* Coming Soon

August 5

• Curse of the Dead Gods (Cloud, Console, and PC) – You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers—it leads to an accursed temple, a seemingly infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters. Your greed will lead you to death, but that is not an escape. Rise to fight again and defy the malignant deities that linger in this place!
• Dodgeball Academia (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – Get ready to dodge, duck, dip, and dive in Dodgeball Academia available with Xbox Game Pass on day one! This vibrant sports RPG puts you in a world that lives and breathes dodgeball. Forge friendships and develop rivals as you train to become the ultimate champion—dominating on and off the courts.
• Katamari Damacy Reroll (Cloud, Console, and PC) – The stop-at-nothing pushing prince is back and ready to reroll! When the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky, he orders you, his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens above. Join the king on their wacky adventure to restore the stars—now in full HD!
• Lumines Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – A game that beautifully marries the elements of sound, light, and puzzle-action into one engaging, yet easy-to-play experience. You’re at the center of the high-energy, block-dropping action while you groove to awesome house, trance, and techno beats!
• Skate (Console) EA Play – Head back to where it all began as Skate joins The EA Play List! Get chased by security guards, impress or annoy citizens, ride with pros, discover skate shops, and make spots your own in this fully reactive city!
• Skate 3 (Cloud) EA Play – The award-winning Skate franchise returns to break new ground with Skate 3. Build the ultimate team and change the face of the city in this definitive co-op skateboarding experience with EA Play.
• Starmancer (Game Preview) (PC) ID@Xbox – Obey protocol or go rogue as you take on the role of a powerful A.I. in Starmancer. Build bustling space ports, secret laboratories, and incubators for mysterious eggs. Defend against starvation, sabotage, and space zombies. Don’t worry, you can always grow more humans.

August 12

• Art of Rally (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – Art of Rally is a stylized experience inspired by the golden era of rally from the creator of Absolute Drift. From beginner-friendly options to driving modes that’ll challenge the most expert drivers, race across the world through colorful and stylized environments, now including Kenya with four new cars, six new tracks, and a new free-roam area!

August 13

• Hades (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – Defy the god of the dead as you battle out of the Underworld of Greek myth in this Game of the Year winning rogue-like dungeon crawler. You’ll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus, while growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt.

August 17

• Microsoft Solitaire Collection: Premium Edition (PC) – Be part of the most played video game in history! Get an ad-free experience in the Premium Edition, including an exclusive Xbox Game Pass card back! Enjoy the best Solitaire card games in one app, plus daily challenges, competitive events, Xbox achievements, and a new Xbox theme. Discover why millions around the world have loved this timeless classic for over 31 years.

* In Case You Missed It

EA and Codemasters are thrilled to expand the already-packed roster of titles on EA Play, with racing titles from three revered racing franchises. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can get behind the wheel of these titles on console starting August 10 with EA Play on console. Learn more here!

• DiRT 4 – Embrace your fear and race on the edge of control with DiRT 4. Experience the adrenaline rush of rallying across challenging global locations in legendary off-road machines and take on unique challenges in Joyride mode – coming soon to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate via EA Play.
• DiRT Rally – DiRT Rally is the most authentic rally game ever made, road-tested over 80 million miles by the DiRT community. Take on the ultimate off-road challenge with DiRT Rally on EA Play!
• DiRT Rally 2.0 – Carve your way through the world’s most iconic rally locations in the most powerful off-road vehicles ever made, knowing that the smallest mistake could end your stage. Experience the most authentic point-to-point rally game combined with thrilling, fast-paced action of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.
• F1 2020 – The critically acclaimed F1 2020 adds more ways to play to the award-winning official F1 games series. Take the role of owner / driver in My Team, hit the grid with a friend via two-player split-screen, and earn customization items for your car and driver with Podium Pass.
• GRID – RID is a racing experience like no other. Offering unrivalled wheel-to-wheel racing for everyone, where every race is unpredictable as you create rivals and nemeses on your road to conquering the world of motorsport.

