Here are the games joining and leaving PC Game Pass in August
Death Stranding might be one of them.
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It looks like Death Stranding is coming to PC Game Pass.
The addition hasn’t been announced officially, but thePC Game Pass accounton Twitter changed its avatar to an image of a Death Stranding vista and posted a tweet that says “sometimes we just like a good landscape picture.“Oh you guys.
There’s some doubt in the tweet’s replies as to whether the screenshot was from Death Stranding or another game, but then someone found the rock pictured in the PC Game Pass avatar andposted a screenshotof Norman Reedus pissing on it. So, yeah, I think Death Stranding is coming to PC Game Pass at some point.
A related but superfluous thought: Last year, Microsoft renamed the PC version of Game Pass, which used to be called “Xbox Game Pass for PC.” The old name was bad, but now I’m wondering if this scenario was a consideration, too. Game Pass has always offered certain games on PC only, but Death Stranding is a special case: Microsoft can’t offer it on the Xbox version of Game Pass because the console version was published by Sony exclusively for PlayStation consoles. (The PC version was published by 505 Games.)
Neither Sony nor Microsoft would benefit from causing confusion by putting the words “Death Stranding” next to “Xbox”—they’d both have to field questions about a non-existent Xbox version of Death Stranding. Hence the PC Game Pass name change, maybe?
I’m speculating. The console wars have gotten awfully complicated, though, eh? It used to be simple: Mario vs Sonic, Halo vs Killzone. Now the PC has become a weird central territory where the divisions between console factions are blurred. We’ve benefitted as PC gamers, but I’m a little nostalgic for an old-fashioned motion controller arms race.
Found it pic.twitter.com/xlHwrqz0qDAugust 16, 2022
Aside from the Death Stranding tease, Xboxrecently announcedthe games coming to PC Game Pass this month, and the games leaving it. A highlight in the coming-soon category is Her Story creator Sam Barlow’s new FMV game, Immortality. Bethesda also added some games in conjunction with QuakeCon 2022, like Quake 4, Wolfenstein 3D, and early Elder Scrolls games like Battlespire and Redguard. Some bad news is that Hades is leaving Game Pass at the end of August, along with some other well-liked games.
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Here’s the full list of August PC Game Pass arrivals and departures:
Games coming to Game Pass in August
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August 23
August 25
August 30
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Games leaving Game Pass on August 31
Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the ’80s and ’90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call “boomer shooters” now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade (that’s right: he had Bleem!). Tyler joined PC Gamer in 2011, and today he’s focused on the site’s news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League.
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