Important takeaways
- PC Game Pass has 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 then-active temporary exclusivity deal with Epic.
- Dead Island 2 is the last version of Xbox Game Pass for October 2024.
PC game pass have added Dead Island 2 to its content directory. This development marks the final Xbox Game Pass release for October 2024.
Dead Island 2 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's why Dead Island 2 skipped PC Game Pass in February 2024, when it was originally added to Microsoft's subscription service.
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Since then, Dead Island 2 made its way to Steam in April 2024, but remained largely unavailable to Microsoft subscribers on PC. “For the most part” because it was technically possible to play it on PC by subscribing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and streaming it via Xbox Cloud Gaming. That changes today, October 31st, when the action RPG finally comes to PC Game Pass.
Since its release, Dead Island 2 achieved a “strong” rating on OpenCritic, drawn from an aggregate score of 75 and a reviewer recommendation rating of 57%. The first-person ARPG also has “Mostly Positive” reviews on Steam, based on over 6,600 player impressions. As such, Dead Island 2 seems poised to bolster the selection of compelling action RPGs on PC Game Pass.
Upcoming Xbox Game Pass Games Release Calendar
Game |
Date added |
Game Pass Level(s) |
Platform(s) |
Notes |
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Dead Island 2 |
Oct. 31 |
Ultimate, PC |
PC |
Cloud and console versions available since February 2024. |
StarCraft: Remastered |
Nov. 5 |
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StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection |
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Metal Slug Tactics |
Cloud, console, PC |
Day one release. |
||
Goat Simulator Remastered |
Nov. 7 |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
||
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 |
Nov 19 |
|||
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl |
Nov. 20 |
Cloud(?), PC, Series X/S |
||
Nine suns |
Nov 26 |
Cloud(?), Console, PC |
Day One (Xbox Version) Release. |
|
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
9 Dec |
Cloud, PC, Series X/S |
Day one release. |
The arrival of Dead Island 2 concludes the October 2024 series of Xbox Game Pass releases, which included 10 new titles. Going forward, Microsoft's subscription service will be added StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection on 5 November. It is also that day Metal Slug Tactics will debut as a day-one addition to its content catalog.
Four more titles have already been confirmed to come to Xbox Game Pass later in November 2024. The first of them is Goat Simulator Remasteredwhich is scheduled to premiere on November 7. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl are then scheduled to follow after the 19th and 20th respectively of the month. Finally, 2D soul-like Nine suns will arrive on November 26. Since 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 applies to Indiana Jones and the Great Circlewhich is scheduled to hit Xbox Game Pass on December 9th and is likely to 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 most outstanding value propositions in the Xbox ecosystem to date.