Highlights
- Five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on July 15, including TOEM and Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly.
- Xbox Game Pass has added some notable titles in 2024, such as Octopath Traveler 2 and The Callisto Protocol.
- Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn and Dungeons of Hinterberg will be added to the service as day-one releases on July 18.
Microsoft has announced five games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass on July 15. Despite some games being rotated out of service every so often, Xbox Game Pass remains an excellent choice for gamers who like trying out different genres and discovering new titles that they may otherwise miss.
2024 has already been a big year for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Notable titles like Octopath Traveler 2, The Callisto Protocol, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor have been added to the service in recent months. Xbox's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has also resulted in the addition of Diablo 4 and the day-one launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Game Pass. Fans of Activision are still eagerly awaiting the publisher's past games to be added to Game Pass, including previous Call of Duty titles, Crash Bandicoot,Spyro the Dragon, and titles from lesser-known franchises like Prototype and the Transformers series.
Two Upcoming Game Pass Titles Are Ready To Pre-Load
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In the latest Xbox Wire post detailing all that's new with Xbox Game Pass this month, five games were announced to be leaving the service on July 15. Game Pass users will have two weeks to grab and play TOEM, The Wandering Village, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly, and Figment 2: Creed Valley before they're cycled out to make way for more titles. Xbox noted that fans of these titles can purchase them at a 20% discount if they wish to continue playing.
Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass On July 15
- Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly
- Figment 2: Creed Valley
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
- The Wandering Village
- TOEM
While none of these games are AAA behemoths, fans of smaller indie titles may be disappointed to see them go. Perhaps the most well-known of the bunch is the photography adventure game TOEM, which sees players explore a black-and-white world as they aim to complete snapshot-based challenges. A game with a similar cozy feel is Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly, the follow-up to the original award-winning visual novel. City-building sim The Wandering Village also received praise for its interesting premise, letting players build their villages atop a giant walking creature.
Game Pass subscribers who are disappointed to see these five unique games leave the service on July 15 still have some big titles to be excited about this month. Just three days later, on July 18, the action Soulslike Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn and the indie social sim action RPG mashup Dungeons of Hinterberg will be added to the service as day-one releases. What's more, Capcom's newest game, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, is coming to Xbox Game Pass on July 19.
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