Get ready to shuffle around your backlogs once more, as there are 26 new Xbox games launching across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC next week, including a couple of titles from our list of upcoming Game Pass games.In terms of more notable new releases next week, we have Metal Slug Tactics, which launches straight into Game Pass on November 5. The following day, Frontier Developments’ long-awaited Planet Coaster sequel, Planet Coaster 2, screams onto Xbox Series X|S. Then, on November 7, Game Pass gets a couple of new additions with Goat Simulator: Remastered and Techtonica’s full 1.0 release. On the same day, there is also Empire of the Ants and Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival arriving for Xbox Series X|S. Finally, on November 8, Bokeh Game Studio’s action-horror adventure game Slitterhead comes to Xbox. Here’s a breakdown of everything coming to the world of Xbox next week. Let us know which of these you’re planning on picking up in the comments!November 4Tinkertown — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneGather your friends and come to Tinkertown – A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.November 5Let’s Sing 2025 — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneLet’s Sing 2025 brings the ultimate karaoke experience straight to your living room! Sing along with your family and friends to the latest hits, as well as a generous selection of all-time classics.Complete your journey to stardom with a brand-new career mode, or join the VIP ranks to gain access to even more tracks. Perform at home or online with a global cast of singers!Magical Girls vs Cat Aliens — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneThe city has been invaded by cat aliens, and the only one who can stop them is an ordinary highschool girl! But wait, this girl has a secret. When no one is looking, she can transform into a Magical Girl and protect the city! Can the heroine defeat all the enemies in the name of hope and justice and save the city?Magical Girls vs Cat Aliens is a casual run and shoot game where you control a high school girl fighting against the cat alien invasion. By charging her magical brooch, she can transform into a powerful magical girl! Use your wand to shoot magical blasts on the enemies and dash to avoid being hit, because once attack can undo the transformation and you will have to survive on your own, without powers, until you can transform again! Can the magical girl bring the city’s public safety to the maximum? Defeat alien cats and collect crystals to increase the public safety and the crystals can also be used to unlock new powerful wands!Metal Slug Tactics — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneMETAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run’n’gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.Pancho’s Mission — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneEmbark on an epic journey alongside Pancho, the brave panda who has decided to save his world from the tyranny of the evil eagle and its loyal followers.November 6Duck Run — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneJoin the Daring Duck in ‘Duck Run’ – A Thrilling Adventure Through Traps and Challenges!Welcome to the world of Duck Run!In “Duck Run,” you’ll embark on an exciting adventure with a brave little duck determined to make it through countless obstacles. Your mission is to guide the duck through a series of dangerous traps across 40 action-packed levels, all while keeping track of the time it takes to complete each challenge.Avoid traps and reach the exit!Help the duck navigate through tricky traps and hazards. Jump, dash, and outsmart obstacles to make it to the next level. Timing is key! Each stage offers new challenges and a faster pace, pushing your reflexes and strategy to the limit.Easy-to-learn controls for an intense experience.With simple and intuitive controls, “Duck Run” is easy to pick up but hard to master. Anyone can start playing, but only the sharpest players will survive all 40 levels!Track your progress with the in-game timer.The timer isn’t a race but a way to track how long it takes you to finish each level. Challenge yourself to improve your times as you guide the duck to safety. Can you complete the game in record time?40 thrilling levels of fast-paced action.Each level in “Duck Run” brings fresh challenges and tougher traps. As you progress, you’ll need to sharpen your skills and react quickly to stay ahead of the danger. It’s a high-stakes adventure you won’t want to miss!Factory Escape — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsHas work ever tried to kill you? It certainly tried to kill Max, an ingenious employee who got trapped in a factory full of dangers. Determined to escape, he uses his rolling ability to navigate obstacles and avoid traps. To achieve freedom, Max needs to explore the environment in search of the key that unlocks the exit door. Every move is crucial as he attempts to flee the factory that holds him captive.Monarchy — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneUnleash your strategic brilliance in this 2D side-scrolling strategy game, where you must build a base, manage resources, explore the mysterious forest and conquer your enemies.