{"id":1179135,"date":"2026-08-31T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1179135\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:30:23","slug":"five-new-xbox-games-are-releasing-today-plus-augusts-final-game-pass-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1179135\/","title":{"rendered":"Five New Xbox Games Are Releasing Today, Plus August&#8217;s Final Game Pass Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Four New Xbox Games Are Releasing Today, Plus August&#039;s Final Game Pass Addition 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/029a5fc9a1393\/four-new-xbox-games-are-releasing-today-plus-augusts-final-game-pass-addition-1.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/four-new-xbox-games-are-releasing-today-plus-augusts-final-game-pass-addition-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Four New Xbox Games Are Releasing Today, Plus August's Final Game Pass Addition 1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the final day of the August, which means today&#8217;s games are the last of the month, so we thought we&#8217;d whip &#8217;em up for you to have a look at.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/guides\/xbox-game-pass-in-2026-the-full-list-of-everything-announced-so-far\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xbox Game Pass<\/a> has had a rather wobbly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/guides\/xbox-game-pass-all-games-coming-soon-in-august-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August<\/a>, offering comparatively little for Ultimate subscribers compared to previous months, and it seems Microsoft wants to round things off in much the same way. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2025\/11\/surprise-young-suns-has-quietly-shadow-dropped-today-on-xbox-game-pass\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Young Suns<\/strong><\/a> is launching into version 1.0 today and becoming available to Premium tier members after a stint on Ultimate.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s launching on Xbox today <strong>(August 31)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>On this page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/five-new-xbox-games-are-releasing-today-plus-augusts-final-game-pass-addition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Five New Xbox Games Are Releasing Today, Plus August&#8217;s Final Game Pass Addition<\/a><\/p>\n<ol class=\"scrollbars\">\n<li class=\"open first\">1.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/five-new-xbox-games-are-releasing-today-plus-augusts-final-game-pass-addition#young-suns-1-0-new-to-xgp-premium-xbox-game-pass\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Young Suns 1.0 &#8211; New to XGP Premium (Xbox Game Pass)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"open last\">2.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/five-new-xbox-games-are-releasing-today-plus-augusts-final-game-pass-addition#new-xbox-releases-august-31\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Xbox Releases (August 31)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2025\/11\/surprise-young-suns-has-quietly-shadow-dropped-today-on-xbox-game-pass\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Young Suns 1.0<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; New to XGP Premium (Xbox Game Pass)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Build a home on your own spaceship and take it adventuring across a newly liberated Jupiter. A cozy 1-4 player narrative life sim where you explore, salvage, and repair to help a huge cast of lovable characters make society better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New Xbox Releases (August 31)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xbox.com%2Fgames%2Fstore%2Fpuzzledorf%2F9n7rdj33k5gt&amp;key=ae68f205e9e6fcdefa7db1ab4f93a912\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Puzzledorf<\/a> (August 31):<\/strong> &#8220;With vibrant worlds and soothing melodies, Puzzledorf is a nostalgic pixel art trip to the 80\u2019s. Puzzledorf has a gentle learning curve before it hits you with brain-breaking puzzles.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/serious_sam_shatterverse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serious Sam: Shatterverse<\/a> (August 31):<\/strong> &#8220;Serious Sam Stone is back, but this time he&#8217;s not alone. Uber Mental&#8217;s maniacal machinations have fractured the walls between universes, and now Sam&#8217;s from multiple dimensions must learn to work together to repair the Shatterverse.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xbox.com%2Fen-US%2Fgames%2Fstore%2FSticker-Picker-Xbox-Series%2F9PPG7D7MQX98&amp;key=ae68f205e9e6fcdefa7db1ab4f93a912\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sticker Picker<\/a><\/strong> <strong>(August 31):<\/strong> &#8220;Put your observation skills to the test in Sticker Picker, a fun spot-the-difference game filled with vibrant scenes and charming characters from the Afil Games universe.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xbox.com%2Fen-GB%2Fgames%2Fstore%2Flady-death-demonicron%2F9pj56jsp05v0&amp;key=ae68f205e9e6fcdefa7db1ab4f93a912\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" class=\"external afflink\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lady Death Demonicron<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(August 31):<\/strong> &#8220;Lady Death Demonicron is an all new side-scrolling, sword-slicing, magic-wielding, 15 level co-op hack and slash that takes the best aspects of the 1990s arcade classics all mixed together with a killer industrial-metal soundtrack.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will you be playing any of these Xbox games today? Talk to us about it down in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/advertising\" target=\"_blank\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783659679_926_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Craig Reid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Craig is a Staff Writer and former Video Producer at Pure Xbox, where he covers the biggest games in the world of Xbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the final day of the August, which means today&#8217;s games are the last of the month, so&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1179136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[126,419,53,16,15,289,293,292,291],"class_list":["post-1179135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-features","tag-round-up","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xbox","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-s","tag-xbox-series-x"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117190843806697383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1179136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}