For those who aren’t enthusiastic about this year’s offering or want something sooner, there’s indie survival horror Dead Static Drive and stealth shooter Sniper Elite: Resistance. The former arrives tomorrow for Ultimate and PC subscribers, while the latter will be available with Game Pass Premium.

Egging On and Whiskerwood follow on November 6th for Ultimate and PC while interdimension survival crafting title Voidtrain leaves early access on November. It will be available for Premium, Ultimate and PC tiers. Great God Grove, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and Pigeon Simulator are next up on November 11th while Relic Hunters Legend and Winter Burrow round out Wave 1’s offerings on November 12th.

Unfortunately, Microsoft has reaffirmed that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be leaving Game Pass. Check out other titles that won’t be available post-November 15th:

• Blacksmith Master (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Football Manager 2024 (PC)
• Football Manager 2024 Console Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Frostpunk (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Spirittea (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Viewfinder 

Viewfinder comes from the masterminds at Sad Owl Studios, and it’s a puzzler with a very unique premise. The game allows you to take pictures and place the polaroids anywhere in the level, which magically meshes up with the level to open up new paths. Viewfinder does a great job of taking that core concept and exploring a vast number of possibilities with its set of puzzles, and while the story could have been better in a few aspects – Viewfinder is definitely worth your time. 

A new backstory, prologue and the plot’s first chapter are being added. It sees players venturing into the unknown Void and investigating a scientist’s disappearance. Cutscenes, lore, quests and so on will have diary notes and narration attached. You can also track everything in the scientist’s Journal.

Progression is also overhauled, with every game cycle having new mechanics and developments to the plot. Recipe costs are lower, Void resources are rebalanced, resource stacks doubled, and you can now move objects in the train for free. The cute Rofleemo are also being upgraded to NPCs and can roam your train, attending to tasks and auto-collecting resources.

Head here for more details. Voidtrain will remain in early access until 2024, but plans can always change. Stay tuned in the meantime for more updates.

Voidtrain sees players venturing through a brand new world with iffy gravity and strange void creatures out to get them. With support for up to four players in co-op, players must solve puzzles, gather resources to craft different items, and ultimately customize the Voidtrain to explore four different biomes. Environments, events and objects are randomly generated, ensuring something new with each playthrough.

Voidtrain is slated to exit early access this year, which should coincide with its Steam release. The price will be changing upon its full release so now might be a good time to jump in. Stay tuned for more news and announcements from the IGN Summer of Gaming expo.

At the IGN Expo, developer Nearga and publisher HypeTrain Digital revealed their new and unique action-survival title, Voidtrain– and that name is more explanatory than you think. Voidtrain takes players to a mysterious new world, and it is up to you to explore it, discover its secrets, and ensure your survival.

Players will com across outlandish and mysterious creatures, come across various puzzles and challenges, and learn to survive in their new environment and the challenges it throws at players- such as, in some instances, a lack of gravity. You will also be using a train as sort of your home base, and will slowly customize and upgrade it through materials you gather in the game. Though you will only start out with a single trolley, over time, everything from adding another car to making the train go faster with engine upgrades to building up its defences will be fair game.

Voidtrain will be releasing for Steam this fall. The game will feature 4 player co-op, but can also be played solo.