Microsoft’s popular Xbox Game Pass subscription service is losing four games today, including a well-received sports title.
Just like other subscription services, Xbox Game Pass removes content from its lineup from time to time. The good news is that Xbox Game Pass subscribers usually have at least a two weeks notice before anything is removed, giving them plenty of time to check the games out while they’re still available. And if they want access to the games after their removal date, subscribers can buy them to keep at a discounted price.
Besides some rare exceptions, games are removed from Xbox Game Pass on the 15th of every month, with another batch usually removed on the last day of the month as well. It’s now April 15, which means that today is the last day that Xbox Game Pass subscribers will be able to play some of the games on the service. In total, four games are leaving Xbox Game Pass after today, and another is going to be removed early next week.
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The four games leaving Xbox Game Pass today are MLB The Show 21, Pathway, Rain On Your Parade, and The Long Dark. Out of these, the highest profile is definitely MLB The Show 21, as it was the first time that a PlayStation-published title released as a day one Xbox Game Pass game.
Games Leaving Xbox Game Pass April 2022
MLB The Show 21 – April 15
Pathway – April 15
Rain On Your Parade – April 15
The Long Dark – April 15
F1 2019 – April 18
April 15 marks the last day that Xbox Game Pass subscribers can check out the aforementioned four games through their subscription, but April 18 will see another game removed from the lineup. April 18 is the last day that Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play the racing game F1 2019. F1 2019 earned mostly positive reviews from critics, so it’s definitely a bummer to see it go, but it’s not all bad news.
While some Xbox Game Pass subscribers may be disappointed that games like F1 2019 and MLB The Show 21 are being removed, the good news is that they have been replaced by newer installments in their respective series. MLB The Show 22 was added to Xbox Game Pass as a day one game earlier this month, while F1 2021 was added last month. The only caveat with F1 2021, though, is that it’s only available to those who are signed up for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, as it was added to the service through EA Play.
Fans should keep in mind that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all the games leaving Xbox Game Pass in April 2022. As previously stated, Microsoft tends to remove another batch of games at the end of the month. They haven’t been revealed yet, but chances are the announcement will come sooner rather than later.
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While new games are added to Xbox Game Pass regularly, Microsoft also removes games from the service as well, giving six titles the boot today.
Microsoft makes sure that it’s always adding more games to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service than it’s removing, but games still leave the service sometimes regardless. Generally, Xbox Game Pass games leave at the middle of the month and the end of the month, and since today is November 15, six games are being removed from Xbox Game Pass. Anyone interested in the games has until November 16 to play them, and they can also purchase them at a discount for a limited time.
Whenever Microsoft removes games from Xbox Game Pass, it gives subscribers the opportunity to purchase the games at a discount. So right now any Xbox Game Pass subscriber could purchase the games that are leaving for 20{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809} less than their usual asking price, just in case they didn’t have time to finish them while they were available on the service.
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The six Xbox Game Pass games leaving on November 15, 2021 are headlined by Final Fantasy 8 Remastered, the enhanced version of the PS1 JRPG classic. Final Fantasy 8 Remastered brings the original game to modern consoles with some huge quality of life improvements, such as the ability to speed up the gameplay so that players can get through grindier sections at a much faster rate than they could before.
Xbox Game Pass Games Leaving November 2021
Final Fantasy 8 Remastered
Planet Coaster: Console Edition
Star Renegades
Streets of Rogue
River City Girls
The Gardens Between
Another notable game leaving Xbox Game Pass on November 15 is Planet Coaster: Console Edition. While theme park simulation games may be relatively niche, Planet Coaster: Console Edition earned mostly positive reviews at the time of its release and is generally considered one of the better games in the genre. Other titles being removed on November 15 include Star Renegades, Streets of Rogue, River City Girls, and The Gardens Between.
Even more games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of the month, though Microsoft not revealed what they are at the time of this writing. However, it has touched on some of the games that will be added to the service in the second half of November 2021. For example, UnDungeon and Evil Genius 2: World Domination are coming on November 18 and November 30, respectively.
Looking ahead, there’s even more for Xbox Game Pass subscribers to look forward to in December, with Among Us coming to Xbox Game Pass on December 14 and of course, Halo Infinite dropping on December 8.
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Share on PinterestAccording to a small study, even people of moderate weight can reverse diabetes by losing visceral fat. EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images
Researchers have shown that for people with overweight or obesity, losing weight can reverse type 2 diabetes.
In a small study, the team found that weight loss reversed type 2 diabetes in participants, even though their body mass index (BMI) was in a moderate range.
The study authors believe that lowering levels of fat around the organs may be more important than lowering BMI.
In a small, preliminary study, researchers have found that people with type 2 diabetes who also have a BMI that falls within a moderate range can reverse their diabetes by losing weight.
