Prepare your wallets and backlogs, people! A whopping 37 new Xbox games launch across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC next week, including one big title from our list of upcoming Game Pass games. In terms of notable releases next week, September 24 sees two big games hit the Xbox platform: Ara: History Untold, which also joins PC Game Pass on day one, and 3D platformer Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed. On September 26, we have Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition, and a day later, on September 27, football fans can finally get stuck into EA Sports FC 25. Here’s everything coming to Xbox next week, and remember, these release dates are subject to change — so many smaller games get quietly delayed. In the comments, let us know which of these new titles you’re planning on picking up!September 23Anarkade — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneAnarkade is a Multiplayer Arena Shooter with pixel art graphics. It mixes fast, intense matches with 2D platforming mechanics that are easy to learn but deceptively hard to master.Loot crate for power-ups and wield a variety of deadly weapons while fighting on randomly generated arenas in local or online matches.September 24Ara: History Untold — WindowsBuild a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It’s Your World Now.With your pre-order of the Deluxe Edition receive the Gilded Leader Skin Set.Beyond Galaxyland — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneTake to the stars in the retro-futuristic adventure-RPG, Beyond Galaxyland! Spanning the very cosmos, join Doug and his plucky, gun-toting guinea pig, Boom Boom, on an exhilarating, planet-hopping journey to save the Universe itself.Bloomtown: A Different Story — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneBloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world.Play as Emily and her younger brother Chester sent on their summer holiday to their grandpa’s cozy and quiet town. May be too quiet… Children starting to disappear, nightmares getting more real… Something’s not right, especially for a 12-year-old girl with an adventurous mind!It is up to you to solve this mystery and free Bloomtown and its inhabitants from a glooming fate!Ctrl Alt Ego — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OnePrepare to experience a game like no other. Ctrl Alt Ego is a unique hybrid that blends open-ended puzzling, first-person exploration, and creative problem-solving – all wrapped in a captivating mystery about the nature of consciousness.You play as a disembodied ‘Ego’, a conscious being who awakens on a mysterious space station. With no physical form, you must navigate this strange world by transmitting yourself between robots and devices, each with their own unique capabilities.Exploit the game’s innovative mechanics to tackle challenges in your own way. Whether you prefer a stealthy approach, a more direct action-oriented style, or a creative mix of both – the choice is yours. There’s no one right way to play Ctrl Alt Ego.Dive into an immersive, nonlinear world inspired by classic 70s and 80s sci-fi. Uncover the secrets behind a parasitic entity that seems to be taking control of the station’s robotic inhabitants. Your goal: confront the source of this threat and uncover the truth about your own existence.Ctrl Alt Ego offers an engrossing experience for both casual gamers looking for something fresh and unique, as well as more experienced players seeking a thought-provoking, open-ended adventure. With no traditional ‘player death’ and the ability to transmit between hosts, your disembodied ego will always live on, empowering you to explore and experiment to your heart’s content.Embrace the unexpected and challenge your preconceptions about games.Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneEmbark on a magical journey in Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed! Shape your adventure with the stroke of a brush and transform Wasteland as Mickey Mouse in this beautifully recreated 3D platformer.September 25Ducky Dash — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneDucky Dash is a tribute to the golden age of handheld games, with its charming monochromatic palette in shades of green and a retro soundtrack that evokes nostalgia for the classics. Join a fearless little duck on a journey filled with electrifying challenges. Use your Dash skills to overcome obstacles, explore vibrant worlds, and collect essential items to progress through the levels. Face dangers, uncover secrets, and have a blast in this thrilling adventure!Farmer Survivors — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsIn Farmer Survivors, the excitement of arcade blends with the unpredictability of roguelike games. Each playthrough is unique, with elements of randomness for items and abilities. With each Wave, you will face increasingly stronger and larger quantities of enemies, testing your survival skills to the limit.A standout feature of the game is the auto-aim, which automatically focuses on the nearest enemy. This allows you to concentrate on strategy and movement, as character control is limited to movement and dashing.In Farmer Survivors, at the end of each Wave, you will have the opportunity to choose an item from various options. These items can be essential for your survival, offering bonuses and unique abilities. Every three Waves, you will also have the chance to choose a passive ability, adding more depth to your gameplay style.Get ready to face challenging enemies, some of whom can launch projectiles in your direction. Master the game mechanics, explore the farm, and find the boundaries of the map to stay safe.Venture into this thrilling world of Farmer Survivors! Discover the thrill of survival, the unpredictability of roguelikes, and the challenge of facing increasingly powerful enemies. Are you ready to become the hero of the farm? Play Farmer Survivors now and prove your worth as a true survivor!Ricky Recharge — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneRicky wakes up all alone in a robot apocalypse.Little did they know that this was exactly what he had been waiting for!