Hades, Katamari Damacy Reroll, Skate series and more come to Game Pass in August

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Microsoft announced today the new games coming to Game Pass in August, headlined by Supergiant Games' smash hit Hades. Other notable additions include the remaster of Katamari Damacy and the first and third titles in EA's popular Skate series. There's also a premium Solitaire experience that is ad-free and features Xbox achievements and an exclusive Game Pass card deck. The full list of titles is below:
  • Curse of the Dead Gods (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 5
  • Dodgeball Academia (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 5
  • Katamari Damacy Reroll (Cloud, Console, and PC) – August 5
  • Lumines Remastered (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 5
  • Skate (Console) EA Play – August 5
  • Skate 3 (Cloud) EA Play – August 5
  • Starmancer (Game Preview) (PC) ID@Xbox – August 5
  • Art of Rally (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 12
  • Hades (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – August 13
  • Microsoft Solitaire Collection: Premium Edition (PC) – August 17
The following titles will also be leaving the service throughout August:
  • Grand Theft Auto V (Cloud and Console) - August 8
  • Ape Out (PC) - August 15
  • Crossing Souls (PC) - August 15
  • Darksiders Genesis (Cloud, Console, and PC) - August 15
  • Don’t Starve (Cloud, Console, and PC) - August 15
  • Final Fantasy VII (Console and PC) - August 15
  • Train Sim World 2020 (Cloud, Console, and PC) - August 15
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They have one called PlayStation Now. I've used it every day for the last two weeks and it sucks so bad I still don't even find it worth reporting on.
PS Now sucks compared to Game Pass. They need to make it cheaper and put way more games on there
 

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Poor Grand Theft Auto. They keep putting it on to remove it like, two weeks later. What's the point?

Hades and Katamari Damacy are good additions. Can't wait to play 'em.
 

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They have one called PlayStation Now. I've used it every day for the last two weeks and it sucks so bad I still don't even find it worth reporting on.
I feel like it has like no games on it unless you’re interested in playing ps3 titles. Which has its place..but isn’t worth it alone
 

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Funny thing about all this is that Nintendo somehow manages to go by only offering some NES and SNES emulated games from decades ago while companies like Microsoft are spending millions on their gaming catalog.
Their paid service is also 1/3 the price of the Xbox / PlayStation's base online-gaming plans, comparing Switch Online to the higher end Game Pass / PlayStation Now plans is like comparing apples to oranges, really.
 

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My gamepass trial is expiring in a couple days and I might actually keep the base subscription.

PSA: You can basically get gamepass for free (US) if you spend 5 minutes everyday doing Microsoft Rewards
 

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My gamepass trial is expiring in a couple days and I might actually keep the base subscription.

PSA: You can basically get gamepass for free (US) if you spend 5 minutes everyday doing Microsoft Rewards
Not only that, you could make a new account, spend $1 to get 1 month of gou, set as main xbox and done.
Also free multiplayer for free games like warzone, fortnite, apex and so on, its just godly service
 

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Interesting, so they remove random games too... that's annoying. Still plenty of games there to play to justify that subscription fee rather than actually buying the one game you actually want!
 

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My gamepass trial is expiring in a couple days and I might actually keep the base subscription.

PSA: You can basically get gamepass for free (US) if you spend 5 minutes everyday doing Microsoft Rewards
Not only that, you could make a new account, spend $1 to get 1 month of gou, set as main xbox and done.
Also free multiplayer for free games like warzone, fortnite, apex and so on, its just godly service
Ooh, are we doing "cheaper game pass" tricks here? Can I mention the "lapse subscription entirely, buy cheaper Gold, buy a month of Ultimate, and let it all convert" one?
 

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Their paid service is also 1/3 the price of the Xbox / PlayStation's base online-gaming plans, comparing Switch Online to the higher end Game Pass / PlayStation Now plans is like comparing apples to oranges, really.
Paying up $6 more to have access to proper games instead of just some emulated decades old games is way more worth it, but I guess that with Nintendo you are paying up for the multiplayer aspect and not the games themselves hence it is cheaper.

This makes me wonder why Nintendo still didn't come up with a more expensive 'premium' online service type of deal with 'proper' games attached to it akin of what Microsoft and Sony are doing, maybe they just don't think it is worth doing because of the time and money they may need to put into such endeavor, I dunno.
 
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My gamepass trial is expiring in a couple days and I might actually keep the base subscription.

PSA: You can basically get gamepass for free (US) if you spend 5 minutes everyday doing Microsoft Rewards
Cancel your gamepass and do the gold conversion trick
 

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Paying up $6 more to have access to proper games instead of just some emulated decades old games is way more worth it, but I guess that with Nintendo you are paying up for the multiplayer aspect and not the games themselves hence it is cheaper.
Yeah I definitely view the Switch Online plan as basically barebones online, with some small retro offerings as a bonus (the NES/SNES lineups and Tetris 99 / Pac-Man 99)
Also, it's $20 a year. That's nothing. Hell, you can get the $35/year family plan and share with 7 other people for free. That's what I do, anyways.

This makes me wonder why Nintendo still didn't come up with a more expensive 'premium' online service type of deal with 'proper' games attached to it akin of what Microsoft and Sony are doing, maybe they just don't think it is worth doing because of the time and money they may need to put into such endeavor, I dunno.
Because their games sell for $60 forever, so they don't need to do that to garner a larger fanbase and make more money like, say, Xbox needs to. Might not the best for consumers, sure, but it works well for Nintendo as a corporation, because most Switch owners are gonna keep buying the $60 games.
 
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They have one called PlayStation Now. I've used it every day for the last two weeks and it sucks so bad I still don't even find it worth reporting on.
True! Barely any content and you pay more than Game Pass!? Ridiculous
The Xbox Series X is already better because remember
Without the games, there is no game system
 

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