Xbox has Gears of War: E-Day scheduled for October 6 and Echo Weaver for October 8, with both games supporting Game Pass and XBOX Play Anywhere. Preorders are available for both ahead of a release week running October 5 to 9, 2026. Those dates remain subject to change.
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer and KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I～III] are also scheduled for October 6, with preorders available for each. KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I～III] supports XBOX Play Anywhere, giving Tuesday another release carrying that designation alongside Gears of War: E-Day. The week's lineup covers Game Pass, XBOX on PC and the XBOX One and XBOX Series X|S consoles, although individual console compatibility is unspecified.
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Gears of War: E-Day follows Dominic Santiago and Marcus Fenix in a campaign set fourteen years before the original game. Xbox Game Studios' release uses Unreal Engine 5 and includes Versus PvP alongside Horde Siege. Secret Mode's STAR WARS: Galactic Racer takes a different approach, sending players into races structured around runs in the Outer Rim.
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.'s KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I～III] brings KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC) into the bundle alongside KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-. KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue is included too. Echo Weaver, from Akupara Games, builds its Metroidvania around what players learn as they navigate repeating time cycles and temporal anomalies.
October 8 also brings Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, in which Aidan must use the Genesis Configuration in an effort to free Sunny from the Labyrinth. Preorders are available for that Saber Interactive Inc. release and for DANGEN Entertainment's Deck of Haunts. Deck of Haunts puts players in charge of a haunted house, where they capture humans and collect essence.
Gear.Club Unlimited 3 is scheduled for October 8 with XBOX Play Anywhere support and preorders available. Nacon's game adds Japan and features the French Mediterranean coast, with more than 40 cars. Forever Ago arrives on the same scheduled date with XBOX Play Anywhere support, following Alfred on a solo journey north as he takes photographs and encounters people.
Earlier in the week, Hidden Dogs is scheduled for October 7, offering 15 levels containing more than 500 dogs and objects to find, plus help from a whistle. That day's Titanic Escape Simulator casts players as an investigator who questions passengers and examines a death aboard the ship. October 9's scheduled releases include Cozy Meowmory, which supports XBOX Play Anywhere, and HORSE CLUB Ride West, for which preorders are available.
