Pre-load for payday 3 already available, PC might barely run the game, hope it does, played PayDay 2 into the ground, so hoping I could play it.
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It better be based on the movie!!!
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Coming to Game Pass
3 October - 17 October
October already, and with it, the long running promise of some big titles arriving on the Game Pass libraries. The undoubted highlight of this fortnight of releases is Forza Motorsport - it arrives for Early Access on Thursday and an official release next week. When it does it’ll be exactly 6 years and 1 week since the release of Forza Motorsport 7, the last FM title. Forza fans have been simcading in Forza Horizon 4 and 5 since then. The waiting for them ends this week.
And if cars and driving aren’t your bag, all is not lost. There’s a good assortment of other games coming to Game Pass for you to slot into your gaming rotation. Here’s a look at them all.
ICYMI - Already Available
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, the classic courtroom adventure series that has sold millions of copies across the globe, is available now with Game Pass! Take the stand as rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright to unravel mind-bending mysteries and prove your client’s innocence.
Available Today - Tuesday, 3 October
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Gotham Knights (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
Batman is dead. A new expansive, criminal underworld has swept the streets of Gotham City. It is now up to the Batman Family – Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin – to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals.
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The Lamplighter’s League (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
Day One With Game Pass
Sneak, steal, and shoot your way through a world of pulp adventure in The Lamplighters League! Globetrot across a variety of exciting locales around the world and outwit your enemies in strategic turn-based combat and, if you play your cards right, you might just save the world.
Coming Soon - Wednesday, 4 October
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Cloud and Xbox Series X|S)
Available now with PC Game Pass and making its way to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta). From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Fight together with your friends against hordes of enemies in this new Warhammer 40,000 experience.
Coming Soon - Thursday, 04 October / Tuesday, 10 October
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Forza Motorsport (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
Day One With Game Pass
(Early Access starts 04 October, Official Release is 10 October)
Race over 500 real-world cars, including modern race cars and more than 100 cars new to Forza Motorsport. Make every lap count across 20 living environments, with fan-favorite locations and multiple track layouts to master, each featuring live on-track scoring, fully dynamic time-of-day with weather, and unique driving conditions that ensure no two laps ever look or play the same.
Coming Soon - Thursday, 12 October
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From Space (Cloud, Console, and PC)
From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads of up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!
Coming Soon - Tuesday, 17 October
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Like A Dragon: Ishin! (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Take up the sword as Sakamoto Ryoma and venture to Kyoto to find your father’s killer, clear yourself of a framed murder, and restore your honor. In doing so, you will bring an end to the samurai era and forever change the future of Japan. Draw your blade and join the revolution in this heated historical adventure.
DLC & Game Updates Coming Soon
Available Today - Tuesday, 3 October
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EA Sports NHL 24: Early Access Trial
EA Play and Ultimate members can experience authentic on-ice action with the EA Sports NHL 24 early access trial. Members can spend 10 hours behind the puck starting today, plus score recurring rewards like World of Chel Battle Pass multiplier boost tokens, store coins, and themed gear. -
Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – The Lair of LeChuck
The time has come to chart a course for sunny shores where puzzles, primates, and perils await! The final chapter of Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island, ‘The Lair of LeChuck’, is available now as a free update for Sea of Thieves.
Game Pass Ultimate Perks
GPU subscribers get additional Perks included with their subscription. Unfortunately, some of these are not always available to South Africans. Here are the listed Perks for this fortnight. Let us know which work or don’t if you do try and claim any of them.
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Minecraft Realms – Available until October 5
Get 3 months of access to Minecraft Realms Plus! Share your world, build with friends, and play across all your devices with your own personal server. -
Overwatch 2 – Available until October 10
Get instant access to six new heroes, legendary skins, and in-game cosmetics. Claim your heroes and jump into the game now!
