Microsoft recently upped the number of day one releases per year to 75, and added Fortnite Crew and Ubisoft+ Classics for the first time ever. There were also upgrades to Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming quality.
This amidst service subscription hikes to almost €30 recently which garnered a lot of blowback in social media specially with such a high increase, with it being an increase of almost 50% in areas. It’s noting that there has been talk of this hike been put on hold at present til at least late November.
Still, Microsoft has soldiered on with its Game Pass lineup announcement for October 2025, revealing the games subscribers can expect in a post on Xbox Wire.
There are some big first-party hitters in here, including Double Fine’s Keeper, and the Xbox Game Studios’ published Ninja Gaiden 4. There’s also Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions on PC, and the day one release of Ball x Pit.
October 2025 lineup:
- October 8: Supermarket Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- October 9: Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Editions (PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- October 14: The Casting of Frank Stone (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- October 15: 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 Strands (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) Now with Game Pass Premium
- October 15: He Is Coming (Game Preview) (PC) Now with Game Pass Premium
- October 15: Ninja Gaiden 2 Black (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) Now with Game Pass Premium
- October 16: Pax Dei (PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- October 17: Keeper (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- October 21: Evil West (Cloud, Console, and PC) Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- October 21: Ninja Gaiden 4 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
Meanwhile, leaving Game Pass in October are Cocoon, Core Keeper, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants Unleashed.
Leaving Xbox Game Pass on October 15, 2025:
The following games are leaving the Game Pass library soon. You can save up to 20% off your purchase.
- Cocoon (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Core Keeper (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants Unleashed (Cloud, Console, and PC)
