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Xbox Game Pass August 2020: These games have now been announced and are as follows with the following dates, and if you’re subscribed to Xbox Game Pass (which you can do for a single trial month for $1, which works out around 83p in the UK), you can play all of the following, but note that while some are for both console and PC, some are either one or the other:
Darksiders: Genesis (Console) Available from August 6th: An action/adventure game that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell and back with guns blazing and swords swinging. Genesis gives players their first look at the world of Darksiders before the events of the original game. Furthermore, it introduces the fourth and last horseman Strife, as well as co-op gameplay for the first time in the franchise.
It Lurks Below (Console & PC) – August 6th: The world is being slowly corrupted, and you have awoken from a terrible dream. Create a customized character and choose from several different classes to delve deep into the mysteries of what evil lurks below. Dig down and explore the randomly generated levels, find random items, and combat deadly monsters to get the answers in this retro-styled, 2D, action-oriented, survival RPG by David Brevik.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (Console) – August 6th: Five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip and as the day unfolds, a storm rolls in and their trip soon changes into something much more sinister. Who will live? Who will die? It’s up to you and the choices you make. You can also share your terrifying story with a friend online or go for safety in numbers with the up-to-five-players offline “movie night” mode.
Trailmakers (Console & PC) – August 6th: Build an amazing vehicle out of blocks and explore an alien planet in Trailmakers. This physics-based action game lets you build anything from hypercars and helicopters to hovercrafts and hydrofoils. Play solo or with friends in huge sandbox maps or perfect your race car to perfection in the Trailmakers Rally.
UnderMine (Console & PC) – August 6th: Delve deep into the UnderMine and discover its secrets, one peasant at a time! UnderMine is an action-adventure roguelike that blends combat and dungeon crawling with RPG-like progression. Mine gold, die, upgrade yourself, and try again! Challenge dangerous bosses and rescue helpful characters that supply new upgrades for your adventure. Decipher the cryptic messages of the UnderMine’s residents and unfold the mystery at the heart of the dungeon.
Xeno Crisis (Console & PC) – August 6th: Run and gun your way through seven distinct areas and master an arsenal of ten different weapons as you take on thousands of varied adversaries in this top-down arena shooter for one or two players. It will require guile, composure, and good judgement to have a chance of reaching the final showdown. Xeno Crisis is a genuine 16-bit throwback for those who enjoy a challenge, with superb pixel art and a blistering soundtrack.
Final Fantasy VII HD (Console & PC) – August 13th: Relive the RPG that redefined gaming. The world has fallen under the dominion of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a sinister corporation that has monopolized the planet’s very life force as Mako energy. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra’s elite Soldier unit, now turned mercenary, lends his aid to the rebels, unaware that he will be drawn into an epic battle for the fate of the planet, while having to come to terms with his own lost past.
F1 2019 (Console & PC) – Added last week as a last minute addition: The official video game of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship, F1 2019 challenges you to Defeat your rivals in the most ambitious F1 game in Codemasters’ history. F1 2019 features all the official teams, drivers and all 21 circuits from the 2019 season. This year sees the inclusion of F2 with players being able to complete the 2018 season with the likes of George Russell, Lando Norris, and Alexander Albon.
But what about the games leaving this month?
The games leaving in August 2020 are:
- Devil May Cry 5 (leaving August 14th, 2020)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (leaving August 14th, 2020)
Yoku’s Island Express (leaving August 14th, 2020)
Complete Xbox Game Pass Games on on console for Xbox One, 360, Xbox Live and original Xbox:
- Absolver
ACA NeoGeo Metal Slug X
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (March 19th, 2020)
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Afterparty
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Alan Wake (added May 21st, 2020)
Alien Isolation
Alvastia Chronicles (added April 9th, 2020)
Ark: Survival Evolved
Ashes Cricket (leaving July 31st, 2020)
Astroneer
Bad North
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
The Banner Saga 3 (leaving July 31st, 2020)
Bard’s Tale Remastered and Resnarkled (from June 18th, 2020)
The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
Batman Arkham Knight
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Blair Witch
Blazing Chrome (leaving July 15th, 2020)
Bleeding Edge (March 24th, 2020)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Borderlands 2
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Bridge Constructor Portal
Carrion (added July 23rd, 2020)
Children of Morta
Cities: Skylines (arriving May 21st, 2020)
ClusterTruck
Costume Quest 2
Crackdown 3
Creature in the Well
CrossCode (added July 9th, 2020)
Darksiders: Genesis (added August 6th, 2020)
Darksiders 3
DayZ (arriving May 7th, 2020)
de Blob
Dead by Daylight
Dead Cells
Dead Island Definitive Edition
Death Squared
Deliver Us The Moon (April 23rd, 2020)
Demon’s Tilt
