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The rest of July is awesome for Game Pass with huge titles including Grounded 2 set to arrive – here’s what’s coming your way

Published: Jul 15, 2025 10:24 am

If you are a Game Pass subscriber, you’d better start clearing your calendars and storage space for the next few weeks, as Microsoft has dropped a list of games that you are not going to have time to play, all of which are arriving before the end of the month.

As ever, some are going to get your attention more than most, and we will give you the full list in a moment, but first let’s cherry-pick some of what has caught our eye.

Grounded 2

Grounded was a really great game. Its setting, writing, and gameplay all appealed deeply to gamers like us who grew up watching movies where kids got shrunk and put into mild peril. Movies such as Inner Space and Big were staples of our entertainment, and Grounded took us back to a time when that all seemed possible.

Grounded also became a little infamous for being one of the first games to cross the Xbox exclusive divide and enter the enemy camps of Nintendo and PlayStation.

Grounded 2‘s Day One release will follow a similar path, being available only on Xbox and PC at launch.

It’s going to be very cool, and we can’t wait to play this one.

RoboCop: Rogue City

Not new by any means, and with standalone DLC on the horizon as well, RoboCop: Rogue City caught everybody by surprise by being great, and also doing a fantastic job of recreating one of our favorite 80s movies. With appearances by original actors and a game that didn’t fall into the trap of just making another twitch shooter, RRC was really fun, and finding a new audience on Game Pass is its deserved reward.

Farming Simulator 25

Giants Software can do little wrong when it comes to Farming Simulator. Its audience is nailed on, and the size of it is mindblowing. Now, after healthy sales, it is obviously deemed the right time to spread the word further, so get your crops sown before the winter sets in and relax to the sounds of your combine harvester.

Games coming to Game Pass in July’s Wave 2

Outside of those three, we have the return of the excellent High on Life, which was a Day One game back in the day before leaving the service. That’s back from today, and we also have new Souls-like, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, which looks beautiful but challenging.

Here’s the full list of what to expect between now and the end of the month.

Date	Game	Available On
July 15	High On Life	Game Pass Standard, Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, Cloud, PC)
July 17	RoboCop: Rogue City	Game Pass Standard, Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, Cloud, PC)
July 17	My Friendly Neighborhood	Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, Cloud, PC)
July 18	Back to the Dawn	Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, Cloud, PC)
July 22	Abiotic Factor	Game Pass Ultimate (Console)
July 23	Wheel World	Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, PC, Cloud)
July 24	Wuchang: Fallen Feathers	Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, PC, Cloud)
July 29	Grounded 2	Ultimate, PC Game Pass (Console, PC, Cloud)
August 1	Farming Simulator 25	Game Pass Ultimate, Standard, PC Game Pass (Console, PC, Cloud)

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15/07/2025

Dragonbane minis coming to Kickstarter

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Published: Jul 4, 2025 10:17 am

Many of us like to dabble in the world of tabletop gaming as well as settling down with our favorite console or PC game. If that includes you, and you are a fan of the hugely popular Dragonbane TTRPG, then you are very much in luck today.

Publishers Free League have teamed up with mega miniature maker Titan Forge in a partnership that will launch a range of high-quality miniatures for the award-winning fantasy RPG.

Everything We Know About the Dragonbane Miniatures Launch

The Northern Beasts miniatures sets will primarily focus on the monsters found in the Dragonbane Core Set and Bestiary, based on the amazing art by Johan Egerkrans and David Brasgalla, along with a range of heroes to face the horrifying beasts.

Perhaps the coolest aspect of all of this is that he models will also be available for you to 3D print your own at home if you have a resin or decent-quality 3d printer with the STLs heading to MyMiniFactory soon.

If you lack the necessary equipment to manufacture your own models, then the boxed options are for you.

Each set will include an original mini-adventure by Free League featuring the monster in question, giving Gamemasters everything they need to drop the miniatures straight into a Dragonbane campaign.

You can be notified when the Kickstarter launches by signing up here to receive a nudge. No word on price yet, but these will be an essential purchase for Dragonbane players when they arrive.

