Highlights
- Xbox Game Pass has added a new feature that alerts subscribers when games are about to be removed from the service, allowing them to avoid wasting time on soon-to-be-gone games.
- The feature includes a pop-up message that notifies subscribers about the removal date and offers the option to add the game to their wishlist for future notifications or purchase it at a 20% discount.
- In November 2023, seven games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass on November 15, including Football Manager 2023, which is being replaced by Football Manager 2024 in the service's lineup. The games leaving on November 30 have not been announced yet.
Most of the time, Xbox Game Pass updates are all about the new games coming to the service, but one recent update has instead added a helpful new feature that keeps fans in the loop about games that are on the way out. Microsoft makes sure that there are always more new games coming to Xbox Game Pass than there are leaving, but there are still plenty of titles that are removed from the lineup every month.
New Xbox Game Pass games are added on various days throughout every month, depending on each title's release date. When it comes to the games that leave Xbox Game Pass, they are almost always removed on the 15th of each month and then again on the last day of the month, though there have been some rare exceptions to this rule. When it comes to November, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can expect the removals to happen on the usual days.
Xbox Game Pass Game Leaves Early Access
An Xbox Game Pass game is leaving early access but rejoining the subscription service as a full 1.0 release on console, cloud, and PC.
Now if an Xbox Game Pass subscriber decides to play a game that is scheduled to leave the service soon, they will get a pop-up message explaining that said game is being removed. The message states, "This game is leaving Game Pass after [date]" and includes a small blurb explaining that subscribers can add it to their wishlist to be notified if it ever returns or goes on sale. The blurb also has a reminder about how Xbox Game Pass games are available at a 20% discount for those that want to buy them for keeps. Needless to say, this should be a very helpful feature that prevents Game Pass subscribers from potentially wasting time on a game that is going to leave soon or helps them take advantage of that 20% discount if they want to buy it.
As far as November 2023 goes, seven games are leaving Xbox Game Pass after November 15. The games in question are Coffee Talk, Exapunks, Ghost Song, Gungrave GORE, Football Manager 2023, Lapin, and Townscraper. Out of these, Football Manager 2023's removal is likely to have the least amount of impact on subscribers, as the game's follow-up, Football Manager 2024, is already available to play through Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Soon
- Coffee Talk - November 15
- Exapunks - November 15
- Ghost Song - November 15
- Gungrave GORE - November 15
- Football Manager 2023 - November 15
- Lapin - November 15
- Townscraper - November 15
Another batch of Xbox Game Pass games will be leaving on November 30, but Microsoft has yet to reveal which titles are getting the boot. The announcement will likely come next week, along with confirmation about the other games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the second half of November 2023. So far, the only games fans know about are Persona 5 Tactica on November 17 and Rollerdrome on November 28, so it will be nice to get clarification about what else Game Pass subscribers can expect from the second half of the month.
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 can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.