{"id":2099217,"date":"2026-08-18T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099217"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:39:08","slug":"heres-your-next-batch-of-xbox-and-pc-game-pass-games-for-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099217","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s your next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games for August"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Here&#8217;s your next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games for August<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Rats!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/a-plague-tale-resonance-sophia.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A curly haired Mediterranean woman with some presumably Henna tattoos daintily marked on her face, stares at the camera while slightly obscured by a statue.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"a-plague-tale-resonance-sophia.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Asobo Studio<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-18T14:39:08+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 18, 2026, 2:39 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c297d47f-d219-49ce-bf89-4353b994c4b0\" data-name=\"Nidhogg\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Nidhogg\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Nidhogg\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Nidhogg\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Nidhogg\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Nidhogg\" title=\"Follow Nidhogg\"><br \/>\n  Follow Nidhogg<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games has been announced, detailing what&#8217;s arriving in the latter part of August.<\/p>\n<p>The undoubted focal point is the day-one addition of Asobo&#8217;s new Plague Tale game, Resonance: A Plague Tale, which spins a prequel tale &#8211; across dual timelines &#8211; on the island of Crete.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-plague-tale-resonance-preview-impressions\">I&#8217;ve played Resonance: A Plague Tale and was enthusiastic about it<\/a>. The series has ditched stealth gameplay and gone all-in on combat to great effect. Combine handsome set-pieces, tricky puzzles and incredible ruins, and you&#8217;ve got an appealing Tomb Raider and Uncharted-like adventure.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Resonance: A Plague Tale.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2Meem1Ehx8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another day-one Game Pass release to potentially get excited about is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6HLT0-Dv3VI\">Blood Dungeon<\/a>, the new game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nidhogg-review\">Nidhogg<\/a> creator Messhof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/nidhogg\">Nidhogg<\/a> was a low-fi swashbuckling duel game that was a riot in a local co-op party setting. It sounds like Blood Dungeon is a Metroidvania kind of idea.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that the Remastered edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/a> leaves Game Pass at the end of the month, so if you&#8217;ve never taken the plunge, you&#8217;ve still got time &#8211; and a good reason with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rumoured-witcher-3-third-expansion-announced\">a new expansion on the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Available on Game Pass now<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Egging On (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 August 18, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Coming to Game Pass soon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vapor World: Over the Mind (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 August 19, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>BlazBlue Entropy Effect X (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 19, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Relooted (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 19, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Starsand Island (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 20, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Aerial_Knight&#8217;s DropShot (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 August 25, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Blood Dungeon (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 25, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy<\/strong> (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 August 27, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Young Suns (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 August 31, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Shelldiver (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 September 1, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Leaving Game Pass August 31<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Another Crab&#8217;s Treasure (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>I Am Your Beast (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Neon Abyss (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>One Lonely Outpost (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt &#8211; Remastered Edition (Cloud and Console)<\/li>\n<li>(Leaving 6th September) NBA 2K26 (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Games with a &#8220;handheld&#8221; designation are optimised for handheld play.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games has been announced, detailing what&#8217;s arriving in the latter part of August.<\/p>\n<p>The undoubted focal point is the day-one addition of Asobo&#8217;s new Plague Tale game, Resonance: A Plague Tale, which spins a prequel tale &#8211; across dual timelines &#8211; on the island of Crete.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-plague-tale-resonance-preview-impressions\">I&#8217;ve played Resonance: A Plague Tale and was enthusiastic about it<\/a>. The series has ditched stealth gameplay and gone all-in on combat to great effect. Combine handsome set-pieces, tricky puzzles and incredible ruins, and you&#8217;ve got an appealing Tomb Raider and Uncharted-like adventure.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Resonance: A Plague Tale.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2Meem1Ehx8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another day-one Game Pass release to potentially get excited about is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6HLT0-Dv3VI\">Blood Dungeon<\/a>, the new game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nidhogg-review\">Nidhogg<\/a> creator Messhof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/nidhogg\">Nidhogg<\/a> was a low-fi swashbuckling duel game that was a riot in a local co-op party setting. It sounds like Blood Dungeon is a Metroidvania kind of idea.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that the Remastered edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/a> leaves Game Pass at the end of the month, so if you&#8217;ve never taken the plunge, you&#8217;ve still got time &#8211; and a good reason with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rumoured-witcher-3-third-expansion-announced\">a new expansion on the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Available on Game Pass now<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Egging On (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 August 18, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Coming to Game Pass soon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Vapor World: Over the Mind (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 August 19, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>BlazBlue Entropy Effect X (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 19, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Relooted (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 19, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Starsand Island (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 20, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Aerial_Knight&#8217;s DropShot (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 August 25, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Blood Dungeon (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC) \u2013 August 25, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy<\/strong> (Cloud, Xbox Series X\/S, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 August 27, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Young Suns (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 August 31, new on Game Pass Premium, already on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Shelldiver (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 September 1, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Leaving Game Pass August 31<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Another Crab&#8217;s Treasure (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>I Am Your Beast (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Neon Abyss (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>One Lonely Outpost (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt &#8211; Remastered Edition (Cloud and Console)<\/li>\n<li>(Leaving 6th September) NBA 2K26 (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Games with a &#8220;handheld&#8221; designation are optimised for handheld play.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Here&#8217;s your next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games for August Rats! 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