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Xbox Games with Gold will no longer offer Xbox 360 games from October, 2022. The monthly subscription gives players a selection of games each month, which is theirs to keep so long as their subscriptions are active.
The games on offer have included Xbox One and Xbox 360 games, but the company has reached its limit with 360 titles. This is according to an e-mail that Microsoft is sending to subscribers (via VGC):
“From 1 October 2022, the monthly games provided to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold members via Games with Gold will no longer include Xbox 360 titles. We have reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue; however, Games with Gold will continue to include Xbox One titles and exclusive savings each month. This will not impact any Xbox 360 games that you downloaded before October 2022. Any Xbox 360 titles that you redeem via Games with Gold before that time are yours to keep on your Xbox account, regardless of whether you continue your subscription.”
This is sad news. And I’m not sure quite what the e-mail means when it says that Microsoft has “reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue.” The financial limit? The limit of tolerance? The limit of energy? Who knows.
There were some cracking recent 360 editions to the service. Back in April, Viva Piñata: Party Animals and Hydro Thunder Hurricane made their way into the offing.