- Create an army that will follow you and bid your command!- Defend your base every night.- Siege mechanics where you battle against siege rams, towers and catapults.- Explore the mysterious forest and uncover it’s secrets.- Micromanage your kingdom by cancelling certain jobs and going hunting.- Play together with your friends and family over local split-screen coop.- Go through the seasons with summer, autumn and winter.O.W.L Projekt — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneGuide a young being’s daring escape as you puzzle your way through isometric landscapes!Get ready for an enigmatic and challenging adventure with O.W.L Projekt, a 3D isometric puzzle game that will test your mind and logic skills. Controlling Elysion, a young being created in a mysterious experiment, you will face the enigmatic Watchers in a journey to escape and uncover secrets.Armed with the powerful Sanctum Staff, Elysion can move objects and overcome obstacles, offering a unique and immersive gaming experience. Challenge yourself through 50 meticulously designed levels as you manipulate blocks, drag platforms, discover secret passages and climb ladders in rotating dioramas, with new mechanics introduced as difficulty gradually ramps up!Planet Coaster 2 — Xbox Series X|SPre-order the Standard Edition of Planet Coaster 2 now to receive the Planet Coaster 2: Bonus Ride Collection, containing three thrilling rides designed to give your guests an extra boost of fun. Create a splash with Planet Coaster 2 – sequel to the world’s best coaster park simulator! Reach new heights of creativity, management, and sharing as you construct the theme parks of your dreams combining epic water rides and coasters to delight and thrill your park guests. Dive in now! EMBRACE CREATIVITY Expand your imagination: Enhanced and improved building and pathing tools let you create spectacular, true-to-life theme parks, complete with sprawling plazas. Make your mark on the world as you shape terrain and populate your park with stunning swimming pools and thrilling rides. It’s never been easier to bring your dream park to life. Next-level customisation: Embark on the coaster park experience of a lifetime as you push the boundaries of creativity like never before! Unleash your imagination as you build the most awe-inspiring themed creations with unparalleled customisation tools! For the first time, intuitively add scalable scenery and objects to every ride to elevate your park and give your guests a day to remember. Combine epic water and coaster rides: Create the ultimate experience for your thrill-seeking guests using piece-by-piece construction. Build a vibrant array of exhilarating rollercoasters and jaw-dropping thrill rides. Design a seamlessly interconnected park paradise with glistening swimming pools and twisting water flumes. Create unforgettable experiences: Surprise and amaze as you bring the dramatic flair of real-world theme parks to your guests with the brand-new event sequencer tool, while sophisticated global illumination lighting brings the theme park experience to your home with stunning visuals and striking authenticity. MASTER MANAGEMENT Find the secret to success: Balance thrilling your guests with managing your budget – populate your park with amazing efficiently powered attractions and the right amenities to boost your rating and become a theme park master. Take care: Provide for your guests’ health, well-being, and happiness so your park can thrive. With all-new waterparks comes the need for shade, sunscreen, lifeguards, changing rooms, and more to ensure everyone has their best day both in and out of the pool. Satisfaction guaranteed: Understanding the wants and needs of your guests has never been easier! The new ‘heat maps’ feature lets you understand the wider park’s needs at a glance before diving deeper into the details -simply select any guest to see how they and their immediate group are enjoying your theme park. SHARE THE RIDE Create together: Unleash your collective creativity in Sandbox Mode. Take turns to work on building a park with players around the world using a shared cross-platform save! Play together: For the first time ever, collaborate with friends in Franchise Mode to create the best theme park empire and compete with others to reach the top of worldwide leaderboards! Visit together: Soak up the fun and get up close and personal, as you experience other players theme park creations first hand – explore their worlds in first person as a park guest! Share creations: Share anything and everything! Upload coasters, rides, or even full theme parks for other players, and download and delight in other’s creations. All are easily accessible from the cross-platform Frontier Workshop both in-game and