Xbox Game Pass gets Payday 3, Party Animals in late September

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Xbox Game Pass is getting its second wave of titles in September, which features several day one launch titles. While it’s not as weighty an addition as the one earlier this month — which included Starfield and Lies of P — the new additions do include the upcoming co-op title Payday 3 and multiplayer game Party Animals.

The aforementioned Party Animals, a multiplayer brawler starring animal characters, is the first to join Game Pass on September 20. The next is Payday 3, the FPS heist-em-up, which launches on September 21. September ...