New Game Pass Titles for Early July Announced
Following yesterday's significant Xbox announcement, Microsoft has traditionally revealed the games arriving on Game Pass for the first half of July. While the summer season might mean fewer groundbreaking releases, there are still several interesting titles to explore.
The following games will be added to Game Pass soon (games marked with * will not be available on Game Pass Premium at launch; those marked with ** are already included in other subscriptions but are now arriving on Xbox Premium) in the coming days:
- Winds of Arcana: Ruination (Cloud, Console, Handheld Console, and PC) - Available Today
- Gears of War: Reloaded (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, Handheld Console, and PC) - July 9**
- Tamashika (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, Handheld Console, and PC) - July 9
- Ascend to Zero (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, Handheld Console, and PC) - July 13*
- PBA Pro Bowling 2026 (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, and PC) - July 14
- Quarantine Zone: The Last Check (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, and PC) - July 15**
- Mavrix by Matt Jones (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, Handheld Console, and PC) - July 16
- FixForce (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, and PC) - July 17
- Fogpiercer (PC) - July 17*
- The Planet Crafter (Cloud, Xbox Series S/X, and PC) - July 21
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Cloud, Xbox, and PC) - July 21
As usual, there are also bonus content and free downloadable perks, and the first half of July is no exception, with Locke for League of Legends and "special in-game rewards" for Wuthering Waves. You can find more details on Xbox Wire.
The following titles will be removed from the service on July 15. As always, subscribers can take advantage of a discount on these titles if they wish to keep them:
- Dungeons of Hinterberg (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- EA Sports Football Club 24 (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Stellaris (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Golf With Your Friends (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Minami Lane (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Powerwash Simulator (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Splitgate: Arena Reloaded (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
- Super Fantasy Kingdom (PC)
- Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox, and PC)
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