Summary
The XGP content catalog typically shrinks every 15 days, in the middle and at the tail end of each month. The latest such wave of outgoings happened on December 31, whenXbox Game Pass lostLEGO 2K Drive,McPixel 3, and four other titles.
Another half a dozen games are set to follow suit in the next 24 hours. The list ofJanuary 15 Xbox Game Pass departuresincludesEscape Academy,Those Who Remain,Exoprimal,Insurgency: Sandstorm,Figment: Journey Into the Mind, andCommon’hood.
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Multiplayer titles account for half of the first 2025 wave of Xbox Game Pass departures.ExoprimalandInsurgency: Sandstormare both multiplayer-only shooters, whereasEscape Academyoffers a co-op mode that’s been widely praised by critics and fans alike.Escape Academyalso boasts the longest Xbox Game Pass stint out of these six departures, as it was added to Microsoft’s on-demand content catalog in July 2022, debuting as a day-one release.
Escape Academy May Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass, But It Will Be Free Tomorrow
The next series of Xbox Game Pass removals is expected to take place on January 31. The titles that will leave the service at the end of the month should be revealed alongside the Wave 2 lineup for January 2025. This roster is already known to includeLonely Mountains: Snow Riders,Eternal Strands,Sniper Elite: Resistance, andCitizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, four day-one releases that are scheduled to reach Microsoft’s subscription service over the final 11 days of the month. More Xbox Game Pass news is expected to emerge on January 23, which is when the2025 iteration of the Xbox Developer Directis taking place.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you may play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
