Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature, we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass. Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Table of Contents
Xbox Series X|S
- Forza Motorsport (October 10) – Forza Motorsport is back with the most technically advanced racing game ever made. Experience the thrill of speed and competition as you race against the best drivers in the world on iconic tracks in stunning 4K resolution.
- Lords of the Fallen (October 13) – Lords of the Fallen is a dark fantasy action RPG set in a vast, interconnected world. Choose your class and embark on a perilous journey to confront the fallen demigod, Adyr, and restore the balance of power.
Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One
- Builder Simulator (October 10) – Build your dream home from the ground up in this immersive construction simulator. Use a variety of tools and materials to bring your vision to life, and be sure to follow the building codes!
- Long Gone Days (October 10) – Long Gone Days is a story-driven game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Play as Rourke, a scavenger trying to survive in a world where resources are scarce and danger is lurking around every corner.
- Wild Card Football (October 11) – Wild Card Football is a fast-paced arcade football game with unique power-ups and rule-breaking abilities. Create your own team and take on the best in the world in online multiplayer matches.
- Axis Football 2024 (October 11) – Axis Football 2024 is a realistic football simulation game with fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry’s best franchise mode. New gameplay features include a completely overhauled blocking system, new zone coverage types, and player attributes to better reflect the complexities of American football.
- Between Time: Escape Room (October 12) – Between Time: Escape Room is a cooperative puzzle game for up to 4 players. Work together to solve puzzles and escape a series of challenging rooms before time runs out.
- The Crown of Wu (October 12) – The Crown of Wu is a third-person action RPG set in ancient China. Play as a powerful warrior and embark on a quest to become the next emperor.
- RedRaptor (October 12) – RedRaptor is a retro arcade-style shoot ’em up game. Blast your way through hordes of enemies and defeat epic bosses in this fast-paced action game.
- ASTROSMASH (October 13) – ASTROSMASH is a retro twin-stick shooter game with a modern twist. Defend your planet from alien invaders in this challenging and addictive game.
- Haunted House (October 13) – Haunted House is a classic horror game where you must explore a spooky mansion and solve puzzles to escape. Be careful though, you’re not alone in the house…
- Re.Surs (October 13) – Re.Surs is a cooperative puzzle game for up to 4 players. Work together to rebuild a post-apocalyptic world and survive against the elements and hostile creatures.
- Chemically Bonded (October 13) – Chemically Bonded is a puzzle game where you must create new molecules by combining different elements. Use your knowledge of chemistry to solve increasingly challenging puzzles.
- The Grinch: Christmas Adventures (October 13) – The Grinch: Christmas Adventures is a fun and festive game based on the classic Dr. Seuss story. Play as the Grinch and steal presents from the Whos of Whoville, or play as Max and help the Grinch learn the true meaning of Christmas.
Game Pass
- From Space (October 12) – From Space is a cooperative first-person shooter game where you must work together to liberate Earth from an alien invasion. Choose your class and use your unique abilities to defeat the aliens and save the planet.
We hope you enjoy all the great games coming to Xbox next week! Be sure to check back next week for more news and updates on all the latest Xbox games.
Builder Simulator
Frozen Way
☆☆☆☆☆
$24.99
Builder Simulator – October 10
Builder Simulator is the perfect game for those who want to build a house from the ground up, one brick at a time. On easy, the game will guide and teach you by showing you full instruction, but on hard you will get no help, having to rely on your builder skills and make everything yourself.
Forza Motorsport
Xbox Game Studios
☆☆☆☆☆ 37
★★★★★
Forza Motorsport – October 10
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Game Pass
Build your racer from a choice of 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.
Lil Gator Game
Playtonic Friends
☆☆☆☆☆
Lil Gator Game – October 10
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Embark on an adorable adventure, discover new friends, and uncover everything the island has to offer. Climb, swim, glide, and slide your way into the hearts of the many different characters you meet on your travels.
Long Gone Days
Serenity Forge
☆☆☆☆☆
Long Gone Days – October 10
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
After being deployed to his first mission, Rourke leaves The Core’s base for the very first time, only to discover the dark truth about the operation he’s part of and the consequences of deserting an inescapable war.
Wild Card Football – Standard Edition
Saber Interactive
☆☆☆☆☆
$39.99
Wild Card Football – October 10
Wild Card Football is a fun pick-up-and-play arcade-style football game featuring 7v7 team-focused gameplay with the unique Wild Card system that lets you change the course of the action in an instant with special power-ups and rule-breaking abilities.