* Downloadable Content / Game Updates

• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition – African Royales Downloadable Content (Available Now) – Xbox Game Pass members save up to 25 percent! Dive into the heart of Africa as you explore a new continent for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition with two brand new civilizations and their kingdoms, the Ethiopians, and the Hausa!
• Gears 5: Operation 8 Bundle (Available Now) – Xbox Game Pass members save 10 percent! Gear up for Operation 8 with this new Gears 5 bundle. Grab Armored Bernie, Ketor Vrol, plus lots of extras. Includes Armored Bernie, Ketor Vrol, Jungle Cat Eyes Weapon Skin set, Prowler banner, Knife mark, Photo Op expression, You Missed bloodspray, 700 Iron, and 30 days of Boost.
• Dead by Daylight Archives Tome VIII: Deliverance (Available Now) – In Tome VIII: Deliverance, climb inside The Clown’s twisted mind as a chemical mishap turns a standard kill into a cartoon-fueled hallucination. Watch Jake Park grapple with his own mortality as the hunter becomes the hunted. And join the Observer on his quest for answers as he peels back terrifying new layers of the omniverse.
• Rainbow Six Siege: Containment Event (Available Until August 24) – Containment is a dynamic time-limited event for Season 2 that features a new gameplay mode, exclusive operator bundles, and much more! The event sets the players in a reworked version of the Consulate map overruled by the Chimera Parasite in a new game mode called Nest Destruction. Live August 3 through August 24.
• Sniper Elite 4 Series X|S Update (Available Now) – Discover unrivaled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Now optimized for Series X|S, Sniper Elite 4 gives players a smoother and sharper experience in 4K resolution at 60 frames per second.
• Zombie Army 4: Left 4 Dead 2 Character Pack (Available Now) – It’s time to take down the undead, Left 4 Dead style! A free character pack to unlock a selection of survivors from Left 4 Dead 2 in Zombie Army 4: Dead War comes to Xbox today!

* Forza Motorsport 7 is Leaving Stores and Xbox Game Pass

On September 15, 2021, Forza Motorsport 7 will be leaving stores. While still fully playable and active, new purchases of the game and its downloadable content will no longer be available in the Microsoft Store, and the game will no longer be available with Xbox Game Pass. For any Xbox Game Pass players who previously purchased downloadable content for the game, but not the game itself, we have good news! You will receive a token for the game through the Xbox Message Center so that you can continue playing Forza Motorsport 7. For more information, visit the Forza Motorsport blog.

* Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks

We have more great Perks coming your way soon and some that are available now. Don’t forget to claim them in the Perks gallery (including your last chance for the NBA 2K21 MyTEAM Bundle on August 4!) on your Xbox console, Xbox App for Windows 10 PC, and the Xbox Game Pass mobile app for iOS and Android.

• Apex Legends: Lost in Random Weapon Charm (Available Now) – Show the competition what you’re made of with your new Lost in Random Weapon Charm, brought to you by EA Play! Equip this to your favorite weapon and battle for glory, fame, and fortune in style.
• Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis: August Member Monthly Bonus (Available Now) – Get a head start in Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis with this special member monthly bonus pack. Get your N-Half Scape Dolls (x5) to help revive you during intense battles, and Photon Chunks (x50) to strengthen weapons and units.
• Rogue Company: Season Three Perk Pack (Available August 10) – Save the world in style with the Season Three Perk Pack! Unlock Lancer, her Emerald Absque outfit, and 20k XP.

* Xbox Game Pass Quests

Starting today, we have a new month of Quests available for you to go complete and claim! Go take part in some Animal Antics themed games this month, and earn 2x points for select Quests, so you can go redeem even more rewards!

Here are some of the Quests you can start completing this week:

• The Evil Within (150 points): Kill 7 enemies.
• Star Wars Battlefront II (Ultimate – 50 points): Gain 2,500 Score.
• Fallout 4 (25 points): Play the game.

