Xbox Game Pass New Tiers Are Live, Games Pulled From Standard Tier

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Back in July, Microsoft announced they were making some changes to Xbox Game Pass tiers removing Core and just having a "˜Standard' and including an Ultimate which would be the only place you can play Major Day One Releases like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 or Indiana Jones.

We knew that standard was not going to have access to the shiny new titles but at least we could play the old stuff, right? By the looks of things, as spotted by Kotaku, many games have been removed. Upon further view it appears Microsoft has decided to take this back a year and remove anything added from the past 12 months. So, you can no longer play Modern Warfare 3, which was only added in June, or Diablo 4. Starfield and even Hellblade 2 have been removed as well. It's not only the major titles that are missing either but there are also some little gems like Dungeons of Hinterberg and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn are noticeably absent.

Starfield is no longer part of Xbox Game Pass Standard

Microsoft has confirmed that it could be "up to 12 months" before day one releases are available on the Standard Game Pass, so does this mean that in a year these titles will be back? Starfield is actually over a year old now so that debunks that already.

I can't believe this will affect too many current subscribers, but it is food for thought for any new subscribers wanting to give some of the older titles a go.

This will only affect the Console version of Game Pass. PC Game Pass will continue to have access to the lot.

Below is a list of the titles missing from the Standard Tier: