Microsoft has announced the first batch of titles that will be available this July on Xbox Game Pass, and as befits the games industry’s summer lull, it’s looking like a relatively quiet couple of weeks.
The only new title available today is Last Call BBS, a meta puzzle game in which you play a suite of titles on a retro computer. It’s the last game from Spacechem and Infinifactory developer Zachtronics, and it’s available now on Game Pass for PC.
Also today, Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 return to Game Pass after a not-too-protracted absence. They’re all available on cloud, console, and PC.
In the next two weeks there will be a few more day-one Game Pass launches: Matchpoint: Tennis Championships (July 7, cloud, console, and PC), which is a tennis game; Escape Academy (July 14, console, and PC), which is an escape room compilation; and PowerWash Simulator (July 14, cloud, console, and PC), which lets you clean things with a power washer. Satisfying.
Young families are also well catered for, with the addition of games in two pre-school mega-franchises: My Friend Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls both arrive on July 14 on cloud, console, and PC).
Here’s the full list of Game Pass releases for the first half of July:
- Last Call BBS (PC) — July 5
- Yakuza 0 (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 5
- Yakuza Kiwami (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 5
- Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 5
- DJMax Respect 5 (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 7
- Matchpoint: Tennis Championships (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 7
- Road 96 (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 7
- Escape Academy (Console and PC) — July 14
- My Friend Peppa Pig (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 14
- Overwhelm (PC) — July 14
- Paw Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 14
- PowerWash Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC) — July 14
As usual, a new month also means we’ll be saying goodbye to a few games. These are the titles leaving Xbox Game Pass on July 15:
- Atomicrops (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Carrion (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Children of Morta (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Cris Tales (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Lethal League Blaze (Cloud, Console, and PC)
