Microsoft announced the second wave of titles joining the Xbox Game Pass catalog between October 21 and November 3, 2026, headlined by Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and The Séance of Blake Manor. The initial lineup includes eight games across cloud, console, and PC, alongside the scheduled removal of nine titles from the subscription service at the end of the month.
The official announcement was authored by Megan Spurr, senior community lead for Xbox Game Pass, on Tuesday (20) at 1:00 p.m. Brasília time. “Ghosts to interrogate and a planet to save. Sounds like a perfectly reasonable schedule for the next few weeks! We have another wave of games coming soon to Game Pass, so clear a little space on your ‘Play Later’ list and let’s get to it!” Spurr stated in the release.
Release schedule and platforms for the new Xbox Game Pass titles
The additions begin this Wednesday (21) with the factory-building title Sandustry in Game Preview (an early access version for games still in development), where players mine destructible worlds, automate production chains, and uncover the secrets of an ancient civilization. The lineup continues on Thursday (22) with Dodo Duckie, a platform and puzzle adventure in which players control a duck using a magic cap to switch instantly between 2D and 3D perspectives to outsmart aliens and rescue kidnapped chicken friends.
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Next week brings two day-one releases and a supernatural mystery, alongside a classic remaster. Scramble Knights Online arrives in Game Preview as an action RPG with cooperative multiplayer elements set in the shared online realm of Terracott, allowing players to conquer dungeons, defeat monsters, and forge equipment. Following that, The Séance of Blake Manor places players in 1897 Ireland to investigate the disappearance of a young woman inside a remote hotel filled with supernatural occurrences. The end of the month also introduces Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted via EA Play (Electronic Arts’ subscription service included in select tiers), bringing back the backyard battles in high definition with new levels, and Terrible Lizards, the debut horror parkour title from WDR Studios—founded by the creators of JTMusic—where players rely on fast movement to escape threats instead of fighting back. The wave concludes in early November with Pit of Goblin, an online cooperative horror game where players act as goblins scavenging dungeons and dodging traps to feed the Goblin King-Queen.
- Sandustry (Game Preview): October 21, 2026 — PC (joining Game Pass Premium; already available on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass)
- Dodo Duckie: October 22, 2026 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass)
- Scramble Knights Online (Game Preview): October 26, 2026 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (day-one release on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass)
- The Séance of Blake Manor: October 27, 2026 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade: October 29, 2026 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass)
- Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted: October 29, 2026 — Cloud, console, and PC (Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass via EA Play)
- Terrible Lizards: October 29, 2026 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (day-one release on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass)
- Pit of Goblin: November 3, 2026 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass)
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade arrival on Xbox Game Pass
Arriving on Thursday (29), Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is the enhanced edition of the first installment in Square Enix’s remake trilogy. The role-playing game retells the original story up to the escape from the city of Midgar, combining real-time action with strategic command-based combat, and includes the additional episode INTERmission starring the character Yuffie Kisaragi. The title first launched on Xbox consoles in early 2026 before entering the subscription catalog.
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Updates and in-game benefits for Xbox Game Pass subscribers
Alongside the standalone games, The Elder Scrolls Online receives the Season 2: Echoes of Skyrim update this Wednesday (21), returning players to Western Skyrim with two solo dungeons and gameplay improvements. Subscribers can also claim in-game perks across Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, Essential, and PC Game Pass tiers, including a seasonal pack for the free-to-play team shooter The Finals and an upcoming supply bundle for World of Tanks Modern Armor.
- The Finals Welcome Pack (available now for the current season): 500 Multibucks, a 25% XP bonus, and the “Pretty Hostile” cosmetic set containing a weapon skin, an emote, a spray, and an outfit
- World of Tanks Modern Armor XP Stock pack (available November 3, 2026): 20 Enhanced Repair Kits, 20 Enhanced Med Kits, and 20 Automatic Fire Extinguishers
- The Elder Scrolls Online Season 2 Tome of Tamriel: free and premium reward versions available until January 27, 2027
Nine games leaving the Xbox Game Pass catalog on October 31
Microsoft also confirmed that nine games will exit the service on Saturday, October 31, 2026, across cloud, console, and PC platforms. Subscribers can purchase Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Dead Static Drive, Deep Rock Galactic, Full Throttle Remastered, Grim Fandango Remastered, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Wartales, and Wildgate with a discount before their removal from the library. In the official notice issued by Microsoft do Brasil Importação e Comércio de Software e Vídeo Games Ltda., headquartered on Avenida Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek in São Paulo, the company noted that titles carrying the “handheld” designation are optimized for portable gaming devices, while the free and premium versions of the Tome of Tamriel for The Elder Scrolls Online remain active until Wednesday, January 27, 2027.