{"id":12538,"date":"2022-08-17T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/17\/hades-and-four-other-really-good-games-are-leaving-game-pass\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:19:14","slug":"hades-and-four-other-really-good-games-are-leaving-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/17\/hades-and-four-other-really-good-games-are-leaving-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Hades and four other really good games are leaving Game Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/16\/23307942\/xbox-game-pass-hades-spiritfarer-leaving\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/16\/23307942\/xbox-game-pass-hades-spiritfarer-leaving<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.956886227545\">\n<p id=\"HmQKzW\">If you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/18\/22406059\/xbox-game-pass-subscribers-25-million-microsoft-activision\">Game Pass subscription<\/a> and have somehow, inexplicably, never gotten around to playing what was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22159911\/hades-best-game-2020-nintendo-switch-supergiant-pc\">arguably the best game of 2020<\/a>, your time is running out. Xbox has announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/10\/1\/21496904\/hades-supergiant-games-review-nintendo-switch\"><em>Hades<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2022\/08\/16\/game-pass-mid-august-2022-update\/\">along with a treasure trove of games<\/a> \u2014 some of the best on the service \u2014 are leaving on August 31st. Here\u2019s the full list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"NuaLnc\">\n<em>Elite Dangerous<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"YaTC0e\">\n<em>Hades<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"44bE2g\">\n<em>Myst<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"ECLx1E\">\n<em>NBA 2K22<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"I5Btt8\">\n<em>Signs of the Sojourner<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"FfWLq6\">\n<em>Spiritfarer<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"lg4fCe\"><em>Twelve Minutes<\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"0MRUUP\"><em>Two Point Hospital <\/em><\/li>\n<li id=\"Vj33LL\">\n<em>What Remains of Edith Finch<\/em> <\/li>\n<li id=\"kqqAg0\">\n<em>World War Z<\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"InYfPw\"><em>Hades<\/em> is one of those genre-redefining games. It is a roguelike that never actually feels like one because of how the story and the characters are weaved through the gameplay. And the gameplay itself is tight and enjoyable, with tons of powers, perks, and weapons you can choose to refine your loadout. When <em>Hades<\/em> joined Game Pass a little over a year ago, the game became a major selling point for the subscription service, landing on damn near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/best-games\/22372750\/best-game-pass-games-xbox\">everyone\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/best-games-xbox-game-pass\/\">must-play<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-30-best-xbox-game-pass-games-july-2022\/1100-6488255\/\">list<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"8rlnNy\">In addition to<em> Hades<\/em>, Game Pass is also losing several other <em>really fricking good<\/em> games, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/1\/26\/14357340\/myst-game-android-announced-mobile-release-date\"><em>Myst<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2020\/12\/17\/22180384\/elite-dangerous-odyssey-weapons-video\"><em>Elite Dangerous<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/2020\/8\/18\/21373518\/spiritfarer-review-release-date-switch-pc-ps4-xbox-one-thunder-lotus\"><em>Spiritfarer<\/em><\/a>, and my personal constantly slept-on favorite, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/4\/25\/15421938\/what-remains-of-edith-finch-review-ps4-pc\"><em>What Remains of Edith Finch<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"V1lVh8\">Of course, Game Pass also giveth when it taketh away. But while you\u2019ll have the opportunity to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/6\/24\/8837815\/her-story\"><em>Her Story<\/em><\/a>, writer Sam Barlow\u2019s newest game <em>Immortality, <\/em>and the surprisingly decent <em>Immortals: Fenyx Rising<\/em>, none of the new additions will be able to fill the giant hole of quality those other games leave behind.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Accphv\">You\u2019ve got until August 31st to play those hits, or else you\u2019re going to be left out like <em>The Verge<\/em>\u2019s Umar Shakir, who assumed <em>Hades<\/em> would always be there. Don\u2019t be like Umar. Play <em>Hades<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/16\/23307942\/xbox-game-pass-hades-spiritfarer-leaving\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/16\/23307942\/xbox-game-pass-hades-spiritfarer-leaving<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: If you have a Game Pass subscription and have somehow, inexplicably, never gotten around to playing what was arguably the best game of 2020, your time is running out. Xbox has announced that Hades, along with a treasure trove of games \u2014 some of the best on the service \u2014 are leaving on August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-12538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-technology","tag-gaming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hades and four other really good games are leaving Game Pass - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/17\/hades-and-four-other-really-good-games-are-leaving-game-pass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hades and four other really good games are leaving Game Pass - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: If you have a Game Pass subscription and have somehow, inexplicably, never gotten around to playing what was arguably the best game of 2020, your time is running out. 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