Descenders
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Devil May Cry 5 (leaving August 14th, 2020)
DiRT 4
DiRT Rally 2.0
Dishonored 2
Disneyland Adventures
Double Dragon Neon
Dungeon of the Endless (from June 11th, 2020)
Enter the Gungeon
F1 2018
Fable Anniversary
Fable II
Fable 3
Fallout 76 (added July 9th, 2020)
Fallout: New Vegas
Farming Simulator 17
Felix the Ripper
Final Fantasy VII HD (added August 6th, 2020)
Final Fantasy IX (arriving May 9th, 2020)
Final Fantasy XV
Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour
For the King
Forager (added July 16th, 2020)
Fractured Minds (arriving May 14th, 2020)
Frostpunk: Console Edition
Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox One)
Fusion Frenzy (Xbox One)
Galaga Legions DX
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Gato Roboto (April 21st, 2020)
Gears of War
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Gears of War: Judgment
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Gears of War 4
Gears 5
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Goat Simulator
Golf with Your Friends (added May 19th, 2020)
Gonner Blüeberry Edition
Grounded (Xbox Game Preview; added July 28th, 2020)
Guacamelee! 2
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Halo Reach
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars: Definite Edition
Halo Wars 2
Halo: Spartan Assault
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Hello Neighbor
Human Fall Flat
Hyperdot (April 30th, 2020)
Indivisible
It Lurks Below (added August 6th, 2020)
Jetpac Refulled
Jump Force
Jackbox Party Pack 3
Journey to the Savage Planet (added April 9th, 2020)
Kameo
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct Definitive Edition
Killer Instinct Classic
Killer Instinct 2 Classic
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (leaving August 14th, 2020)
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 and 2.5 ReMix (from June 11th, 2020)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (from June 11th, 2020)
Kingdom Hearts 3
Kona (March 19th, 2020)
LEGO Star Wars 3
Levelhead (April 30th, 2020)
Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition
Lonely Mountains: Downhill
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
Mass Effect
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Metal Gear Solid HD Edition
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (leaving July 15th, 2020)
Metro 2033 Redux
Metro Last Light Redux
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Minecraft
Minit
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Monster Hunter World
Moonlighter
Mortal Kombat X (Xbox One)
Mount and Blade: Warband (added July 16th, 2020)
MudRunner
Munchkin: Quacked Quest
Mutant Year Zero
My Friend Pedro
My Time at Portia
Naturo to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
Neon Abyss (added July 14th, 2020)
Nier Automata – Become as Gods Edition (April 2nd, 2020)
Night Call (from June 24th, 2020)
No Man’s Sky (from June 11th, 2020)
Nowhere Prophet (added July 30th, 2020)
Observation (from June 25th, 2020)
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Will of the Wisp (March 11, 2020)
Outer Wilds
Overcooked! 2
Oxenfree
Pandemic: The Board Game
Pathologic 2
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark Zero
eFootball PES 2020
Pillars of Eternity
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (March 26th, 2020)
Quantum Break
Rage 2
Rare Replay
ReCore Definitive Edition
Red Dead Redemption 2 (arriving May 7th, 2020)
Remnant: From the Ashes
RiME (leaving July 31st, 2020)
Rise and Shine
Rocket League
Rush: A DisneyPixar Adventure
Ryse: Son of Rome
Sea of Thieves
Sea Salt
Secret Neighbor
Shadow Warrior 2
Shenmue 1 and 2
Slay The Spire
Sniper Elite 4
Soulcalibur VI (added July 1st, 2020)
State of Decay: Year-One
State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2: Heartland
Stellaris
Streets of Rage 4
Streets of Rogue (from June 25th, 2020)
Subnautica
Sunset Overdrive
Super Lucky’s Tale
Surviving Mars
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
Tacoma
Tekken 7
Tell Me Why – Chapter 1 (added August 21st, 2020)
Terraria
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (added August 6th, 2020)
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
The Escapists 2
The Gardens Between
The Long Dark (April 16th, 2020)
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game
The Messenger (from June 25th, 2020)
The Outer Worlds
The Surge 2 (March 19th, 2020)
The Talos Principle
The Turing Test
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
The Walking Dead: Michonne
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
theHunter: Call of The Wild
Thimbleweed Park
Thronebreaker (from June 18th, 2020)
Ticket to Ride
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Totally Reliable Delivery Service
The Touryst (added July 30th, 2020)
Tracks: The Train Set Game
Trailmakers (added August 6th, 2020)
Two Point Hospital
UnderMine (added August 6th, 2020)
Untitled Goose Game
Vambrace: Cold Soul
Viva Pinata
Vita Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Void Bastards
Wandersong
Wargroove
Wasteland Remastered
Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
We Happy Few
Westerado: Double Barreled
West of Dead (from June 18th, 2020)
What Remains of Edith Finch
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
World War Z
Worms W.M.D.
Xeno Crisis (added August 6th, 2020)
Yakuza Kiwami 2 (added July 30th, 2020)
Yoku’s Island Express (leaving August 14th, 2020)
Yooka Laylee
Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Animal Collection
That’s all for the Xbox Game Pass August 2020. Come back soon for the September 2020 games!
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