Xbox confirmed its July 2026 Game Pass Wave 1 lineup on July 7, headlined by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, the full Palworld 1.0 release, The Planet Crafter, and a remastered Gears of War: Reloaded. The wave lands across Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC tiers through July 21 Xbox Wire.
The headline draw is a remaster of a console classic and a long-awaited full launch. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 arrives July 21 on Cloud, Console, and PC for Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass Xbox Wire. Palworld, which has sat in early access on the service, hits its 1.0 full release on July 10 across Cloud, Console, and PC Xbox Wire.
What Game Pass Ultimate and PC players get first
The earliest arrivals are already live or land within days. Winds of Arcana: Ruination, a fully voiced 2.5D action Metroidvania, was available from July 6 on Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC Xbox Wire. Gears of War: Reloaded, an Unreal Engine remaster of the original with all post-launch content, joins Game Pass Premium on July 9 and was already on Ultimate and PC Game Pass Xbox Wire.
Ascend to Zero follows on July 13 for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, a Cloud, Series X|S, Handheld, and PC title Xbox Wire. The Planet Crafter lands July 21 on Cloud, Console, and PC alongside the Tony Hawk collection Xbox Wire.
The rest of the July 2026 Wave 1 schedule
The middle of the month fills in with a mix of indie and arcade titles. PBA Pro Bowling 2026 arrives July 14, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check joins Game Pass Premium on July 15, and Mavrix by Matt Jones follows July 16 Xbox Wire. FixForce and the PC-only Fogpiercer both land July 17 Xbox Wire. Tamashika, a corridor shooter, opened alongside Gears of War: Reloaded on July 9 Xbox Wire.
Subscribers also get in-game benefits this month. A new League of Legends champion, Locke the Ashen Exorcist, was available at announcement on PC across Ultimate, Premium, Essential, and PC Game Pass, and Wuthering Waves rewards arrive July 10 on Series X|S and PC Xbox Wire.
Xbox Game Pass July 2026 Wave 1: What it means for subscribers
This wave is heavier on catalog remasters and live-service hooks than on brand-new exclusives. The Palworld 1.0 drop is the one with real staying power — it turns a much-played early-access survival game into its finished form on the same subscription, which is exactly the kind of “already playing it, now it’s complete” value Game Pass uses to justify the monthly fee.
The Tony Hawk remaster is the safe nostalgia play, and Gears of War: Reloaded gives players who skipped the 2025-era remaster another shot at the original’s campaign with modern controls. If your backlog is already deep, July 21 is the day to circle — that is when both Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 and The Planet Crafter hit at once.
One thing worth flagging for new subscribers: the tier matters this month. Winds of Arcana, Tamashika, Ascend to Zero, and the July 17 pair (FixForce and Fogpiercer) are Cloud and Console titles, so they play on the Series X|S, the handheld, and PC without a disc.
Palworld 1.0 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 span Cloud, Console, and PC across Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass, which is the broadest reach in the wave. If you are on Game Pass Essential, the in-game League of Legends and Wuthering Waves perks are the main thing you can claim — the big game drops are Ultimate and above.
Bottom line: Xbox Game Pass July 2026 Wave 1, announced July 7 on Xbox Wire, delivers 13 additions led by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (July 21), Palworld 1.0 (July 10), The Planet Crafter (July 21), and Gears of War: Reloaded (July 9) — a remaster-and-live-service month rather than a slate of new exclusives, with the full schedule running through July 21 across Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC tiers Xbox Wire.
