
Speaking as Polygon’s custodian and memorializer keeping an eternal vigil over the free games offered by Xbox and its competitors since 2014, now I deliver the canonical and encyclical ranking of the five greatest games that Xbox Live Games with Gold gave to the world from 2013 to 2023. So here, for August, for the last time, are the last free video games all you ungrateful complaining Xbox Live subscribers will get. Henceforth it will be known as Xbox Game Pass Core, which still gives subscribers multiplayer access (and a library of titles) but it ends Microsoft’s 10-year campaign of searching out, dredging up, and strong-arming games publishers into handing over a title or two each month. Xbox Live Games with Gold closes up shop in September. unless cancelled through your Microsoft Account. JOIN NOW Subscription continues automatically at 16.99/mo. There’s always something new to play with Ultimate. xbox.After a decade of doling out free video games to Xbox Live Gold subscribers, now we come to the end. Play hundreds of high-quality games solo or with friends on console, PC, or cloud. Manufactured under license by Electronic Arts Inc. © FIFA is a copyright and/or trademark of FIFA. Game catalog varies over time, by region, and by device.

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