Xbox Game Pass has announced the departure of eight games from its service on November 30. The popular subscription from Microsoft which allows gamers to play a huge catalog of games at a monthly rate will see a variety of games leave at the end of the month on consoles and PC, ranging from indie hits to prominent action-adventure shooters.
Whilst some hugely hyped titles like STALKER 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are to be added to Xbox Game Pass before the end of the month, the second wave of removals on the monthly service may spark a scramble for players to either finish up or make a start to them, after discussion online expressed disappointment on the titles leaving the service in the next few weeks.
What Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass On November 30?
Players Have Until The End Of The Month
As confirmed by Xbox on the Leaving Soon section of the Game Pass website and app, the following titles will all be leaving the console’s subscription service on November 30: Soccer Story, While the Iron’s Hot, Rollerdrome, Remnant: From the Ashes, Conan Exiles, Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition, and Coral Island. Additionally, the conclusion to Telltale Games’ revered episodic series The Walking Dead: The Final Season will be departing on Xbox’s PC Game Pass.
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The selection of games leaving Xbox Game Pass on November 30 seems to be a distinct blend of well-received indie experiences, mixed with some larger studio releases. The fast-paced mix of third-person shooting and roller-skating in Roll7’s Rollerdrome serves as a sharp contrast to Humble Games’ slow-paced blacksmithing crafting game While the Iron’s Hot. Gunfire Games’ Remnant: From the Ashes and Funcom’s Conan Exiles have dedicated fan bases (the prior received a Metacritic score of 78), and the sentiment expressed online at losing them from the catalog ranges from disappointment to anguish.
Fan Reaction To November’s Xbox Game Pass Departures
Recommendations For Many Of The Titles
Discussion on the Xbox Game Pass subreddit has led to many gamers encouraging others to try out these games before they leave on November 30 with some high recommendations for Rollerdrome and Remnant: From the Ashes. The prior’s unique gameplay is akin to if a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game featured armed conflict, whereas Remnant is a heavily inspired souls-like game with third-person shooting and co-operative gameplay. One user named alexanderduuu on the subreddit recommended gamers to “go and play Rollerdrome, it is 10 hours of pure adrenaline with [a] banging soundtrack!”
Fans of the cozy farming and life-simulation game Coral Island seem to be the most devastated at losing the game from the Xbox Game Pass. One user called Shaihulud15 demonstrated their anguish by simply commenting “NOT CORAL ISLAND NOOOOOOOOO.” Whilst the removal of titles from the Game Pass will always prove to be upsetting to gamers, Game Pass subscribers have lots to look forward to for the remainder of the year. The aforementioned STALKER 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator will be sure to entertain gamers this month, with the much anticipated Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launching on the service on December 6.
Sources: Reddit, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox YouTube