Bandwidth: Xbox Game Pass unveils July lineup including ‘Matchpoint: Tennis Championships’

While this week in particular might not be crawling with newly ascended cloud games, Xbox is giving us a look at what’s to come this month. On top of that, GeForce Now has a few titles coming to the service, including Matchpoint – Tennis Championships.

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Xbox day-one release of ‘Matchpoint: Tennis Championships’

While Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is bringing along a total of nine games in the first half of July, three of those are already available for play. Those who have a special place in their heart for the Yakuza franchise of games might be excited to hear that Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are all available now on Game Pass Ultimate.

As for the rest of the games announced, there are a couple of interesting ones. First, DJMax Respect V is coming to the platform on July 7, where you can take on other players in remastering tracks from popular DJs and artists. Also coming on July 7 is Matchpoint: Tennis Championships, a title that’s been gaining a lot of attention as of late. This is a day-one release, meaning it’ll be available on the cloud as soon as it hits the marketplace. Some other cool titles are as follows:

• Road 96 – July 7
• My Friend Peppa Pig – July 14
• PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls – July 14
• PowerWash Simulator – July 14

GeForce Now bolsters out its catalog

For GeForce Now, this isn’t a dazzling week for new compatible titles. In fact, the list of games available this week is a little slim. Fortunately, most other weeks have a few pretty good titles ready for players. Of course, Xbox isn’t the only one to dole out Matchpoint: Tennis Championship on day one. GeForce Now will be carrying the title as well, meaning you can buy the game and get access to it on your device. Additionally, three other games are playable now:

• Starship Troopers – Terran Command (New release on Epic Games Store July 7)
• Sword and Fairy Inn 2 (New release on Steam, July 8)
• Arma Reforger (Steam)

All that being said, we’re looking forward to next week and the coming ones thereafter. Amazon Luna announced July’s lineup last week, though we still haven’t heard exact dates for the release of what was announced. Either way, this week might be enough to hold us over, for now.