[UPDATE, 01/23/21] Following the announcement of the price increases and largely negative fan reaction, Microsoft has detailed that it is changing its plans and will not be increasing the pricing for Xbox Live Gold. Additionally, the company also announced that free-to-play games will no longer require an Xbox Live Gold membership to play, with those
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This afternoon, Microsoft announced the suite of games available to Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers for the month of August. This comes following widespread rumors that Microsoft might be pulling the plug on Xbox Live or that it might be absorbed into Game Pass after Microsoft pulled 1-year Xbox Live Gold pre-paid
What is Phil Spencer up to? Recent eagle-eyed fans have noticed that Microsoft Store has quietly removed the option to purchase 12-month subscriptions to Xbox Live Gold. With a few months away from the launch of Xbox Series X, it seems like a strikingly anti-consumer move — making Xbox gamers purchase more costly 3-month or
For years at this point, if you have wanted to play games online via an Xbox platform, you needed to be a subscriber to Xbox Live Gold. Microsoft has really added any alterations or changes up the program in quite some time, but now, it seems as though an evolution of some sort could be
As November prepares to hit us with more autumnal leaves falling from the trees and cold blustery winds, Games with Gold is also bringing us another four free games providing you’re a member of Xbox Live Gold or even Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which comes with Xbox Live Gold. The next handful of titles brings
After a couple months of rumors, Xbox finally announced the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition console today on Inside Xbox. On May 7, the new Xbox One S also being called the will finally be available for a $249.99 price tag. The big selling point regarding the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is that there
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was announced during Inside Xbox today. It is a new subscription service that will allow you to combine your Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold memberships together. This news comes after a rumor that went around the internet a few months ago that the two services were going to merge
Reported on by Eurogamer, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are all being investigated by the UK government’s Competition and Markets Authority to see if the auto-renewal feature’s terms of Nintendo Switch Online, PlayStation Plus, and Xbox Live are “unfair.” According to the CMA’s announcement of the investigation, it will try to answer some questions to “helo
The rumor mill is buzzing again. This time it’s about Microsoft, and word on the street is, Microsoft is working on a new subscription called Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. This subscription would combine the best of Live Gold and Game Pass. According to publication Polygon, this new subscription would be a single monthly charge of $14.95
Microsoft has started emailing current Xbox Live Gold subscribers in the United Kingdom to notify them that the recurring subscription price will be increasing soon. Those who pay for the service month-to-month will have to pony up £7 instead of £6. Quarterly subscriptions will cost £18 instead of £15. And annual subscribers will have to dish out £50 instead of £40
Still on the fence about picking up Halo: The Master Chief Collection for your PC? Well if you were worried about whether you need Xbox Live Gold to play online, you’ll be able to experience the multiplayer without needing a Gold subscription. The only thing you will need to play is a regular Xbox Live
Since its introduction in November 2015, backward compatibility with Xbox 360 and classic Xbox games have given Xbox One owners an increasingly varied array of games to play each and every month, with more games on the way in 2019 to add to an already impressive library. Xbox’s Larry Hryb (aka “Major Nelson”) has revealed
Microsoft has discounted over 500 digital Xbox games as part of their Black Friday sale for Xbox Live Gold members. Those who aren’t Gold members will have to wait until November 19, 2018 to participate, or they can purchased a month of Xbox Live Gold for only $1 in Microsoft’s annual promotion during the holidays.
While the fall rush of new releases is nearly upon us, plenty of games are available for Xbox One owners to indulge on with the latest batch of Deals With Gold offers on Xbox One, with this week’s deals highlighting a nice mix of recent Xbox One hits and some classics from the Xbox 360
Since its introduction, the Games With Gold program has offered Xbox Live subscribers the chance to expand their libraries with a large variety of titles for free every month, and with another month on the way, July is heating up with several titles across Xbox One and Xbox 360 to grab for free. Microsoft has
Black Friday is right around the corner, and Microsoft wants to give you a piece of the action early — if you are an Xbox Live Gold member, that is. In a recent blog post by Major Nelson, Microsoft has outline all of the titles getting discounts for Black Friday and it is a doozy.