- Try to achieve the highest score while staying alive as long as possible!- Synchronise your gun polarity with the robots to score maximum points!- Keep recharging your gun, and use your hard earned coins to upgrade your abilities!ZombFarm — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneEngage in rewarding life sim elements and farming mini games while avoiding the undead that roam the nearby woods!Congratulations, you’ve been hired to work on a farm! Bright days filled with honest and rewarding work lie ahead. As you grind your way through the week, you’ll feed and water the livestock, clean the dog and horses, pick ticks off the sheep, plant new crops, milk the cows, go fishing and much more! Each activity features a mini-game to keep your farmwork varied and engaging… But something is amiss.Collecting valuable resources in the nearby forest comes with its own unique dangers as zombies roam the woods and will take any opportunity to make you their next meal! ZombFarm is a life sim with an undead twist, presented in top-down pixel art style. Can you turn the farm around and turn it into a flourishing success while braving the zombie threat of the dark forest?September 263 Minutes to Midnight — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneIn a race against time, Betty embarks on a thrilling, comedy-packed adventure to crack a conspiracy that starts with a bang and ends at 3 Minutes to Midnight.63 Days — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneComing of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family, home, and future. Now I’m left with only one choice: to get my revenge and independence, or die trying. The odds are against us: will our tactics, stealth and teamwork be enough?Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneAstrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and an unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea’s out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.Cat Rescue Story — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneIt’s up to you to create the most welcoming cat rescue centre around!When you move into the house left to you by your great-aunt, all you find is a cardboard box with a stray cat inside, which needs your help! Your mission is to take care of it and rescue other cats along the way! Feed them and play with them until you can find a new family to take them in.- Rescue more than 50 different breeds, from the most common breeds to the rarest!- Take care of the cats! Feed them and play with them in several mini-games.- Discover each cats’ different personality as you bond with them.- Find the cats a family suitable to their character and needs.- Customise, decorate and furnish your house.- Team up with your new neighbours and get them to help along the way! Protect your rescue centre from those seeking to replace it with a luxury hotel.- Uncover the secret of your great-aunt’s house, and of the mysterious forest surrounding it!Creepy Tale: Some Other Place — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsCreepy Tale is a mysterious adventure rich in riddles and eerie atmosphere. An autumn morning promised a quiet fishing trip, but events took Martin to “some other place.” Find the way home, uncover loads of secrets, and save everyone that you can.Dark Light — Xbox Series X|SDark Light is a riveting souls-like game featuring fast-paced combat in a post-apocalyptic world.In the aftermath of the apocalypse, the world is shrouded in an impenetrable darkness, a realm now home to creatures birthed from the Dark Void. As the last of the Dark Hunters, an elite cadre of human warriors, you are entrusted with a daunting task: to seal the Dark Void and rescue humanity from an impending doom.Venture into the heart of this darkness, into the mysterious and perilous zones now claimed by the night. Augment your abilities with cyberwares, face the supernatural entities that lurk in the shadows, and engage in brutal combat against hordes of ferocious creatures. Collect their energy shards, join a faction, unlock skills, and face epic bosses in your relentless pursuit to halt the cycle of eternal darkness.Exographer — Xbox Series X|SExographer is an exploration game based in science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planetoid, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.Travel to a strange planetoidAccompany InI, on a rescue mission in an alien world. Discover the remains of an extinct civilization, and gain new powers to overcome different obstacles. Use your camera to reveal the enigmas of the ancient machines.Fascinating explorationExplore more than 20 levels through 6 different atmospheres, and reach inaccessible areas thanks to the powers you learn. Face areas of puzzles and platforms in a non-linear structure.A game based on scienceExographer has been developed by SciFunGames studio, imagined by science-fiction author and physicist Raphaël Granier De Cassagnac. The puzzle solving in the game is based on the discovery of elementary particles.Beauty and mysteryThe world of Exographer is built through a pixel art aesthetic of incredible detail, which never ceases to amaze. Enjoy the soundtrack composed by Yan Van Der Cruissen (Stray).Games Advent Calendar 2024 — Xbox Series X|SIn Games Advent Calendar 2024 you travel by train through a