It's time for another weekly Xbox new releases roundup, and we've got some major releases on the way this week including Back 4 Blood (with Game Pass), Disco Elysium, Crysis Remastered Trilogy, NHL 22 and more!

As it stands, here's what's coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One next week:

New Xbox Releases (October 12-15)

Optimised For Xbox Series X|S

  • Back 4 Blood (October 12): "Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign..."
  • Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (October 12): "Intimidate, sweettalk, resort to violence, write poetry, sing karaoke, dance like a beast, or solve the meaning of life. Disco Elysium is the most faithful representation of desktop role playing ever attempted in video games."
  • Catty & Batty: The Spirit Guide (October 13): "Catty & Batty: The Spirit Guide is a casual couch co-op puzzle game, inspired by Lemmings and tower defense game! Build a path to guide spirits home across a 30-level campaign."
  • Henchman Story (October 14): "A visual novel where you play as a beleaguered henchman working for a bumbling supervillain, and a slice of superhero satire packed with colorful characters and meaningful choices."
  • Jackbox Party Pack 8 (October 14): "Plan a game night with the looping lunacy of Drawful Animate, scrambled sentences in Job Job, surveys and teamwork in The Poll Mine, doodling and deduction in Weapons Drawn and chance and trivia in The Wheel of Enormous Proportions."
  • The Riftbreaker (October 14): "You are an elite scientist/commando inside an advanced Mecha-Suit. Enter a one-way portal to a distant planet with the purpose of building up a base that will allow travel back to Earth and further colonization."
  • Crysis Remastered Trilogy (October 15): "The Crysis Remastered Trilogy is optimized and enhanced towards next-generation consoles meaning the Crysis games play smoother and better than ever before."
  • Gleylancer (October 15): "In the year 1992, Gleylancer was released as an iconic space shooter. Our heroine pilot decides to hijack the prototype fighter and go after her missing father."
  • NHL 22 (October 15): "Experience EA Sports NHL on one of the industry’s most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to every hit, deke, and shot. Superstar X-Factors let you feel the personality and power of NHL superstars..."

Xbox One

  • Back 4 Blood (October 12): "Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign..."
  • Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (October 12): "Intimidate, sweettalk, resort to violence, write poetry, sing karaoke, dance like a beast, or solve the meaning of life. Disco Elysium is the most faithful representation of desktop role playing ever attempted in video games."
  • Monster Crown (October 12): "Hunt, battle, tame and breed monsters to create your own legacy. Together with your monsters, you can restore the balance to Crown Island."
  • Immortus Temporus (October 13): "Enter a puzzle experience that defies conventional design. For those who love to hone their skills through practice, trial and error, determination and relentless replay."
  • Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality (October 14): "Join the Doctor on a quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new nemesis in this compelling first-person adventure."
  • Godstrike (October 14): "A 3D boss rush bullet hell based on time. This means that you must face every boss and defeat them before your time runs out! Time is money and health..."
  • Henchman Story (October 14): "A visual novel where you play as a beleaguered henchman working for a bumbling supervillain, and a slice of superhero satire packed with colorful characters and meaningful choices."
  • Jackbox Party Pack 8 (October 14): "Plan a game night with the looping lunacy of Drawful Animate, scrambled sentences in Job Job, surveys and teamwork in The Poll Mine, doodling and deduction in Weapons Drawn and chance and trivia in The Wheel of Enormous Proportions."
  • Murder House (October 14): "A news crew breaks into the old, abandoned home of an executed serial killer Anthony Smith, planning to shoot a salacious haunted house story..."
  • Ring of Pain (October 14): "Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring is a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror?"
  • Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder (October 14): "A 2D isometric old-school techno-fantasy styled top-sown shooter. Your arsenal includes skills of the Thunder God’s heir and three types of guns..."
  • Alphadia Genesis 1 & 2 (October 15): "Experience epic RPG adventures at once! This bundle includes Alphadia Genesis and Alphadia Genesis 2."
  • Ancient Stories: Gods of Egypt (October 15): "Stop the wicked schemes of an evil pharaoh before your city is annihilated in this heart-stopping match-three adventure! With standard, advanced, and untimed modes..."
  • Crysis Remastered Trilogy (October 15): "Crysis Remastered Trilogy, a great value all-in-one bundle featuring the remasters of the iconic single-player campaigns from Crysis, Crysis 2, and Crysis 3."
  • Gleylancer (October 15): "In the year 1992, Gleylancer was released as an iconic space shooter. Our heroine pilot decides to hijack the prototype fighter and go after her missing father."
  • NHL 22 (October 15): "Experience EA Sports NHL on one of the industry’s most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to every hit, deke, and shot. Superstar X-Factors let you feel the personality and power of NHL superstars..."
  • The Good Life (October 15): "Journalist Naomi Hayward is drowning in debt. Having accepted a request from The Morning Bell newspaper to 'uncover the mystery of a small English town,' Naomi finds herself far from her home in New York, in Rainy Woods, known as 'the happiest place in the world'.”

Xbox Game Pass Titles

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