Summary
Microsoft has listed Perfect Dark as one of eight titles joining the Game Pass Essential library on 15 November 2026, the same day GoldenEye 007 leaves the service. Both appear in the November wave one update published on Xbox Wire on 3 November 2026. Perfect Dark is listed for Cloud and Console. The post gives no further detail about the version or its release. GoldenEye 007 is also listed for Cloud and Console in the departures section. What joins Essential on 15 November Eight games are in the Essential list. Alongside Perfect Dark, it covers Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Gears of War: Judgement, Halo: Spartan Assault, Viva Piñata and Viva Piñata: TIP. All of those are listed for Cloud and Console except Halo: Spartan Assault, which Microsoft lists for Cloud, Console and PC. Game Pass Essential is also named in the in-game benefits section, alongside Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium and PC Game Pass. Elsewhere in the November wave, Vampire Crawlers and Aphelion are both listed as now with Game Pass Premium and joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. What leaves the same day Thirteen games are in the “Leaving November 15” list. Besides GoldenEye 007, they are 1000xResist, Barbie Horse Trails, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Firefighting Simulator – The Squad, Great God Grove, Moonlighter, Pigeon Simulator, Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, Relic Hunters Legend, Total Chaos, Winter Burrow and Wreckfest. Every one of those is listed for Cloud, Console and PC apart from GoldenEye 007, which is Cloud and Console only. Microsoft says subscribers can save on the departing games now, before they leave Game Pass. The rest of the November additions The wider wave started on 3 November 2026 with Football Manager 27 on PC, available on day one for Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers, and the co-op horror game Pit of Goblin on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School was listed for 5 November 2026, billed by Microsoft as “the first open world escape room game” with online and local two player co-op. Firefighting Simulator: Ignite and the MySims Cozy Bundle were listed for the same date. Football Manager 2027 Console, Warhammer Survivors and Tanuki: Pon’s Summer were all set for 10 November 2026, each on day one. Hope in the City and Thronefall follow on 11 November 2026, with John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando on 12 November 2026. Aphelion, a third-person sci-fi adventure developed by Don’t Nod with a story rooted in real-world science created in partnership with the European Space Agency, and Paw Patrol: Dino World are both listed for 17 November 2026. On the benefits side, Microsoft Sudoku perks for subscribers were listed for 10 November 2026, and The First Descendant Legacy Bundle for 17 November 2026. In Valorant, Game Pass subscribers have access to all agents through Game Pass Benefits, including the new agent Hush. Microsoft says games carrying a “Handheld” designation in the list are those optimised for handheld play. Sources: