Microsoft has unveiled the next set of five games that will be removed from Xbox Game Pass in the middle part of July 2021, including a couple of EA Play titles in the form of EA Sports UFC and EA Sports UFC 2.
Here's the full list of games currently set to leave around the middle of July:
| Date | Game | Platform |
| July 14 | EA Sports UFC | Console |
| July 14 | EA Sports UFC 2 | Console |
| July 15 | CrossCode | Console, PC |
| July 15 | Downwell | PC |
| July 15 | Endless Space 2: Deluxe Edition | PC |
As always, Xbox Game Pass members can get a discount of 20% on these titles before they're removed, aside from the EA Play games, which are offered at a 10% discount for EA Play and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members.
While we're sad to be losing these games, there are loads of exciting titles on the way to Game Pass later this month, including Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Ascent, Cris Tales, UFC 4, Farming Simulator 19 and many more.
Sad to see these games go? Let us know your favourite of these in the comments.
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Heard a lot of good things about crosscode...bit it apperently takes over 30 hours for the main story so I'm not sure I'll be starting that. Got to many on the go already so I don't think I'll be playing any of the departing games this month.
@Krzzystuff I've played about 2 hours of Cross Code. Love the story and art but can't see putting 30 hours into it. Got a lot of games going on at once and a few of my buddies just picked up the X.
Cross Code was soooo good. Bought it for Switch physically but might keep it sealed and buy it digital on xbox in wait for that promised post-game content…
Love the look, sound, and premise of CrossCode. After playing it for multiple hours however, the gameplay is kind of becoming a drag. Getting really repetitive and grindy for me. Heard it's super long, so I might just have to leave it unfinished and be fine with that.
Another one who missed Crosscode, not going to have time in the next few weeks unfortunately.
It's a relatively small complaint in the grand scheme but THIS is my least favourite thing about Game Pass, feeling like you are missing out on titles because there is too much to play and never enough time!
@Trmn8r if you feel it’s too grindy just tweak the difficulty settings. IMO they are over-tinned for hardcore RPG gamers with lightning reflexes, but the game has very granular config settings to make combat and puzzle speed a lot less frustrating.
IMO the story was worth playing through.
Sucks ghat CrossCode is leaving
Microsoft should pay for the rights to have smaller and older big titles on Game Pass permanently.
@Oval_Griffin I am just guessing here, but I think most people that are approached by MS to be part of GP take the “fixed payment” approach and that does not work well if the title is there permanently for Microsoft. If the game stays there forever, then players are less likely to prioritize it, therefore it’s gets less play now and MS ends paying for time ir was barely payed.
Having an expiration date adds to its scarcity and encourages players to try the third party games within its window.
Maybe at some point they can standardize a “paid based on how many players engage with your game” model that puts more gamble on the publisher/dev shoulders.
I know based on an interview I listened to a while back that they did experiment with such a model early on but most devs did not want to take that risk.
@Tharsman That's like saying many tv shows shouldn't stay on Netflix because they do not have enough viewers.
The customer who pays for a subscription can watch what they want, when they want. That's the point.
@Oval_Griffin many shows don’t actually stay on Netflix because it is usually not worth it for them to renew the license. Only shows that were done and financed by them stay on Netflix long therm.
High viewership shows they try to keep (like The Office) but they tend to have to fend off other bidders that might want to get the show exclusive to their streaming platform.
Wanted to like CrossCode. Didn’t. Not really the games fault so much as the fault of the gaming press for gushing over it so much.
@swedetrap Feel the same. It always looked cool and had a lot of positive coverage but just didn't click with me at all after a few hours.
A shame for Crosscode, as it was on my backlog since a while, now. At least, it pushed me to finally give it a try, and decided me to buy it... on Switch. I'll be perfect for a portable session, I think.
@Krzzystuff
Exactly the same for me. It looks like a really cool mix of Zelda and RPG. It's pretty cheap overall so guess I'm getting it at some other time
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