Tonight’s Play Issue 1 · Late Sept 2026

Art: Funcom press kit

Dune: Awakening key art: a sandworm erupts from the desert of Arrakis

Tonight’s Play

What to play tonight on Game PassIssue 1Sept 15 – Oct 6, 2026
Cover Story · Open-World Survival

Dune: Awakening

Funcom’s Arrakis survival epic finally lands on Xbox — with a full solo mode, optional PvP and a finished Book One story.

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Read the cover reviewWhat to play tonight?
Into the issue
In this issue

8 games, reviewed

Tonight’s pick →
Editor’s pick
Editor’s Pick · Metroidvania

Well Dweller

A one-developer dark fairy tale that just became one of 2026’s best-reviewed games — and it’s day one on Game Pass.

Sept 22UltimatePC Game Pass
Cover Story · Open-World Survival

Dune: Awakening

Funcom’s Arrakis survival epic finally lands on Xbox — with a full solo mode, optional PvP and a finished Book One story.

Sept 22UltimatePremiumPC Game Pass
New to Premium · Action

Ninja Gaiden 4

Team Ninja and PlatinumGames’ blood-soaked revival slices its way into Game Pass Premium.

Sept 17UltimatePremiumPC Game Pass
New to Premium · Puzzle Adventure

Keeper

Double Fine’s wordless walking-lighthouse odyssey is as strange and gorgeous as it sounds.

Oct 2UltimatePremiumPC Game Pass
Day One · Action Roguelite

Kernel Hearts

Android magical girls climb the Tower of Babel to punch out angels — and, eventually, God.

Sept 17UltimatePC Game Pass
Day One · Co-op Survival

RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Jagex’s survival spinoff leaves Early Access and becomes the first RuneScape game on console, magic and all.

Sept 15UltimatePremiumPC Game Pass
Early Reviews · Action RPG

Minecraft Dungeons II

Mojang’s dungeon-crawler sequel opens up the world. It launches tomorrow, day one on Game Pass, and the first reviews landed this morning.

Sept 29UltimatePC Game Pass
Early Access
First Look · Roguelite Brawler

Mad King Redemption

An Early Access 2.5D beat ’em up with a roguelite heart and a very bad king.

Sept 23UltimatePremiumPC Game Pass
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  • Marvel Cosmic Invasion

    Wed, Sept 16Ultimate · Premium · PC Game PassAction, Beat ’em up, Co-op
    A frenetic beat ’em up with 15 Marvel heroes against the Annihilation Wave.
    Not reviewed

  • Planet of Lana II

    Wed, Sept 16Ultimate · Premium · PC Game PassAdventure, Puzzle, Platformer
    A cinematic sci-fi puzzle platformer with Lana and her companion Mui.
    Not reviewed

  • Routine

    Wed, Sept 16Ultimate · Premium · PC Game PassHorror, Adventure
    First-person sci-fi horror on an abandoned lunar base with an ’80s vision of the future.
    Not reviewed

  • Ultimate Sheep Raccoon

    Wed, Sept 16Ultimate · Premium · PC Game PassParty, Co-op
    Bike-racing party game where friends build the course and its traps together.
    Not reviewed

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

    Fri, Sept 25Ultimate · Premium · PC Game PassShooter, Action
    Campaign, multiplayer and round-based Zombies.
    Not reviewed

  • Rematch

    Fri, Sept 25Essential · Premium · Ultimate · PC Game PassSports
    Third-person 5v5 online soccer — no offsides, no fouls.
    Not reviewed

  • Gears of War: E-Day

    Tue, Oct 6Ultimate · PC Game PassShooter, Action
    Marcus and Dom’s origin story, 14 years before the original Gears of War.
    Preview · OCT 6
The whole catalog

All 728 Game Pass games

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New on Game Pass →Leaving soon →

Leaving Sept 30

Last chance to finish these before they leave Game Pass.

  • Atomfall
  • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
  • Little Nightmares 2 Enhanced Edition
  • Little Rocket Lab
  • Sifu
  • SOPA Tale of the Stolen Potato
  • Sworn
  • Terminull Brigade