When it comes to the various gaming subscription services, clear patterns have been established. PS Plus subscribers know that they can typically expect to learn about the next free PS Plus games on the last Wednesday of every month, while Xbox Live Gold subscribers can safely expect the free Games with Gold games to consist of two Xbox 360 games and two Xbox One titles. Xbox Game Pass is no different in that it too has established its own pattern, but it broke from that pattern in March 2022.
The Xbox Game Pass pattern is a simple one. Near the beginning of every month (usually on the first unless it falls on a weekend), Microsoft announces the new Xbox Game Pass games that are coming out in the next couple of weeks, along with the titles that will be getting removed on the 15th that month. Then, when the 15th rolls around (again unless it falls on a weekend), Microsoft announces the new Xbox Game Pass games coming in the next two weeks, as well as the titles that are getting the boot at the end of the month.
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Microsoft has broken this pattern before when it comes to the games leaving Xbox Game Pass, like when it's an especially high-profile title, to give fans a bit more warning before they lose access to the game. For example, Microsoft announced Destiny 2 was leaving Xbox Game Pass well in advance of when it actually happened, and it has done the same thing with the PC version of Bungie's popular looter-shooter as well.
The pattern that Xbox Game Pass broke in March 2022 has to do with the new games coming to Xbox Game Pass, however. Because not only did Microsoft announce the next batches of games coming to Xbox Game Pass at the
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