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Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 2
Microsoft Cuts Xbox Game Pass July Exits to 8, Removing 3 Titles
Updated
Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 2

Microsoft Cuts Xbox Game Pass July Exits to 8, Removing 3 Titles

3 articles · Updated · Pure Xbox · Jul 2

Summary

  • Three games—My Friendly Neighborhood, Back to the Dawn and Whiskerwood—were removed from Microsoft’s July 2026 Xbox Game Pass departures list, shrinking the early-July exits from 11 to eight.
  • The remaining titles are still flagged as “leaving soon” in the Xbox mobile app and are set to leave on July 15: Golf With Your Friends, Stellaris, EA Sports FC 24, Super Fantasy Kingdom, PowerWash Simulator, Techtonica, Dungeons of Hinterberg and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
  • Co-op players are among the hardest hit, with Golf With Your Friends ending a six-year run on the service and PowerWash Simulator also departing.
  • Microsoft is offering at least 20% discounts on the outgoing games until July 15, while saying more titles are due to join Game Pass later in July 2026.

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