Xbox Game Pass Confirms New Game for August 8

Xbox Game Pass Confirms New Game for August 8

Highlights

  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will join Xbox Game Pass on August 8.
  • Additionally, the day-one title Creatures of Ava will be added to the service on August 7, while Mafia: Definitive Edition will arrive on August 13.
  • Xbox Game Pass subscribers will see four games leave the service on August 15, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

As a dedicated Xbox Game Pass subscriber with a knack for nostalgia-inducing games and a soft spot for remakes, this latest announcement has me jumping for joy! The addition of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy to the service on August 8 is like finding a long-lost treasure map, leading me straight to adventure-filled platforming fun.


It’s confirmed that an upcoming Activision game will join Xbox Game Pass on August 8, making it the third title from the studio announced for the subscription service this month. With Microsoft now owning Activision-Blizzard, there’s been a lot of expectation to bring more games from the studio to Xbox Game Pass, and fans can look forward to playing even more hit titles soon.

Approximately two years of court cases and paperwork culminated in Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard in October 2023, at a staggering cost of $69 billion. The company later announced in February that Diablo 4, one of Activision’s newest releases, would be part of Xbox’s profitable subscription service. Subsequently, whispers started about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 joining Game Pass. These murmurs gained traction when the highly-anticipated triple-A shooter was incorporated into the service in July.

Due to the ongoing rise in Xbox Game Pass subscription costs, gamers are anxiously awaiting news about which upcoming Activision games will be added to the platform. Following a leak last month, Microsoft has officially announced via a blog post that the next Activision game arriving on Xbox Game Pass is “Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy”. This well-liked platformer is set for release on cloud, console, and PC on August 8, making it available for play just one day after another title becomes accessible within the vast library of games offered by the service.

Three New Games Join Xbox Game Pass In August

  • Creatures of Ava (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) – August 7
  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 8
  • Mafia: Definitive Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 13

In this scenario, the game “Creatures of Ava” is launching simultaneously on Game Pass and is garnering rave reviews from critics. Meanwhile, both “Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy” and “Mafia: Definitive Edition” are remakes of classic titles. Notably, “Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy” will be the third Activision game to be added to Xbox Game Pass since Microsoft’s acquisition of the studio. However, as three new games enter the service, it has also been announced that four games, including the well-liked horror game “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” will depart from Xbox Game Pass on August 15.

2024 will bring many new games to Game Pass, but Xbox has announced that the initial release of “Avowed” on Game Pass has been delayed until February 2025. With “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” and other titles like “Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy” and “Mafia: Definitive Edition” now joining the service, it seems that there’s never been a better moment to be a subscriber of Microsoft’s growing and popular gaming service.

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2024-08-06 18:24