Sixteen games including Hades join Xbox Game Pass in its second September drop

More Xbox Game Pass games are on the horizon in the latest drop, brimming with titles that span genres and IP.

Xbox Game Pass has been a massive boon for players everywhere for some time, and it just seems to keep improving. Of course, this month has been jam-packed so far – the first Xbox Game Pass September drop delivered Hollow Knight: Silksong and a number of other cracking titles, with the second Xbox Game Pass August drop also delivering with the arrival of Persona 4 Golden to keep RPG fans content.

The service never seems to falter, and with so much already waiting for players, it's hard to turn your nose up at the good deal it'll give you regardless of the type of games you're looking for – and now Microsoft has come through with a massively fruitful Xbox Game Pass drop that is likely to hold something you've been eager to try.

Here's what you need to know about the second Xbox Game Pass update of September.

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Xbox Game Pass September update 2

As revealed by a new blog post, the following games are set to come to Xbox Game Pass over the course of the next two weeks:.

Xbox Game Pass Core

These games will drop on the Xbox Game Pass Core library on Wednesday, October 1:

Cities: Skylines – Remastered

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Warhammer 40k: Darktide

Xbox Game Pass Standard

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (console) – Wednesday, September 17

For the King 2 (console) – Wednesday, September 17

Overthrown (Game Preview) (Xbox Series X|S) – Wednesday, September 17

Wobbly Life (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC) – Thursday, September 18

Hades (console, cloud, PC) – Friday, September 19

Peppa Pig: World Adventures (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC) – Tuesday, September 23

Visions of Mana (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC) – Thursday, September 25

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (console, cloud, PC) – Tuesday, September 30

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC) – Wednesday, September 17

Frostpunk 2 (Xbox Series X|S, cloud) – Thursday, September 18

Endless Legend 2 (Game Preview) (PC) – Monday, September 22

Sworn (Xbox Series X|S, cloud, PC) – Tuesday, September 23

Sopa – Tale of the Stolen Potato (console, cloud, PC) – Tuesday, October 7

Xbox Game Pass games leaving

And, sadly, the following games are set to leave the service on Tuesday, September 30:

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (console, cloud, PC)

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (console, cloud, PC)

Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor’s Edge (console, cloud, PC)

Terra Invicta (Game Preview) (PC)

With a jam-packed month full of games, there's certainly no shortage of options to choose from, so dive in and see if you can find something that matches your gaming style.