Microsoft is canceling Xbox Live Gold. The service will be replaced by Xbox Game Pass Core – INDIAN

Microsoft says goodbye to Xbox Live, canceling subscriptions after 21 years Xbox Live Gold Status. He will be in his place Xbox Game Pass Core at the same price, but without the monthly offer of two free games within the program Games with gold. The replacement will be a catalog of more than 25 titles from Game Pass. Online multiplayer on Xbox consoles and membership offers and discounts remain part of the subscription.

The list of over 25 games on Xbox Game Pass Core is expected to grow or change over time. At launch, it will 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 and Will of the Wisps, Psychonauts 2, State of Decay 2 and Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited.

All the games you received from Games with Gold will stay with you. Xbox Game Pass Core will launch on September 1, 2023 at a price of CZK 149 (€7) and all existing Xbox Live Gold subscribers will automatically upgrade to it.

Windows Central published the information prematurely and then deleted the article, but the details continue to circulate on the Internet. Rumors of ditching Xbox Live Gold in favor of Game Pass have been around for years, and the move makes sense. Even taking into account the fact that the offer of the “Game with Gold” in recent years has not been very attractive.

Finally, add that the basic Xbox Game Pass for consoles costs 269 crowns per month (11 euros), while the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with multiplayer and access to EA Play costs 389 crowns (15 euros).