Rumor: Another Xbox Game Pass Leak Reveals Game Coming on August 8 (2024)

Xbox Game Pass is set to receive Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on August 8. That's according to a newly emerged report from a reliable Xbox Game Pass leaker.

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 that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is coming to Xbox Game Pass sometime in August 2024.

Several weeks later, eXtas1s has now narrowed down that release timing to a single date, taking to Twitter to assert that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is "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 its Xbox Cloud Gaming support remains 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 that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will reach Xbox Game Pass later 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, only Diablo 4 made its way to the XGP catalog back in March. But between the imminent arrival of Modern Warfare 3 and this newly leaked addition of Crash 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 6 has 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 of Spyro Reignited Trilogy arriving 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-adventure Creatures of Ava and narrative-driven adventure SOPA: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Both of them are day-one releases, with Inverge Studios' Creatures of Ava being scheduled to debut on August 7. Meanwhile, StudioBando's SOPA is 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, and A Short Hike.

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