The Xbox Wire blog has revealed the first wave of games for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this August. The games will be released at regular intervals during the first part of the month on PC, console and cloud devices.
Below are the newly announced games coming to the service:
Creatures of Ava (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – 7 August (Day One release)
Let your empathy guide you as you play an exciting action-adventure, creature-saver game. Understand and tame the creatures of Ava and let them lead you through a variety of ecosystems – all in the hopes of saving the planet from a life-consuming infection.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Cloud, Console, and PC) – 8 August
Your favourite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, is coming to Game Pass! He’s enhanced, entranced and ready-to-dance with the N. Sane Trilogy collection. Spin, jump, wump and repeat as you take on the epic challenges and adventures through the three games that started it all, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Relive all your favourite Crash moments in their fully remastered graphical glory and get ready to put some umph in your wump!
Mafia: Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – 13 August
Mafia: Definitive Edition is a cinematic third-person shooter that tells the story of Tommy Angelo, a hardworking cab driver who becomes embedded in the brutal world of organised crime in 1930s America.
Games available now:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Console and PC) – Available now
In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat. Game Pass members can also experience an all-out brawl in Season 5 with new core 6v6 maps, new weapons, cosmetic rewards and more!
DLC / Game updates
No Man’s Sky: Worlds Part I – Available now
The latest free update to No Man’s Sky, Worlds Part I (version 5.0), ushers in an entire universe refresh, bringing huge leaps in water and cloud quality, as well as increased planetary variety, new gameplay features, and more.
Dead by Daylight: 2v8 Game Mode – Available until 8 August
Double the trouble, for the first time ever eight survivors face two killers in this new extreme game mode. Survivors can choose from four new classes, each with their own predefined loadouts. Maps have three exits, and three hatches will appear when only two survivors are left standing in the trial. But beware, hooks have been replaced with a frightening new sacrificial device: the Cage of Corruption.
Sea of Thieves: Season 13 – Available now
Seize Flameheart’s flagship, the Burning Blade, in the latest boss fight to sail the Sea of Thieves! Rain fire on your foes with a skeleton crew at your command, gathering tribute in Flameheart’s name – or raid his new Skeleton Camps and take the treasures for yourself…
Sea of Thieves: Mayhem Ship Bundle – Available now
The Mayhem Ship Bundle returns to the Sea of Thieves via the Pirate Emporium. Crew up and cause chaos with this sunny symbol of anarchy – or simply sail about and share whatever claptrap is on your mind knowing you’re looking good while doing it.
Leaving 15 August
These are the games leaving the service this August, subscribers can get them up to 20 per cent off if they decide to purchase them.
- Airborne Kingdoms (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Offworld Trading Company (PC)
- Shadow Warrior 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Cloud, Console, and PC)