August has just started and Microsoft has already announced new games being added to its Xbox Game Pass library. The company has listed some of the games will be arriving at the beginning of this month, as it is custom a second set will release towards the middle/end of the month as well.
There are ten games showing up throughout the beginning and middle of August, and some of them are heavy hitters. Of course, these games will arriving to a mix of cloud, PC, and console.
A few of these games are EA titles, so they require a Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to in order to play them. Alongside the list of title heading to the service, Microsoft also listed a number of games that will be leaving Game Pass. You can check out everything below.
Xbox Game Pass Additions August 2021

August 5th
- Curse of the Dead Gods (console, cloud, PC)
- Dodgeball Academia (console, cloud, PC)
- Katamari Damacy Reroll (console, cloud, PC)
- Lumines Remastered (console, cloud, PC)
- Skate (console)
- Skate 3 (console)
- Starmancer (PC)
August 12th
- Art of Rally (console, cloud, PC)
August 13th
- Hades (console, cloud, PC)
August 17th
- Microsoft Solitaire Collection: Premium Edition (PC)
Leaving Xbox Game Pass In July
August 8th
- Grand Theft Auto V (cloud and console)
August 15th
- Ape Out (PC)
- Crossing Souls (PC)
Darksiders Genesis (console, cloud, PC) - Don’t Starve (console, cloud, PC)
- Final Fantasy VII (console and PC)
- Train Sim World 2020 (console, cloud, PC)