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A game case beside an October 23 calendar card, with separate October 16 and October 20 access markers.

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Modern Warfare 4 launched without Game Pass access

The October 23 release is a separate purchase. Digital preorders opened the campaign and DMZ earlier, while Xbox multiplayer has its own subscription requirement.

Console games

Pixel-art figures cross a layered 2D and 3D landscape beside a calendar card showing the platform-specific launch dates.

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Final Fantasy Resonance rebuilds Brave Exvius’s first season

Square Enix turns one Brave Exvius story arc into a new HD-2D, turn-based RPG. Platform dates and language support vary, so check the edition for your system.

Console games

Six generic game cards in three groups beneath a controller, a stopwatch and a calendar icon.

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Xbox’s October Free Play Days has three different access rules

Three games require Game Pass, two are three-hour trials for all Xbox players, and Riders Republic stays open through October 26. The distinction matters before you download.

Gaming platforms

Four generic robots look across a fungal moon landscape beside separate 1.0 and 2.0.1 version cards.

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Mycopunk 1.0 adds the Mycologist and X11-B, then fixes early progression bugs

The October 20 full release adds a new employee, mission, weapon, region, and mastery system. Patch 2.0.1 arrived the next day with fixes for two progression checks and several achievements.

PC games

An illustrated research outpost on an alien planet, with power links, a greenhouse, an abstract orbital-ring science motif and an October 20 date card beside a monitor icon.

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Star Trek: Outposts Unknown asks players to build a research outpost

The October 20 Steam release is a single-player colony builder about a Starfleet crew in the 23rd century. Its review points to a familiar management loop with a story-led structure.

PC games

A flame altar separates a voxel-built home from a volcanic valley; an open skill tree floats above, and a glowing line connects a foreground pressure plate to the home’s door.

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Enshrouded 1.0 keeps old saves, but your skill tree resets

Keen Games says Early Access worlds remain usable after the October 15 launch, though a new world is encouraged because the opening region changed. The full release adds Cinder’s Cradle and closes the story, but also resets existing characters’ skill trees.

PC games

A shared television shows five abstract party-game cards while friends use separate phones to join a room.

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Jackbox Party Pack 12: one host buys, everyone joins by phone

The October 15 pack offers five new games for groups of two to eight. Only the host needs to own it; other players join through a browser and room code, with a phone or another web-enabled device.

Console games

A split illustration contrasts pixel-style and remastered fantasy battles, with a map pin, a crossed-out encounter icon and a blue retry arrow.

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Tales of Eternia Remastered keeps its 2D battles and adds useful route and retry tools

The October 15–16 rollout brings the classic RPG to modern consoles and Steam. Its new route markers, adjustable encounters and v2.0.0 patch make the return easier to navigate, while the original real-time battle system remains intact.

Console games

Three labeled columns: seven generic Game Catalog cards, two Premium Classics cards and two Premium Trials cards.

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PS Plus October’s catalog adds seven games, with classics and trials reserved for Premium

Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, and Mycopunk headline the Extra/Premium catalog. Two classics and two new trials sit in Premium, with several games arriving on different dates.

Gaming platforms

A parchment-style map shows a snowy northern region, a dotted route, dungeon markers and two generic content cards beside the headline.

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Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen: which bundle or expansion do you need?

The October 9 release adds a paid story expansion and brings the game to Switch 2. Existing PS5 and Xbox owners can buy an add-on; PS5 and Steam also have bundles containing the base game.

Console games

A pixel-art-style descent toward the Theia boss, with four distinct agent silhouettes choosing between a branching dungeon route and a faster breach arena.

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Neon Abyss 2 leaves Early Access with a new Titan and Storm Breach

Version 1.0 adds Theia, a co-op mode released from beta, per-Agent records and several build changes. Veewo lists Steam, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S for the full launch; its earlier purchase offer gave Early Access buyers Archenemy Returns at no charge.

PC games

A portal from the Overworld opens into the colorful Sift dimension, with one path marked for Dungeons II and a separate unopened path toward Minecraft in 2027.

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Minecraft Dungeons II has The Sift now; the main game is slated for 2027

The sequel launched September 29 across Switch, Switch 2, Xbox Series, PS5 and PC, with up to four-player online or couch co-op. The Sift is playable in Dungeons II today; Mojang says it will reach Java and Bedrock Minecraft in 2027.

Console games

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