Summary
- Nine games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on September 30.
- The next wave of departures includes the first season of Telltale's The Walking Dead, one of the highest-rated games currently available to Microsoft's subscribers.
- September 2024 is going to be a small net negative for the XGP library, which has only added 12 titles since the turn of the month, but is about to up its monthly removals to 15.
Nine titles are set to leave the Xbox Game Pass content library later today, September 30. These removals, which include one of the highest-rated games on the service, will nearly triple the number of September 2024 departures from Xbox Game Pass.
Not accounting for the rare exception, Microsoft's subscription service removes games from its catalog every two weeks, at the beginning and end of each month. The most recent such wave of departures happened on September 15, when Xbox Game Pass lost six titles, including Slime Rancher 2, Payday 3, and FIFA 23.
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Xbox Game Pass Losing One of Its Highest-Rated Games Today
This time around, the service is set to lose a whopping total of nine titles. The September 30 Xbox Game Pass departures include The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season, which is one of the highest-rated titles currently available to Microsoft's subscribers. The second season of Telltale's hit adventure game is also set to depart from the XGP catalog later today, together with Gotham Knights, Let's Build a Zoo, Loop Hero, and My Time At Portia. PAW Patrol: Grand Prix, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, and the Valheim preview are also leaving the service as part of this wave of departures.
All Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving on September 30, 2024
|
Game |
Platform(s) |
Added |
OpenCritic Avg. |
How Long To Beat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gotham Knights |
Cloud, Console, PC |
Oct 2023 |
68 |
17–48 hours |
|
Let's Build a Zoo |
Sep 2022 |
81 |
41–80 hours |
|
|
Loop Hero |
Apr 2023 |
84 |
28–54 hours |
|
|
My Time At Portia |
Jul 2019 |
75 |
68–141 hours |
|
|
PAW Patrol: Grand Prix |
Sep 2022 |
59 |
1–18 hours |
|
|
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy |
Sep 2023 |
82 |
~66 hours |
|
|
The Walking Dead: Season 1 |
PC |
Feb 2019 |
89 |
12–14 hours |
|
The Walking Dead: Season 2 |
78 |
9–11 hours |
||
|
Valheim (Game Preview) |
Cloud, Console, PC |
Sep 2022 |
85 |
77–142 hours |
Although the Xbox Game Pass app previously listed Warhammer 40,000: Darktide as also being set to depart on September 30, Fatshark's well-received 2022 FPS will seemingly remain on the service for a while longer, as it is no longer marked as "leaving soon." None of the games set to leave the XGP catalog later today can easily be beaten in a single day, but dedicated achievement hunters might still be able to rush through one season of The Walking Dead and add 1,000 points to their Gamerscore total that way.
Xbox Game Pass Will Remove More Games Than It Adds in September 2024
Following these nine removals, the number of September 2024 Xbox Game Pass departures will increase to 15. This month will hence be a net negative for Microsoft's service, which has only added 12 titles since September 1. The last time this happened was back in May 2024, when the XGP library lost two more titles than it received.
Moving forward, Xbox Game Pass has so far confirmed but one game for October 2024. The title in question is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which is scheduled to reach the service on October 25. Following Microsoft's recent tier changes, access to all day-one releases like Black Ops 6 requires a PC Game Pass or Ultimate-tier membership.
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.
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