Xbox Game Pass Wave 1 Titles for August Announced: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Rain World and More

Xbox Game Pass is including Assassin’s Creed Mirage as a part of the primary wave of video games becoming a member of the service in August. The action-adventure sport, which served as a prequel spin-off to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, will likely be accessible on PC, Xbox consoles, and Xbox Cloud from August 7. Other titles coming to Game Pass within the first half of August embrace survival-platformer Rain World, sci-fi RPG Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, and third-person shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite. In addition to some different video games, Game Pass members will even get DLC content material, new updates, and in-game advantages.

Xbox Game Pass Titles for August Announced

In a put up on Xbox Wire Tuesday, Microsoft confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Mirage would be a part of its sport subscription service on August 7. The headlining Game Pass title for the primary half of this month was launched in 2023 as a shorter spin-off that traces the early years of Basim, an murderer and a non-playable character in AC Valhalla.

Mirage is ready in Ninth-century Baghdad and takes the method of older Assassin’s Creed video games to inform a concentrated story in a smaller open-world setting. The sport will likely be accessible to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers throughout PC, Xbox, and Cloud units from August 7.

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage serves as a prequel spin-off to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
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Rain World joined Game Pass on August 5 and is now accessible to play. In this indie survival title, you play as a cat-like creature, “slugcat”, that should survive in a ruined ecosystem, braving predators and harsh environments. The platformer is obtainable to Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard members.

On Wednesday (August 6), Game Pass provides 4 video games: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, MechWarrior 5: Clans, and Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. All 4 titles will now be accessible with Game Pass Standard on Xbox Series S/X.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite joins Game Pass on August 12. The co-op taking pictures sport, set within the universe of Alien, places gamers into the sneakers of veteran troopers tasked with containing a lethal Xenomorph menace. The sport joins the service the identical day as Alien: Earth TV collection begins streaming on Hulu (JioHotstar in India).

Finally, Game Pass will add 9 Kings in preview on PC on August 14. The technique title was launched in early entry in May and will likely be accessible to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers.

Members will even get an early entry trial for the upcoming EA Sports Madden NFL 26 this week, and entry to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Enhanced and Sea of Thieves: Season 17 subsequent week.

Microsoft additionally introduced the titles leaving Game Pass library this month. Anthem, Farming Simulator 22, and Persona 3 Reload will go away the service on August 15.