Updated on March 4: MLB The Show 24 has now been removed from the “Leaving Soon” section of the Xbox Cloud Gaming app, so it seems to be staying for a while longer. The original story is as follows.
Summary
Evil Westand at least seven more titles are leavingXbox Game Passon March 15. The next wave of departures will mark the second blow toYakuzafans with anXbox Game Passmembership in a span of just a few weeks.
Microsoft’s subscription service rotates out games from its catalog twice a month. The latest such batch of removals happened on February 28, whenXbox Game Pass lostnine titles:Maneater,PAW Patrol World,Space Engineers,Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun,Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty,GRIS,F1 22,Yakuza 3 Remastered, andYakuza 4 Remastered.
At least eight more titles are set to follow on March 15, according to the newly updated “Leaving Soon” section of the Xbox Cloud Gaming app. The mid-March 2025 departures includeEvil West,Lies of P, andMLB The Show 24, as well asNo More Heroes 3andSolar Ash.SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydratedis also leaving the service on the 15th, together withYakuza 5 RemasteredandYakuza 6: The Song of Life. All of these titles have been available for at least a year,debuting on Xbox Game Pass no later than March 2024.
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Yakuza Games Are Continuing Their Xbox Game Pass Exodus
None of the titles from the March 15 departure wave are easily beatable in a single day. Achievement hunters wanting to make the most of their subscriptions may want to prioritizeSolar Ashand theBattle for Bikini Bottomremake, which can be fully completed in a few days' time. As for those eager to play as manyLike a Dragongames as possible before they leave Xbox Game Pass,Yakuza 5is one of the most difficult series entries to rush, as grabbing all of its achievements can take north of 150 hours. OnlyYakuza 0andYakuza 3are widely considered to be more time-consuming to fully complete among the fandom.
The “Leaving Soon” section of the Xbox Cloud Gaming app has historically been an incomplete source of upcoming removals. It’s hence possible that even more titles will be leaving the service on March 15. The full list of departures is expected to be confirmed on March 4, as part of Microsoft’s announcement of the first wave ofMarch 2025 Xbox Game Pass releases.
