What you need to know
- Xbox Game Pass is a monthly subscription service that gives you access to over 200 games.
- Recently, Microsoft announced a number of ID@Xbox games coming to the service.
- Today, the latest departures were revealed.
- You can purchase Xbox Game Pass through Amazon.
Xbox Game Pass is a monthly subscription service along the lines of Netflix. Just like the films and shows, certain games rotate in and out. In the next few weeks, a few titles will leave Xbox Game Pass to make room for new experiences. Today, Microsoft announced on the Xbox Game Pass iOS app, that a few smaller games were leaving the service.
You can take a look at the list below.
- Agents of Mayhem
- Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
- Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
- Grid 2
- MXGP 3
- The Surge
- Thomas Was Alone
Out of all of these, The Surge and Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition will be missed the most. If there are any errors in the "Games leaving soon" section, we'll keep you posted.
Best of the best
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