Xbox Game Pass is rolling out a busy weekly update featuring seven games making moves across different tiers, anchored by the Grounded 2 Game Preview expansion.
Quick Facts
- August 11: Grounded 2 (Game Preview) expands to Game Pass Premium, alongside Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
- August 11: Bounty Star expands to Game Pass Premium.
- August 11: Date Everything! joins Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass.
- August 12: Ball x Pit expands to Game Pass Premium.
- August 13: Cricket 26 and Sandustry (Game Preview, PC only) join the service.
- August 13: Mio: Memories in Orbit expands to Game Pass Premium.
- August 15: Menace, Atlas Fallen, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and Firewatch leave the service.
Grounded 2 and Premium Tier Expansions
The primary highlight of the week is Obsidian Entertainment's survival adventure sequel, Grounded 2. While already part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, the title officially expands its reach to the new Game Pass Premium tier starting August 11, 2026, while continuing its ongoing Game Preview phase.
Alongside Grounded 2, several existing titles are also widening their tier availability. Bounty Star moves to Game Pass Premium on August 11, bringing its mech customisation and farming loop to the new tier on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Ball x Pit follows on August 12 with its roguelite dungeon runs, while Mio: Memories in Orbit joins Premium on August 13 across Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC.
New Game Pass Additions
Three titles are genuinely joining the library for the first time this week. Date Everything! arrives on August 11 as a dating simulator turning household objects into companions via magical glasses, available on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, Handheld, and PC.
Sports fans receive Cricket 26 on August 13, bringing an expanded Ashes mode, a Management Career, and a community Academy to Cloud, Console, and PC. Concurrently, factory automation title Sandustry arrives in Game Preview exclusively for PC users, featuring a destructible, pixel-based procedural world.
Games Leaving the Service
Players looking to finish up titles currently in the library have until August 15, 2026, before four games depart the service: Menace (Game Preview on PC), Atlas Fallen, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and Firewatch.