No more Xbox 360 Games with Gold in October, says Microsoft

This is bad news. It could be. Xbox Live Games with Gold won’t be offering Xbox 360 games starting October. That’s according to a message Xbox Live Gold subscribers are now finding in their inboxes.

This technically is not a problem, since your Xbox 360 connects to Xbox Live. It is therefore still supported. So, we’re not sure if this also turns out the lights on Microsoft’s venerable, now-old-enough-to-drive console. We reached out to a Microsoft representative earlier on Wednesday with this and other questions but haven’t heard back.

It is likely that Games with Gold’s October offerings will be halved. Games with Gold was launched at E3 2013, offering a variety of games. Fable 3The company then began offering two Xbox 360 games per week starting in July. (They were Assassin’s Creed 2And The Awakening: Defense GridFor people who practice for their professions Jeopardy! auditions.) That increased to four titles — two Xbox 360, two Xbox One — in the summer of 2014.

In an email sent to Xbox Live Gold subscribers, Microsoft said that the Games with Gold Program has “reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue.”

Some people might think that the limit had been crossed a while ago. Games with Gold’s Xbox 360 offering from July 16 to 31 this year is TorchlightGwG Selection in August 2019:. June’s Xbox 360 titles were 2010’s RaskullsAnd Super Meat Boy.

Good news! Subscribers will receive an email confirming that any Xbox 360 games downloaded prior to October can be kept forever regardless of whether or not they are currently a subscriber to Xbox Live Gold. Since the inception of this program nine years ago, access to Games with Gold games has been contingent on having an active Gold subscription.

“Any Xbox 360 titles that you redeem via Games with Gold before that time are yours to keep on your Xbox account,” the email says. Yes! This means that I don’t have to spend $10 per month to continue playing Kane & Lynch 2: Dog DaysThis July 2017 selection.