# Resonance: A Plague Tale and Blood Dungeon join Game Pass

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/heres-your-next-batch-of-xbox-and-pc-game-pass-games-for-august/
- Published: 2026-08-18T16:32:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-18T22:48:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-pc-game-pass-august-lineup
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Resonance: A Plague Tale and Blood Dungeon join Game Pass day one
- Several more titles arrive through late August into September
- Six games, including NBA 2K26, exit Game Pass on 31 August

## Summary

Microsoft has confirmed the second wave of August's Xbox and PC Game Pass additions, headlined by the day-one arrival of Resonance: A Plague Tale, a prequel set on Crete that shifts the acclaimed series from stealth towards combat-driven action, and Blood Dungeon, a new Metroidvania-style title from Nidhogg creator Messhof. The update also confirmed which titles are leaving the service, giving subscribers a final window to play them before removal.

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy lands on 27 August, alongside other new releases including Relooted, Starsand Island, BlazBlue Entropy Effect X, Vapor World: Over the Mind and Aerial_Knight's DropShot, spread across 19 to 31 August, with Shelldiver following on 1 September. Six games depart the service on 31 August, among them Another Crab's Treasure, Neon Abyss, One Lonely Outpost, I Am Your Beast and NBA 2K26, while The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered Edition leaves slightly later, on 6 September.

## Coverage

- [Eurogamer: Resonance: A Plague Tale and Blood Dungeon join Game Pass](https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-pc-game-pass-august-lineup)
- [IGN: Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Wave 2 Lineup Announced](https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-game-pass-august-2026-wave-2-lineup-announced)

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.