Summary
Xbox Game Passis losingShadow Warrior 3and three more titles later today. These are going to be the first departures from theXbox Game Passcatalog in August 2024.
Microsoft’s subscription service normally rotates out games twice a month. Last month was a bit of a deviation from that norm, as it saw the XGP library shrink on three separate occasions; aside from the regular mid-month andmonth-end Xbox Game Pass departures, the service also lostCricket 22on July 5.
Microsoft now appears to be returning to its regular rotation schedule, whose next stop is to removeAirborne Kingdom,Offworld Trading Company,Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition, andThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre. All ofthese titles are leaving Xbox Game Pass later today. When exactly the August 15 departures will be removed from the XGP library is unclear, as Microsoft never announces specific departure times in advance. Be that as it may, the company’s track record indicates that this quartet is likely to leave around the very end of the day, local time.
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~52 hours
That’s still not enough time to comfortably beat any single one of these soon-to-be-departing titles. Nevertheless, those who have the entire afternoon free might still be able to complete one of them, asShadow Warrior 3: Definitive Editiontakes roughly five and a half hours to beat. But grabbing all of its 38 achievements with a combined worth of 1,000 Gamerscore points is a much more time-consuming affair that’s estimated to take almost twice as long. A single campaign inAirborne Kingdom, The Wandering Band’s 2022 city builder, is also somewhat doable in half a day, according to HowLongToBeat data.
SinceXbox Game Pass added only four titles in the first half of August 2024, today’s departures will effectively offset those gains, leaving the service with no net content increase in the past two weeks. Microsoft has yet to reveal the second wave of its August 2024 Xbox Game Pass lineup, so it remains to be seen what the situation will look like by the end of the month. The next batch of departures, which will likely leave the service on August 31, is expected to be announced alongside the new releases for the second half of the month.
Based on previous third-party publisher announcements, the second wave of August 2024 XGP additions will includeCore KeeperandSOPA: Tale of the Stolen Potato, both of which have previously been confirmed as day-one releases on Microsoft’s service. And whileCore Keeperis scheduled to launch on August 27,SOPAis still waiting for a release date.
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.
