Summary

Six games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on January 15th, including Exoprimal and Escape Academy, likely around midnight local time. Half of these departing games are multiplayer titles. PC players can still access Escape Academy after its removal, as it becomes free on the Epic Games Store on January 16th.

Xbox Game Pass is losing six games on January 15th, potentially impacting subscribers who rely on the service for multiplayer options. This is a typical mid-month content rotation; the last removal wave occurred on December 31st.

Six more games are departing within the next 24 hours. These include Escape Academy, Those Who Remain, Exoprimal, Insurgency: Sandstorm, Figment: Journey Into the Mind, and Common'hood.

Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving Today, January 15th

Half of the January 2025 departure wave consists of multiplayer titles. Exoprimal and Insurgency: Sandstorm are multiplayer-only shooters; Escape Academy features a well-received co-op mode. Escape Academy boasts the longest tenure on Xbox Game Pass, having been added in July 2022 as a day-one release.

Escape Academy's Departure and Free Epic Games Store Offer

Game removal times vary, but most titles leave around the end of the day. US subscribers have approximately 18 hours remaining to play these games. This allows ample time to complete shorter titles like Figment: Journey Into the Mind, Those Who Remain, and Escape Academy. However, only console players need to rush to finish Escape Academy, as the PC version will be free on the Epic Games Store starting January 16th.

The next wave of Xbox Game Pass removals is scheduled for January 31st. These titles, along with the January 2025 Wave 2 additions, will be announced later. Confirmed day-one additions for January 31st include Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, Eternal Strands, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. Further announcements are expected around January 23rd, during the 2025 Xbox Developer Direct.

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