online. SlavicPunk: Oldtimer — Xbox Series X|SSlavicPunk: Oldtimer is an isometric shooter video game based upon the works of Michał Gołkowski, a renowned Polish science-fiction and fantasy books author. It is he who created the story of Yanus – a private investigator with a troubled past, now trying to solve an unexpected case revolving around a stolen data carrier, all this while fighting his own inner demons, the urban gangs, and a nigh-omnipotent corporation responsible for the downfall of the city he used to call his own.The game offers solid combat and movement systems, as well as a modular weapon upgrade system, thanks to which the players striding through the dark corners of the city may make every encounter feel and look different. Action-packed levels with stealth elements, hacking and environmental puzzle solving are intertwined with more slow-paced sequences of city exploration, side quests and storytelling.A unique, inherently Slavic take on the cyberpunk world is sure to leave none indifferent thanks to its sharp, caustic sense of humour and a slightly pessimistic outlook at the neon-grey shades of the surrounding reality, at the same time providing a much needed breath of fresh air to the genre itself.As a team, the question we asked ourselves was: what was the world going to look like in a couple of decades? How would a hypothetical Central and Eastern European city and its inhabitants differ from, say, Blade Runner ‘s L.A. or Akira’s Neo Tokyo?”.The attempts to answer this puzzle has had a tremendous deal of influence upon the game’s artistic choices, including a mix of futuristic-esque and overly outdated technologies, the grim, brutalist architecture typical of the post-communist countries, the character’s not-so-obvious moral choices and the often crudely makeshift, yank-and-tuck character and atmosphere of an environment overpacked with people forced to cope with the uneven distribution of goods and wealth, often relying on their wits and sheer luck to make it to the next paycheck without losing their minds.SlavicPunk story goes to show that there is more than meets the eye to this dystopian version of the future is, and it is only up to the players to discover what lies beneath the neon glow and the concrete streets – helping Yanus unravel his last case and find out just how brutal and ugly the truth may actually be.The Fine Art of Murder — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneUnravel the mystery, where every choice shapes your fate.A supernatural gamebook brought to life, with multiple endings to discover. Fully accessible – with or without the screen.November 7Bioframe Outpost — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneBioframe Outpost is a 2d sci-fi action adventure game, dedicated to exploration, experimentation, emergent gameplay, and narrative. Its photography-based approach to non-linear exploration and action gameplay offers a fresh take on Metroidvania gameplay.Empire of the Ants — Xbox Series X|SEmbark on an epic journey into the infinitesimal in this photorealistic strategy game. Play as a fearless ant and guide your colony through the dangers of the forest.Goat Simulator: Remastered — Xbox Series X|S, WindowsGoat Simulator Remastered is the latest in goat simulation technology. Your favorite chaotic sandbox is back and more beautiful than ever, with updated graphics, every DLC, and more bugs that you can shake a goat at. WASD to rewrite history.Magical Bakery — Xbox Series X|SMagical Bakery is a single-player cooking and management game set in an enchanted bakery that sells all sorts of sweets and pastries with a twist; they may contain traces of magic!Experience a life full of magic, challenges, and the joy of creating sweets that will leave a spellbinding impression on your customers. Become the ultimate magical baker and prove yourself worthy of inheriting the Magical Bakery!Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival — Xbox Series X|STaiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival is a drum-based rhythm game featuring songs from genres such as Anime and VOCALOID, and also a variety of game modes!Have fun playing solo or online!Techtonica — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneTechtonica is a first-person factory automation game set beneath the surface of an alien planet. Work alone or in co-op to build factories, gather resources, research new technologies, mold the destructible terrain, establish a base of operations, and uncover long-forgotten secrets.November 8D.U.M.B. Ducks — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneD.U.M.B. Ducks is an action-filled, retro platform game. Slaughter giant snails. Battle gigantic beasts. Buy better guns. Blow up walls. Collect fat stacks of cash.Elderborn — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsElderborn is a Metal Action Fantasy Slasher with brütal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, the barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. The player becomes a