While a wave of five day-one launches sounds like a buffet for achievement hunters and PC Game Pass subscribers alike, early community tracking from TrueAchievements alongside official platform notes from Xbox Wire and Electronic Arts reveal a few technical traps. Between a bugged 100G unlock in a family-friendly title and a live-service playlist rotation in Battlefield 6 that takes a DLC achievement off the active board, completionists should check the fine print before booting up their next download.
The Mid-October Game Pass Lineup: Platforms, Tiers, and Timing
Before diving into achievement tracking, it helps to separate what actually arrived on the service and where you can play it. According to Microsoft’s October 2026 Wave 1 schedule on Xbox Wire, six games landed during the October 13–16 window, all requiring either Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass (none of the six in this specific mid-month batch were added to the Game Pass Premium tier, unlike Neon Abyss 2 earlier in the month on October 8).
Here is how the week’s six additions break down across the Xbox and Windows PC ecosystem, combining Xbox Wire's platform specs with TrueAchievements' initial completion estimates:
| Title | Release Date | Status | Supported Platforms | Est. Completion Time (TA) | Early TA Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 6 | Oct 13, 2026 | EA Play Addition | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC | 60–80 hours | 0 missables; 1 DLC achievement affected by playlist removal |
| Deep Dish Dungeon | Oct 13, 2026 | Day One | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC | 15–20 hours (est.) | <1% completion; missables unknown |
| Valor Mortis | Oct 13, 2026 | Day One | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, PC | 20–30 hours (est.) | 1% completion; 0 missables |
| Bluey's Happy Snaps | Oct 15, 2026 | Day One | Cloud, Console, Handheld, PC | 2–5 hours (est.) | <1% completion; 1 achievement reported buggy |
| Chained Beasts | Oct 15, 2026 | Day One | Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, PC | Unknown | 0% completion; 0 missables |
| Beyond These Stars | Oct 16, 2026 | Day One | PC Only | Unknown | Achievements unrevealed at launch |
Notice a couple of important platform distinctions from Xbox Wire's official listing. First, both Valor Mortis and Bluey's Happy Snaps carry Microsoft's specific "Handheld" designation, meaning they are officially optimized for Windows gaming handhelds right out of the gate. Second, the space-whale city-builder Beyond These Stars (referred to as Beyond the Stars in TrueAchievements' roundup) is strictly a PC release on Game Pass.
Section Summary: Six games joined Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass between October 13 and October 16: five day-one launches and Battlefield 6 via EA Play. Five of the six support Cloud, console, and PC, while Beyond These Stars is exclusive to PC.
The "Easy" Completion Trap: Bluey’s Happy Snaps
In almost every Game Pass drop, achievement hunters look for the quick, low-stress completion—the palette cleanser between sprawling 80-hour RPGs or punishing multiplayer grinds. On paper, Bluey's Happy Snaps fits that bill. It is a solo or two-player photo-adventure game featuring Bluey and Bingo, estimated by TrueAchievements to take just two to five hours to finish.
However, early adopters hit an immediate wall. According to TrueAchievements writer Sean Lawson, the "Hooray!" achievement—which rewards a hefty 100 Gamerscore for collecting all pencil case unlockables—is currently failing to unlock even when players meet the exact in-game requirements.
While guides are already circulating for nearly every other achievement in the game, that single faulty trigger prevents a 100% completion. Notice that this is currently a community-identified bug rather than an officially acknowledged patch item from the developer, so there is no scheduled hotfix window yet. If an incomplete game on your Xbox profile bothers you, the smartest move is to leave Bluey's Happy Snaps in your play-later queue until player tracking confirms the unlock trigger has been patched.
Early Days for the Indie and AA Day-One Wave
Because five of the week's six arrivals are brand-new day-one releases, community telemetry is understandably thin. When games drop straight into Game Pass on launch day, there is no backlog of veteran guides or pre-existing strategy wikis to lean on.
Here is where the four other day-one titles stand:
- Valor Mortis (Oct 13): Developed by the creators of Ghostrunner, this first-person action soulslike puts players in the boots of a resurrected soldier from Napoleon’s army wielding supernatural powers. Despite the "soulslike" label often signaling controller-throwing difficulty, TrueAchievements notes that Valor Mortis actually logged the highest early completion count among its registered members out of this week's batch. Estimated at 20 to 30 hours with zero missable achievements, its list centers on standard progression: finishing main missions and side quests, gathering collectibles, and executing weapon-specific tasks.
- Deep Dish Dungeon (Oct 13): A survival-exploration dungeon crawler with metroidvania, crafting, and puzzle mechanics playable solo or in online co-op. Early estimates put it around 15 to 20 hours, though too few players had finished it at press time to verify whether any achievements are missable.
- Chained Beasts (Oct 15): A one-to-four-player co-op gladiator roguelike where combatants fight while literally chained to their teammates, managing both physical and mental injuries. With zero recorded completions in TrueAchievements' initial roundup, its true difficulty curve remains an open question.
