Key recommendations
- PC Game Pass added Dead Island 2.
- Dambuster Studios' action RPG was originally added to Xbox Game Pass in February 2024, but skipped the service's PC tier due to a temporarily active exclusivity deal with Epic.
- Dead Island 2 is the last Xbox Game Pass release for October 2024.
Game Pass for PC he added Dead Island 2 to its content catalog. This development marks the final Xbox Game Pass release for October 2024.
Dead Island 2 It originally hit the market in April 2023 after years of development hell that saw it change developers several times. Ahead of its debut, Embracer Group struck a publishing deal with Epic, making the PC version of the action RPG exclusive to the Epic Games Store for a year. That is why Dead Island 2 omitted PC Game Pass in February 2024 when it was initially added to Microsoft's subscription service.
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Since then, Dead Island 2 it arrived on Steam in April 2024, but remained largely unavailable to Microsoft subscribers on PC. “Mostly” because it was technically possible to play it on PC by subscribing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and streaming through Xbox Cloud Gaming. That changes today, October 31st, when the action RPG finally arrives on PC Game Pass.
Since launch, Dead Island 2 earned a “Strong” rating on OpenCritic, derived from an aggregate score of 75 and a reviewer recommendation rate of 57%. The first-person ARPG also boasts “Mostly Positive” reviews on Steam, based on over 6,600 player impressions. As such, Dead Island 2 looks poised to boost PC Game Pass' selection of compelling action RPGs.
Upcoming Xbox Game Pass game release schedule
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Game |
Date of Addition |
Game Pass level(s). |
platform |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dead Island 2 |
31 Oct |
Last, PC |
pc |
Cloud and console versions available from February 2024. |
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StarCraft: Remastered |
November 5 |
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StarCraft 2: The Campaign Collection |
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Metal Slug tactics |
Cloud, Console, PC |
Launch from day one. |
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Goat simulator remastered |
November 7 |
Cloud, PC, X/S Series |
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|
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 |
November 19 |
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|
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl |
Nov 20 |
Cloud(?), PC, X/S Series |
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|
Nine Sols |
November 26 |
Cloud(?), Console, PC |
Day One Release (Xbox Version). |
|
|
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
9 Dec |
Cloud, PC, X/S Series |
Launch from day one. |
His arrival Dead Island 2 concludes the October 2024 lineup of Xbox Game Pass releases, which included 10 new titles. Next, the Microsoft subscription service is set to add StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2: The Campaign Collection on November 5. This is also the day when Metal Slug tactics will debut as a day one addition to its content catalog.
Four other titles have already been confirmed to come to Xbox Game Pass later in November 2024. The first of these is Goat simulator remasteredwhich is scheduled to debut on November 7th. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl are then scheduled to follow suit on the 19th and 20th respectively of the month. Finally, 2D like souls Nine Sols will arrive on November 26th. As all of these November 2024 Xbox Game Pass releases are Day One titles, they will only be available through PC Game Pass and the Ultimate tier of the service. The same goes for Indiana Jones and the Great Circlewhich is slated to hit Xbox Game Pass on December 9th and will likely be the platform's biggest release of the month.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft's flagship gaming subscription service, offering over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the ecosystem's most outstanding value propositions Xbox so far.
