Xbox New Games This Week: October 12 to 16, 2026 List

Xbox Wire's weekly schedule lists 41 games releasing between Monday, October 12 and Friday, October 16, 2026. The page gives a date for each one, with no year, and states that dates are subject to change. Read it as a planning list rather than a final calendar until the individual store pages confirm each date. Five of the titles carry a Game Pass tag and are available to members from day one. The rest are sold through the store, and many of them are marked Xbox Play Anywhere, which covers Xbox and Windows PC.

Monday and Tuesday

Only two games arrive on Monday, October 12: Alpha Nomos and Colorbound. Both are tagged Xbox Play Anywhere and are not part of Game Pass on day one. Tuesday, October 13, brings five releases. Deep Dish Dungeon and Valor Mortis are both Game Pass titles from launch. Valor Mortis was already named in the Xbox Wire Game Pass article from October 7, which is the official source to check if you want the membership details. Planet Zoo 2 and Survivor Cells are Xbox Play Anywhere titles, and Just Dance: Decades of Hits is listed without a platform tag.

Wednesday and Thursday

October 14 is the busiest day before the weekend, with 12 releases. The list includes Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, Cleaning Simulator, The Witch's Bakery, Shockwave Triggers and Ratatan. Several titles carry the Xbox Play Anywhere or Smart Delivery tag. Others, including Ratatan and Cleaning Simulator, show no platform tag on the schedule page, so their platform support is not stated there.

Thursday, October 15, is the largest single day with 15 releases. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is one of them and is tagged Xbox Play Anywhere. Bluey's Happy Snaps and Chained Beasts are both Game Pass day-one titles. The Jackbox Party Pack 12 and two Disney/Pixar titles, Toy Story 3 Complete Edition and Toy Story: Retro Roundup!, round out the day, alongside several smaller releases.

Friday, October 16

Friday closes the week with seven entries. Beyond These Stars is a Game Pass title from launch. Tales of Eternia Remastered, Tenebris Somnia, Moto X, Sproutrex and Supercar Collection Simulator are the other scheduled releases. The seventh entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, which the schedule lists with campaign early access from October 16 for pre-orders and a global launch on October 23. Xbox's dedicated DMZ article gives the full details for that release, so it is covered separately in the Modern Warfare 4 DMZ post.

The schedule page spells one title two ways. The heading reads "Tales of Eternia Remastered", and the date link reads "Tales of Eternia Remaster". This post uses the heading. Sproutrex also appears as "Sproutex" in one link on the same page.

How to read the platform tags

The tags on the page tell you more than the release dates do. "Xbox Play Anywhere" means the game is covered by the program that lets one purchase run on Xbox and Windows PC. "Game Pass" marks titles available to members from day one. "Smart Delivery" is the tag on several smaller titles and the Disney/Pixar releases. A title with no tag might still be available on those platforms, but the schedule page does not say so, and readers should check the store page before buying.

Readers who follow a single title should return to its store page closer to the day, since a release date on a weekly list can move. Most of the list is smaller titles, so the Game Pass tags are the clearest way to find something to play without buying. Readers who want to try a larger game from earlier in the year should check the Xbox free play days post, which covers the trial and time-limited offers for the weekend just before this window.

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