These are the games coming to Xbox Game Pass before the end of August
Microsoft has just outlined a new bundle of games being added to Xbox Game Pass before the end of August. The gift that keeps on giving, if you’ve got a Premium or Ultimate subscription to Game Pass, you’ve got some jolly good games to look forward to playing in the next couple of weeks, including three Day One releases.
The highlight has to be Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, which is launching straight into Game Pass for subscribers at the Ultimate tier on 27th August. In our preview, we said it was a “gorgeous-looking game,” and found its story to be intriguing and captivating.
It’s also a good month for Xbox Game Pass Premium subscribers, with several games joining the tier after being previously Ultimate only. You can find a full list of everything coming soon to Game Pass, along as the tiers they are available on, below.
Games coming to Xbox Game Pass
Game name | Date added | Ultimate | Premium | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vapor World: Over the Mind (Game Preview) | 19 Aug | ✓ | X | ✓ |
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X | 19 Aug | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Relooted | 19 Aug | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Starsand Island | 20 Aug | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Aerial_Knight’s DropShot | 25 Aug | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Blood Dungeon | 25 Aug | ✓ | X | ✓ |
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy | 27 Aug | ✓ | X | ✓ |
Young Suns | 31 Aug | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Shelldiver | 1 Aug | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Games leaving Xbox Game Pass on 31 August
As always, new games coming to Xbox Game Pass means some older games will be leaving. Five games are leaving on 31st August:
- Another Crab’s Treasure
- I Am Your Beast
- Neon Abyss
- One Lonely Outpost
- The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
On top of these, NBA 2K26 will be leaving a week later, on 6th September. You’ve got until those dates to play these games as part of your subscription if you’ve been meaning to, or you can add them permanently to your library at a discount before they’re removed from the service.