Games Leaving Soon - Sunday, 15 October
Games being removed from Games Pass in the middle of this month. Remember that if you want to own any of these games you should purchase it before they’re removed so that you can claim the up to 20% discount for Game Pass subscribers.
- Eville (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Overwhelm (PC)
- Shenzhen I/O (PC)
- The Legend of Tianding (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Trek to Yomi (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (Cloud, Console, and PC)
The next Game Pass library announcement should happen on Tuesday, 17 October.
Looking forward to playing Forza!!!
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You and me both.
@Beo, something just occurred to me, and it’s making me sad on your and your lads’ behalf. It has been there all the time from when they showed the first trailer…
Forza Motorsport (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
There’s no mention of Xbox One anywhere.
Oh snap, good spot. Sadly this is the nature of the beast eh, stay up-to-date or fall behind.
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Any guesses as to if we’ll see any surprise Activision or Blizzard titles added to the GP libraries tomorrow? And if yes, which ones?
I reckon at least one or two will be added. Probably and early CoD title and something like Crash Bandicoot.
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I think they should stagger the CoD releases, maybe even some older Diablo games. Releasing them all at once will just flood GamePads and I wont know what to play.
Some of the older CoDs might need some oatching to get to work so maybe start with the Modern Warfare reboots?
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Should be easy to roll out older games since they wouldn’t require a link to any account shenanigans, like the old CoDs that never required an Activision account. More recent games probably have to be made so they link gamepass and your battle.net/activision accounts.
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Coming to Game Pass
17 October - 7 November
A few days after Xbox closed their multi-billion dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard King, we get the second of the October Game Pass additions. And sadly, no surprise inclusions to celebrate the new deal. insert “boring!!” gif here
Actually, it’s not sad or boring. The games will get here. In the meantime, we’ve got a bunch of seven new additions to consider over the next few weeks. And we’ve all still got ridiculous backlogs and a lot of current games to play. And there’s at least two huge time killers amongst the seven new titles this time around - F1 Manager 23 and the eagerly awaited (hopefully we can run it!) Cities Skylines II. Oh, and just in time for Halloween, there’s the excellent Dead Space remake for Ultimate and EA Play subscribers too.
Available Today - Tuesday, 17 October
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Like A Dragon: Ishin! (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Take up the sword as Sakamoto Ryoma and venture to Kyoto to find your father’s killer, clear yourself of a framed murder, and restore your honor. In doing so, you will bring an end to the samurai era and forever change the future of Japan. Draw your blade and join the revolution in this heated historical adventure.
Coming Soon - Thursday, 19 October
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F1 Manager 2023 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Drive every decision in F1 Manager 2023. Manage every aspect of your chosen F1 team from your HQ to the garage and from the pitlane to the podium. Challenge for motorsport’s highest accolade, making the split-second decisions that can mean the difference between victory and defeat. Your legacy begins here.
Coming Soon - Tuesday, 24 October
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Cities: Skylines II (PC)
Day One With Game Pass
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. With deep simulation, a living economy, and more realistic features than ever before, Cities: Skylines II offers world-building without limits.
Coming Soon - Thursday, 26 October
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Dead Space (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S)
Available for GP Ultimate and EA Play Members
Just in time for Halloween: Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members can confront the nightmare onboard the USG Ishimura and unravel its dark secrets in the sci-fi survival horror classic Dead Space.
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Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery (Cloud and Console)
Available on PC, coming to Game Pass on Xbox consoles
Play as The Detective in three silly mysteries! Finding clues and questioning suspects is just part of the job for such an experienced frog. Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery is a collection of all three Frog Detective cases. -
Mineko’s Night Market (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Welcome to Mount Fugu, a cozy Japanese inspired village with a great mystery to unfold. 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.
