Microsoft revealed today the first wave of new Game Pass games for the month of August. The headliners are Cricket 26 and the sandbox dating simulator Date Everything. Sandustry, a new factory game with sand physics, is also coming to Game Pass on day one through the Game Preview program.
I wrote about it earlier today, but Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers will also get access to the Gears of War: E-Day early access beta beginning August 6. An open beta will also follow next week on August 13-17.
This was announced last month, but Best Beast of Reincarnation, a new action RPG from Game Freak, the developer of the Pokémon games on Nintendo consoles, is also coming to Game Pass on day one today. The game mixes real-time and turn-based combat, and its action is set in a post-apocalyptic Japan.
You can find the full list of new Game Pass games below:
Heretic + Hexen (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) – Available today with Game Pass Premium
Beast of Reincarnation (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – Available today with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
Monsters are Coming! (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Premium on August 6
PowerWash Simulator 2 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Premium on August 6
Bounty Star (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Premium on August 11
Date Everything! (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass on August 11
Grounded 2 (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Premium on August 11
Ball x Pit (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Premium on August 12
Cricket 26 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass on August 13
Mio: Memories in Orbit (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – Coming to Game Pass Premium on August 13
Sandustry (Game Preview) (PC) – Coming to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on August 13
Egging On (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 18
Lastly, the Xbox team also announced that Menace, Atlas Fallen, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and Firewatch will leave the Game Pass library on August 15. As usual, Game Pass subscribers can purchase them with a 20% discount before they leave the service.