- Beyond These Stars (Oct 16): This PC-only settlement builder—where you manage supply chains and outposts on the back of a traveling space whale—had not yet published an Xbox achievement list at the time of TrueAchievements' review. For PC Game Pass users, it is worth checking the Xbox app on Windows to see if achievement support has populated before expecting Gamerscore from your city-building sessions.
Section Summary: While Bluey's Happy Snaps is the fastest game in the batch (2–5 hours), a reported bug on the 100G "Hooray!" achievement currently blocks full completion. Among the other day-one releases, Valor Mortis shows the clearest path to completion at 20–30 hours, while Deep Dish Dungeon, Chained Beasts, and Beyond These Stars have minimal or unrevealed achievement data.
Battlefield 6 and the Live-Service Achievement Problem
The heavyweight addition of the week is Battlefield 6, joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass via EA Play on October 13 (alongside perks like the EA Play Deployment Pack, the Season 5 EA Play Pack, and a 10% Ultimate subscriber discount on eligible EA digital purchases).
According to TrueAchievements, the base game's achievement list clocks in around 60 to 80 hours and leans more toward persistence than raw mechanical difficulty. The standout requirements include:
- Campaign Tasks: Tracking down all campaign collectibles and completing the "Night Raid" mission using exclusively pistols, knives, or gadgets.
- Multiplayer Grinds: Unlocking "First Blood 2" by performing 10 multiplayer takedowns, and the marathon "A Joyful Nurse" achievement, which demands reviving 1,996 players as the Support class in multiplayer.
Why "Never-Ending Game" Is Currently Off the Table
The real complication in Battlefield 6 isn't reviving nearly two thousand teammates—it is a free DLC achievement tied to the game's REDSEC Battle Royale experience. The achievement "Never-Ending Game" requires playing 125 rounds in the Gauntlet game mode.
Why can't you earn it right now? The answer lies in Electronic Arts' September 30, 2026 Battlefield 6 Community Update detailing the Season 5 ("Siege of Vegas") overhaul. In that announcement, the Battlefield development team explained that they were introducing fast-paced Rapid Royale (Solos and Trios) to REDSEC. To protect matchmaking health, keep lobbies full, and prevent player queues from fracturing—especially in smaller regions—EA pulled the round-based Gauntlet mode out of the active playlist rotation at the start of Season 5.
For achievement hunters, this is a textbook example of the clash between modern live-service playlist management and fixed platform achievements. When a studio rotates a mode into the vault to consolidate matchmaking queues, any achievement hard-coded to that specific mode becomes temporarily—or indefinitely—unobtainable.
There is a silver lining: neither EA nor TrueAchievements considers Gauntlet dead forever. In its Season 5 update notes, EA explicitly stated that while Gauntlet is leaving the regular lineup, the team is "leaving the door open to its return in the future" as they monitor REDSEC engagement and rotate playlists. Furthermore, because "Never-Ending Game" is part of a free DLC pack rather than the base 1,000G list, its absence won't stop players from completing the core Battlefield 6 base game. Still, anyone aiming for a true 100% across all title updates will have to wait for EA to rotate Gauntlet back into REDSEC.
Section Summary: Battlefield 6 requires roughly 60–80 hours for its base achievements, anchored by a 1,996-revive Support grind. However, its free REDSEC DLC achievement "Never-Ending Game" (play 125 rounds of Gauntlet) cannot currently be progressed because EA removed Gauntlet from active matchmaking in Season 5 to prioritize Rapid Royale queues.
Practical Takeaways for PC and Console Players
Whether you are playing on an Xbox Series X|S, a Windows 11 desktop, or a supported Windows handheld, a little pre-flight planning goes a long way with this mid-October cohort:
- Hold Off on Bluey for 100% Runs: If you are playing Bluey's Happy Snaps just for family co-op, jump right in. If you are playing specifically for the quick Gamerscore completion, wait until community trackers verify that the 100G "Hooray!" achievement is unlocking properly.
- Focus on Base Game Modes in Battlefield 6: You can safely work through the campaign, Night Raid restrictions, and the 1,996 Support revives on Xbox or the EA App via PC Game Pass, knowing that only the REDSEC Gauntlet DLC achievement is sidelined during Season 5. Keep an eye on EA's seasonal playlist rotations for Gauntlet's eventual return.
- Check PC Achievement Support Before Starting Beyond These Stars: Since Beyond These Stars launched on PC Game Pass before its achievement list surfaced on tracking networks, verify its live status in the Xbox PC app if Gamerscore matters to your playthrough.
- Watch the Outgoing Queue: As Xbox Wire noted in its Wave 1 announcement, nine titles rotated out of Game Pass on October 15—including A Plague Tale: Requiem, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Crime Scene Cleaner, Donut County, Evil West, Nova Roma (Game Preview), Pacific Drive, Superball, and The Casting of Frank Stone. If you had unfinished achievements in any of those, you will now need to purchase them (with your Game Pass discount, if applicable) to wrap up your progress.
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