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Amazon Gaming GM Jeff Gattis updates on the status of LOTR video games after the cancelation of an MMO.

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The next set of Xbox Games Pass removals has been identified, and it appears there are a bunch more games leaving the service at the end of the month. Pure Xbox was first to discover that the "Leaving Soon" tab on the Xbox mobile app lists off eight games leaving the service on July 31. These include games like Celeste, Whiskerwood, Sniper Elite: Resistance, and Crusader Kings 3, among others. You can see the full list below. Microsoft removes (and adds) games to Game Pass across two waves per month. On July 15, Microsoft removed 11 games from Game Pass, and with a further eight getting dumped

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Two more games are losing their online services, but the good news is that the server shutdowns aren't happening all that soon. Delisted Games spotted notices from EA and 2K informing fans about forthcoming server closures. Grid Legends will lose its online service on PlayStation and Xbox consoles on September 11 this year, but servers will stay up for the game's Steam and Switch 2 editions. Grid Legends is riding ... off into the sunset. 2K, meanwhile, announced that TopSpin 2K25's online support will go dark on December 31, 2027. 2K had previously said servers will close at the end of 2026,