Xbox Lineup: ZERO PARADES and FM27 Lead November 2-6 Slate

Xbox's release week of November 2 to 6 runs 32 games deep, led by ZA/UM's ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut and the PC early access start for Football Manager 27, per Xbox Wire. Five of them land on Game Pass.

ZA/UM's pitch for ZERO PARADES is short: "From the creators of Disco Elysium comes ZERO PARADES – an espionage RPG." It arrives November 3 with Xbox Play Anywhere support at $39.99, listed at $35.99 discounted.

The details

• Window: November 2 to 6, 2026, 32 titles total
• Game Pass: GRAVHOUNDS, PIT OF GOBLIN, Football Manager 27 (early access), VOID/BREAKER, Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School
• FM27 early access: November 3 on PC for pre-orders, including through Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Headliner price: ZERO PARADES: Director's Cut, $39.99 ($35.99 discounted)

What is coming to Game Pass?

Octopus Panic's GRAVHOUNDS, a 1–4 player co-op base-building action game, opens the week on November 2 as a Game Preview release, also sold at $19.99 with a free trial. Friendly Foe and Bright Gambit's crypt-crawling co-op adventure PIT OF GOBLIN follows on November 3 with Xbox Play Anywhere.

SEGA's Football Manager 27 starts PC early access the same day for pre-order players. Playstack's fast-paced shooter VOID/BREAKER hits 1.0 on PC Game Pass on November 4 after its Game Preview run. iam8bit Presents closes the Game Pass slate on November 5 with the escape-room puzzler Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, playable solo or co-op and also sold at $19.99.

What else is out this week?

The rest of the list leans small and specific. Vulcron's Bowling Alley Simulator ($14.99) and Afil Games' Kitties on Planets ($4.99) arrive November 3. November 4 brings The End of the Sun Forge's first-person Slavic-fantasy mystery The End of the Sun ($24.99) and DANGEN Entertainment's cosmic-horror action RPG Kingdom of Night ($19.99).

November 5 adds a MANIC MINER reboot authorized by original developer Matthew Smith, The Slormancer ($24.99), and the Hasbro Games Junior Collection ($29.99). KEMCO's Shelterra the Skyworld and the survival horror game SEEK round things out on November 6. For anyone tracking simulator density, Ice Cream Simulator is also on the list.

Why it matters

Five of the week's 32 releases come through Game Pass, including Football Manager 27's early access, which opens on PC for subscribers who pre-order. Full launch details for FM27 are in our release dates breakdown.