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Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass June 2025 Wave 2 lineup in what is a strong month for the subscription service.
As confirmed in a post on Xbox Wire, available today is Remedy’s co-op first-person Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) in Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day one release. Also today is Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Console and PC) via Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard, and Lost in Random: The Eternal Die (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day one launch.
Tomorrow, June 18, sees the release of Star Trucker (Xbox Series X|S) and Wildfrost (Console) into Game Pass Standard.
June 19 sees 5v5 online arcade soccer game Rematch (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) hit Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass as a day one release. It’s worth noting that crossplay is not available at launch, which means PC Game Pass players can’t play with Steam players.
Moving on to June 24, Volcano Princess (Cloud, Console, and PC) is added to Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. June 26 is a big day for Game Pass, with Against the Storm (Cloud and Console) via Game Pass Ultimate (it’s currently available on Xbox PC and coming soon to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta).
Blizzard is set to release a trio of PC Warcraft games on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, all on June 26: Warcraft I: Remastered (PC); Warcraft II: Remastered (PC); and Warcraft III: Reforged (PC).
And here’s a surprise: Call of Duty: WWII (Console and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard on June 30. This is Sledgehammer Games’ 2017 Call of Duty effort, which has a Headquarters social space where players can call down loot boxes onto Normandy beach.
Moving into the early part of July, Little Nightmares II (Cloud, Console, and PC) hits Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard on July 1, and also on that day, Rise of the Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC) returns to the Game Pass library across Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, and Game Pass Standard.
Xbox Game Pass June 2025 Wave 2 lineup:
- Star Trucker (Xbox Series X|S) – June 18 Now with Game Pass Standard
- Wildfrost (Console) – June 18 Now with Game Pass Standard
- Rematch (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – June 19 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Volcano Princess (Cloud, Console, and PC) – June 24 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Against the Storm (Cloud and Console) – June 26 Game Pass Ultimate
- Warcraft I: Remastered (PC) – June 26 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Warcraft II: Remastered (PC) – June 26 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Warcraft III: Reforged (PC) – June 26 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass
- Call of Duty: WWII (Console and PC) – June 30 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
- Little Nightmares II (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 1 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC) – July 1 Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard
Leaving Xbox Game Pass on June 30:
As always, a number of games leave Game Pass this month. Subscribers can get a discount to save up to 20% to keep the games in their library.
- Arcade Paradise (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Journey to the Savage Planet (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- My Friend Peppa Pig (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Robin Hood: Sherwood Builders (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- SteamWorld Dig (Cloud and Console)
- SteamWorld Dig 2 (Console and PC)
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