Xbox Game Pass is closing out October in a big way, adding this year’s impressive Yakuza remake Like A Dragon: Ishin! and other hidden treasures to the subscription service’s library. By the end of October, Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play subscribers will get to play horror game cornerstone Dead Space’s 2023 remake, everyone will get a snuggly crafting sim to counter it, and more worthwhile titles, Microsoft Gaming’s October 17 announcement post indicates.
Action-adventure game Like A Dragon: Ishin!, a resplendent re-do of originally Japan-exclusive 2014 release Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin, is graceful samurai fiction with engrossing drama and passable combat. In their Kotaku review, Sisi Jiang commends the game for creating “a place that started to feel like a second home” with thoughtful narrative and scenery details, and notes that, while the game’s multiple fighting styles (brawler, swordsman, etc.) can be unbalanced, unloading a bullet hail after slicing through a crowd with your sword is “more delightful than it has any right to be.” You can play it now on cloud, console, and PC.
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Mineko’s Night Market, coming October 26, is gratifying in a different way, getting players to serve Japan by stocking a night market with crafts instead of practicing gunmanship. Then, Game Pass will host city builder Cities: Skylines II on its day one release, October 24, and galactic gorefest, tentacle monster third-person shooter Dead Space for Ultimate and EA Play members on October 26.
Xbox Game Pass end of October 2023
Samurai, skylines, and mutated space corpses aside, there is more to expect on Game Pass in October. Here’s everything coming:
- Like A Dragon: Ishin!—“Draw your blade and join the revolution in this heated historical adventure”; out now on cloud, console, and PC
- F1 Manager 2023—“Manage every aspect of your chosen F1 team from your HQ to the garage and from the pitlane to the podium”; available on cloud, console, and PC October 19
- Cities: Skylines II—“Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis in the long-awaited sequel to the smash-hit city-building game”; coming to PC Game Pass on its day one, October 24
- Dead Space—Premium tier Ultimate and EA Play subscribers will get to “confront the nightmare onboard the USG Ishimura and unravel its dark secrets”; play it through cloud, PC, and your Xbox Series X/S on October 26
- Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery—“Play as The Detective in three silly mysteries! Finding clues and questioning suspects is just part of the job for such an experienced frog”; play it now on PC, and then on cloud and console October 26
- Mineko’s Night Market —“Join Mineko in her new hometown, where she’ll make new friends, collect and craft whimsical items, revitalize the once thriving Night Market, and uncover the truth of the great sun cat, Nikko”; arriving on cloud, console, and PC October 26
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale—“Headbangers puts you and 29 others into the eye of the Pigeon while you battle it out in rhythmic challenges to find out who is the ultimate Master Headbanger”; out on cloud, console, and PC day one, October 31
- Jusant—“Master your climbing tools as you ascend a mysterious, ever-changing tower”; hitting cloud, console, and PC on its day one, October 31
What Game Pass titles are you most looking forward to this month?
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