It will become Xbox Game Pass Core from September 14, 2023
Last weekend, rumors appeared in the online media about the impending cancellation of the paid Xbox Live Gold subscription for users of Xbox game consoles. And now Microsoft has made an official announcement about it.
The Xbox Live Gold subscription will indeed cease to exist. However, the subscription will not be lost, it will “evolve” into the Xbox Game Pass Core. Xbox Game Pass Core is scheduled to launch on September 14, 2023, at which time Xbox Live Gold subscribers will automatically become Xbox Game Pass Core subscribers with no price change. At the same time, the distribution of Games with Gold will stop on September 1.
Microsoft officially cancels Xbox Live Gold subscription
Microsoft clarified:
Game Pass Core will give players access to our advanced multiplayer network, a select collection of over 25 games to play with friends around the world, and-exclusive offers for $9.99/month or $59.99/month. year.
Microsoft has now confirmed the following free games for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One:
- 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.
Until September 14, the list is planned to be expanded, and then replenished 2-3 times a year.