Game Pass Essential gets Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and Viva Piñata on November 15, as 13 games leave

In its November 2026 wave 1 post on Xbox Wire, published November 3, 2026, Xbox lists two changes coming on Sunday, November 15: a batch of classic games joins the Game Pass Essential library, and 13 games leave Game Pass. Xbox Wire gives the date only, not a time or time zone.

Joining Game Pass Essential on November 15

• Banjo-Kazooie (Cloud and Console)
• Banjo-Tooie (Cloud and Console)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Cloud and Console)
• Gears of War: Judgment (Cloud and Console)
• Halo: Spartan Assault (Cloud, Console and PC)
• Perfect Dark (Cloud and Console)
• Viva Piñata (Cloud and Console)
• Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (Cloud and Console)

Since these titles are added to Essential, they should also be available to members of the higher Game Pass tiers; Xbox Wire only lists them under Essential.

Leaving Game Pass on November 15

• 1000xResist
• Barbie Horse Trails
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
• Firefighting Simulator – The Squad
• GoldenEye 007 (Cloud and Console)
• Great God Grove
• Moonlighter
• Pigeon Simulator
• Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
• Relic Hunters Legend
• Total Chaos
• Winter Burrow
• Wreckfest

Except GoldenEye 007, all of these are listed for Cloud, Console and PC. Xbox invites players to "save on these games now before they leave Game Pass"; the post does not give discount amounts.

Other dates from the same post

• November 10: Football Manager 27 Console, Warhammer Survivors and Tanuki: Pon's Summer (day one)
• November 11: Hope in the City and Thronefall
• November 12: John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
• November 17: Aphelion and Paw Patrol: Dino World

What to do before November 15

• If you're playing one of the leaving games, finish it or check its price in the Xbox store before the 15th.

Sources:

Xbox Wire — Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Escape Academy 2, Thronefall, Warhammer Survivors, and More (November 3, 2026)