A recent Xbox Game Pass day one game is being hailed by some subscribers of the Microsoft subscription service as a “masterpiece.” The Xbox game in question has been out on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass PC for a few weeks,

Helldivers 2 is finally on its way to Xbox, but if you were hoping to play it through Game Pass, don’t hold your breath. Arrowhead Game Studios has made it very clear that the game won’t be part of Xbox’s subscription service,

As usual, there could be plenty of additions to this list, and a few of these games might stick around for Xbox Game Pass for even longer, but it seems likely that we'll lose at least some of these in August 2025. Our predictions usually turn out to be anywhere from 30%-80% correct - you never know how accurate they'll be!