If you plan your week around Game Pass and Xbox store drops, Xbox Wire's Next Week on Xbox for July 27 to 31, 2026 is the pinned calendar. The headline is a Master Chief campaign remake day, then a busy midweek of extraction, narrative, and builder titles.
Release dates on weekly Wire roundups can still move. Treat this as the published slate, then confirm in the store before you clear disk space.
Halo: Campaign Evolved launch trailer
Dates worth pinning (July 27-31)
These are the Wire-listed highlights:
July 28: Halo: Campaign Evolved (Premium and Standard), Game Pass / Xbox Play Anywhere. Xbox Wire's positioning:
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved's campaign.
Wire also calls out HD visuals, updated cinematics, refined controls, three new prequel missions featuring Master Chief and Sgt. Johnson, plus Skulls and a broader arsenal. Pre-purchase perk named: Foundry Armory Pack for Mark V looks.
July 28: Gothic Classic (Optimized for Xbox Series X|S)
July 29: Mistfall Hunter (Game Pass / Series X|S / Play Anywhere), dark-fantasy extraction in the Gyldenmist
July 29: Dispatch from AdHoc Studio (Series X|S / Play Anywhere), superhero workplace comedy about rehabilitating ex-supervillains from a dispatch desk
July 29: additional catalog adds on the same Wire list (including titles like The King is Watching and Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?!)
July 30: PAW Patrol: Dino World and a long catalog of smaller Series X|S / Play Anywhere adds
July 31: Corsair Cove (Game Pass), vertical pirate city builder about keeping the Jolly Roger flying against the Crown
If you only have time for one install Sunday night, make it the Halo remake and read the Foundry Armory pre-purchase note before you buy.
Game Pass triage vs the full store list
Xbox's separate July Game Pass wave post is useful for library planning:
Halo: Campaign Evolved on July 28 for Ultimate / PC Game Pass (Cloud, console, handheld, and PC called out)
Mistfall Hunter listed there for July 30 on Ultimate / PC Game Pass (Cloud, Series X|S, PC), which is one day later than the Next Week on Xbox store date of July 29. If your plan is "play on Pass the minute it unlocks," check both the store tile and the Pass tile the night before.
Corsair Cove on July 31 for Ultimate / PC Game Pass, with the Pass note emphasizing PC availability
Several titles leave Game Pass on July 31, including Celeste, Crusader Kings 3, and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Finish or buy before they rotate out.
How to spend the week
Campaign night (July 28): Halo: Campaign Evolved if you want the big first-party story drop.
Extraction / co-op night (July 29 store / July 30 Pass listing): Mistfall Hunter if your squad wants PvPvE mist runs.
Narrative palate cleanser: Dispatch if you want writers-from-Telltale energy without a shooter loop.
Builder weekend (July 31): Corsair Cove for vertical pirate logistics (confirm PC vs console SKU on your account).
What is not guaranteed
That every catalog add on the Wire list ships in every region at the same hour
Day-one Game Pass for every paid store title that week
That Mistfall's store date and Pass unlock date stay identical if Microsoft restates either listing
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