Xbox Game Pass adds nine new titles in August wave 2

Microsoft announced nine new games joining Xbox Game Pass in August 2026 (second wave), including Vapor World: Over the Mind, BlazBlue Entropy Effect X, Relooted, Starsand Island, Aerial_Knight’s DropShot, Blood Dungeon, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Young Suns, and Shelldiver; these arrive Aug 19–31 (Shelldiver also on Sept 1) across Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Cloud, Console, and Handheld where applicable, with some titles expanding to Premium. The service will also remove several games at the end of August/early September: Another Crab’s Treasure, I Am Your Beast, Neon Abyss, One Lonely Outpost, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered (Aug 31) and NBA 2K26 (Sept 6).