Xbox has 27 new games scheduled from October 19 through October 23, ranging from a hockey RPG and puzzle adventures to horror and major franchise releases. Microsoft’s Xbox Wire schedule has the largest batch arriving October 23, with 10 games.
October 19
- Shoresy: Legends of the North ($14.99) is a hockey RPG where players create a skater and join the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs against the Hockey Godz. Friends can also face off using familiar characters from the series.
October 20
- Candlemates is a puzzle game about moving two enchanted candles around a board to push fire stones onto matching braziers. Each candle has a limited number of moves.
- Christmas Across America Collector’s Edition sends players through winter settings to find hidden treasures and build holiday traditions.
- Cruise Adventure: Hidden Journey Collector’s Edition follows a honeymoon aboard a luxury liner, with stops among the Pacific islands.
- Elite Sports Gaming Football, described as ESG Football 27, adds 11v11 Rec Mode, cross-play between Xbox and PlayStation, and player progression with badges and boosts.
- Family Journey: Hidden Across the World Collector’s Edition features 60 hidden-object scenes, 12 mini-games, bonus levels, and a customizable interior.
- Hail to the Rainbow is a first-person story adventure with horror and shooter elements. It supports Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere, and its listing shows a price of $11.99 alongside $14.99.
- We Were Here Tomorrow sends two partners into an Antarctic facility to find a missing research team and avert a global crisis.
October 21
- CyberBot: Zero is a 2D platformer set in a corrupted mega-facility, where players hack systems and move units to overcome obstacles.
October 22
- Final Fantasy Resonance ($49.99) is the series’ first entry in the HD-2D lineup, combining pixel art with 3D models. Airships, crystals, espers, and moogles feature in its RPG world, and the game supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Dreadway is an online co-op survival horror game for up to four players, with crafting, proximity voice chat, and voice-driven interactions.
- Entwined: Strings of Deception puts players in the role of detective Karla Robbins as she investigates inventor Christopher Edward’s murder by questioning the people in his home and comparing their accounts.
- Moadra follows a journey across the interconnected world of Protea VI, with challenging combat, puzzles, evolving abilities, and secrets tied to the protagonist’s Neera heritage. It supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Mortal Sin features procedurally generated levels, randomized quests, and a roster of classes including the sword-wielding Berserker and gun-toting Pirate.
- Spray Trace is a tile-painting puzzle game where each color has a fixed number of spaces to fill.
- Tidy Up the Flower Shop turns a delivery left across a flower shop into a sorting puzzle, with each basket accepting a single type of flower. It supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest brings quests and turn-based battles to the Lake Territories, where players build their cat’s strength and standing with its Clan.
October 23
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches for $69.99 and supports Xbox Play Anywhere. Preorders include Campaign Early Access beginning October 16. Its Game Pass arrival is scheduled for Holiday 2027, so the October 23 launch is separate from its subscription debut.
- Carry The Glass is a two-player co-op platformer about carrying a fragile window through obstacle-filled stages.
- Darkenstein 3D Director’s Cut pairs fast-paced combat with a rescue mission to save the protagonist’s dog from the Nazis. It supports Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Fire and Ashes follows Henry Gray, who wakes in a psychiatric hospital in 1977 and faces a journey through the hospital and beyond.
- House 2 is a sequel to the 2020 horror game House. Tabby is trapped in another nightmare as a storm rages.
- Omni Growth casts players as the last surviving hatchling of an arachnid species aboard a massive spacecraft, where hunting and evolving unlock new abilities. It supports Smart Delivery and Xbox Play Anywhere.
- Railroad Swap asks players to help Mat, a train-driving cat, build a route with too few track pieces to complete the journey conventionally.
- Seahorse Soap Patrol is a two-player co-op platformer about cleaning polluted underwater areas with bubbles.
- Vixen 357 is a sci-fi simulation game about pilots and battles involving dozens of units.
- The Walking Trade is a zombie-apocalypse shop management game about trading supplies, crafting stock, managing staff, and defending the store. It supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
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