# Halo: Campaign Evolved and Game Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation Lead Xbox Game Pass July 2026 Wave 2 Lineup

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/halo-campaign-evolved-and-game-freaks-beast-of-reincarnation-lead-xbox-game-pass-july-2026-wave-2-lineup/
- Published: 2026-07-21T13:22:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T18:06:12+00:00
- Original publisher: IGN
- Original article: https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-campaign-evolved-and-game-freaks-beast-of-reincarnation-lead-xbox-game-pass-july-2026-wave-2-lineup
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Halo: Campaign Evolved joins Xbox Game Pass day one on 28 July.
- Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation launches on Game Pass 4 August.
- Several titles, including Celeste and Crusader Kings 3, leave 31 July.

## Summary

Xbox has revealed the second wave of July 2026 additions to Game Pass, headlined by Halo: Campaign Evolved and a new title from Pokémon developer Game Freak called Beast of Reincarnation. Both are launching directly into the subscription service on their release days, continuing Microsoft's strategy of making its first-party titles available at no extra cost to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers, with Call of Duty remaining the main exception to that approach.

Halo: Campaign Evolved arrives on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on 28 July, while Beast of Reincarnation follows on 4 August. Other day-one releases include co-op detective horror title Shift at Midnight (22 July) and dark fantasy extraction ARPG Mistfall Hunter (30 July), alongside further additions such as Hell is Us, Corsair Cove and Heretic + Hexen. As usual, several games will also leave the service on 31 July, including Celeste, Crusader Kings 3, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord and Rain World, giving subscribers a final chance to buy them at a discount before they go.

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