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Wobbly mammoths fighting caveman in a Totally Accurate Battle Simulator screenshot.

Back 4 Bloodmay be the successor toLeft 4 Deadwe’ve long waited for, and as a launch day arrival, logic dictates that I should be excited about its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass. But among October’s haul of new additions, it’s today’s arrival ofTotally Accurate Battle Simulatorthat interests me more.TABS lets you construct armies of vikings, cavemen, animals and fantasy creatures, and then watch them have a big, dumb, physicsy rumble. You can try to steer your side to victory, or take control of a particular unit and join the fray, but it’s just as fun to sit back and watch the chaos as a pure spectator. It left early accessback in Aprilafter a couple of years, and it’s the kind of game I’d happy recommend to almost anyone. It’s available on Game Pass as of today. Go, play it, you’ll have a laugh.Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - Full release TrailerWatch on YouTubeThere are other interesting games arriving in the first half of October. Here’s the full list, as outlinedon the Xbox site:The Procession to Calvary (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 7Visage (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 7Back 4 Blood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 12Destiny 2: Beyond Light (PC) – October 12Ring of Pain (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 14The Riftbreaker (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – October 14The Good Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 15The post also calls out some other recent additions you missed, including mystery visual novelAI: The Somnium Filesfrom the director of the Zero Escape series, andUnsighted, an interesting action game withHyper Light Drifter-style dashing and slicing set in a rapidly dying world.As always, there are some excellent games leaving the service in October, too, including Scourgebringer and Katana Zero. Here’s the full list departing on October 15th:Gonner2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)Heave Ho (PC)Katana Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC)Scourgebringer (Cloud, Console, and PC)Tales of Vesperia HD (Console and PC)The Swords of Ditto (PC)

Back 4 Bloodmay be the successor toLeft 4 Deadwe’ve long waited for, and as a launch day arrival, logic dictates that I should be excited about its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass. But among October’s haul of new additions, it’s today’s arrival ofTotally Accurate Battle Simulatorthat interests me more.TABS lets you construct armies of vikings, cavemen, animals and fantasy creatures, and then watch them have a big, dumb, physicsy rumble. You can try to steer your side to victory, or take control of a particular unit and join the fray, but it’s just as fun to sit back and watch the chaos as a pure spectator. It left early accessback in Aprilafter a couple of years, and it’s the kind of game I’d happy recommend to almost anyone. It’s available on Game Pass as of today. Go, play it, you’ll have a laugh.Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - Full release TrailerWatch on YouTubeThere are other interesting games arriving in the first half of October. Here’s the full list, as outlinedon the Xbox site:The Procession to Calvary (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 7Visage (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 7Back 4 Blood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 12Destiny 2: Beyond Light (PC) – October 12Ring of Pain (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 14The Riftbreaker (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – October 14The Good Life (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 15The post also calls out some other recent additions you missed, including mystery visual novelAI: The Somnium Filesfrom the director of the Zero Escape series, andUnsighted, an interesting action game withHyper Light Drifter-style dashing and slicing set in a rapidly dying world.As always, there are some excellent games leaving the service in October, too, including Scourgebringer and Katana Zero. Here’s the full list departing on October 15th:Gonner2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)Heave Ho (PC)Katana Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC)Scourgebringer (Cloud, Console, and PC)Tales of Vesperia HD (Console and PC)The Swords of Ditto (PC)

Back 4 Bloodmay be the successor toLeft 4 Deadwe’ve long waited for, and as a launch day arrival, logic dictates that I should be excited about its inclusion in Xbox Game Pass. But among October’s haul of new additions, it’s today’s arrival ofTotally Accurate Battle Simulatorthat interests me more.

TABS lets you construct armies of vikings, cavemen, animals and fantasy creatures, and then watch them have a big, dumb, physicsy rumble. You can try to steer your side to victory, or take control of a particular unit and join the fray, but it’s just as fun to sit back and watch the chaos as a pure spectator. It left early accessback in Aprilafter a couple of years, and it’s the kind of game I’d happy recommend to almost anyone. It’s available on Game Pass as of today. Go, play it, you’ll have a laugh.

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - Full release TrailerWatch on YouTube

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator - Full release Trailer

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There are other interesting games arriving in the first half of October. Here’s the full list, as outlinedon the Xbox site:

The post also calls out some other recent additions you missed, including mystery visual novelAI: The Somnium Filesfrom the director of the Zero Escape series, andUnsighted, an interesting action game withHyper Light Drifter-style dashing and slicing set in a rapidly dying world.

As always, there are some excellent games leaving the service in October, too, including Scourgebringer and Katana Zero. Here’s the full list departing on October 15th: