Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Leads Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Lineup

The archetypal fractional of August volition spot a agelong database of games articulation Xbox Game Pass, arsenic good arsenic the Gears of War: E-Day unfastened beta for Game Pass Ultimate oregon PC Game Pass subscribers.

This aboriginal proceedings of E-Day volition see the caller Horde Siege PvE mode, which transports the series' accepted co-op question endurance offering to larger settings, and enactment for much players.

Elsewhere, contiguous sees the time 1 accomplishment of Beast of Reincarnation, a marque caller crippled from Pokémon developer Game Freak. Indie household entity romance simulator Date Everything! turns up connected August 11, meanwhile.

Sports fans get Cricket 26 connected August 13, the aforesaid time that indie mill crippled Sandustry turns up successful Game Preview. The afloat database of games, courtesy of Xbox Wire, is below.

Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Wave 1 lineup:

• Heretic + Hexen (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) – August 4, Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Beast of Reincarnation (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 4, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta – Early Access starting August 6, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Monsters are Coming! (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 6, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• PowerWash Simulator 2 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – August 6, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Bounty Star (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC) – August 11, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Date Everything! (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 11, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
• Mio: Memories successful Orbit (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 13, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Sandustry (Game Preview) (PC) – August 13, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
• Egging On (Cloud Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 18, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Grounded 2 (Game Preview) (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 11, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Ball x Pit (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 12, present with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass
• Cricket 26 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 13, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass

As ever, whenever Microsoft giveth, truthful it taketh away. A fig of games permission Game Pass this month. You tin bargain them astatine a discount portion they’re inactive successful the subscription service.

Leaving Xbox Game Pass August 15:

• Menace (Game Preview) (PC)
• Atlas Fallen (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Firewatch (Cloud, Console, and PC)

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