Coming Soon - Tuesday, 31 October
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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Have you ever looked at a Pigeon and thought, “what is going on in your head?” Well, think no more! 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. Compete against each other in mind-bending musical minigames, screw over your competitors with powerups, and collect Crumbs to customize your very own Pigeon! -
Jusant (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Embark on a climbing adventure in Jusant! Master your climbing tools as you ascend a mysterious, ever-changing tower. Enjoy an atmospheric soundtrack and breathtaking biomes, accompanied by the enigmatic Ballast. Your watery companion will guide you while awakening nature along your path to reveal the tower’s mysteries and reach the top.
DLC & Game Updates Coming Soon
Available Soon - Tuesday, 24 October
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EA Sports UFC 5: EA Play Early Access Trial
EA Sports UFC 5 is as real as it gets – and you can experience the next evolution of the fight game starting October 24 with the EA Play early access trial. With EA Play, you can save 10% on the full game with your member discount if you decide to buy.
Game Pass Ultimate Perks
GPU subscribers get additional Perks included with their subscription. Unfortunately, some of these are not always available to South Africans. Here are the listed Perks for this fortnight. Let us know which work or don’t if you do try and claim any of them.
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75-days of Crunchyroll Mega Fan – Available until October 20
Grab 75-days free of Crunchyroll Mega Fan! Crunchyroll Mega Fan grants members access to stream the world’s largest anime library (with over 1,300 titles) ad-free, anywhere you want, with access to new episodes simulcast the same day following premiere in Japan. -
Smite – Season of Celebration Pack – Available now
Jump in today to check out the New Map, Odyssey: Immortal Revelry, Tier 5 Medusa, Celestial Syndicate Battle Pass, and more.
Games Leaving Soon - Tuesday, 31 October
Games being removed from Games Pass at the end of October. If you want to own any of these games you should purchase it before they’re removed so that you can claim the up to 20% discount for Game Pass subscribers.
- Gunfire Reborn (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Kill It With Fire (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Persona 5 Royal (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Signalis (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Solasta Crown of the Magister (Cloud, Console, and PC)
The next Game Pass library announcement should happen on Tuesday, 7 November.
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I’m still pissed about Cities console delay.
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That’s a really decent line up of games. The new Dead Space is a nice surprise, did not think that would be coming to EA Play that soon - but then maybe it’s not that soon since the year is nearly already gone and it all goes so fast and I’m getting old…
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Well Boo! to that, Phil. 
Xbox chief says Activision Blizzard games aren’t coming to Xbox Game Pass until 2024 - The Verge
honestly got no problem with that, I pretty much expected something like that, besides its the end of the year soon anyway, basically only 2 payday’s left before new year.
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Because they were completely blindsided by this acquisition…
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Only coming next year April but it looks amazing!
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Coming to Game Pass
31 October - 14 November
Honestly wasn’t expecting a new batch of CSTGP titles to hit the libraries today. Thought we’d only see the new additions next week. Not complaining mind you, just confused. Guessing next month won’t see announcements on the first (7th) and third (21st) Tuesdays, but rather the second (14th) and fourth (28th). Maybe?
Who cares!? We’ve got a bunch of new games to add to the growing pile of “next week, I promise!” titles we’ve been putting off because we’re spoiled for choice at the moment.
Available Today - Tuesday, 31 October
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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
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. Compete against each other in mind-bending musical minigames, screw over your competitors with powerups, and collect Crumbs to customize your very own Pigeon! -
Jusant (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Embark on a climbing adventure in Jusant! Master your climbing tools as you ascend a mysterious, ever-changing tower. Enjoy an atmospheric soundtrack and breathtaking biomes, accompanied by the enigmatic Ballast. Your watery companion will guide you while awakening nature along your path to reveal the tower’s mysteries and reach the top.
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Wartales (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties, and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients.
Coming Soon - Tuesday, 24 October
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Thirsty Suitors (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Thirsty Suitors is a stylish RPG that follows the story of Jala who’s back to her town of Timber Hills to confront her mistakes, make up with her exes, reconcile cultural differences, and become the person she was meant to be with active turn-based combat, skating, and cooking.
