Games on Game Pass are usually removed in the middle or late part of the month. But there are sometimes exceptions, especially for larger projects that are planned to be added to Game Pass in a few months.
The Xbox team has announced that Take-Two and 2K’s basketball simulator “NBA 2K26” will be removed from Game Pass on September 6. It will be available via subscription on April 3, 2026, exclusively on the Xbox Series
NBA 2K26 was removed from Game Pass around the same time as NBA 2K27 was released. The new basketball simulator will be available on September 4, but it won’t be available on Microsoft services at launch.
After launching on Game Pass, NBA 2K26 became one of the most popular subscription games of the year. Analysts pointed out that despite the lack of Xbox One and PC versions, in the Xbox ecosystem, the “NBA 2K26” game has entered the TOP 5 new Game Pass products this year in terms of number of players.
We also remind you As far as we know, about 5 games will be removed from Game Pass at the end of August.