merciless slayer who will uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom, and forge their own destiny. This ambitious indie game, five years in the making, combines old-school single-player feel, a classic heroic story, and modern level of skill-based challenge. All this and more creates an action-packed, lore-filled, engaging adventure that will last 8-10 hours in a single play-through. Prepare for:Skill-based, souls-like melee combat in first person perspective, complete with 11 varied weapons to masterCharacter progression and skill system that allows you to play the game in your very own wayA hand-crafted, mysterious, and dangerous world to explore – catacombs, ancient, monolithic city, and moreA large selection of enemies, each with their own fighting style, tricks, strengths, and weaknessesAn epic and somewhat exotic original heavy metal soundtrack with an occasional electronic beatAn unapologetic tribute to Robert E. Howard-esque heroic fantasy and the awesome pop-culture of the 80’s and 90’sNew Game + mode!Get barbaric!Grim Idle — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneGrim Idle is an idle RPG where the player explores shards of destroyed worlds and fights various enemies. Inspired by old-school dark fantasy RPGs, the game features complex character development, many unique items, and both active and passive playstyles. Jetpack Kiwi — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneOnly the kiwi can save the world from alien invasionJetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up game featuring 20 challenging levels, endless hordes of enemy spaceships, and five epic bosses.The aliens have arrived, and they’re up to no good. Only you can stop the aliens and their thirst for conquest.Choose between multiple characters to play, each one with a unique special attack ability. Complete the game in single-player mode or with a friend in local co-op multiplayer. Let the battle begin! Features* Shoot ‘em up gameplay* Colorful art* 20 levels* Choose between multiple characters* Cooperative multiplayerPets Hotel — Xbox Series X|SStart your adventure and open your own Pets Hotel!Take care of different types of animals.All your little guests have different needs. The owners will tell you all about them, and it is your job to feed the pets according to their demands. Don’t forget about grooming and playtime! A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all!Manage your pet hotel.One of the biggest challenges that await you in Pets Hotel is designing and running a place where your customers can stay assured that they are leaving their beloved pets in good hands. The competition never sleeps!Have fun with your guests!Your guests have their requirements! Make sure you offer them enough daily entertainment and exercise to keep them strong, healthy, and relaxed. Take them for walks, pet them, give them treats, and play with balls. Make all kinds of animals feel at home in your hotel.Start from scratch and build your pet hotel empire!As the game progresses, you will expand your business and make it the most premier pets hotel of all time! Imagine a place with a multitude of rooms, each designed and decorated for a different type of animal, with huge playgrounds surrounding your premium hotel! A truly fabulous venue that you can create yourself.Shieldwall — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneShieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.Silver Axe – The Honest Elf — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneA fairy-tale epic adventure! The Forest Goddess has fallen into a deep sleep. As a Forest Elf created by the goddess, you should take up the goddess’s Silver Axe and seek out the lost power.-Complete a fairy-tale epic adventure with the animals of the forest.After the goddess fell asleep, the forest gradually began to collapse. Generation after generation, the Elves chose brave warriors who took up the goddess’s Silver Axe and returned to the forest, trying to save the goddess and the forest, but all failed. Now, you are the last chosen Elf Warrior, and it is your turn to complete this great adventure.Slitterhead — Xbox Series X|S”I must eliminate them…ALL…”The bodiless “Hyoki” hunts down the brain-devouring “Slitterheads” lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit citySet in the densely cluttered streets of “Kowlong,” filled with obscurity and chaos, this battle action-adventure game casts players as the “Hyoki,” an entity devoid of memory and physical form. His only motive is to eradicate the monstrous beings known as “Slitterheads” crawling around the city, disguising themselves as humans.Roaming the vibrant neon-lit cityscape, players must seek out allies among humans known as “Rarities,” infiltrate and track dangerous organizations, and engage in battles harnessing the power of blood. As the suspenseful drama unfolds, delve into the mystery behind Hyoki’s existence and the appearance of the Slitterheads.
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