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Xbox Live Gold to Be Discontinued Soon, Microsoft Teases Innovative Replacement

Xbox Live Gold will cease to exist on September 1, but Microsoft has already announced the service that will replace it shortly after.

Xbox Live Gold has been on a downward trend for a few years now. What was once the flagship service for Xbox and paved the way for other popular services like PlayStation Plus, has been offering lesser-known games for quite some time while charging a price that was not justified solely for online play. While it made sense as resources were primarily directed towards Xbox Game Pass, it always felt like Xbox Live Gold was destined to disappear. And now, that is being confirmed.

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Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live Gold will be discontinued on September 1st. But don’t worry. For those still using this service, Microsoft has created an alternative: on September 14th, Xbox Game Pass Core will be launched. Priced at $9.99 per month or $59.99 per year, it will offer online play for all games on Xbox Live, along with a collection of 25 Microsoft games. These 25 games include:

    Among Us

    Descenders

    Dishonored 2

    Doom Eternal

    Fable Anniversary

    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

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All Xbox Live Gold members will automatically become Game Pass Core members on September 14th, with no change in their subscription prices and respecting the remaining months of Gold they have in their account. Additionally, all games claimed through Games with Gold can still be played as long as a Game Pass Core or Game Pass Ultimate subscription is maintained. While new monthly games will no longer be received, members will have a permanent catalog of 25 high-quality games, which will also serve as a showcase for Microsoft’s Game Pass library. It remains to be seen if this move will satisfy current Xbox Live Gold members.

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April games for Xbox Live Gold: a chance for redemption or more disappointment?

What Happened to Xbox Live Gold Free Games? Remember when they were absolute wonders that had us hooked on the console?

Microsoft, sit down, we need to talk. What happened to the free Xbox Live Gold games? Remember when they were absolute wonders that had us hooked to the console? Okay with Game Pass you’ve done a lot already, but this is a full-blown let die. If last month we had among us ‘Truberbrook’, ‘Sudden Strike Complete Collection’ and ‘Lamentum’ (which will continue until April 15), this one has been pure sloppiness. Let’s take a look – be careful, don’t get your fill!

‘Out of space: Couch edition’

A multiplayer game in which you will have to clean a ship of green snot and drive out the aliens that have invaded you. A more or less original party (reminiscent of other recent proposals) in which you will have to balance the cleaning of the rooms, pay attention to your vital needs and go improving and unlocking new objects. It may not be the best known game of the decade, but every pack needs a surprise to discover, right?

‘Peaky Blinders: Mastermind’

And that’s it. This is the second (and last) Xbox Live Gold game this month, a prequel to ‘Peaky Blinders’. Puzzles, adventures and plans that must go perfectly. If you like the series, so will the video game, even if it’s to control each member of the Shelby family in increasing difficulty. Ah! And you will also have the ability to control the time to go backwards, forwards or start over until the plan is greased to perfection. A very grateful mechanic.

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The way things are: Games with Gold needs a revolution or die while it still has a shred of dignity left. Out of space’ and ‘Peaky Blinders: Mastermind’ aren’t going to cut it for many gamers, and the anger against Xbox is growing… And rightly so. Will we see a move next month?