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Microsoft has recently added a special badge to some gamers’ profiles to commemorateXbox Live Gold’s history.Xbox Live Gold was recently replaced by Xbox Game Pass Core, after being a popular service between 2002 and 2023.
AfterXbox Game Pass Ultimategained popularity, Xbox Live Gold started to feel like an obsolete service. Game Pass Ultimate allowed players to access all online features and gave them the same free games offered by Game with Gold. On top of that, it also offered a huge selection of games to play. Due to these changes in its strategy, Microsoft finally ended Xbox Live Gold this month after over 20 years of existence. However, this doesn’t mean that the classic subscription service needs to be forgotten.
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Xbox Live Gold has been replaced by Xbox Game Pass Core. This is a lighter, cheaper version of the famous Game Pass, and offers multiplayer access, as well as a list of games for $9.99 monthly (or $59.99 yearly). At the moment,36 games are available on Game Pass Core, mixing a few AAA first-party titles, and some indies, and the list is expected to receive updates two or three times per year. Some examples includeCeleste,Doom Eternal,Fallout 4,Gears 5,Stardew Valley, andVampire Survivors. However, no free games are being given each month anymore, as the Games with Gold service has been canceled.
Now that Xbox Live Gold is no more, Microsoft will turn its focus solely to the different tiers of Game Pass. At the moment, the standard version ofXbox Game Pass has four games confirmedfor the next two weeks:Payday 3,Cocoon,Gotham Knights, andThe Lamplighter’s League. Apart from these titles, the SoulslikeLies of Pand the party gameParty Animalswere just released, and the service’s most eagerly awaited offering of the year,Starfield, was out two weeks ago.
