Key Takeaways
- Xbox Game Pass is losing NBA 2K24, Atomic Heart, and Guilty Gear Strive later today, August 31.
- Microsoft’s subscription service is hence set to remove seven titles in total in August 2024, while only adding six new games.
As a seasoned gamer with decades of experience under my belt, I must say that the news about Xbox Game Pass losing NBA 2K24, Atomic Heart, and Guilty Gear Strive has left me somewhat disheartened. It seems like just yesterday when I was eagerly anticipating the release of these games, and now they’re being taken away from my subscription service. The irony isn’t lost on me – it’s a bit like finding an unopened box of cereal in the cupboard only to find out that someone has already eaten it all.
On August 31st, Xbox Game Pass is set to bid farewell to NBA 2K24 and two additional games, bringing the total number of games removed from the service in August 2024 to seven.
Every fortnight, Microsoft’s subscription service updates its game library by removing certain titles. The latest update occurred on August 15, when four games – Shadow Warrior 3, Airborne Kingdom, Offworld Trading Company, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – were taken out of the Xbox Game Pass library.
As a gamer, I’m excited to share that three more games are joining the rotation later today: “Atomic Heart”, “Guilty Gear Strive”, and “NBA 2K24”. Among them, “NBA 2K24” had the shortest tenure on Xbox Game Pass, having been added to their library back in March of this year. That’s when 2K Sports announced that “NBA 2K24” would depart from Xbox Game Pass at the end of August, so this departure was long-awaited.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving August 31
| Game | Platform(s) | Added | How Long to Beat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic Heart | Cloud, Console, PC | Feb 2023 | 16–35 hours |
| Guilty Gear Strive | Mar 2023 | 5–58 hours | |
| NBA 2K24 | Mar 2024 | 5–200 hours |
Two games, Atomic Heart and Guilty Gear Strive, which have been part of Xbox Game Pass since early 2023, are due to leave the platform on August 31st. Notably, Atomic Heart was a day-one release on the service, and it was one of the highest-rated new additions in March 2023 with an OpenCritic aggregate score of 74. On the other hand, Guilty Gear Strive joined the XGP catalog about 20 months after its initial release. Interestingly, Guilty Gear Strive is the only game among the three departing titles that can potentially be completed from start to finish in a single day; data from HowLongToBeat suggests that the story mode for this game takes approximately five hours to finish.
Xbox Game Pass Set to Remove More Games Than It Adds in August 2024
For today’s deletions, we will reach a total of seven Xbox Game Pass departures this month. Since only six new games have been added since the start of August 2024, it appears that the XGP library may experience a slight decrease by the end of the month. However, this assessment doesn’t consider the beta access to “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” that was made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers on August 30. Unfortunately, the anticipated release of “SOPA: The Tale of the Stolen Potato” in August didn’t happen as scheduled, which would have kept the balance between this month’s removals and additions.
Looking ahead, Xbox Game Pass has officially confirmed five titles for release in September 2024, all of which will be day-one launches. These include “Star Trucker,” a reimagined version of “Age of Mythology” titled “Age of Mythology: Retold, “Train Sim World 5,” the sequel to “Frostpunk” called “Frostpunk 2“, and a game named “Ara: History Untold“. There’s also a strong possibility that Ubisoft’s “Riders Republic” will join the service around September 11.
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2024-08-31 18:43