The games leaving the service in this wave are DJMax Respect V, Empire of Sin, Matchpoint – Tennis Championships, Olija, Omori and Road 96. The final two games, which join in July, are management adventure Arcade Paradise (July 3) and action-RPG Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (July 5). These include action-adventure game Bramble: The Mountain King (June 27), metroidvania F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch (June 27) and classic farming sim Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (June 29). Most of the rest of the games join next week. The titles coming this week are both the aforementioned day one launch - adventure game The Bookwalker - and a major release - Need for Speed Unbound, which launched last November. This wave of games will be the last ones added before the price goes up.
This is the first announcement of new games since Xbox confirmed it’s increasing the monthly price of an Xbox Game Pass subscription. While this cluster of games only contains one new launch, it also has a few major recent releases.
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