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Xbox Game Pass Loses This Perfect Organism And Three More Games In August
Four titles are set to leave Xbox Game Pass on 15 August, including Firewatch, Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand, Aliens: Fireteam Elite and the PC preview title Menace. The removals are part of Microsoft's regular monthly rotation of the subscription service's catalogue, and the departure of Aliens: Fireteam Elite is notable given that a new entry in the Alien game series is due out on Xbox later the same month.
Active Game Pass subscribers can buy any of the four games at a 20% discount before they are pulled from the service. The line-up spans console, PC and cloud availability for most titles, though Menace is only leaving the PC version of Game Pass, where it had been available through the Game Preview early-access programme.
In short
- Firewatch, Atlas Fallen, Aliens: Fireteam Elite and Menace leave Game Pass on 15 August
- Subscribers get a 20% discount to buy the games before removal
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite exits as a new Alien game nears launch
Explained simply
Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that gives members access to a changing catalogue of games. Microsoft adds and removes titles over time, so a game included in the subscription may later require a separate purchase to play.
The catalogue includes games from different genres and platforms, and some are available in an early-access preview while still in development. Subscribers can usually buy games leaving the service at a reduced price, and their availability can differ between console, PC and cloud gaming.