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05/07/2025
New Cyberpunk 2077 update officially coming soon, as CDPR confirms version 2.3

Cyberpunk 2077 first came out almost five years ago. Its launch was notoriously rocky, with severe technical issues plaguing the game and interfering with its players’ ability to enjoy one of the most highly anticipated RPGs in years. To its credit, creator CD Projekt Red (CDPR) has continued working on the game, issuing a number of patches, including an overhaul timed to launch alongside the fantastic Phantom Liberty expansion. Even now, while working on new projects like the upcoming Witcher 4, CDPR is still plugging away at Cyberpunk 2077, with news coming today that the studio’s preparing another update to go live in the near future.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a sprawling RPG, so there’s always more to refine and possibilities to add new details into its open world. This seems to be the reason for its makers to issue another patch, which came as a surprise reveal during a CDPR stream earlier today focused on discussing the launch of the game’s Nintendo Switch 2 port.

In it, members of CDPR were asked about the possibility of DLC and announced that a new update was on the horizon, with more details on what it will include set to be detailed later this month. Associate Game Director Paweł Sasko posted on X/Twitter that the patch is something “we have been cooking for you in secret for a bit” while Global Community Director Marcin Momot added, in his own post, that “we’ll start spilling the beans” on the patch when it nears launch.

Cyberpunk 2077’s version 2.3 patch is set to launch on Thursday June 26, 2025.

While you’re waiting, check out the best Cyberpunk 2077 mods to get the most out of the game, or take a look at our picks for the best cyberpunk games on PC for other options.

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05/06/2025
After many bet against it, a PS5 State of Play is coming tomorrow with over 40 minutes of game reveals

Sony has officially announced that it’s going to be hosting an event in June after all. It’s going to be of the State of Play variety, and it will be airing live tomorrow. Sony has, in recent years, made a habit of announcing those livestreams one or two days before the event’s scheduled date.

This June’s State of Play is no different, and it looks like it won’t be heavy on first-party games.

This week’s State of Play will be live tomorrow, June 4 at 2pm PT, 5pm ET, 10pm UK. In the announcement blog post, Sony said we can expect “news and updates” on games coming to PS5.

“The show highlights a selection of great games from creators across the globe,” the blog post adds, which really doesn’t tell us much. It is clear, however, that this won’t be a first-party-focused show, though it is curious that Sony elected not to use the terms ‘first’ or ‘third-party’ in the announcement.

In any case, this State of Play is going to a little beefy, clocking in at over 40-minutes-long. As always, you’ll be able to watch it live on PlayStation’s official Twitch, and YouTube channels.

This week is going to be very busy with events and game reveals. Summer Game Fest’s live opening show is scheduled for Friday, June 6, and the first edition of IO Interactive’s IOI Showcase is taking place just a couple of hours later on the same day.

Then, on Sunday, June 8, Xbox will take its turn to host its own showcase, which will be followed by a dedicated The Outer Worlds 2 direct, so it’s all popping off. EA and Ubisoft are seemingly going to sit this one out, but we wouldn’t bet against some of their rumoured and in-development games showing up at one (or more) of these shows.

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03/06/2025
Embracer Group says it’ll put out 76 different games in the coming year, as it ditches friends for a fellowship and spins off Goat Sim publisher Coffee Stain

Damn, the nice little friendship thing Embracer Group had decided to morph into after earning the ire of lots of folks by going hard on the layoffs, closures and sales is no more.

The company’s decided to ditch the “and friends” tag it had given to different bits of its business, and form a fellowship, as it does yet more corporate shuffling around. It does also plan to actually release some more games.

As announced by Embracer, the bit of previously dubbed Middle-Earth and Friends will now be known as Fellowship Entertainment. As you might have guessed, that’s the part that looks after The Lord of the Rings, as well as housing the studios behind likes of Kingdom Come Deliverance, Tomb Raider, the Metro series, and Dead Island.

With Asmodee, the second of the three bits Embracer divided itself into last year, having spun off from the company as of February this year, it’s the turn of the third bit formerly known as Coffee Stain & Friends to do the same. Now named Coffee Stain Group, the subsidiary that includes the dev teams behind the likes of Deep Rock Galactic, Valheim and Goat Simulator is being released into the economic wild as a separately stock market-listed company.

“The games industry is more competitive than ever, but also more rewarding if you do things right, and we believe this move gives us the clarity and control to navigate the landscape better on our own terms,” Coffee Stain Group CEO Anton Westbergh said, “We can now focus even more on what we do best—supporting our developers, staying close to our communities, and building an even brighter future for Coffee Stain.”

