Ninja Gaiden 4 and Evil West are now playable via Xbox Game Pass. These are the 57th and 58th new additions to the PC and Ultimate tiers of Microsoft's subscription service in October 2025, with Evil West being unusual in that it arrived on Xbox Game Pass a bit earlier than initially announced.
Ninja Gaiden 4 was a confirmed day-one Xbox Game Pass release from the moment Team Ninja and PlatinumGames revealed it in January 2025. Published by Xbox Game Studios, the latest installment in the hardcore action franchise locked down an October 21 release date back in June.
As is often the case with global AAA launches, Ninja Gaiden 4 became available in the United States a few hours ahead of its official debut date, at 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT on October 20. That's also when it rolled out to eligible Xbox Game Pass subscribers the world over. In a more unexpected turn of events, Flying Wild Hog's sci-fi western Evil West reached Microsoft's subscription service at the exact same time. Typically, non-day-one titles are added to Xbox Game Pass between midnight and 11am EDT, and Evil West was originally announced to be dropping on...