* Leaving Soon

Leaving August 8

• Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud and Console)

Leaving August 15

• Ape Out (PC)
• Crossing Souls (PC)
• Darksiders Genesis (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Don’t Starve (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Final Fantasy VII (Console and PC)
• Train Sim World 2020 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

In this captivating action RPG, invaders from another world attack without warning, unleashing machine lifeforms. To break the deadlock, a new breed of android infantry is sent into the fray: the YoRHa squad. Join androids 2B and 9S in their ferocious battle to reclaim an overrun dystopia and experience mesmerizing, high-speed combat that’s the specialty of development studio PlatinumGames.

(NieR: Automata is available until Monday, November 1, 2021.)

Ghostrunner (505 Games)

Wield a blade and perform amazing parkour feats to battle your way up a megastructure tower city in this intense, fast-paced first-person adventure. Slice your enemies with a monomolecular katana, dodge bullets with your superhuman reflexes, and employ a variety of specialized techniques to prevail. One-hit one-kill mechanics make combat fast and intense. Use your superior mobility (and frequent checkpoints!) to engage in a fearless, never-ending dance with death.

Undertale (8-4)

In this top-down adventure, control a human who falls underground into the world of monsters. Now you must find your way out… or stay trapped forever! Explore a rich RPG world full of strange and delightful characters where violence isn’t the only answer: every enemy can be defeated nonviolently. Negotiate out of danger using a unique battle system. Dance with a slime… pet a dog… whisper your favorite secret to a knight… or ignore all of that and rain destruction upon your foes. The choices are yours—but are you determined enough to prevail?

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Alex Chen must embrace her volatile psychic power of Empathy to uncover the truth about her brother’s death. Get the Deluxe Edition to play as Steph in the all-new story “Wavelengths,” plus four exclusive Life is Strange hero outfits for Alex.

A bold new era of the award-winning Life is Strange begins, with an all-new playable lead character and a thrilling mystery to solve!

Alex Chen has long suppressed her “curse”: the supernatural ability to experience, absorb and manipulate the strong emotions of others, which she sees as blazing, colored auras.

When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her volatile power to find the truth—and uncover the dark secrets buried by a small town.

Key Features

• Wavelengths – Step into Steph’s booth as the all-new radio show host for KRCT: Haven’s best–and only—radio station. Over four seasons, discover more about Steph’s past and her relationships as she makes her mark on the record store, uncovers its secrets—and decides her future.
• Live On Air – You’re the DJ: choose records for the playlist, ‘ad lib’ your way through local commercials, and help Steph compose an original song.
• Roll the Dice – Give D20-powered advice to callers with problems both serious and mundane, GM a tabletop RPG, and reach out to reconnect with an old friend.
• Small Town Pride – Swipe left or right on Steph’s dating app matches, and join Steph as she reminisces about formative Prides past.
• A Room of Her Own – See the record store change over the seasons as Steph asserts her personality, and discover its hidden history and surprising spaces as you explore.
• All-New Soundtrack – Hits from Girl in Red, Alt-J, Portugal, The Man, Foals, Hayley Kiyoko, Maribou State, and more set the tone for Steph’s journey, each packing an emotional punch.

The “Black Panther: War for Wakanda” expansion adds to a game already packed with content, including eight other playable heroes, more than 25 hours of single-player campaign content (from the core release through the Expansion), and endless multiplayer action for up to four players. In addition, new modes and events are being introduced regularly, and dozens of outfits inspired by Marvel comics and movies are available to customize players’ favorite Super Heroes.

The story of the free “Black Panther: War for Wakanda” expansion revolves around King T’Challa, the Black Panther, devoted protector and current ruler of Wakanda. Blindsided by a betrayal and the resulting tragedy, T’Challa finds it difficult to entrust his duty to anyone else, even his sister Shuri, while also confronting those who wish to do Wakanda harm. When arch-villain Klaw’s forces threaten Wakanda’s safety, T’Challa must take the fight right to them to defend everything and everyone he holds dear.

Players will experience the game’s story and additional missions in the ongoing Avengers Initiative in the lush jungles of Wakanda, an entirely new environment and sole location of the world’s Vibranium. They’ll also get to explore the Royal Palace that overlooks Birnin Zana, known as “The Golden City,” in a new Outpost that contains Shuri’s laboratory, Zawavari’s chambers, and the Wakandan War Room.