We might not be getting any games on the scale of Halo Infinite this week, but we've still got a few of major Xbox Game Pass additions to look forward to in the form of Aliens: Fireteam Elite, The Gunk and Among Us. Plus, there are a bunch of indies making their debuts on Xbox, including one we highlighted last week in Aspire: Ina's Tale.

Here's what's coming to Xbox this week:

New Xbox Releases (December 6-10)

Optimised For Xbox Series X|S

  • Among Us (December 14): "Play with 4-15 players as you attempt to prepare your spaceship for departure. But beware, as one or more random players among the crew are Impostors bent on killing everyone!"
  • Asteroids: Recharged (December 14): "Asteroids: Recharged has been reimagined for modern gameplay, with vibrant visuals, powerful new abilities, and another original soundtrack..."
  • Beyond a Steel Sky (December 14 - NA): "Beyond a Steel sky is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld..."
  • Aeterna Noctis (December 15): "Aeterna Noctis is a challenging 2D hand-drawn action platformer, a Metroidvania with thrilling combat that will keep you on the edge of your seat..."
  • The Gunk (December 16): "The Gunk stars a duo of gritty space haulers, struggling to make a buck as they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. It looks like they’ve hit the jackpot..."

Xbox One

  • Among Us (December 14): "Play with 4-15 players as you attempt to prepare your spaceship for departure. But beware, as one or more random players among the crew are Impostors bent on killing everyone!"
  • Asteroids: Recharged (December 14): "Asteroids: Recharged has been reimagined for modern gameplay, with vibrant visuals, powerful new abilities, and another original soundtrack..."
  • Beyond a Steel Sky (December 14 - NA): "Beyond a Steel sky is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld..."
  • 2 Synchro Hedgehogs (December 15): "A puzzle-platformer with two hedgehogs moving in sync! Polish your logic by controlling a team of twins in one move in this pixel-art style puzzle platformer."
  • Aeterna Noctis (December 15): "Aeterna Noctis is a challenging 2D hand-drawn action platformer, a Metroidvania with thrilling combat that will keep you on the edge of your seat..."
  • The Letter: A Horror Visual Novel (December 15): "The Letter: A Horror Visual Novel is an interactive horror-themed drama inspired by classic Asian horror films. Told through an immersive branching narrative..."
  • The Gunk (December 16): "The Gunk stars a duo of gritty space haulers, struggling to make a buck as they chance upon an untouched planet brimming with life. It looks like they’ve hit the jackpot..."
  • Murder Diaries 3 - Santa's Trail of Blood (December 16): "You’re placed in the middle of an exciting murder mystery that unfolds while you listen to the testimonies of witness, friends, and relatives..."
  • Aspire: Ina's Tale (December 17): "Set out on a fantastical adventure as Ina and take a journey of self-discovery against the backdrop of dazzling landscapes in The Tower."
  • Circus Pocus (December 17): "Two brothers are lost in the dark and grim woods, and they accidentally stumble across an abandoned circus. Suddenly they are both attacked by a group of crazed clowns..."
  • The Enigma Machine (December 17): "A first-person sci-fi horror puzzle game that aims to capture the obscurity and unpredictability of games of old, framed within an increasingly unsettling presentation."
  • Razerwire: Nanowars (December 17): "RazerWire: Nanowars is a unique bullet-hell style game where you don’t so much shoot enemies as use a wire connected to a generator as a weapon..."
  • Trophy (December 17): "Trophy is a brand-new action platformer created for the original NES and now available on Xbox. Take control of the robot Trophy in this exciting new homebrew game."

Xbox Game Pass Titles

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