Xbox has confirmed more than 30 new titles arriving between August 24 and August 28, including Star Wars Zero Company, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, and the Xbox debut of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots via the Master Collection Vol. 2, according to Xbox’s official Next Week on Xbox roundup.
Here’s the context: Xbox’s weekly roundup has become the standard vehicle for surfacing everything from indie curiosities to major franchise launches across Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass in a single post. This week’s batch leans heavily on that spread – a rundown of cozy decorating sims and hidden-object puzzlers sits alongside a turn-based tactics game set during the Clone Wars and a survival-horror prequel to one of the more acclaimed narrative series of the last few years. Xbox notes, as it always does, that dates and details are subject to change.
Honestly, the two names doing the heavy lifting here are Star Wars Zero Company and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, both landing August 27. Zero Company puts players in command of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading an elite squad through the twilight of the Clone Wars in a singleplayer turn-based tactics format – a structural departure from the action-adventure and multiplayer Star Wars games that have dominated the last several years. Resonance, meanwhile, is confirmed for Game Pass and marked as optimized for Xbox Series X|S with Xbox Play Anywhere support, putting players in the role of Sophia, a plunderer navigating the fifteen years of backstory ahead of A Plague Tale: Requiem on Minotaur’s Island.
The rest of the week is where the volume lives. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 arrives August 25 with up to four-player co-op against Xenomorph swarms, and Once Human and Blood Dungeon land the same day, both also carrying the Game Pass label. Thursday’s slate is the busiest of the five days, pairing the two headline story games with Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, and a run of smaller releases including Golftacular!, Infection Free Zone, and Lou’s Lagoon.
- August 24 – B.i.t
- August 25 – Blood Dungeon, Once Human, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Apidya’ Special, Cozy Tiny Home, Funguys Swarm
- August 26 – Aggelos 2, Brigandine: Abyss, Comfy Corners: Unpack and Decorate, Hidden Cats in Barcelona, Lizards Must Die 2, Mech Shelf, Modularis, A Tower Full of Cats, Whisper of the House
- August 27 – Star Wars Zero Company, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, Golftacular!, Horripilant, Infection Free Zone, Lou’s Lagoon, Monty The Play Bear, Murders on the Yangtze River, Tearscape
The Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 release is worth flagging on its own – it bundles Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots alongside the HD Collection version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, marking MGS4’s first-ever appearance on an Xbox platform. That’s a notable gap closing for a series whose fourth entry was a PlayStation 3 exclusive for well over a decade.
What remains unclear is how many of this week’s smaller titles will actually land on their listed dates, since Xbox’s own roundup carries the standard caveat that release windows can shift without notice. It’s also not confirmed from this roundup alone which tier of Game Pass subscribers get access to Resonance at launch, so anyone planning around it should check the storefront listing directly before assuming Console or Ultimate parity.
Readers tracking Xbox’s broader release cadence can also check our coverage of Xbox Free Play Days and beta access, plus our notes on Our Darkest Days’ console release and War North’s Legacy Edition for more games hitting Xbox platforms around the same window.
Which of this week’s releases are you actually planning to boot up first – the Clone Wars tactics of Zero Company, or the Plague Tale prequel? Let us know, and keep an eye on our ongoing Xbox coverage for next week’s roundup.
