Xbox Game Pass to Add Massive Lineup of AAA Titles This July, Including Red Dead Redemption 2 and Assassin’s Creed Mirage

Microsoft is doubling down on its subscription service with a blockbuster month for Xbox Game Pass in July. The company announced a fresh wave of AAA titles joining the platform next month, and it’s headlined by none other than Rockstar’s critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 and Ubisoft’s latest action-adventure hit, Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

Red Dead Redemption 2, known for its sprawling Western world and deep narrative, will return to Game Pass on July 11th after a previous stint on the service in 2021. Its reappearance is a welcome surprise, especially for subscribers who may have missed it the first time around. The game holds a 97 Metacritic score and continues to be hailed as one of the greatest open-world titles in gaming history.

Joining it is Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the latest installment in Ubisoft’s stealth-focused franchise, which takes players back to the series’ Middle Eastern roots. Releasing on Game Pass just nine months after its initial launch, Mirage offers a more compact experience that harkens back to the original games, something fans of the series have been craving for years. Having major third-party publishers like Ubisoft release fairly new titles on Game Pass is a significant show of confidence in the platform.

July’s offerings won’t stop there. Other titles confirmed for the month include Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion, the narrative-driven indie gem Citizen Sleeper 2, and EA’s racing title F1 23 — all adding major genre variety to the lineup.

The move reinforces Microsoft’s aggressive push to position Game Pass as the best value in gaming. With increasing competition from Sony’s PlayStation Plus and the growing market for cloud gaming, stacking the subscription with marquee titles gives Xbox a strong upper hand — especially going into the summer gaming lull, when blockbuster releases are more sparse.

Xbox Game Pass continues to transform how players discover and experience games, and with July’s lineup, subscribers have plenty of reasons to keep their controllers charged.