Right, that’s enough on the corporate shuffling of people’s livelihoods. In the financial results it’s published alongside this spin-off announcement, Embracer says that it’s got “76 different games” it plans to release in the coming financial year. There’ll be “a mix of new IPs, sequels, and remasters”, including Killing Floor 3 and the recently delayed Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, with Embracer expecting the latter to “drive notable revenues but to have lower margins due to shared economics with several other partners”.

Another as of yet unannounced AAA game that Embracer things will have “financial dynamics more similar to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2” is also in the works, but the company reckons it’ll have to be pushed back to the 2026/27 financial year to allow for more “polish”

The rest of the lineup for the upcoming is being filled by the likes of Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core, Metal Eden, and “the next SpongeBob SquarePants game”. Spongebob Squarepants tries to get to the Bikini Bottom of where Embracer’s friends have gone, maybe?

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22/05/2025
Nier’s 2B is coming to The First Descendant, and is exactly what you think it is

Even if you’ve never touched a Nier game, I’d wager that you know exactly who 2B is. The iconic android has made myriad appearances in other games since Platinum released Nier: Automata in 2017, and the studio is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. She’s already in Final Fantasy 14, Fall Guys, PUBG, Rainbow Six Siege, and a rhythm game excellently titled D4DJ Groovy Mix. Now, 2B is coming to The First Descendant.

I’ll admit, I’m not entirely surprised to know that 2B is on her way to The First Descendant. Nier: Automata is the perfect fit for Nexon’s live-service looter shooter – it felt like it was just a matter of time. Still, the free Steam game has quite an event on the way, as Nexon details at TFD’s Pax East panel.

“The community has been requesting this IP continuously, and we believe that it will match well with The First Descendant,” TFD producer Beomjun Lee says. “Although we’ve only shown some key images today, we will be sharing more details with a trailer showcasing our collaboration.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNdje4dwrD0

“Unfortunately, the Nier: Automata collaboration will focus on decorations as we are in the process of solidifying the substance of our game. We decided to invest more in the content of Season 3 rather than other content related to the collaboration. However, in addition to the 2B and A2 outfits, we have prepared a damaged version of 2B with no skirt, with other motions and decorations as well.”

Lee assures that it’ll be just a few months before the Nier: Automata collaboration comes to The First Descendant, even if Season 3 is more of a priority. As for The First Descendant’s next major overhaul, director Minseok Joo recently admitted in an open letter that “there’s not much to do” in the game right now.

Nexon does have a plan for the game’s future, though. Instead of focusing on smaller updates, the team is putting almost all of its effort into Season 3, to make it “stronger and more complete.”

We also have all the biggest upcoming PC games to keep an eye on in 2025. Otherwise, check out the best free PC games you can play today.

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12/05/2025
Fortnite Galactic Battle Roadmap: All Star Wars Content Coming in Chapter 6 Season 3
With Chapter Six, Season Three, Fortnite is reliving the thrill of the Galactic Battle with Star Wars as its central theme. Despite being a short season, popular characters from the franchise are expected to arrive throughout the month-long celebrations.

Epic Games has finally revealed the roadmap for this season, including all the characters and the weapons that will arrive over the next few weeks.

What to Expect in the Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 3 Galactic Battle Roadmap

Galactic Battle is expected to be the shortest season so far, coming to a close in a little over a month. Here’s what Epic Games is adding to the island in the forthcoming updates:

May 8
- Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia skins will make it to the Item shop.
- Mace Windu Holograms will give you the Purple Lightsaber and teach you the Force Pull ability.
- Darth Maul Holograms will give you the Red Lightsaber and teach you the Force Throw ability.
May 15
- Chewbacca is set to make a comeback to the island along with the Wookie Bowcaster and the CA-87 Jawa Scatter Blaster.
May 22
- Mandalorian NPCs will join the battle. You will be able to recruit a Heavy, Scout, Supply, or Medic Mandalorian to your team.
- Heavy Jetpack returns along with the Amban Sniper Rifle and the new dual-wield WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols.
Image by Epic Games

May 29
- You finally get to use a Star Destroyer in Fortnite during the Galactic Battle season. A portal to the control room will spawn in every match. In the control room, you take control of the turbolaser and obliterate your enemies.
June 7
- This is the final showdown of the season and will include an in-game narrative live event where you go up against Emperor Palpatine. This could likely be followed by a downtime, leading into the new season.
Epic Games announcing the roadmap for Fortnite Chapter Six, Season Three Galactic Battle so early makes it unlikely that it will be extended or the schedule will change. We’ll be sure to update this page with more information if they announce any changes.

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