Xbox Free-To-Play Games Are Finally Free To Play
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Starting today, all Xbox players can play more than 50 free-to-play games without an Xbox Live Gold membership, Microsoft announced in a blog post. The update comes on the heels of a ballyhooed reversal of longstanding Xbox policy.
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In January, Microsoft announced a steep price increase to Xbox Live, essentially doubling the cost of the service needed to play Xbox games online. Fans reacted negatively and swiftly. Less than 24 hours later, Microsoft reversed course. Xbox Live Gold memberships would remain at the price they were listed at prior to the first announcement: $10 for a month, $25 for three months, or $60 for a year.
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Microsoft began testing the change last month, and now its official – Xbox Live Gold is no longer required for free-to-play games as of today. So yes, that means if you’re spending most of your time in games games like Fortnite, Rocket League, Path of Exile, Apex Legends, or Warframe, you can now play without that monthly XBL Gold tax. Microsoft has provided a list of more than 50 (actually around 70) F2P games you can now play without Gold…
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Microsoft a confirmé que les jeux free-to-play sur les consoles Xbox ne nécessitent plus de Xbox Live Gold. Cela signifie que plus de 50 titres free-to-play peuvent être joués gratuitement. Vous pouvez en voir la liste ci-dessous. Nous avons écouté les commentaires de la communauté Xbox et avons pris l initiative de rendre les jeux free-to-play totalement accessibles à tous les joueurs Xbox. Jetez un coup d œil à la collection de jeux dont le multijoueur en ligne ne nécessite pas d abonnement supplémentaire à Xbox Live Gold. Cette liste de plus de 50 jeux s enrichit continuellement de nouvelles versions free-to-play , a déclaré Microsoft.
Xbox Live Gold No Longer Required for Over 50 Free-to-Play Games
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Xbox has finally joined the practice of making its free-to-play games actually free-to-play by making it so that you no longer need Xbox Live Gold to play those kinds of games. That means titles like
Apex Legends, Fortnite, Spellbreak, and more can be played at no cost and without any required subscriptions on the Xbox platforms. The change is in effect as of Wednesday and applies to over 50 different titles.
This change for Xbox’s free-to-play games has been brewing for a while, but it really gained traction after Microsoft said it would be raising the prices of Xbox Live Gold. That decision didn’t go over well at all, and after it was reversed, discussions about the paid subscription requirement for free-to-play games continued. PlayStation, by comparison, already does not require PlayStation Plus for the most popular free-to-play games like the ones mentioned above, so keeping that policy intact wasn’t