This month there are many opportunities to brush up on our real-life skills through play, including solving puzzles, cooking, building a settlement on the back of a giant wandering creature to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, and even that Taking photos! Let’s get to the games.
Available today
technonics (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console and PC)
Available from day one with Game Pass: Delve into the subterranean, bioluminescent world of a renegade alien planet as you explore and build sprawling factories technonics. Work solo or in co-op to master automation, gather resources, research new technologies, sculpt destructible terrain, build a base of operations, and uncover long-forgotten mysteries.
toem (Cloud, Console and PC)
Embark on a delightful expedition and discover the mysteries of magic through your photographic eye toem in this hand drawn adventure game. Chat with whimsical characters, solve their problems by taking awesome photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
The cave (cloud and console)
The cave is an adventure game by monkey island And Maniac Mansion Creator Ron Gilbert and Double Fine Productions, the award-winning studio behind it psychonauts And Brutal Legend. Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personality, and then descend into the mysterious depths.
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Model (Console and PC) – July 19th
Model is a recursive first-person puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object is both tiny and mind-bogglingly large. Model makes it possible by recursively twisting the world in on itself in a MC Escher-esque way.
Fig. 2: Creed Valley (Cloud, Console and PC) – July 20th
Fig. 2: Creed Valley is an action-adventure game set in the human mind. Nightmares spread chaos and have overrun once peaceful lands. Join Dusty, the brave of The Mind, on your way through puzzles, musical boss fights and unique environments.
The Wandering Village (Cloud, Console and PC) – July 20th
The Wandering Village is a city building simulation game on the back of a giant roaming creature. Build your settlement and enter into a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world infested with poisonous plants?
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series X|S) – July 25th
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new standalone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone’s adventures.
Venba (Console and PC) – July 31st
Available from day one with Game Pass: Venba is a short narrative cooking game in which you take on the role of an Indian mother who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook different dishes and restore lost recipes, engage in branching conversations, and explore themes of family, love, loss, and more in this story.
Celeste (Cloud, Console and PC) – August 1st
Celeste returns to the Game Pass library! Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain in this super tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Face hundreds of handcrafted challenges, uncover devious mysteries and solve the mystery of the mountain.
DLC/Game Updates
Hell: Bladepoint Deluxe Edition Upgrade – Available now
Hell: Bladepoint is now free to play and all Game Pass members will receive a free conversion from the current Standard Edition to the new Deluxe Edition, as well as in-game rewards. Learn more here.
League of Legends Champion: Naafiri – July 20th
Game Pass members can unlock the latest immediately League of Legends Champion, Naafiri, on July 20 with their membership. Your pack will always find the lone prey. So the choice is yours: starve or feast.
Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – 20th of July
Travel deep into the Caribbean with us Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island – an original story told in parts across three Tall Tales, the first of which will be released on July 20th. It’s a hilarious, heartfelt love letter to the iconic adventure game series!
Dead by daylight: Nicolas Cage DLC – July 25th
Game Pass members save 10% on this DLC! you know him well Nick Cage is a legend with over a hundred films he has seen and experienced. But when he landed a role in the movie Descend Beyond, he never expected it Caught in the clutches of The Entity, he endured an eternity of endless trials alongside co-stars who might just be out to hook him.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefits
Crunchyroll Premium Advantage – July 20th
For a limited time, get 75 days of Crunchyroll Premium (Mega Fan Plan) with your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. Stream the world’s largest anime library of 1,000+ titles ad-free anywhere you want. Press play on music videos, concerts, manga and more!
FIFA 23 EA Play Ultimate Team Pack – July 21st
Get your EA Play FUTTIES Super Loan Pack with a Loan Player Item for you FIFA 23 Ultimate team! Game Pass Ultimate and EA Play members can claim this bundle from July 21st to August 21st, 2023.
Naruto Shippuden Uncut Season 1 – Available now
Enjoy the first season of Naruto Shippuden Uncut with your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership. Naruto returns to the village hidden in the leaves and takes on his old sensei. Get more seasons of Naruto and hundreds of other anime series on sale during Microsoft Movies & TV’s Anime Month.
Departure on July 31st
The following games will soon be removed from the Game Pass library, so there’s no better time to jump back in. If you want to keep having fun, remember to use your member discount to save up to 20% on these games to keep them in your library.
- dream shaper (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Expeditions: Rome (pc)
- Marvel’s Avengers (Cloud, Console and PC)
- The climb (Cloud, Console and PC)
- Two Point Campus (Cloud, Console and PC)
That’s a wrap! You know we’ll be back with more games soon, but in the meantime, follow us below @XboxGamePassPC And @XboxGamePass on Twitter for the usual memes and updates. Until next time!
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