Xbox Game Pass Adds 2 Day-One Games as Tears of Metal Debuts on PC Only
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Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 22
Xbox Game Pass Adds 2 Day-One Games as Tears of Metal Debuts on PC Only
3 articles · Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 22
Summary
Two day-one titles hit Game Pass on July 22, with Shift at Midnight launching on console, PC and cloud, while Tears of Metal arrived only on PC Game Pass in early access.
Both games were scheduled to unlock at 8 a.m. PDT, and the split rollout reflects platform availability: Shift at Midnight launched broadly, but Tears of Metal's Xbox console version is still slated for release before the end of 2026.
Shift at Midnight is a co-op detective horror game for up to 3 players set around a gas station, and its Steam multiplayer demo had drawn an "Overwhelmingly Positive" response.
Tears of Metal offers solo or up to 4-player co-op focused on reclaiming an island with a Scottish battalion, expanding Game Pass' day-one lineup even though Microsoft had not included it in its official roundup a day earlier.