Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tech News

Xbox Games with Gold ends with a whimper

An illustration of the Xbox logo.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Microsoft revealed the final games you’ll be able to claim with an Xbox Live Gold subscription before Gold is replaced with the Xbox Game Pass Core, and, well, they’re games you may not have heard of before. Throughout the month of August, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to snag Blue Fire, a 3D platformer, and Inertial Drift, an arcade racer, according to an Xbox Wire blog post.

If you claim the games, you’ll be able to play them and others you’ve grabbed from the Games with Gold program as long as you have an Xbox Game Pass Core or Ultimate subscription.

Image: Microsoft

Xbox Live Gold will be discontinued on September 1st, and current subscribers will be moved to Xbox Game Pass Core on September 14th. Xbox…

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Editor's Pick

Gene Healy Last week, the New York Times ran a front-page story admiring President Biden’s political acumen on culture-war issues (“Biden Sidesteps Any Notion...

Editor's Pick

David Boaz I’ve written before about whether athletes take state taxes into account when they weigh competing offers. Here’s another example: Grant Williams left...

Editor's Pick

Jeffrey A. Singer On the same day that the Food and Drug Administration allowed women over‐​the‐​counter access to one progestin‐​only birth control pill, Rep....

Editor's Pick

Marc Joffe Last week the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved a Fiscal Year 2024 budget that forbids...