The primary half of August will see an extended listing of video games be a part of Xbox Game Pass, in addition to the Gears of Conflict: E-Day open beta for Game Pass Final or PC Game Pass subscribers.
This early trial of E-Day will embody the brand new Horde Siege PvE mode, which transports the sequence’ conventional co-op wave survival providing to bigger settings, and assist for extra gamers.
Elsewhere, as we speak sees the day one arrival of Beast of Reincarnation, a model new sport from Pokémon developer Game Freak. Indie family object romance simulator Date All the pieces! turns up on August 11, in the meantime.
Sports activities followers get Cricket 26 on August 13, the identical day that indie manufacturing unit sport Sandustry turns up in Game Preview. The total listing of video games, courtesy of Xbox Wire, is under.
Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Wave 1 lineup:
- Heretic + Hexen (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) – August 4, Now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Beast of Reincarnation (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 4, Game Pass Final, PC Game Pass
- Gears of Conflict: E-Day Open Beta – Early Entry beginning August 6, Game Pass Final, PC Game Pass
- Monsters are Coming! (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 6, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- PowerWash Simulator 2 (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC) – August 6, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Bounty Star (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC) – August 11, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Date All the pieces! (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 11, Game Pass Final, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
- Mio: Recollections in Orbit (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 13, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Sandustry (Game Preview) (PC) – August 13, Game Pass Final, PC Game Pass
- Egging On (Cloud Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 18, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Grounded 2 (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 11, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Ball x Pit (Cloud, Xbox Collection X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 12, now with Game Pass Premium; becoming a member of Game Pass Final and PC Game Pass
- Cricket 26 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 13, Game Pass Final, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
Xbox Video games Collection Tier Record
Xbox Video games Collection Tier Record
As ever, each time Microsoft giveth, so it taketh away. Plenty of video games go away Game Pass this month. You should purchase them at a reduction whereas they’re nonetheless within the subscription service.
Leaving Xbox Game Pass August 15:
- Menace (Game Preview) (PC)
- Atlas Fallen (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Firewatch (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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