Xbox Games With Gold: 2 final free games, after it’s over

Players can continue to access all Xbox One Games that they have previously recovered via Games with Gold if they remain Game Pass Ultimate or Game Pass Core, specifies Microsoft. Whatever the status of the subscription, all the Xbox 360 titles recovered via Games with Gold in the past will be kept in the player’s library.

This is the end of the Xbox Live Gold, replaced by the Game Pass Core

Microsoft announces the imminent end of Xbox Live Gold, more than 20 years after its launch.

Games With Gold concludes on September 14 and will be replaced by Game Pass Core, that Microsoft describes as “an evolution” of the Xbox Live Gold. Core includes access to the multiplayer of the online console and offers subscribers a collection of more than 25 games to play on Xbox Series X and S and Xbox One for 6.99 euros per month or 59.99 euros per year.

Xbox Live was launched for the first time on the original Xbox on November 15, 2002 and was popularized by the online multiplayer Halo 2 part. Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S used this platform.

Games with Gold was launched on Xbox 360 in July 2013 and was required for online multiplayer. A subscription included a handful of games each month, an extremely popular bonus but which in recent years has become rather obsolete.

During the Launch on September 14, Xbox Live Gold members automatically become Game Pass Core members. With the introduction of Game Pass Core, Games with Gold end on September 1. Here is the list of core games at launch:

• Among Us
• Descenders
• Dishonored 2
• Doom Eternal
• Anniversary fable
• Fallout 4
• Fallout 76
• Forza Horizon 4
• Gears 5
• Grounded
• Halo 5: Guardians
• Halo Wars 2
• Hellblade: Senua’s sacrifice
• Human Fall Flat
• Inside
• Ori & The Will of the Wisps
• Psychonauts 2
• State of Decay 2
• The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited

Microsoft declares that it would announce more Core games before September 14 and that new games are added two or three times a year.

Thank you to all those who have been with us since the first days, to those who joined us along the way with friends, and who are now with us with the Xbox Game Pass.

Players can continue to access all Xbox One Games that they have previously recovered via Games with Gold if they remain Game Pass Ultimate or Game Pass Core, specifies Microsoft. Whatever the status of the subscription, all the Xbox 360 titles recovered via Games with Gold in the past will be kept in the player’s library.

“With this evolution, we make our farewells to Games with Gold,” says Jerret West, CVP, Gaming Marketing, in a message on Xbox Wire. “We wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to rethink how to include content with this subscription. We found that the answer to create the most convincing catalog was to take advantage of certain titles in our Xbox Game Pass catalog.””

“Thank you to all those who have been with us since the first days, to those who joined us along the way with friends, and who are now with us with the Xbox Game Pass. I am proud and touched by these stories of online teammates who have become friends in real life after years of play, or even weddings whose initial spark was lit in a lobby before a game. We are looking forward to listening to the community when it was launched on September 14, and we meet online !

With the launch of Game Pass Core, Game Pass offers four separate offers: Core (6.99th per month); Console (10.99th per month); PC (9.99th per month); and Ultimate (14.99th per month). Here is a practical graphic summarizing what is available:

Earlier this month, Game Pass has experienced its first price increase since its initial launch six years ago. The Xbox Game Pass increased by a dollar, going from 9.99 euros to 10.99 euros per month. Ultimate increased by two euros to reach 14.99th per month. PC Game Pass remained 9.99 euros per month.

The price increase and now this launch of Game Pass Core occur after the admission of the boss of Xbox, Phil Spencer, that the growth of the Game Pass slows down and has the potential to cannibalize sales. The Game Pass has been scrutinized intensively since its creation, Xbox praising it as a new distribution paradigm and the PlayStation boss, Jim Ryan, saying that the publishers do not like it. Activision Blizzard Activision, Bobby Kotick, is not a fan either, which creates an interesting situation now that Microsoft is about to seal his redemption of $ 69 billion from the Call of Duty manufacturer.

Erwan Lafleuriel is editor -in -chief of IGN France. Video game slave for 40 years, he only escapes it punctually to cry his defeats on Twitter.

Xbox Games With Gold: 2 final free games, after it’s over

On Xbox Series, subscribers to Xbox Live Gold can recover two free games, the last before the disappearance of the subscription and its replacement by the Xbox Game Pass Core.

Summary

Whatever your favorite medium, you necessarily have the opportunity to enjoy free games. Each week, Epic Games Store offers PC players a nice selection of titles to recover without spending the slightest penny. For their part, subscribers to PS Plus can add games for free to their library every month. Xbox is not to be outdone since the owners of Xbox Series and Xbox One also are regularly spoiled. In addition to the Xbox Free Play Days every weekend, there is another way to get titles for free on Microsoft consoles.

Two free games on Xbox Series

On Xbox, the Xbox Live Gold service, which allows you to enjoy the online multiplayer, also gives the right to two free games every month thanks to the “Games with Gold” offer. From 1ᵉʳ to August 31, subscribers to the service and the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which automatically includes access to Gold, will be able to recover for free Blue Fire And Inertial drift. The first named is a 3D platform which gives pride of place to exploration and action. The adventure takes place in the kingdom of Penumbra, which unfortunately sank into darkness.

Inertial drift, He is a racing game ” which propels you into an uchronia inspired by the 90s, both futuristic and retro “Indicates the game page on the Microsoft Store. As its name suggests, the Drift is the main mechanics of the title developed by Level 91 Entertainment. The slippages are carried out with a transmission with two speed levers materialized by the two joysticks of the controller. So here is a nice batch for owners of Xbox One and Xbox Series, which also marks an important turning point.

Good luck, Xbox Live Gold

Blue Fire And Inertial drift So have the honor to be the last two free games in history offered to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Indeed, the historical service disappears from September 1ᵉʳ to give way, a few days later, to a brand new formula: the Xbox Game Pass Core. This new subscription available for € 6.99 per month will allow, from September 14, to enjoy the online multiplayer as well as a catalog of more than 25 cult games, like the deceased PlayStation more collection on PS5, disappeared last May.

Recall that the unprecedented formula presented by Microsoft is controversial since it includes access to the online, which is not the case with the Xbox Game Pass Console, however more expensive (€ 10.99 per month). Anyway, it’s the end of an era and the month of August will be the last opportunity for players to enjoy the “Games with Gold” offer. Rest assured, if you have a subscription to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or the future Xbox Game Pass Core, you can continue to enjoy the games acquired thanks to Gold.