The condition occurs when a person’s body does not produce enough insulin or if the insulin no longer works effectively. Insulin normally helps glucose enter the cells of the body. In the absence of insulin, glucose stays in the blood, where it can damage organs and tissues.
This means that a person with type 2 diabetes has an increased risk of several health issues, including stroke, heart disease, issues with their feet, kidney disease, dental issues, and bladder problems.
According to researchers writing in the journal Nutrients, scientists for a long time believed that type 2 diabetes was incurable, so they primarily focused on how people should manage symptoms of the condition.
However, evidence now suggests that if individuals who are overweight or have obesity achieve and maintain weight loss, they can reverse type 2 diabetes.
In the present small, preliminary study, researchers have gone one step further and examined whether weight loss might reverse type 2 diabetes even in those whose weight falls within the moderate BMI range.
Medical News Today spoke with the study’s first author, Dr. Ahmad Al-Mrabeh, a Transitional Research Fellow at the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at Queen’s Medical Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom.
He explained that they decided to explore whether weight loss could be effective at reversing type 2 diabetes for people with moderate BMI after looking at the results of their previous research.
“We observed that the metabolic profile changed markedly after following a low calorie diet even when the change in body weight was […] minor. We, therefore, wanted to test whether inducing modest weight loss could achieve remission in those who are non-obese,” said Dr. Al-Mrabeh.
According to the principal investigator of the study, Prof. Roy Taylor, Director of the Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre at Newcastle University, U.K., “[o]ur previous research has shown that weight loss of 10–15{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809} can achieve remission in people with type 2 diabetes who are overweight or obese.”
“Doctors tend to assume, however, that type 2 diabetes has a different cause in those who aren’t overweight. This means that, unlike those who are overweight, those who are of [moderate] weight aren’t usually advised to lose weight before being given diabetes drugs and insulin.”
“Instead, there’s a tendency to start them on insulin and other medication at a much earlier stage.”
“What we’ve shown is that if those of [moderate] weight lose 10-15{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809} of their weight, they have a very good chance of getting rid of their diabetes.”
“This should be a wake-up call to doctors, and, with 1 in 10 of the 4.5 million people with type 2 diabetes in the U.K. of [moderate] weight at diagnosis, there is no time to be lost in getting the message across.”
– Prof. Taylor
The study involved just 23 people. Of these, 12 individuals had a type 2 diabetes diagnosis with an average age of 58.3 years and an average BMI of 24.5. The remaining 11 did not have diabetes and were of similar age and BMI. This group acted as the control.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classify BMI scores of 18.5–24.9 as “healthy.”
All participants followed a low calorie diet for 2 weeks, consuming no more than 800 calories each day. The researchers then supported them to maintain their new weight for 4–6 weeks.
They completed this cycle two or three times until all participants had reduced their body weight by 10–15{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809}.
The researchers measured each participants’ visceral fat and insulin sensitivity before, during, and after the study.
At the end of the study, the researchers matched the people with diabetes with control participants of the same age, sex, and BMI. The scientists found that the individuals with diabetes lost more than twice as much fat in their liver compared with the controls.
In the diabetes group, fat in the pancreas reduced from 5.1{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809} to 4.5{cfdf3f5372635aeb15fd3e2aecc7cb5d7150695e02bd72e0a44f1581164ad809}. Also, their average triglyceride levels fell from 1.6 millimoles per liter to 1.0 millimoles per liter — a significant reduction similar to the control group.
Most significantly, two-thirds of the participants found that their type 2 diabetes went into remission and could stop taking their medication.
Prof. Taylor says that “[t]hese results, while preliminary, demonstrate very clearly that diabetes is not caused by obesity but by [carrying too much weight] for your own body. It’s due to having too much fat in your liver and pancreas, whatever your BMI.”
“In the liver, this excess fat prevents insulin from working normally. In the pancreas, it causes the beta cells to stop producing insulin.”
Dr. Al-Mrabeh said to MNT that the results may be reproducible in larger studies, “however, it is important to understand the mechanisms of excess fat buildup within these vital metabolic organs (liver and pancreas) in non-obese people.”
Speaking with MNT, Prof. Pål R. Njølstad, Leader of the Center for Diabetes Research at the University of Bergen, Norway, said that “[t]he findings are interesting and indicate that weight loss is also important in non-obese individuals with type 2 diabetes.”
Prof. Njølstad added that “[m]ore studies are needed with an increased number of study participants and increased time of follow up, in addition to investigating the effect of other factors, such as age, sex, and ethnicity.”
Dr. Al-Mrabeh said to MNT that he will continue developing the initial findings.
“I have recently moved to the University of Edinburgh to establish an independent research program looking into the mechanisms of how excess fat causes damage to the pancreas in type 2 diabetes. My aim is to dissect these mechanisms using both human and animal studies.”
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