When new games are added, some are removed, and this month's removals are pretty brutal. According to the Xbox Wire, one game in particular stands out among a few welcome additions, especially given its pedigree and who currently owns the rights.
Xbox Game Pass has been getting a ton of new games, including Vampire Crawlers, Voidbreaker, Escape Academy 2, Ignite, MySims, Football Manager 27, Warhammer Survivors, Tanuki: Pon's Summer, Hope In The City, Thronefall, Toxic Commando, Aphelion, and Paw Patrol: Dino World.
All of those titles are going to be added this month, but there's a major catch. On November 15, all these games will be leaving the service:
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1000xResist (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Barbie Horse Trails (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Firefighting Simulator – The Squad (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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GoldenEye 007 (Cloud and Console)
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Great God Grove (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Moonlighter (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Pigeon Simulator (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Police Simulator: Patrol Officers (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Relic Hunters Legend (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Total Chaos (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Winter Burrow (Cloud, Console, and PC)
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Wreckfest (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Notice anything special in there? Well, there are a few pretty high-profile games, but GoldenEye 007 sticks out like a sore thumb. Since Microsoft purchased Rare, this makes it a first-party game, so it's sad to see the absolute classic leaving Xbox Game Pass.
This move is even stranger because Rare Replay, a compilation that includes a ton of Rare games, also includes GoldenEye 007. If you don't own the game, you can buy Rare Replay for $30.
In case you need a refresher, GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 completely overhauled the first-person shooter ecosystem on consoles. Long before Halo was lighting up LAN parties, fans huddled around the four-player N64 and spent time playing GoldenEye 007 on the same TV screen.
Here's a refresher: "James Bond returns! More than 20 years after the classic that introduced a generation to stealth-based shooter gameplay first hit the shelves, GoldenEye is back to thrill players old and new. Beginning in the heavily guarded chemical weapons facility at the Byelomorye Dam, you’ll guide Bond on a global covert operation to stop the devastating power of the GoldenEye satellite from being unleashed upon the world."
While the experience has changed significantly since then, GoldenEye 007 is a Rare classic, and it's a shame to see it gone in any form, including Xbox Game Pass. Rare Replay hangs on by a thread, it seems, keeping the vast history of this storied developer alive.
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