Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, one of 2024’s most ambitious first-person shooters and one of Xbox Game Pass’ most compelling exclusive additions, is leaving the popular subscription service Nov. 16, nearly a year out from its initial release. And while this is a normal part of subscription services in the modern entertainment landscape, this unique brand of video games’ sudden departure from Game Pass hurts in a different way, and players are being vocal about it.
Over the weekend, Microsoft quietly announced that GSC Game World’s shooter would be leaving the service along with four other games. And that hasn’t gone over well with players who were accessing Stalker 2 as part of their Game Pass subscription, according to several Reddit threads.
