New Xbox Game Pass games (November 2024): What’s coming, leaving soon
New Xbox Game Pass games? You bet.
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It’s a new month, which means new Xbox Game Pass games!
Xbox Game Pass,PC Game Pass,Xbox Cloud Gaming, and the all-encompassing Xbox Game Pass Ultimate each provide numerous perks to subscribers, including unlimited access to thebest Xbox Game Pass gamesand many more. It’s often considered to be one of the greatest values in the video game industry, and Xbox is intent on driving that idea home with new additions to the services every single month.
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Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard is available onXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, and Xbox One consoles. PC Game Pass is available on Windows PCs. Xbox Cloud Gaming grants remote access to hundreds of titles on practically any device through streaming.Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, as the name implies, is the quintessential subscription that includes all the aforementioned services, online multiplayer, exclusive perks, and EA Play access. With new games arriving all the time, it can be easy to lose track of new additions.
Here’s every single game leaving the service, as well as all the new Xbox Game Pass games right now. If you want the complete list, be sure to bookmark ourultimate guide to every game on Xbox Game Pass. This list isn’t as applicable toXbox Game Pass Coreand its curated library of Xbox games, but you can still keep up to date with all the titles available in the main Xbox Game Pass catalog. For more information on Xbox Game Pass and the differences between each tier, you can check outour in-depth Xbox Game Pass FAQ.
Nov. 7, 2024 @ 10:15 a.m. ET —Updated to ensure everything is accurate and in the right position.
Xbox Game Pass: Best new games this month
Say hi to the best recent Xbox Game Pass games. You’ll rarely go wrong with the diverse selection of games on Xbox Game Pass, but there are always a handful of titles that stand above the rest — including, but not limited to, exceptional indie games, addictive multiplayer games, expansive AAA games, and Microsoft’s first-party titles and projects. These are the best new games that have recently arrived on Xbox Game Pass that you shouldn’t hesitate to play.
Dead Island 2
It only took a decade, but we finally have our sequel to one of the most infamous zombie-bashing franchises.Dead Island 2is a surprisingly excellent follow-up despite its troubled development, and provides mindless, oddly satisfying fun with its brutal combat, spectacular gore effects, and goofy humor.
In our Dead Island 2 review, Samuel Tolbert concluded “Dead Island 2 is everything a Dead Island fan could ask for. Between its addicting combat mechanics, excellent character and gear progression systems, hilariously satirical writing, and goretastic presentation, this long-awaited sequel has proven it was worth the wait.” This game has actually been on Game Pass, but now it’s expanding to PC (and I figured some of you could use the reminder that you still have time to go play Dead Island 2 and bash some zombie brains).
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
It’s finally here. The latestCall of Dutytitle and the first to launch under the Xbox umbrella is a day one addition to Xbox Game Pass. OurCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 reviewis glowing, and sentiments are alreadyverypositive from the community, critics, and the Windows Central team alike. With a stellar campaign, old school zombies, and fast-paced multiplayer, Black Ops 6 is one of the best Call of Duty game we’ve seen in a long time.
Black Ops 6 is only available via the Ultimate and PC tiers of Xbox Game Pass, but this is still the most accessible Call of Duty yet — both in terms of how easy it is to access andits literal accessibility settings. If you’re planning on jumping in,we do have a few tips to help improve your experience in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, as Skill Based Matchmaking has returned (much to the dismay of the community) and some game modes might test your patience. Still, I know I’m having fun (most of the time).
Ara: History Untold
I’m sensing a theme with the latest batch of additions to our best Xbox Game Pass picks, with the service going on something of a strategy streak lately.Ara: History Untoldis a brand-new franchise published by Xbox Game Studios in the popular and competitive 4X grand strategy genre, with studio Oxide Games aiming to innovate with new features, gameplay mechanics, and approaches.
In my Ara: History Untold review, I compared the game frequently to the Civilization franchise, with Ara coming out on top in the end. I concluded that, “It’s a gorgeous and polished turn-based strategy game that hooks you with “one more turn” and keeps you hooked with its flexible and varied strategy gameplay.” Ara: History Untold embraces player creativity with dynamic prestige and crafting systems, helping it stand out even when surrounded by genre legends.
The game isn’t entirely perfect, as I wished for more political and narrative depth and fewer food shortages in the final act, but Ara: History Untold has a very bright future ahead of it. The game is now available on Windows PC through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and while an Xbox console port isn’t out of the question in the future, nothing has been confirmed yet.
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Xbox Game Pass: Full list of new games
It can be easy to lose track of all the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass, so we’ve compiled the full list for your convenience. In this section of our Xbox Game Pass guide, learn what games have been released on Xbox Game Pass recently, when they became available, and what platforms on which they’re available.
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Xbox Game Pass: Full schedule of games coming soon
Microsoft loves to give Xbox Game Pass subscribers plenty of time to prepare for upcoming additions by announcing them early. This section of our Xbox Game Pass will help you keep track of all the games coming to Xbox Game Pass shortly, so you can decide what you want to play and whether you need to free up some space.
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Xbox Game Pass: List of games leaving soon
For the most part, more games join Xbox Game Pass than leave. However, most games do leave the service eventually, so Microsoft likes to give players a heads up if they haven’t gotten around to playing that game yet. Keep an eye on this section of our Xbox Game Pass guide for games you still want to play. If you see a game you’ve played and loved, be sure to purchase it with your Xbox Game Pass discount so you can keep it forever.
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Xbox Game Pass: All known upcoming launch games
Microsoft gives us updates on games heading to Xbox Game Pass a few weeks before those games become available, usually twice a month. However, Xbox and ID@Xbox events toss aside this expectation to announce a flurry of games that are hitting Xbox Game Passday and date, meaning they’re launching into the service when they land on Xbox platforms. That means day one access to all of these games for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, including some of thebest upcoming Xbox games.
Many of these games are far enough out that they don’t even have a release date, and we’re not certain exactly which platforms they’ll come to through Xbox Game Pass. Still, this list in our Xbox Game Pass guide will give you an idea of what to look out for in the future of Xbox Game Pass. We’ll constantly update this list as we get new information about release dates, when games become available, and what platforms are getting them.
The following events, as well asupcoming Xbox Game Studios games, have been added to this section, includingXbox Games Showcase 2023:
Xbox Partner Preview — Oct. 2024
Xbox Games Showcase — June 2024
Xbox Partner Preview — Mar. 2024
Annapurna Interactive Showcase — June 2023
Xbox Games Showcase — June 2023
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase — June 2022
Summer Game Fest — June 2022
Xbox @ Gamescom — Aug. 2021
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase — June 2021
ID@Xbox Games Showcase — Mar. 2021
Xbox Game Studios & Bethesda Softworks upcoming games
Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.