Axis Football 2024
Axis Games
☆☆☆☆☆
Axis Football 2024 – October 11
Axis Football 2024 features fluid simulation gameplay, endless customization, and the industry’s best franchise mode. New gameplay features In Axis Football 2024 include a completely overhauled blocking system, new zone coverage types, and player attributes to better reflect the complexities of American football.
Between Time: Escape Room
mc2games
☆☆☆☆☆
$9.99 $7.99
Between Time: Escape Room – October 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Between Time is an escape room that will test your skills. Travel through time, explore mysterious places around the planet, solve puzzles, decode secret codes, and find hidden objects and treasures.
The Crown of Wu
Meridiem Games S.L.
☆☆☆☆☆
The Crown of Wu – October 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere
Get ready to explore a new world inspired by Journey to the West, a traditional Chinese tale about the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. You’ll explore the future-past fantasy world as Sun Wukong, fighting alone against enemies and overcoming complex obstacles to retrieve the great Crown stolen by the antagonist Zhu. With Zhu waiting to fight and kill you, will you be able to get back the Crown and save your world from destruction?
RedRaptor
Eastasiasoft Limited
☆☆☆☆☆
RedRaptor – October 11
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s. Assume the role of an ace pilot on a mission to intercept an unknown threat that’s already eliminated nearly all allied forces. If you hope to survive and bring down the enemy, you’ll need to upgrade your ship along the way and push your skills to the limit!
ASTROSMASH
BBG Entertainment GmbH
☆☆☆☆☆
Originally designed by John Sohl for the Intellivision console in 1981, it quickly became one of the most popular games of its time. In Astrosmash you control a laser cannon that scrolls left or right along a flat plane to target falling objects, such as large or small meteors, spinning bombs, and guided missiles.
Haunted House
Atari
☆☆☆☆☆
Haunted House – October 12
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Chills and stealthy thrills abound In Haunted House, a reimagining of the classic Atari adventure! Players take control of Lyn Graves, the precocious niece of legendary treasure hunter Zachary Graves. In order to free her uncle and her friends, and capture all the supernatural foes, Lyn must find the shattered pieces of a magical urn and put them back together.
Re.Surs
Samustai LTD
☆☆☆☆☆
A futuristic story-driven 2D side-scrolling shooter featuring unique heroes with various abilities. Shoot, dash, kick, and hack monsters as you try to uncover the secrets of the Re.Surs dark energy and demons’ interdimensional invasion.
Chemically Bonded
Ratalaika Games S.L.
☆☆☆☆☆
Chemically Bonded – October 13
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery
Enter the melancholic life of an ordinary Japanese high school student as you become entwined in a dispute between two neighboring students. Learn more about their past together as you piece together their relationship and mend their bond while forming new bonds of friendship of your own.
The Grinch: Christmas Adventures
Outright Games Ltd.
☆☆☆☆☆
$39.99
The Grinch: Christmas Adventures – October 13
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
With colorful visuals inspired by Dr. Seuss’s original illustrations, local multiplayer fun with up to two players controlling the Grinch and Max, and controls and puzzles designed for younger players, The Grinch: Christmas Adventures is a fun new way to enjoy the classic Christmas tale.
Lords of the Fallen
CI Games
☆☆☆☆☆ 8
★★★★★
$69.99
Lords of the Fallen – October 13
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S
An all-new, epic RPG adventure in a vast, interconnected world more than five times larger than the original game. As one of the fabled Dark Crusaders, journey through both the realms of the living and the dead in this expansive RPG experience, featuring colossal boss battles, fast challenging combat, thrilling character encounters, and deep, immersive storytelling.
TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK – Expedition
Outright Games Ltd.
☆☆☆☆☆
$39.99
Transformers: EarthSpark – Expedition – October 13
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Bumblebee is facing his greatest mission – reclaim the ancient Cybertronian technology scattered across the globe before Mandroid and his henchbots can use them to destroy Earth’s cities. With Optimus Prime’s guidance and you at the controls, Bumblebee will grow strong enough to take on an army of robotic enemies in bare-metal combat, find the lost technology, and unlock powerful new attack combos and abilities along the way.
Virtual Families 3: Our Country Home
Gogii Games
☆☆☆☆☆
Virtual Families 3: Our Country Home – October 13
Xbox Play Anywhere
Start a virtual family in this life simulation game, sequel to the popular Virtual Families 2. Expand and renovate your virtual house while helping nurture and guiding future generations of your own family story.