We end the month in style. The latest August 2022 Xbox Game Pass games have been unveiled with some great entries but also some big releases. Here is the program.
There won’t be GOTY 2022 in Xbox Game Pass, contrary to a bug that suggested, but that doesn’t stop big games from swelling the catalog soon. The latest titles for August 2022 have just been revealed, and there are some nice games in the mix.
New Xbox Game Pass games for August 2022
The second wave of August 2022 has just been made official. A few hours ago, a leak hinted that a major open-world game, often compared to Zelda Breath of The Wild, would be added to Xbox Game Pass this month. Microsoft confirms that was the case. To end the summer season, the American publisher fills its catalog with a cult game, indie nuggets and 16 new games compatible with touch controls.
August 16: Coffee Talk (Cloud, Console & PC)
Indie game that caused a stir in 2020. Compatible with touch controls via Xbox Cloud Gaming, this title immerses you in the heart of an alternate Seattle where elves, orcs, mermaids and other fantastical races coexist with humans. It’s up to you to listen to their problems and comfort them by making them a coffee with the ingredients at your disposal.
August 23: Midnight Fight Express (Cloud, Console & PC)
Available day one on Xbox Game Pass, this promising indie game puts you in the shoes of an ancient underworld brought to life by a drone. Your mission: fight a whole army of enemies in the heart of brutality and frenzy, where the environment and your street fighting techniques will be your best allies.
August 25: Exapunks (PC)
Open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creator ofGood work, Shenzhen I/O or TIS-100. The title puts you in the shoes of a former hacker who made a deal: one hack equals one dose.
August 25: Opus: Echo of Starsong – Full Bloom Edition (Console & PC)
A critically acclaimed visual novel, this definitive version features never-before-seen voice acting to better immerse you in the heart of this intergalactic journey that transcends time through love.
August 30: Commandos 3 – HD Remaster (Cloud, Console & PC)
Another game that will be available as soon as it is released in Xbox Game Pass. Remastered version of the legendary tactical action game from the 2000s. Here you lead a group of commandos through multiple campaigns against the German army. It’s up to you to carry out different missions that take place on the landing beaches in Normandy, Central Europe via the ruins of Stalingrad.
August 30: Immortality (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X|S)
Independent game that will also be available in Xbox Game Pass on day one. Final production of Sam Barlow (Her Story, Telling Lies), the title invites you to investigate the disappearance of Marissa Marcel. The young actress could have become a movie star, but the three films she made were never released. Fight through the lost footage and uncover the truth about what happened to him.
August 30: Immortals Fenyx Rising (Cloud, Console & PC)
Zelda-like open world game by Ubisoft set in ancient Greece. In Immortal Fenyx Rising you play a new winged demigod who must simultaneously save his ancestors and the world.
August 30: Tinykin (Console & PC)
Another indie game available in Xbox Game Pass on day one. Inspired by Pikmin and Paper Mario, the title follows the adventures of Milo, an intergalactic explorer who must team up with insects with unique powers to explore the environment and solve puzzles.
16 new games compatible with tactical controls
In addition to all these new additions to the catalogue, sixteen new games are compatible with touch controls via Xbox Cloud Gaming. It has some nice titles in the crowd.
- coffee talk
- skate
- dragon age 2
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Origins of the Dragon Age
- Super mega baseball 3
- Floppy Knights
- TMNT Shredder’s Revenge
- match point
- Turbo Golf Race
- MLB The Show 22
- Turnip Boy commits tax evasion
- My friend Peppa Pig
- Two point campus
- Choir
- Paw Patrol – the movie Saving Adventure City
Xbox Game Pass will be released in August 2022
All these new features of August 2022 Xbox Game Pass are also accompanied by some releases, with a few nuggets in the lot. You have until August 31st to try the following games. Remember that as part of your subscription you get a 20% discount on each of them if you decide to keep them.
- Elite Dangerous (Cloud & Console)
- Hades (Cloud, Console & PC)
- Myst (Cloud, Console & PC)
- NBA 2K22 (Cloud and Console)
- Signs of the Sojourner (Cloud, Console & PC)
- Spiritfarer (Cloud, Console & PC)
- Twelve Minutes (Cloud, Console & PC)
- Two Point Hospital (Cloud, Console & PC)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Cloud, Console & PC)
- World War Z (Cloud, Console & PC)
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