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Daily Console Drop: The Alters gets a free Xbox trial
The Alters needs no Game Pass for its three-hour trial, NBA 2K27 starts Friday afternoon, and Monster Hunter Wilds has a Switch 2 demo ahead.
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Is Xbox’s smaller $50 Nano controller right for you?
Microsoft's new Nano controller is $15 cheaper and much smaller than the standard Xbox pad, which makes it a smart buy for kids and travel and a harder sell for adults who play long sessions.
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Xbox Labs will explore AI ports and game remixes
Asha Sharma asked CTO Scott Van Vliet to stand up a small Xbox Labs group after a wave of AI-assisted decompiles, browser ports, and game mashups.
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Which Free Play Days games need Game Pass this weekend
Two titles need Essential, Premium, or Ultimate; ARC Raiders and four timed trials do not — and Embark's ARC window runs into Monday.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Joins Game Pass Premium on September 25
Pure Xbox and Xbox Wire’s Wave 2 calendar confirm Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 expands onto Xbox Game Pass Premium on September 25—already on Ultimate and PC Game Pass—while Rematch hits Essential and Mad King Redemption locked in for Ultimate/Premium/PC today.
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Fading Echo Splashes Onto PS5 With a Free Demo—No PS Plus Required
Emeteria’s elemental action-adventure RPG Fading Echo launched on PlayStation 5 on September 22 with a free PS Store demo for everyone—weaponize Æther, shift realities across Corel’s floating islands, and pick up the full game for $19.99.
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Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Gets a Free Switch→Switch 2 Upgrade on October 6
THQ Nordic’s Discord FAQ confirms digital and physical Switch owners of Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed can grab a free Switch 2 upgrade patch on October 6—saves carry over on the upgrade path, Costume Pack rules spelled out, $39.99 standalone as digital or Game-Key Card.
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Well Dweller Hits Game Pass Day One With a 91 Metacritic Splash
Top Hat Studios’ dark fairy-tale metroidvania Well Dweller launches September 22 on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass—and Pure Xbox flags a 91 Metacritic as one of 2026’s strongest Pass day-one scores beside Dune: Awakening’s console arrival.
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Tokyo PC Gaming Show Stacks Xbox Dates: Neon Abyss 2 Oct 8, Quarantine Zone Expands
Pure Xbox’s Tokyo PC Gaming Show Direct 2026 roundup highlights ten Xbox-related trailers, including Neon Abyss 2’s October 8 Game Pass launch, Quarantine Zone’s free Miami Zero expansion on October 15, Ball x Pit’s Risen Ballbylon DLC, and Core Keeper’s Riders of the Underground update out September 21.
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Game Pass This Week: Dune Console Debut, Well Dweller, Mad King, and BO6 Premium
Over the next few days Xbox stacks Dune: Awakening’s console/Pass debut (Sep 22), day-one Well Dweller (Sep 22), Mad King Redemption (Sep 23), and Black Ops 6’s Premium move (Sep 25)—a near-term playlist, not another Wave 2 dump.