Quick Summary
The first batch of Xbox Game Pass games for July have been announced and they include the superb Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2.
It’s just a shame that you’ll be losing Dungeons of Hinterberg and another nine games in the process.
Xbox is in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment, with 1,600 employees sadly losing their jobs in the last few days, with the same number again poised for redundancy next year too.
It ends a decade of investment by Microsoft into studio and publisher acquisitions, and in Xbox Game Pass – the subscription service thought to be the future of the brand. The gambles simply didn’t work out.
But that doesn’t mean it is ready to give up on Game Pass just yet. And with this month’s lineup of free games, it seems to be business as usual. The addition of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 on 21 July is a true highlight, as it becomes available to Xbox Game Pass Premium members, as well as Ultimate and PC Game Pass.
It is without a shadow of doubt one of the greatest remakes of all time, with two essential skateboarding games updated with modern graphics and control systems.
It’ll also be joined by Gears of War: Reloaded (now for Premium members), Tamashika, Ascend to Zero, PBA Pro Bowling 2026, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, Mavrix by Matt Jones, FixForce, and The Planet Crafter. While Fogpiercer is coming to PC.
There’s just one caveat… the list of games leaving Game Pass is arguably even better.
Sadly, if.you haven’t played the excellent Dungeons of Hinterberg yet, you only have a week left to do so. The same with Powerwash Simulator and Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition.
They lead a lineup of 10 games being removed on 15 July, which seems like more than usual. Let’s hope this doesn’t become a trend.
Still, regardless of Xbox’s current issues and the great “reset” it’s undertaking, taking to the half-pipe in Mr Hawk’s Converse All-Stars should take your mind off it for a while.
