Xbox Game Pass Titles For July Announced, GTA 5 Is Back

Xbox Game Pass subscribers can now rejoice as GTA 5 is coming back in July. In a recent post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft unveiled the latest lineup of games joining its subscription service. Taking the spotlight is, of course, GTA 5. This isn’t the first time GTA 5 is coming to Microsoft’s game subscription service, but the third. The last time GTA 5 was on Game Pass was in April 2020; it was unfortunately taken down around a month later and temporarily replaced by Red Dead Redemption 2. However, it returned to the service in April 2021 with the added perk of Xbox Cloud Gaming support, only to be removed again in August of the same year.

Xbox Game Pass Price Increase Soon After GTA 5 Addition

It’s worth mentioning that this announcement comes just one day before the price increase of Xbox Game Pass. Starting tomorrow, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will be priced at $16.99 monthly, while the regular Xbox Game Pass for consoles will cost $10.99 monthly. However, the PC Game Pass subscription will remain at the current price of $9.99 per month. So, if you haven’t already purchased or renewed your Xbox Game Pass subscription, now would be an opportune time to do so.

The additions aren’t limited to GTA 5, as July brings some other games as well, along with a list of games that will be leaving Game Pass:

Games Coming To Game Pass In July 2023

• Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 5
• Forza Horizon 5 Barbie (DLC) – July 5
• FIFA 23 Women’s World Cup (DLC) – July 5
• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – Battle of Zhongyuan (DLC) – July 5
• Sniper Elite 5: Kraken Awakes (DLC) – July 6
• McPixel 3 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 6
• Common’hood (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 11
• Insurgency: Sandstorm (PC) – July 11
• Exoprimal (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 14
• Techtonica (Game Preview) (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 18
• The Cave (Cloud and Console) – July 18

Games Leaving Game Pass In July 2023

• Exo One (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Spelunky 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Apart from GTA 5, The most notable addition this month is Capcom’s Exoprimal, which launches day one on Game Pass. If you haven’t preordered it yet, check out our guide on which version to go for.