Saturday, November 9, 2024

Shocktober: Enjoy Savory Savings, Evocative Events, and Gruesome Games This Spooky Season

Summary

  • Many spooktacular games have had their prices slashed across console and PC for a limited time!
  • Sink your teeth into ghostly in-game events.
  • Game Pass members can dive into spooky titles throughout October.

Brace yourself for monster sales on major titles because Shocktober has arrived! Xbox’s annual celebration of all things spooky is back and better than ever — and this year we’re cranking up the terror by throwing in some of your favorite Game Pass games too!

That’s not all! Get into the Halloween spirit with limited-time events and freaky in-game content that’ll have you screaming for more.

Check back in all through October via your Xbox console, Windows Store, or the Xbox app on PC for the latest terrifying titles and ghoulish events. You don’t want to miss out!

For Console – Shocktober Games on Sale

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without. Sink deep into the next chapter of Senua’s story, a crafted experience told through cinematic immersion, beautifully realized visuals and encapsulating sound.

Resident Evil 4

Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president’s kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

Hogwarts Legacy

An immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

For PC – Shocktober Games on Sale

Back 4 Blood Ultimate

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. You are at the center of a war against the Ridden. With humanity’s extinction on the line, it’s up to you and your friends to take the fight to the enemy, eradicate the Ridden and reclaim the world.

Evil West

Evil never sleeps… but it bleeds. A dark menace consumes the American frontier. As one of the last agents in a top-secret vampire-hunting institute, you are the final line between humanity and a deep-rooted terror that now emerges from the shadows. Rise up to become a Wild West Superhero, eradicate the vampire threat and save the United State

Gotham Knights Deluxe Edition

Batman is dead. A new expansive, criminal underworld has swept the streets of Gotham City. It is now up to the Batman Family – Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin – to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals. Gotham Knights is an open-world, action RPG set in the most dynamic and interactive Gotham City yet. Patrol Gotham’s five distinct boroughs in solo or in co-op and drop in on criminal activity wherever you find it. Your legacy begins now. Step into the Knight.

Chilling Titles on Game Pass

Dead Space

The sci-fi survival horror classic Dead Space returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up to offer a deeper and more immersive experience. This remake brings jaw-dropping visual fidelity, suspenseful atmospheric audio, and improvements to gameplay while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

A new tale of the Kami awaits… Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a unique Japanese-inspired, single player Kagura Action Strategy game. The game takes place on a mountain covered by defilement. During the day, purify the villages and prepare yourself for sundown. During the night, protect the Maiden against the hordes of the Seethe. Repeat the day and night cycle until you cleanse the mountain of defilement and return peace to the land.

Dead Island 2

The much-loved zombie saga is back with a unique formula of horror, dark humor and over the top zombie-slaying, spanning an epic pulp adventure. Dead Island 2 is a thrilling first-person action RPG, stylish, vibrant and flooded with zombie infection. Explore an iconic, gore-drenched Los Angeles. Meet larger-than-life characters. Slay countless foes in exquisitely bloody detail. And evolve to become the ultimate Zombie Slayer!

Haunting In-Game Halloween Events

Fortnite

Want to play a game? How about some Battle Royale… during Fortnitemares 2024? This year’s frightening festivities bring the explosive Boom Billy, a rideable chainsaw, the return of Horde Rush, and plenty of Quest rewards like the Jack-o’-Drifter Contrail and Great Scarecrow Glider. Fortnitemares 2024 runs now until the end of Chapter 5 Season 4!

GTA Online

Things have taken a terrifying turn in the snowy hills of North Yankton. Halloween’s chilling influence has transformed Ludendorff Cemetery into a battleground against the undead. For the first time in GTA Online, return to North Yankton and confront a nightmarish array of foes — including ambling corpses, colossal juggernauts, and possessed animals — and banish these living dead back to the darkness in the new Ludendorff Cemetery Survival mode.

Apex Legends

Now ’til November 5, 2024, in Apex Legends, haunt through the Techno Terror Collection Event and Trick N’ Treat Trios with Revivals. Plus, collect 24 event items before the event ends to get Pathfinder’s Prestige Skin!


That is just a glimpse of this year’s massive Shocktober collection! Don’t forget to creep over to your Xbox console, Windows Store, or the Xbox app on PC starting every Tuesday to uncover new titles and surprises. Oh, and don’t forget to explore the Perks gallery; there’s some exclusive treats waiting for you! Discounts will end October 31, 2024.

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