The second wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for August 2026 has been revealed, and there are four games joining the Ultimate tier of the Netflix-like subscription for the first time. The headliner is a newPlague Tale game, but don’t sleep on Blood Dungeon, either.
You probably know the Plague games, which are kinda like if you took The Last Of Us, turned it into a stealth-only game, and then loaded it up with rats. But Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy will turn that formula on its head a bit by being primarily action-focused. There’s even a parry button and finishing moves. Can I interest anyone in some rat souls? Blood Dungeon, meanwhile, is the latest solo project fromNidhogg artist Mark Essen, and it’s sort of like if you took that game and turned it into a roguelike Pac-Man.
Here’s everything joining Xbox Game Pass in wave 2 for August 2026:
- Egging On (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 18
Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass- Vapor World: Over the Mind (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 19
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass- BlazBlue Entropy Effect X (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – August 19
Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass- Relooted (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – August 19
Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass- Starsand Island (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – August 20
Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass- Aerial_Knight’s DropShot (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 25
Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass- Blood Dungeon (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) – August 25
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, Handheld, and PC) – August 27
Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass- Young Suns (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 31
Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass- Shelldiver (Cloud, Console, and PC) – September 1
Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass
It’s a lighter second half of the month, and the bulk of the additions are things filtering down to Game Pass Premium, rather than fresh additions to Game Pass Ultimate. The good news is that fans were treated to a surprise shadow-drop of Wolfenstein 3D earlier in the month.
As for notable departures, well, The Witcher 3 is leaving on August 31. You should just buy it when it goes on sale for ridiculously cheap, but otherwise you’ve got just under two weeks to find Ciri and vanquish the Wild Hunt. And also win every Gwent game on the continent.
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