Xbox Game Pass Losing 6 Games Today, Including 3 Great Multiplayer Titles

Summary

• Xbox Game Pass is set to remove six games on January 15, including Exoprimal and Escape Academy, likely around midnight local time.
• Half of these departing titles are multiplayer games.
• PC gamers can continue playing Escape Academy as it will be available for free on the Epic Games Store starting January 16.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers will see a reduction in their game library today, January 15, with six titles being removed. This change could significantly impact those who enjoy multiplayer games through the service.

The Xbox Game Pass catalog typically undergoes a refresh every 15 days, with games being removed in the middle and at the end of each month. The last set of removals occurred on December 31, when titles like LEGO 2K Drive and McPixel 3 were taken off the service.

In the next 24 hours, another batch of six games will leave Xbox Game Pass. The games departing on January 15 include Escape Academy, Those Who Remain, Exoprimal, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Figment: Journey Into the Mind, and Common'hood.

Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Today, January 15

Half of the games leaving Xbox Game Pass in the first wave of 2025 are multiplayer titles. Exoprimal and Insurgency: Sandstorm are strictly multiplayer shooters, while Escape Academy features a popular co-op mode. Notably, Escape Academy enjoyed the longest tenure on Xbox Game Pass among these six, having been added in July 2022 as a day-one release.

Escape Academy May Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass, But It Will Be Free Tomorrow

While game removal times can vary, most titles are typically pulled from Xbox Game Pass near the end of their scheduled departure day. U.S. subscribers have about 18 hours left to play these departing titles as of this writing, which is sufficient time to complete games like Figment: Journey Into the Mind or Those Who Remain. For Escape Academy, the urgency is only for console gamers, as the PC version will be available for free on the Epic Games Store starting January 16.

The next round of Xbox Game Pass game removals is slated for January 31. The titles set to be removed at the end of the month will be announced alongside the Wave 2 lineup for January 2025, which includes day-one releases like Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. More Xbox Game Pass updates are expected during the Xbox Developer Direct on January 23, 2025.