{"id":10626,"date":"2026-06-16T16:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:28:01","slug":"xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Game Pass Soldiers on With June 2026 Wave 2 Lineup Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Amid reports of potential studio closures and mass layoffs, Microsoft has announced the Xbox Game Pass June 2026 Wave 2 lineup of games. It has yet to comment, however, on this week\u2019s rumors that the likes of Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, Psychonauts developer Double Fine, and South of Midnight developer Compulsion may shut down.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As revealed on Xbox Wire, coming to Xbox Game Pass during the second half of June and the early part of July are EA Sports FC 26, which is of course timed to coincide with the ongoing World Cup, RV There Yet?, and Winds of Arcana: Ruination. Meanwhile, 2021 Call of Duty game Vanguard hits Game Pass this month. There are no day one releases for the rest of June, with Junkster releasing today, June 16.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Game Pass soldiers on amid new Xbox boss Asha Sharma\u2019s \u201creset\u201d of the gaming business, which looks like it will result in a number of high-profile casualties. Yesterday, The Game Business reported that Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan had stepped down, and news of various Microsoft studios potentially closing down emerged soon after. IGN has asked Microsoft for comment but it is yet to respond. Double Fine, however, did issue a single emoji social media post, summing up how it feels right now.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The 100 Best Xbox Games of All Time<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;What is an Xbox? Microsoft has spent 25 years trying to answer the question, but for fans, the answer is easy: \u201cXbox\u201d evokes one-eared headsets wired into the memory card slots of massive controllers with breakaway cords. A dashboard with gleaming skeuomorphic blades and avatars adorned in earned accessories. That sound that plays when a hard-earned Achievement finally pops. \u201cXbox\u201d means heavy-duty hardware. Tactile sensations. Friends connecting for the first time. And that\u2019s before we even get to the games.<\/p>\n<p>It may be that the very idea of an Xbox game is coming to an end. Microsoft has undeniably shifted its tactics, with a new focus on multi-platform releases, handheld Xboxes that are actually miniature Windows computers, and the potential that future Xbox consoles may simply be gaming PCs. So now seems as good a time as any to look back at the entire history of Microsoft\u2019s console journey and rank the best Xbox games, with help from our friends at Outside Xbox, the multimillion-subscriber channel that serves up weekly videos about video games and video game-adjacent things<\/p>\n<p>When we say \u201cthe best Xbox games,\u201d we mean the ones that most evoke that weighty sense of \u201cXboxness.\u201d Some are first-party, most are exclusives, and all of them are indelibly tied to the legacy of and fondness for a platform that\u2019s left a massive mark on gaming. These are the 100 Best Xbox Games of All Time. We&#8217;ll be updating this list daily with 25 games at 7am PST\/10am ET\/3pm GMT from Tuesday, 20th January to Friday, 23rd January, until number one is revealed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">According to Bloomberg, Compulsion, Ninja Theory, and Double Fine aren\u2019t the only Microsoft studios currently negotiating with Xbox to try to avoid closure, either. There is the potential for some or all to buy their way to independence, although that would likely come alongside layoffs, too.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Following Sharma\u2019s &#8220;reset&#8221; warning, one analyst told IGN &#8220;the studios most exposed are brilliant for prestige and rotten for the spreadsheet.&#8221; Microsoft was then said to be speeding up development on new The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo games as it considered restructuring or even spinning off its gaming branch.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Sharma&#8217;s ground-shaking memo revealed that Microsoft&#8217;s gaming business currently has a 3% accountability margin (assumed to mean profit margin), which is down year-on-year. &#8220;Excluding Activision Blizzard King, over the past five years, we have spent over $20 billion on ongoing investments in our content, platform, and hardware subsidy, but our annual revenue has declined nearly half a billion during that time. Going forward, this cannot continue,&#8221; Sharma said.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"tierlist-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" id=\"xbox-games-series-tier-list\" data-cy=\"xbox-games-series-tier-list\">\n<div class=\"card jsx-1339469126 jsx-1355461925 box jsx-2627838217\"><span class=\"stack jsx-3547261442 jsx-2986308351\"><span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-4269505506 TierListHeader_header__xyy5a\"><span class=\"stack jsx-3647836811 jsx-4269505506 TierListHeader_title__UxzQx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ign-icon icon-tier-list jsx-2750866048 jsx-1879929830\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-tier-list\" alt=\"Tier List\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/TierList.c19f1c86.svg?cors=0\"><\/p>\n<h3 data-cy=\"title3\" class=\"title3 jsx-12333944 jsx-2321054750 TierListHeader_full__J6p2u\">Xbox Games Series Tier List<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-957202555 TierListHeader_compact__7JWp1 balanced\">Xbox Games Series Tier List<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"stack jsx-3547261442\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Following the release of the memo, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said &#8220;there&#8217;s more monetization of Xbox games happening on YouTube&#8221; than at Xbox, adding that the Xbox team needed to figure out how to &#8220;innovate both in hardware, as well as in the games, going forward in an economically viable way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;No one can accuse Microsoft of not having invested for the last 25 years,&#8221; Nadella added. &#8220;Now, we have to turn this into a sustainable business that delivers what is fundamentally one of the best sources of entertainment, still.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">New Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball recently said Game Pass lost &#8220;millions of subscribers&#8221; after Microsoft increased prices by 50% in October 2025. One of the first strategy changes Sharma brought in was a price cut.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Every Video Game Franchise Xbox Owns After Acquiring Activision Blizzard<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This week\u2019s grim news marks a significant U-turn on Xbox brand sentiment, after Sharma had started to turn core fans around with a number of crowd-pleasing changes such as the decision to make The Coalition&#8217;s Gears of War: E-Day and inXile&#8217;s Clockworld Revolution console exclusives. The Xbox layoffs are expected to come into effect at the end of Microsoft&#8217;s financial year on June 30.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Xbox Game Pass June 2026 Wave 2 lineup:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li>Call of Duty: Vanguard (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 June 17, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>EA Sports FC 26 (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 June 18, Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Abyssus (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) \u2013 June 25, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>RV There Yet? (Cloud, XBOX Series X|S, and PC) \u2013 June 30, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) \u2013 July 2, Now with Game Pass Premium; joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<li>Winds of Arcana: Ruination (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) \u2013 July 6, Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, PC Game Pass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As usual, a number of games are set to leave Game Pass this month.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Games leaving Xbox Game Pass on June 30:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li>Mecha Break (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Payday 2 (Console)<\/li>\n<li>Rise of Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Tomb Raider (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Slay the Spire (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Ultimate Chicken Horse (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Volcano Princess (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<li>Unpacking (Cloud, Console, and PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/xbox-game-pass-soldiers-on-with-june-2026-wave-2-lineup-announcement.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[90,50],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-mecha-break","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10628,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions\/10628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}