Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Games With Gold program will no longer include Xbox 360 games starting in October.
In an email to users (as reproduced on Reddit), Microsoft says: “Starting October 1, 2022, the monthly games provided to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold members through Games with Gold will no longer include Xbox 360 titles .
“We have reached the limit of our ability to include Xbox 360 games in the catalog; however, Games with Gold will continue to feature exciting Xbox One titles and exclusive savings every month. This won’t affect Xbox 360 games you downloaded before October 2022. Any Xbox 360 titles you redeem through Games with Gold before then are yours to keep on your Xbox account, regardless of whether you continue your subscription you are.’
Games With Gold typically contains two Xbox One games and two Xbox 360 games that subscribers can download for free each month. However, in some months one of the Xbox 360 games is replaced by an original Xbox title, such as in July 2021 with Conker: Live & Reloaded.
It is currently unknown whether the company will replace the two Xbox 360 games with two additional Xbox One games or simply reduce Games With Gold to just two Xbox One games.
Microsoft has been slowly consolidating its subscription services – Xbox Game Pass Ultimate includes Xbox Live Gold, for example. Back in 2020, Microsoft confirmed that it had no plans to discontinue Xbox Live Gold, although it did end the 12-month subscription options.
This month’s Games With Gold lineup includes Beasts of Maravilla Island, Relicta, Thrillville: Off the Rails, and Torchlight.
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George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey
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