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In total, there are four Xbox Game Pass games currently confirmed for August 2023. They includeCelesteon August 1,Everspace 2on August 15,The Texas Chain Saw Massacreon August 18, and finally,Sea of Starson August 29. Platform specifics have yet to come for some of these, but fans can expect them all to be playable on Xbox consoles at the very least when they join the subscription service in August.
Xbox Game Pass August 2023 Games
A couple of weeks afterCelestejoins the Xbox Game Pass service,Everspace 2is getting added to the lineup. A space combat game,Everspace 2first released for PC Game Pass back in April, but now it’s coming to consoles.Everspace 2has earned mostly positive reviews on PC, and while it remains to be seen how console gamers will react to it, it should make it a solid addition to the Game Pass console library. Those interested can check outEverspace 2on August 15.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacrevideo game is coming to Xbox Game Passthree days afterEverspace 2, on August 18. A brand-new asymmetric multiplayer horror game in the same vein ofDead by Daylight,The Texas Chain Saw Massacreis a 3v4 game where three players take on the role of Leatherface and his twisted family members, while four others play as the unlucky survivors. The game is mostly based on the originalTexas Chain Saw Massacrefilm from 1974, which should make it especially appealing to fans of the old-school slasher horror franchise. And withFriday the 13th: The Gameshutting down, there’s certainly room for a new asymmetric multiplayer horror game on the block.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s multiplayer-only focusmakes it a perfect fit for Xbox Game Pass. This way,Texas Chain Saw Massacrehas a built-in audience right off the bat, which should ensure that there are plenty of players out of the gate. Of course, it will only be able to maintain its audience if the game is actually good, so it will be interesting to see howTexas Chain Saw Massacrefares come August 18.
And finally, the fourth game confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in August 2023 isthrowback RPGSea of Stars. Set to launch on August 29,Sea of Starstakes inspiration from genre classics likeChrono Trigger, and what’s been shown so far proves that the game has a ton of potential.Sea of Starsis notable for not only being a day one Xbox Game Pass game, but also a day one PS Plus Extra game, the first time a game has been released on day one for both services simultaneously. This should make it so many more people have the chance to playSea of Starsthan would have otherwise, and one has to wonder if any future games will have simultaneous day one releases across PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass in future.
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