The Xbox Game Pass library has expanded to include Mavrix by Matt Jones. The open-world sports game marks the fifth addition to the service in July 2026 and the 113th Xbox Game Pass release of the year.
Developed by British studio Third Kind Games, Mavrix is an open-world mountain biking game set across a 100-square-kilometer landscape heavily inspired by Wales. Players can explore downhill courses, slopestyle lines, and a wide variety of hidden challenges, then replay them to improve their race times, trick scores, and leaderboard positions. The game not only carries Matt Jones's branding, but also reflects his direct involvement. The British professional mountain biker co-founded its publisher, Cascade Interactive, and served as one of the project's lead biking consultants. Compared with many modern biking games, Mavrix aims to stand out by offering a more demanding experience built first and foremost as a simulation.
A genre that has been missing from Xbox Game Pass for nine years is finally getting some love with a new title available as of July 14.
Mavrix entered early access on PC and PS5 in July 2025, followed by the Xbox Series X/S in January 2026. The game...
