Summary
Xbox Game Passis set to receiveCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogyon August 8. That’s according to a newly emerged report from a reliableXbox Game Passleaker.
The source in question is eXtas1s, a Spanish YouTuber who boasts a substantial track record of credible Microsoft-related scoops. The content creator originally reported on this release back in early July, when he claimed thatCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogyis coming to Xbox Game Passsometime in August 2024.
Several weeks later, eXtas1s has now narrowed down that release timing to a single date, taking to Twitter to assert thatCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogyis “100%” certain to reach Microsoft’s subscription service on August 8. The YouTuber’s original leak claimed that the remake trilogy would be available to both PC and console users, but that itsXbox Cloud Gaming supportremains up in the air.
Xbox Game Pass Is Finally Picking Up Pace With Activision Titles
This report arrives less than 24 hours after Microsoft announced thatCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3will reach Xbox Game Passlater today, July 24. That addition, which was also leaked in advance, suggests that the subscription service is finally picking up pace with releasing Activision Blizzard titles. Since Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in October 2023, onlyDiablo 4made its way to the XGP catalog back in March. But between the imminent arrival ofModern Warfare 3and this newly leaked addition ofCrash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, it would appear that the service is at last starting to embrace Activision Blizzard’s titles.
Looking beyond the summer of 2024,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6has also already been confirmed as a day-one Xbox Game Pass release. The 2024 installment in the long-running FPS series is scheduled to debut on October 25. In the meantime, rumors ofSpyro Reignited Trilogyarriving on Xbox Game Pass have also been circulating the industry for a while now. They first emerged online in April 2024, when the remake compilation was quietly added to the Microsoft Store.
As for the month ahead, Xbox Game Pass currently has only two officially confirmed titles for August 2024: action-adventureCreatures of Avaand narrative-driven adventureSOPA: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Both of them are day-one releases, with Inverge Studios’Creatures of Avabeing scheduled to debut on August 7. Meanwhile, StudioBando’sSOPAis still waiting for a firm release date. Ahead of their arrivals, Xbox Game Pass will lose three games on July 31:Venba,Train Sim World 4, andA Short Hike.
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