Five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of October 2018

James writes - The Xbox Game Pass keeps on going from strength to strength with a regular influx of new games, but sadly for us, some of them seemingly have to leave. So, which of the current titles have outstayed their welcome and are getting removed at the end of October?

[letsa_go]

Oh wow, I can't believe they are removing Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty on Xbox One, Resident Evil on Xbox One, Sky Force Anniversary on Xbox One, World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap on Xbox One, & MEGA MAN 9 on Xbox 360. That sucks!

[Kribwalker]

they add games and remove games from gamespass every month. This month added Forza horizon 4 and Sinner sacrifice Redemption on release date this month, along with other games, I expect them to announce more games in the next week or two.
If you really love those games, you can buy them at a 20% discount before they leave the service as well

[optimus]

you can't make the 1st party titles part of your equation since those are slated to debut and stay on gamepass indefinitely....all other games do have a time frame for removal.

[Kribwalker]

@optimus
It’s still a brand new game that would cost me $79.99 if it wasn’t on gamepass, so it definitely counts

[optimus]

you said that they add and remove games every month and put forza in there as one of those games. I'm saying it doesn't belong in that group because 1st party titles aren't slated to leave gamepass. what i mean is if 3 games go out and they get replaced by 3 other games then forza doesn't count towards that number as it's a 1st party NEW release. (it's not 2 + forza =3)...it just so happens to be released in the same month as the games that get added.

[slasaru01]

I still see no reason for this. They better add the game later but never remove it than add it on launch and remove it couple months later

[gangsta_red]

I really want to believe that you actually meant they're removing those games from Game Pass and that sucks and not the actual console like your comment states.

[letsa_go]

You are reading too much into it. I was just trying to save everyone a click without getting my comment flagged. haha and yeah, you are right, I meant from game pass.

[Goldenarmz]

You saved me a click, and i thank you very deeply.

[lxeasy]

meh don't care too much for these games. excited to see what they add in November

[xboxcult]

Not a big deal, most of these games can be bought for cheap prices at $5 or less when on sale. Gamepass seems to keep exclusive and high performing Xbox one games permanently though.

[lxeasy]

Yeah they tend to keep their high profile games a lot longer.

[rainslacker]

They license these games for a set period of time. I suppose they could extend those terms with the publishers. but it's probably better they keep a good rotation. And I wouldn't say all the games on there are high performing.

[preciousdeath]

Been seeing these articles for a while now. It’s got me wondering, do games ever leave PSNow?

[parris]

No, not yet, that's why PSNow has over 750 games.

[Vizigoth04]

They used. For example you used to be able to play the older Assassin's Creed games but they are no longer available last I checked. Not sure about the newer ones. I beat the first one is all. So recently I just purchased the Izio Collection from the PlayStation Network.

[RookieMonsterLives]

The games actually do leave PS Now. I was a subscriber and there is no real warning if when and what games are leaving as far as I know.

Here's is a list of some of the titles that were removed from my PS Now library back in the Summer:

Final Fantasy 13
Kane & Lynch
Warhammer
Assassin's Creeds
Child of Light
Raymans
A bunch of Neo Geo Games
Jeapordy
Wheel of Fortune

[rainslacker]

They do. I don't know if there are ever press releases about it though. I rarely see articles about it, and certainly not a monthly update of a list....at least not on N4G.

[2pacalypsenow]

odd that RE is leaving but 0 is staying.

[Dizzy11523]

They are taking out some gems there. Why not just leave these old games? Not like they are gonna sell solo any more.

[optimus]

...actually, it has the opposite effect. by removing these "gems" and letting people know ahead of time; it gives people an incentive to buy before it's too late...personally, I'm inclined to buy oddworld (a game i've been looming over) at the gamepass discount now that i know it's on its way out.

[Tazzy]

As long as Forza Horizon 4 is still there I can careless. :)

[Inzo]

And there is your problem with streaming services. Sorry but I prefer having control over whether I get rid of games or not.

[King_Noctis]

That why Gamepass is a choice, not a mandatory way to get games.

[Inzo]

Agreed.

[mark_parch]

that's a valid point but if you really like the games which are leaving you can buy them cheaper than you would normally anyway and then there's the obvious main benefit of games like forza horizon 4 being permanent and additional games getting added each month. imo these points outweigh the games which leave the service. my main concern is weather the monthly fee will remain the same in the future as Microsoft have recently invested in first party studios so roughly three years down the line we are going to start seeing a lot of AAA games getting permanently added and at that point £8 month seems to good to be true. I totally understand people wanting to full own games but I do feel it's only a matter of time before 90% of the gaming market becomes a digital service just like music,tv and film

[gangsta_red]

Then buy the games after you rent them, problem solved.

[NLink0714]

I don’t get why gamepass gets as much praise on these sites as it does. It’s not inherently more valuable.

The Xbox doesn’t have a strong enough collection of first party games to make it an attractive offer unless you’re a halo/gears/forza junkie. That and they remove games. For all the shade psnow gets it doesn’t remove games from the service (except for the AC games that were pulled during beta testing). And now it lets you download them too.

Idk I’m not saying psnow is better or without its flaws; I’mjust noting that 650 games > 100 games

[King_Noctis]

Maybe read the above comments? PS Now also remove games from the service.

Also there are alot of bigger 3rd party games on Gamepass than on PS Now such as Doom, Fallout 4, and Metro. First party games are not the only offer you know.

[CrystalFantasy3]

This is why don't like this service

[SubZtx]

Ugh this hurts. Love playing skyforce with my niece and have been too busy to finish RE...

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I didn’t play any of those games so no big deal to me. I’m really enjoying Sinner sacrifice. I didn’t even know it was on game pass until I went to go purchase it and saw it was free for me.