Xbox Live Gold Replaced by Xbox Game Core [Update #2]
Credible reports have emerged online that the Xbox Live Gold subscription will cease to exist. It will be replaced by Xbox Game Core.
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Update #2
Microsoft has released two videos in recent hours, introducing the most important features of the new service. You can watch them below:
Update
Microsoft has officially confirmed the revelations posted below. Only the previously stated date for the replacement of Xbox Live Gold with Xbox Game Core is not correct - this will take place on September 14 (Games with Gold program will end on September 1).. New games will be added to the service 2-3 times a year.
Original news
There are many indications that big changes are being prepared for the Xbox Live Gold subscription. The source of this information is the usually very well-informed website Windows Central, which, however, quickly removed the article on the subject. Therefore, the following information should be approached with caution.
- According to these reports, on September 1, the Xbox Live Gold subscription (which enables you to play online and gain access to free games as part of Games with Gold) will be eliminated, and its subscribers will be transferred to the new Xbox Game Core service.
- The price of Xbox Game Core will be the same as Xbox Live Gold - around $7 per month.
- Xbox Game Core is expected to offer access to online gameplay and more than 25 games from Game (and more will be added regularly), as well as discounts in the Microsoft Store.
- The entire Games with Gold program will be discontinued, but games acquired during it will be added to s' s.
Games available as part of Xbox Game Core
The article also included a partial list of games that will be available to Xbox Game Core s:
- 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 and the Will of the Wisps
- Psychonauts 2
- State of Decay 2
- Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
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