It follows the journey of the siblings Amicia and Hugo de Rune as they traverse the plague-infested Southern France. It’s a race against time as the siblings find the cure to Hugo’s blood disease. Aside from the hordes of rats carrying and spreading the black plague, the protagonists also have to go through a fight or flight mode with soldiers from the French Inquisition. Amicia is equipped with a variety of weapons for different scenarios. She has a knife for close combat actions, a sling for long-range fights, and a crossbow for armored opponents.
Amnesia: Collection
Platforms: Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 20
Developer/s: Frictional Games, The Chinese Room
Genre: Action-Adventure, Puzzle, Horror
A collection of one of the best modern horror games. This contains three Amnesia titles: The Dark Descent, A Machine For Pigs, and Justine. If you’re looking for a game that fits perfectly this Halloween, this game trilogy is for you. Jump into the rabbit hole that will bring nightmares to your screen with a bone-chilling experience. The game explores the troubled memories of the protagonist, Daniel, and the path that you have to take to unravel the mysteries of the past.
Amnesia: RebirthÂ
Platforms: Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 20
Developer/s: Frictional Games
Genre: Action-Adventure, Survival, Horror, Puzzle, Indie
A horror-survival video game from a first-person perspective. This dark action-adventure game follows the journey of Tasi Trianon, the game’s protagonist. She wanders through desert caves and ancient tombs hoping to find her companions. Your goal is to keep the darkness from taking over as you scavenge the overworld for matches, torches, and candles while solving puzzles and going through letters and notes left by those that have been there before you.
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Soma
Platforms: Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 20
Developer/s: Frictional Games
Genre: Survival, Horror, First-Person Perspective
The game comes from the same developers as the previous two games on the list. The game is set below the Atlantic Ocean. The goal of this sci-fi horror game is to survive. Amidst the radio silence, shortage of food supply, and machine revolution, the player needs to stay alive. With total isolation, how long can you last?
Phantom Abyss (Game Preview)
Platforms: Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 20
Developer/s: Team WIBY
Genre: Platform, Indie, Adventure
Xbox describes the game as “a massive asynchronous multiplayer game that casts players into procedurally generated temples and tasks them with retrieving the sacred relics hidden within deadly chambers.” The goal of the game is to survive a run while collecting blessings from the gods while unlocking more treacherous floors, and equipping yourself with new whips that carry both a blessing and a curse on your journey.
Persona 5 Royal
Platforms: Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 21
Developer/s: Atlus, P Studio
Genre: Japanese Role-Playing, Adventure
Arguably the most anticipated title in the list, Persona 5 Royal is one of the most award-winning installments of the Persona IP. Players get to don Joker’s mask as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts band takes on the stage. This game with elements of Inception will have players infiltrating corrupt minds and cleansing their conscience.
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Frog Detective: The Entire MysteryÂ
Platforms: PC
Availability Date: October 27
Developer/s: Grace Bruxner, Thomas Bowker, Worm Club
Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Take the role of the Frog Detective as you embark on a journey to unravel the story behind three silly mysteries. Go on an adventure doing detective work, like going around asking questions to possible suspects and looking for clues. Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery is a collection of all three Frog Detective cases.
Gunfire Reborn
Platforms: Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 27
Developer/s: Duoyi Network
Genre: Roguelite, First-Person Shooter, Indie, Adventure
This is an FPS, rogue-lite gameplay with RPGÂ elements and a level-based adventure game. The player gets to choose from six furry heroes armed with unique skills and move sets that you will use to conquer floors that are teeming with challenging opponents while you collect an array of loot that you will use to continue to grow and level up.
Signalis
Platforms: Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
Availability Date: October 27
Developer/s: Rose-engine games, Humble Games
Genre: Survival, Horror, Indie, Adventure, Shooter
“Available on day on with Game Pass: Awaken from slumber and explore a surreal retrotech world as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost partner and her lost dreams. Discover terrifying secrets, challenging puzzles, and nightmarish creatures in a tense and melancholic experience of cosmic dread and classic psychological survival horror.“
Xbox Wire
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Xbox Game Pass previous releases, DLCs, and the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks
This month, Coral Island (Game Preview) was also just released. It’s from an Indonesia-based team of developers called Stairway Games. It’s a feel-good game that lets players experience enchanting island living at a relaxed and peaceful pace. The gameplay involves nurturing animals, building relationships, and going around the world to make it a better place.
Here is a list of all the DLC / Game Updates listed by Xbox for this month’s Xbox Game Pass:
- No Man’s Sky: Waypoint Update – Available on October 18
- The Sims 4: Get To Work Expansion Pack – Available on October 18
- Minecraft Dungeons: Fauna Faire – Available on October 19
- Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition – Available on October 25
- Sea of Thieves: The Herald of the Flame – Available until October 27
If you are currently subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or if you are planning to get it this month, here are the perks you can enjoy exclusively for this subscription:
- Fallout 76: 25th Anniversary Bundle – Available on October 27
- Secret Neighbor: Sportswear Bundle – Available on October 27
The following game titles are set to exit the Xbox Game Pass library by the end of the month. If you are unable to get through them before the end of October, you can still keep them and save up to 20% off your purchase to keep these games in your library.
- Alan Wake: American Nightmare – still available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- Backbone – still available on Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- Bassmaster Fishing 2022Â – still available on Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- Nongunz: Doppelganger Edition – still available on Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- Project Wingman – still available on Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- Second Extinction – still available on Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- Sniper Elite 4Â – still available on Cloud, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S
- The Forgotten City – still available on Cloud, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S