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Xbox Game Pass lines up more games for August, including Humankind and Psychonauts 2Plus 12 Minutes and more

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Raz from Psychonauts 2 getting a new skill in a dark environment, with bright colours shooting out from behind him.

Last week I wrote that best-game-of-last-year Hades wascoming to Xbox Game Pass in August, alongside some other fine games such asCurse Of The Dead GodsandKatamari Damacy.This was apparently insufficient, since Microsoft have just laid out more games coming to their game subscription service in the Month Of Aug, includingHumankind,12 MinutesandPsychonauts 2.Microsoft laid out the calendarin a new blog post. Top of the list is Humankind, the history-spanning 4X from Amplitude which is available as of today to conicide with its full release. In hisHumankind review, Nate called it a heavyweight alternative to Civilization - strange, overwhelming, and an at times extremely rich strategy game.Top 12 New PC Games For August 2021Watch on YouTubeThere are a couple of other big day-and-date Game Pass launches this month, with timeloop escape room 12 Minutes and mind palace platformer Psychonauts 2. The latter is no surprise, as developers Double Fine were one of Microsoft’s many acquisitions over the past few years.There’s also the Myst remake on the way on August 26th, in case you want to check whether Myst is good yet. Here’s the full list:Humankind - TodayNeed For Speed Heat (cloud) - TodayStar Wars Battlefront 2 (cloud) - TodayStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (cloud) - TodayRecompile - August 19thTrain Sim World 2 - August 19th12 Minutes - August 19thPsychonauts 2 - August 25thMyst - August 26thThe post also mentions a couple of recent additions you might have missed, including Boyfriend Dungeon whichlaunched this past week. PlusStardew Valley is coming sometime this autumn. I don’t personally subscribe to Game Pass, but dang, it’s a lot of games, isn’t it?

Last week I wrote that best-game-of-last-year Hades wascoming to Xbox Game Pass in August, alongside some other fine games such asCurse Of The Dead GodsandKatamari Damacy.This was apparently insufficient, since Microsoft have just laid out more games coming to their game subscription service in the Month Of Aug, includingHumankind,12 MinutesandPsychonauts 2.Microsoft laid out the calendarin a new blog post. Top of the list is Humankind, the history-spanning 4X from Amplitude which is available as of today to conicide with its full release. In hisHumankind review, Nate called it a heavyweight alternative to Civilization - strange, overwhelming, and an at times extremely rich strategy game.Top 12 New PC Games For August 2021Watch on YouTubeThere are a couple of other big day-and-date Game Pass launches this month, with timeloop escape room 12 Minutes and mind palace platformer Psychonauts 2. The latter is no surprise, as developers Double Fine were one of Microsoft’s many acquisitions over the past few years.There’s also the Myst remake on the way on August 26th, in case you want to check whether Myst is good yet. Here’s the full list:Humankind - TodayNeed For Speed Heat (cloud) - TodayStar Wars Battlefront 2 (cloud) - TodayStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (cloud) - TodayRecompile - August 19thTrain Sim World 2 - August 19th12 Minutes - August 19thPsychonauts 2 - August 25thMyst - August 26thThe post also mentions a couple of recent additions you might have missed, including Boyfriend Dungeon whichlaunched this past week. PlusStardew Valley is coming sometime this autumn. I don’t personally subscribe to Game Pass, but dang, it’s a lot of games, isn’t it?

Last week I wrote that best-game-of-last-year Hades wascoming to Xbox Game Pass in August, alongside some other fine games such asCurse Of The Dead GodsandKatamari Damacy.

This was apparently insufficient, since Microsoft have just laid out more games coming to their game subscription service in the Month Of Aug, includingHumankind,12 MinutesandPsychonauts 2.

Microsoft laid out the calendarin a new blog post. Top of the list is Humankind, the history-spanning 4X from Amplitude which is available as of today to conicide with its full release. In hisHumankind review, Nate called it a heavyweight alternative to Civilization - strange, overwhelming, and an at times extremely rich strategy game.

Top 12 New PC Games For August 2021Watch on YouTube

Top 12 New PC Games For August 2021

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There are a couple of other big day-and-date Game Pass launches this month, with timeloop escape room 12 Minutes and mind palace platformer Psychonauts 2. The latter is no surprise, as developers Double Fine were one of Microsoft’s many acquisitions over the past few years.

There’s also the Myst remake on the way on August 26th, in case you want to check whether Myst is good yet. Here’s the full list:

The post also mentions a couple of recent additions you might have missed, including Boyfriend Dungeon whichlaunched this past week. PlusStardew Valley is coming sometime this autumn. I don’t personally subscribe to Game Pass, but dang, it’s a lot of games, isn’t it?