Xbox Wire just dropped September 2026 Wave 2, and the calendar is stacked — from today’s RuneScape: Dragonwilds add through a day-one Gears of War: E-Day landing on October 6.
Megan Spurr’s official Game Pass post (September 15, 2026) is the primary date sheet below. Gematsu’s same-day roundup matches the Xbox Wire slate.
Available today (September 15)
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC — Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
Joining September 16 (today for morning readers)
These four were listed as now with Game Pass Premium, then joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on September 16:
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC
- Planet of Lana II — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC
- Routine — Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC
- Ultimate Sheep Raccoon — Cloud, Console, PC
September 17
- Kernel Hearts — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC — Ultimate + PC Game Pass — day one
- Ninja Gaiden 4 — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC — now Premium; joining Ultimate + PC Game Pass
Headliners: late September → early October
- September 22 — Dune: Awakening — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC — Ultimate, Premium, PC Game Pass
- September 22 — Well Dweller — Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC — Ultimate + PC Game Pass — day one
- September 23 — Mad King Redemption — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC — Ultimate, Premium, PC Game Pass
- September 25 — Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC — now Premium; joining Ultimate + PC Game Pass
- September 29 — Minecraft Dungeons II — Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC — Ultimate + PC Game Pass — day one
- October 2 — Keeper — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC — now Premium; joining Ultimate + PC Game Pass
- October 6 — Gears of War: E-Day — Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC, Cloud — Ultimate + PC Game Pass — day one (origin story set 14 years before the original, Marcus Fenix & Dominic Santiago on Emergence Day)
Also on the Wave 2 card
- Game Pass Essential (Sep 25): Rematch — Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC — now Essential; also joining Ultimate, Premium, PC Game Pass
- Sea of Thieves: Season 21 — free play weekend September 17–21 (no subscription required), plus Talk Like a Pirate Day Parley Event framing
- EA Sports FC 27 — EA Play early access trial on Console/PC starting September 18
- Brawlhalla in-game benefits pack (Hattori / Regal Sun Sword skins) — September 17 for Ultimate, Premium, Essential, and PC Game Pass
- In case you missed it: Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (1.0) called out as available on Series X|S + Cloud from September 2
Leaving September 30
Xbox Wire lists: Atomfall, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Little Nightmares 2 Enhanced Edition, Little Rocket Lab, Sifu, SOPA Tale of the Stolen Potato, Sworn, Terminull Brigade.
As-of: morning September 16, 2026 (2026-09-16 ~8:22 AM CDT (America/Chicago)). All join dates, tier notes, day-one flags, Sea of Thieves free weekend, FC 27 trial, and September 30 leavers verified against Xbox Wire Wave 2 (primary). Gematsu used as confirming secondary.
