The offer of games available as part of the Game Pass service at the beginning of October leaves much to be desired in the face of price increases

In early October, Microsoft announced a litany of changes to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, the most notable of which is an escalate in the Ultimate tier, which provides access to most games, to $30 per month. The era of “best gaming deals” is over, and the latest additions to the service leave a lot to be desired.

Ninja Gaiden 4 will appear on the first day on October 21, but only for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers. This ninja action game follows the up-to-date hero Yakumo, although in some levels you will be able to play as the main character of the series, Ryu Hayabusa. Ninja Gaiden 2 Blackthe 2025 remaster of the second game in the series is now available on Game Pass Premium, which *checks notes* under the up-to-date name Game Pass Standard. (Its price remains at $15 per month.)

Dead in daylight TV version Frank Stone Cast will be released as part of Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass subscriptions on October 14. Supermassive Games has created this horror-style adventure that you can choose for yourself, so fans Until dawn AND Quarry they might want to check it out even if they’ve never played it Dead in daylight.

Here’s everything coming to Game Pass in the first half of October:

• Supermarket simulator (Cloud, Console and PC) (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass)
• Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions (PC) (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass) – October 9
• Frank Stone Cast (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X) (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass) – October 14
• Ball x Pit (Cloud, Console and PC) (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass) – October 15
• The Grinch: Christmas Adventures (Cloud, Console and PC) (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass) – October 15
• Eternal threads (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X) (now with Game Pass Premium) – October 15
• He’s coming (Game Preview) (PC) (Now with Game Pass Premium) – October 15
• Ninja Gaiden 2 Black (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X) (now with Game Pass Premium) – October 15
• Pax Dei (PC) (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass) – October 16
• Guardian (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X) (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass) – October 17
• Bad West (Cloud, Console & PC) (Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass) – October 21
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X) (Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass) – October 21

Several titles will leave Xbox Game Pass on October 15. All fans of puzzle games who haven’t tried it yet Cocoon: play before it leaves the service in a week. This is certainly one of the best puzzles of this generation. Here’s everything leaving Game Pass in the first half of October:

• Cocoon (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Core Guardian (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console and PC)

The latest wave of changes to Game Pass follows September’s, which was headlined by Hades back to website.