Xbox Game Pass day: 15 new titles launch August 27
Fifteen new Xbox titles arrive today, August 27, and the standout Xbox Game Pass day launch is Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, available day one. The slate also includes Star Wars Zero Company and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, giving subscribers and buyers a packed midweek drop.
Key Takeaways
- Fifteen new Xbox games release on August 27, according to Pure Xbox.
- Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy launches day one on Xbox Game Pass; Pure Xbox scored it 9/10.
- Star Wars Zero Company and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 also land today.
- The remaining slate spans tactics, platformers, cozy games, and indie adventures.
What is launching on this Xbox Game Pass day?
Pure Xbox flagged an unusually busy single-day wave rather than waiting for a weekly roundup. The headliner for Xbox Game Pass is Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, a prequel set in the A Plague Tale universe.
Players take on Sophia on the Minotaur's Island, outsmarting foes, unraveling secrets, and confronting a mythical creature tied to a devastating curse. Xbox Wire places the story 15 years before A Plague Tale: Requiem and lists the title as Optimized for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
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Which big-name Xbox games matter most today?
Beyond Game Pass, Star Wars Zero Company arrives as a single-player turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars. Xbox Wire describes players stepping into the role of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading Zero Company against an emerging galactic threat.
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 bundles Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version), per Konami's listing on Xbox Wire. Games Asylum notes critical praise for preserving MGS4 beyond its original PlayStation 3 lock-in.
Official week-ahead details are on Xbox Wire.
What else is in the 15-game Xbox slate?
Pure Xbox's August 27 list also includes Aggelos 2, Brigandine Abyss, Golftacular!, Horripilant, Infection Free Zone, Lizards Must Die 2, Lou's Lagoon, Monty The Play Bear, Murders on the Yangtze River, Tearscape, The Immortal John Triptych, and Whisper Of The House.
Those range from action-platformers and strategy RPGs to cozy decoration games and detective adventures. Pure Xbox highlighted that several of today's launches already carry strong review scores, with Resonance standing out at 9/10.
Whether you subscribe for the day-one Plague Tale prequel or buy into Star Wars or Metal Gear, August 27 is one of the denser midweek Xbox calendars of late.