Half a dozen titles spanning a fairly wide variety of genres are scheduled to leave Xbox Game Pass later today, September 15.

There is another caveat, that Microsoft has seemingly arbitrarily picked a few dozen games, many of them big titles, that are not included in Xbox Game Pass Standard,

Xbox Game Pass has long been the key differentiator for Microsoft's gaming business, offering an alternative subscription-based store against Steam on PC, and offering heaps of value on console against PlayStation with its day-one games pledge. That covenant has been undone now, though.

One of the highest-rated games of 2024 that's also been available to Xbox Game Pass members from day one just got even better.

Xbox's new Game Pass Standard tier, which replaced the existing console tier and excludes day one launches onto the service, is missing much more than that. Massive first-party games that were previously used to sell the service like Starfield, Diablo 4, and Hellblade 2 are nowhere to be found among the subscription's strange middle tier offerings.

Xbox officially launched its new Game Pass Standard plan on Tuesday, but it's missing some huge first-party titles.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Xbox Game Pass has introduced the new Standard tier for $14.99 per month. It replaces Xbox Game Pass For Console, but bizzarely doesn't include day one releases anymore. Day one releases might eventually come to Standard after one year,