Coming Soon - Monday, 6 November
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Football Manager 2024 (PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Write your own football story. Manage the world’s best teams, craft a world-class team, and dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops in the pursuit of footballing greatness. -
Football Manager 2024 Console Edition (Cloud, Console, PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Step into the shoes of a real football manager this season. Pick the perfect club for you from a choice of more than 55 nations before shaping a world-class squad that can deliver you glory against your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions.
Coming Soon - Thursday, 9 November
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Dungeons 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Build a cozy and comfortable Dungeon to suit your creatures’ needs and rule over them, then send them out into the Overworld to kindly remind the good people living there that the Absolute Evil rules over their lands. -
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Erase your past to protect your future. Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.
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Wild Hearts (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Available Through EA Play for PC Game Pass and Ultimate members
Are you ready to tame a world gone wild? PC Game Pass and Ultimate members can master ancient tech to hunt down giant beasts on November 9 in Wild Hearts via EA Play. Take on these creatures alone or hunt with friends in seamless co-op.
Coming Soon - Monday, 13 November
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Spirittea (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Day One With Game Pass
Spirittea is a cute, cozy life sim inspired by Stardew Valley and Spirited Away! Humans have stopped worshipping spirits, and now they’re in danger of becoming lost. Run a bathhouse, make friends with people in town, take part in hobbies like bug catching and karaoke, and find all the spirits!
Coming Soon - Tuesday, 14 November
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Coral Island (Cloud, and Xbox Series X|S)
Available now on PC and coming soon to Xbox Series X|S! Coral Island invites players to be who they want and experience enchanting island living at their own pace – living off the land, nurturing animals, building relationships with a diverse cast of townsfolk, and making the world around them a more vital and harmonious place.
DLC & Game Updates Coming Soon
Available Today - Tuesday, 31 October
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – The Mountain Royals
Game Pass members save up to 10%! Prepare to embark on a legendary journey as we introduce the “The Mountain Royals” DLC for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Unlock the rich history and untold stories of the Armenians and Georgians, part of three new campaigns! -
EA Sports WRC: EA Play Early Access Trial
PC Game Pass & Ultimate members can get behind the wheel for 5 hours starting today courtesy of EA Play. Build the car of your dreams, unlock up to 5 cosmetics in EA Sports WRC each season, and save 10% on purchases of EA digital content!
Game Pass Ultimate Perks
GPU subscribers get additional Perks included with their subscription. Unfortunately, some of these are not always available to South Africans. Here are the listed Perks for this fortnight. Let us know which work or don’t if you do try and claim any of them.
Available Today - Tuesday, 31 October
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Fallout 76: 5th Birthday Bundle
Light some fireworks and celebrate 5 years of Fallout 76 with Vault Boy! The 5th Birthday Bundle includes: C.A.M.P. items, a new Photomode frame, and craftable armor.
Games Leaving Soon - 15 November
Games are regularly removed from the Games Pass libraries. These removals typically happen mid- and end-month. If you want to own any of these games you should purchase it before they’re removed so that you can claim the up to 20% discount for Game Pass subscribers.
- Coffee Talk (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Exapunks (PC)
- Ghost Song (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Gungrave G.O.R.E (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Football Manager 2023 (PC)
- Football Manager 2023 Console (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Lapin (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Townscaper (Cloud, Console, and PC)
The next Game Pass library announcement should could happen on Tuesday, 14 November. Maybe. I don’t know in anymore. Is anything really real?
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Oh awesome, Wartales! That is a nice surprise. I’ve got it wishlisted on Steam after playing the time limited demo. It’s remained fairly pricey though even with the sale discounts, so this is great news 
I’m also keen on Jusant. I just dig climbing games and it looks like an interesting one.
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I used to do a bit of rock climbing when I was at varsity and had less of me for gravity to have an effect on… so I’m also keeping my eye on this one!
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