Here’s your next batch of Xbox and PC Game Pass games for August
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Microsoft has revealed the second half of August's Xbox and PC Game Pass additions, headlined by the day-one launch of Resonance: A Plague Tale, a prequel set on Crete that shifts the acclaimed stealth series towards combat-focused action. Also arriving day one is Blood Dungeon, a new Metroidvania-style title from Nidhogg creator Messhof, alongside several other new games spread across late August and into early September.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy joins on 27 August across cloud, console and PC, having already been praised for its set-pieces and puzzles. Other additions include Relooted, Starsand Island, BlazBlue Entropy Effect X and Vapor World: Over the Mind, arriving between 19 and 31 August, with Shelldiver following on 1 September. Meanwhile, six titles depart on 31 August, including Another Crab's Treasure, Neon Abyss and NBA 2K26, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered Edition leaves shortly after on 6 September.
- Resonance: A Plague Tale and Blood Dungeon join Game Pass day one
- Several more titles arrive between 19 August and 1 September
- Six games, including The Witcher 3 Remastered, leave by early September
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Microsoft's Xbox and PC Game Pass is a subscription service that gives members access to a rotating library of games for a monthly fee, similar in concept to Netflix but for video games. Titles are regularly added and removed, with Microsoft typically announcing new additions in two batches each month. The service spans cloud streaming, Xbox consoles and PC, so games can join or leave any of those platforms.
The standout addition this time is Resonance: A Plague Tale, a prequel to the well-regarded A Plague Tale series, which had built a reputation for stealth-based gameplay before this new instalment leans more towards combat. It arrives alongside other new releases from a mix of established and independent studios, while a separate group of existing titles is due to leave the service around the same time, as is standard practice to make way for new additions.
This kind of announcement matters mainly to subscribers deciding whether to keep or start a subscription, since games leaving the service are typically no longer playable without buying them separately, while new arrivals can be played immediately as part of the existing subscription cost.
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