EA Play provides a pretty nice bonus for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, granting a whole extra library of games via the EA Vault. Sadly though, EA tends to rotate older games out of this library from time to time, and two Codemasters racers are next for the chopping block on Xbox.
Thanks to a recent change to EA's Online Service Updates page, we now know that Dirt 4 and Dirt Rally will be leaving EA Play on October 3rd, 2022. That move also means that the two racers will no longer be available to Game Pass Ultimate members from that date onwards.
Alongside these two Xbox & PC titles, a selection of PC-only EA Play games are also set to leave on the same date. Here's the full PC-only list:
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Overlord
- Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
- Overlord: Raising Hell
- Overlord II
- Project Cars
- Rise of Argonauts
- Toybox Turbos
The company seems to be on a bit of a mission to tie up loose ends at the minute. A bunch of Xbox 360-era EA games are a part of this server closure list, along with some classic Ubisoft titles.
Will you be tearing into either of these before they leave the library? Let us know!
[source ea.com, via trueachievements.com]
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Seems like this has more to do with removing Codemasters titles. IDK why they'd be bent on removing Codemasters titles specifically but there it is. Maybe some kind of rights conflict for prior terms.
@NEStalgia Possibly car, music or some other brand licensing.
IDK haven't played either, just guessing, but often happens in this category. Just look at Forza Horizon 3 delisted after than 4 years. Can't ever buy the great Hot Wheels DLC.
Both great games, definitely worth a go for rally fans!
@themightyant still very easy to get codes for FH3 Hot Wheels DLC
@themightyant Not just the racing games, though, the PC list has the Overlord franchise, Rise of Argonots, Operation Flashpoint. They're delisting basically the entire Codies catalogue for whatever reason....but it clearly has something to do with the publisher/new-subsidiary.
The only one that doesn't belong here is Project Cars. Neither EA nor Codies had anything to do with that, it was Bamco that published it, so IDK how that's on EA Play at all.
@NEStalgia Codemasters bought Slightly Mad Studios who made the Project Cars games a few years ago.
@NEStalgia interesting! And sad
But thanks for the insight, that is weird.
@redd214 where? I searched and searched and the only place I could find was a scalper selling a code card for $120.
@redd214 Aha! That explains it!
So it really is the removal of the Codemasters content. Very interesting.
@redd214 Sadly not Blizzard Mountain. I really want to play through that DLC pack but the only option at this point is to torrent it. I’d be more than happy to give Microsoft my money for it but licensing stuff and digital-only content don’t really offer any other option.
@themightyant I don't know about great. For it's time it was I guess. But why would you want to play that when the superior Hot Wheels expansion is out now for Forza Horizon 5? I've played both Hot Wheels expansions and FH5's is superior in every single way.
@NEStalgia Project Cars isn't Codemasters content. It's a Slightly Mad Studios game. EA bought Slightly Mad Studios before they bought Codemasters.
Right now they own more racing game studios than anyone else. Criterion, Ghost Games, Slightly Mad Studios and Codemasters are all EA studios.
@Acurisur why would you want to play Red Dead Redemption now the sequel is out, what about Mario galaxy or fallout 3. Just because there is a sequel out with prettier graphics doesn’t mean some people don’t want to go back and play earlier games. Weird take.
@themightyant try CDKeys, just had a look and they have Forza 3 & Hot Wheels DLC bundle for £30. Unfortunately it looks like the DLC on its own is out of stock.
@themightyant Not the same thing. RDR2 and RDR have different stories. Hot Wheels in FH3 and FH5 are the same except Playground Games went back and actually played Hot Wheels in FH3 to work out how they would improve it in FH5.
So no, it's not a weird take. It's a logical take. What you've basically said is why drive a car when a horse and cart does the same thing.
As I said in my original comment, it was great for it's time. But with Hot Wheels now available in FH5 it's basically obsolete.
@ChopperCampbell Thanks for the reply. However both are showing out of stock for me (UK) I had looked there before as well as Shopto, Ebay and even some grey market resellers.
@Acurisur Not really. Driving games have different tracks, different mechanics, different missions just in the same way that a story game has a different plot. I agree the new Hot Wheels is fantastic, playing it right now, but the old one did things differently and is still worthwhile, or was the last time I played it.
@Kezelpaso This list isn't right. The games you mentioned are not available on Game Pass Ultimate,(except Dirt Rally and Dirt 4) they're all EA Play games that are available on Steam only.
https://www.ea.com/ea-play/terms/service-games-updates
Any word on new additions to EA Play on Xbox?
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