It’s that time of the month again, as the second wave of Xbox Game Pass games for July 2026 has been officially revealed. As usual, subscribers can expect several day-one releases, including one of the biggest games of the month,

Xbox announces July Game Pass part 2 games lineup, including Halo: Campaign Evolved and Pokémon dev's action RPG Beast of Reincarnation

Back in May, Xbox announced that it was creating a "Starter Edition" of Game Pass that was specific to Discord Nitro members as part of their subscription, and now that same tier has also extended over to Meta Horizon+.

Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition reaches a wider audience through a new partnership that gives more players another way to access the service.

The Xbox team has partnered with Meta to offer a new Game Pass starter edition perk to Meta Horizon+ subscribers.

Xbox is testing a free, ad-supported way to stream games from your library. The ads play before a streaming session, and the session lasts for an hour. Players will be able to choose other ways to play at any time.

Xbox has announced it is kicking off a limited test with Xbox Insiders for ad-supported, free game streaming with select titles. Those participating in the test will have the option to stream certain games that they already own from their library for free for one hour on devices that support streaming,