Hades, Lumines Remastered and MS Solitaire join Xbox Game Pass in August

The world started to go crazy around the time Microsoft put ads in Solitaire with the launch of Windows 10. There's a premium edition that removes the ads, but you've got to pay $1.50 a month for that privilege. Or, if you've got an Xbox Game Pass for PC subscription, you'll be able to play it ad-free there, come August 17.

It's actually a pretty decent month for Xbox Game Pass on PC, considering the lack of any big first-party heavy hitters. On August 5, PC gets Curse of the Dead Gods, Dodgeball Academia, Lumines Remastered and Starmancer.

The Xbox Game Pass for PC game list continues to be impressive, but a handful of games will leave the service this month, too: Grand Theft Auto 5 makes its exit on August 8, while August 15 will see the removal of Ape Out, Crossing Souls, Darksiders Genesis, Don't Starve, Final Fantasy VII and Train Sim World 2020.

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