magical winter wonderland. Your journey is 25 magical days from the first of December till Christmas. Stop at each station for a new exciting gift. Get your game and just start playing. Play alone or with friends and family and set the highest scores on the leaderboard to see who will become the winter champion. Enjoy the fun together as you can play with up to 8 people using only one controller – just pass on the controller to the next player. Challenge your friends to beat the highest score!Games Advent Calendar 2024 is the perfect holiday treat, offering endless fun!ALL YOUR FAVORITE GAMES PACKED IN ONE TRAIN:• Snowball Blast• Bobsleigh Relay• Gift Stacker• Polar Cross• Holly Jolly Slices• Arctic Circle Skater• Frostbreaker• Icicle Toss• TetriX-mas• Snowdrift Racers• And many more!Golfing in Aether — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsMinigolf for up to 16 players online, or 4 players via split screen. Features randomized course layout allowing you to experience something different every time you play.Iron Meat — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneIron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by “The Meat,” a ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and uncover the horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.Lunacy: Saint Rhodes — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneExplore your dark family history in Lunacy: Saint Rhodes, a first-person survival horror game in which you feel the distinct feeling of terror at your every step.What truly happened in Saint Rhodes?Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person survival horror game in which you seek the truth behind your family’s horrific murder. Investigate the history behind your ancestral home and the town of Saint Rhodes, while fighting to survive against what haunts it. Uncover your family’s troubled past as you descend further and further into insanity.Monopoly — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneMonopoly is back with a fresh look and an improved game experience. Buy, sell, trade properties, and grow your empire in a fully animated 3D city that transforms from sunlit days to stormy nights as you play.Night Slashers: Remake — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneNight Slashers is a pulse-pounding, horror-themed beat ’em up game, in a nightmarish world filled with bloodthirsty creatures and unspeakable horrors. Prepare to step into the shoes of the unlikely heroes, as they battle hordes of supernatural foes and terrifying monsters.Pocket Harvest — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsReap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!Leave the rat race behind and reap the joys of life on your very own farm in Pocket Harvest!Cultivate crops with love, ranging from crisp lettuce to succulent strawberries, and refine them into prizewinning produce to bring orders from the local grocers flooding in. Adorable animal friends will lend a helping hoof too, providing milk, wool, eggs, and more!Feeling more ambitious? Boost your income and your image through tourism! From hot air balloons to sports facilities, you can build attractions in countless combinations to draw in high-spending city slickers.In Pocket Harvest, you wear the overalls, so you call the shots! Grow your farm from the ground up into a flourishing cornucopia of fun!—▼ Pocket HarvestIn this simulation game, you manage a farm where you raise virtual crops and livestock. Try to make your farm the biggest and best in the world.▼ Game FlowPlant new fields, train your workers and expand the size of your farm. After tourism facilities become available, you will also be able to invite guests to your farm.▼ How to FarmWhen you build a field in an empty lot, your workers will plant it. A little while after the field is seeded, you will be able to harvest crops. If your workers tend the field, the quality of the crops will increase.Shadows of Doubt — Xbox Series X|SAn immersive sandbox detective stealth game set in a fully simulated sci-fi noir city of crime and corruption. Think like a private investigator and take on jobs to earn cash on your path to catching a serial killer. If you don’t catch them – they will kill again… Shiny Ski Resort — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsEnjoy building and running a ski resort in this cool simulation game!Your story starts with a small hotel on a snowy mountain. Develop land to build a spectacular ski course, and obtain materials for use in constructing new hotel facilities. Make your hotel popular, and your ski course will benefit as well! Plus you’ll become able to make products to sell in hotel shops and restaurants.Expand your ski course and watch your guests polish their skills until they become ski pros, then have them represent your resort in ski contests, sporting sponsored items. Help your racer pull awesome tricks off ski jumps to win the race, and your sponsors will reward you handsomely, and value you even more.Make skiing all the rage. Top all rankings, creating the ultimate ski resort.▼ Game FlowIn this ski resort management simulation game you will be running a hotel and expanding a ski course. Introduce new facilities to draw in more guests and make skiing the most popular sport ever!Add various facilities to your hotel to make it more popular and get more guests.Research new products and develop land to expand your resort and conquer the rankings.The Holy Gosh Darn — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneThe Holy Gosh Darn is a narrative adventure with a time-travelling twist. Time travel to jumpbetween the past and present across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim. Uncover informationin one timeline to alter things in another in a bid to stop your heaven from going bang.Again.Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneIt’s been twenty five years since the intrepid invertebrates flung themselves onto our screens. To celebrate this we have brought the much loved title back with Worms™ Armageddon Anniversary edition.Re-live 1999 with this faithful rendition of Worms™ Armageddon. With all the hilarious fun and madness you know and love. New Display features to suit modern hardware. An interactive documentary about Worms Armageddon alongside a museum timeline charting the history of the series. Also included is a fully playable version of the game for the world’s most popular retro handheld.Use over 55 classically weird and wonderful weapons and tools including Earthquake, Freeze and French Sheep Strike.Play single-player Deathmatch plus an exciting 40+ mission campaignOver 30 custom and comedy sound banks (including stiff upper lip, Cyberworms and more).Beloved features from the multi-player mode: Handicapping (add or deduct energy for a team), Allied Teams (team up with others to target another player), ‘Worms Disease’, Home Runs and many, many more.September 27Cube Railway — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneCube Railway is an exciting puzzle game that challenges players to strategically fit blocks to complete the construction of a railway track and allow the train to move forward. With 40 levels filled with increasingly challenging puzzles, each stage presents a specific number of available moves, making every decision crucial for success. If players fail to fit the blocks correctly within the move limit, the stage resets for a new attempt. The game features an original soundtrack that creates an immersive and captivating atmosphere, complemented by stunning low poly visuals that make the experience visually appealing and unique. With simple controls, Cube Railway is perfect for players of all ages looking for satisfying challenges in a charming setting.Features:- 40 levels;- Original soundtrack;- Satisfying puzzles;- Low poly visualsEA Sports FC 25 — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneEA SPORTS FC 25 gives you more ways to win for the club. Team up with friends in your favourite modes with the new 5v5 Rush, and manage your club to victory as FC IQ delivers more tactical control than ever before.Egg Boy — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneEgg Boy is a casual shooting parkour game full of challenges. You will fight rabbits, and the rabbits’ weapons are distinctive carrots. Simple operation, extremely easy to use, move freely on the field, rush to the finish line, be careful where you step, don’t fall, otherwise you will be in danger!Emergency Crew — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneAn earthquake occurred in Coastland! The Emergency Crew by Stephen Shepard immediately went to rescue people. Starting its mission from the coast, the group quickly moved to the city center, where buildings collapsed because of the earthquake and victims remained under the rubble. Having evacuated the city, the heroes understand that the size of the disaster exceeds all expectations – forests are burning, a volcano is in eruption. To save all people from the danger zone is now their duty!Embark on a heroic rescue mission! Enthralling disaster relief missions wait for you in a breathtaking casual Emergency Crew strategy. A huge variety of different missions, 40 levels, an in-depth story about a team of heroes of our time and places where only real rescuers can stay – this is waiting for you right now! Save people, rebuild the ruined city, fight the marauders who have come and establish the necessary resources wisely. Remember – time is valuable!Iron Sea Defenders — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneMan the guns! The enemy fleet is on the horizon!Defend your fort from attacks – show your tactical skill.Build cannons, save money, destroy the enemy with the help of secret weaponry and keep your wits about you, because your enemy never sleeps.This unique historical setting will allow you to immerse yourself in an atmosphere of real and uncompromising battle. Varied enemies, powerful cannons and secret weaponry which will drive your enemy to despair – all of this in a new Tower Defense game!Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, WindowsGet ready for Basketball, Soccer, Golf and Tennis combined into one Looney Tunes sport game! Gain power-ups to incite chaos against your friends and family as you control your favorite Looney Tunes character in 4-player, local co-op mayhem, but watch out for falling anvils!Murder Is Game Over: Deal Killer— Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneJoin Detective Guy and his trusty sidekick Cleo the clue-sniffing dog as they investigate the sudden and shocking death of a powerful video game publishing executive.Holed up inside an isolated Alpine hotel during a treacherous blizzard, our detective must search for clues, interview suspects, solve the mystery, and bring the guilty party to justice.Can Guy and Cleo crack this chilling case and then still find time to enjoy their vacation?Redneck Joe Vs The Swamp Zombies — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneEmbark on a thrilling and thrilling journey of action and survival with “Redneck Joe Vs the Swamp Zombies.” In this engaging third-person shooter, you take on the role of brave and fearless Joe, a typical swamp Redneck, whose courage will be tested in the midst of a frightening zombie apocalypse.The Unexpected Quest — Xbox Series X|S, Xbox OneAn adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to a world on the brink of disaster.
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