Octopath Traveler 2, Callisto Protocol lead Game Pass’ June update

It’s Not E3 season, which means Summer Game Fest is set for Friday and Xbox’s high-stakes showcase streams a few days later. But an expected deluge of reveals and updates isn’t slowing down business as usual: Right on cue, Microsoft has announced the latest updates to the Game Pass service, with a limited June lineup of games that should bide time until whatever is announced during the showcase actually comes out.

Following a similarly short May lineup, June still offers a little something for everyone. Lauded RPG Octopath Traveler has returned to the platform along with its slightly less lauded but equally gorgeous-looking sequel Octopath Traveler 2. Dead Space fans should be keen to try The Callisto Protocol, a 2022 sci-fi survival horror game that wasn’t a total knockout but had plenty of the DNA that made Dead Space games great — so a perfect Game Pass game? Those looking for something new should keep eyes peeled on Still Wakes the Deep, horror game set on an oil rig that’s going day 1 on the service.

New games on Game Pass in June

• Octopath Traveler — out now (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Octopath Traveler 2 — out now (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Depersonalization — June 12 (PC)
• Isonzo — June 13 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Callisto Protocol — June 13 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Still Wakes the Deep — June 18 (Cloud, PC, Xbox Series X | S)

June will also see a number of notable titles leave Game Pass, including High on Life, which broke download records when it debuted on the platform in 2022.

Games leaving Game Pass on June 15

• Bramble: The Mountain King (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• High on Life (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Rune Factory 4 Special (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Spacelines from the Far Out (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Bookwalker (Cloud, Console, and PC)