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Seven Xbox Releases Worth Knowing For 5 To 9 October
Xbox has published its list of new games for the week of 5 to 9 October. These are seven highlights, with Australian prices where the Steam store lists one.
The dates are the ones Xbox Wire gives, and Xbox notes that release dates are subject to change.
6 October: Gears Of War, Star Wars And Kingdom Hearts
The full launch of Gears of War: E-Day follows the early access period that opened last week, and in Australia it lands at 2am AEDT on Wednesday 7 October. It is on Game Pass and is an Xbox Play Anywhere title. On Steam in Australia it is A$109.95.
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer is a runs-based racer set in the Outer Rim after the fall of the Empire. Players race in the Galactic League, an unsanctioned underground circuit. It is A$88.50 on the Australian Steam store.
KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] collects KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind. It is an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
8 October: Hellraiser, Echo Weaver, Silver Pines And Forever Ago
Saber Interactive’s first-person horror game, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, follows Aidan, who uses the Genesis Configuration puzzle box to survive a bargain with Pinhead. It is A$64.95 on Steam in Australia.
Echo Weaver is a knowledge-based Metroidvania built around an unravelling time loop. It launches on Game Pass and is an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
Team17 publishes Silver Pines, a survival horror Metroidvania about a private investigator searching for a vanished musician. It is A$31.45 on Steam before launch, down from A$34.95.
Forever Ago is a single-player road trip adventure from Annapurna Interactive. It follows Alfred, who heads north in search of redemption and takes photographs along the way.
Source: Xbox Wire – Next Week on XBOX: New Games for October 5 to 9, Steam – STAR WARS: Galactic Racer, Steam – Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, Steam – Silver Pines, Steam – Gears of War: E-Day