Xbox Shareware Stops Requiring Xbox Live Gold Subscription

Microsoft today announced that it had changed its policy for accessing multiplayer shareware games on Xbox consoles from today. These projects no longer require an active Xbox Live Gold subscription.

On PlayStation platforms, an active PlayStation Plus subscription hasn’t been required for shareware multiplayer for several years. Now Microsoft has caught up with its rival, Sony.

Recall that everything happened after the corporation decided to increase the cost of Xbox Live Gold. This news was received so negatively by the community that Microsoft immediately backed down – canceled the price hike and promised to untie shareware games from Xbox Live Gold.

There are over 50 shareware multiplayer games currently available on Xbox. Here is a complete list:

1. 3on3 FreeStyle;
2. Aegis Wing;
3. APB Reloaded;
4. Apex Legends ;
5. Armored Warfare;
6. Battle Ages;
7. Battle Islands;
8. Battle Islands: Commanders;
9. Bless Unleashed;
10. Brawlhalla;
11. Call of Duty: Warzone ;
12. Crackdown;
13. Crackdown 2;
14. Crimson Alliance;
15. Crossout;
16. CRSED: FOAD;
17. Darwin Project;
18. Dauntless;
19. DC Universe Online;
20. Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters;
21. Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters;
22. Defiance 2050;
23. Destiny 2 ;
24. Doritos Crash Course;
25. Dungeon Defenders II;
26. Enlisted;
27. Eternal Card Game;
28. Family Game Night;
29. Fishing Planet;
30. Fortnite;
31. Galaxy Control: Arena;
32. Gems of War;
33. Happy Wars;
34. Harm’s Way;
35. Hawken;
36. Hyper Scape;
37. Killer Instinct;
38. Korgan;
39. Minion Masters;
40. Neverwinter;
41. Outriders (demo);
42. Paladins;
43. Path of Exile;
44. Phantasy Star Online 2;
45. Phantom Dust;
46. Pinball FX2;
47. Prominence Poker;
48. Realm Royale;
49. Rec Room;
50. Resident Evil: Revelations 2 ;
51. ROBLOX;
52. Rocket League ;
53. Rogue Company;
54. Skyforge;
55. SMITE;
56. Spacelords;
57. Spellbreak;
58. Star Trek Online;
59. Techwars Global Conflict;
60. TERA;
61. The Four Kings Casino and Slots;
62. Too Human;
63. Trove;
64. Vigor;
65. War Thunder;
66. Warface;
67. Warframe;
68. World of Tanks;
69. World of Warships: Legends;
70. Yaris.

Microsoft has also shared more details on the policy changes on the Xbox support site.