Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Joins Game Pass on July 21

Microsoft has announced the first wave of Game Pass additions for July 2026, headlined by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 arriving on July 21 across all three service tiers – Ultimate, Premium, and PC Game Pass. The news lands at a turbulent moment for the subscription service, with fresh reports putting its subscriber count far below internal targets.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Comes to Game Pass

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is a skateboarding game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. It remakes the first two games in the Tony Hawk’s series – Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (1999) and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (2000), which were originally developed by Neversoft. The game originally released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on September 4, 2020, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions following on March 26, 2021.

The game received very positive reviews from critics who praised the graphics, diverse roster, nostalgic soundtrack, and gameplay. It became the fastest-selling game in the franchise, selling one million copies within the first two weeks. With the game now entering Game Pass, subscribers can experience the full package – rebuilt levels, an expanded skater roster, and online multiplayer – at no additional cost.

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Full July Wave 1 Line-Up

The July additions span a wide range of genres and tiers. Here is the complete schedule:

Alongside THPS 1+2, The Planet Crafter – a survival-crafting terraforming sandbox that recently received a major update – also joins all three tiers on July 21. Notable day-one addition Ascend to ZERO brings a rogue-like experience with time manipulation mechanics when it launches on July 13.

Games Leaving July 15

Subscribers have until July 15 to finish a fairly lengthy roster of departing titles, including:

• Dungeons of Hinterberg
• EA Sports FC 24
• Golf With Your Friends
• PowerWash Simulator
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
• Splitgate: Arena Reloaded
• Stellaris

The Subscriber Gap Behind the Headlines

The July lineup arrives as Game Pass faces uncomfortable scrutiny over its growth. According to a Wall Street Journal report, a legal document relevant to the Activision acquisition stated Xbox projected it would have around 77 million Game Pass subscribers by 2026. However, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the service currently has around 30 million subscribers – less than 40% of Microsoft’s original target.

Despite the $70 billion Activision Blizzard deal, Game Pass hasn’t grown in three years, and has actually lost four million subscribers since hitting a new peak in 2024. A big factor behind the stagnant performance was a 50% price hike for Game Pass, which cost the service millions of subscribers. Ultimate’s price jumped from $19.99 to $29.99 per month before current Xbox leadership walked it back down, settling on $22.99 by removing day-one Call of Duty launches from the tier.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spoke to the stagnation in a memo to staff: “To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected.”

The slower-than-expected growth of Game Pass is apparently a central reason behind the ongoing Xbox restructure. Against that backdrop, landing a beloved cult classic like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 – still one of the highest-rated remakes of the past decade – is exactly the kind of catalogue win the service needs to remind subscribers why they signed up.