For those that might recall from earlier this year, Xbox company Microsoft announced to be boosting up the price for Xbox Live Gold. The online subscription would face a mirroring double in price to the regular $60 a year price tag. However, Microsoft following extensive backlash and criticism backpedaled the decision. Even more, the firm shared that it will also be kick starting work to make free games officially free-to-play – not requiring to use the service.
In the time leading up to the support debuting on Xbox consoles, Microsoft also included that Xbox Party Chat & Looking 4 Groups will also be included in extension to the new initiative. For more than a decade, many of these tools were hidden behind a paywall that is Xbox Live, but with free-to-play on the rise, it was in due time until Microsoft followed in the footsteps of competitors.
Now on Wednesday, Microsoft announces that the free-to-play program is going live. With that, there are more than 50 titles that now support in line with the new feature. You can read the full list below:
3on3 FreeStyle
Aegis Wing
APB Reloaded
Apex Legends
Armored Warfare
Battle Islands: Commanders
Bless Unleashed
Brawlhalla
Call of Duty: Warzone
Crackdown
Crackdown 2
Crimson Alliance
Crossout
CRSED: F.O.A.D.
Darwin Project
Dauntless
DC Universe Online
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters
Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters
Defiance 2050
Destiny 2
Doritos Crash Course
Dungeon Defenders II
Enlisted
Eternal Card Game
Family Game Night
Fishing Planet
Fortnite
Galaxy Control: Arena
Happy Wars
Harm’s Way
Hawken
Hyper Scape
Killer Instinct
Korgan
Minion Masters
Neverwinter
Outriders (Demo)
Paladins
Path of Exile
Phantasy Star Online 2
Phantom Dust
Pinball FX2
Prominence Poker
Realm Royale
Rec Room
Resident Evil Revelations 2
ROBLOX
Rocket League
Rogue Company
Skyforge
SMITE
Spacelords
Spellbreak
Star Trek Online
Techwars Global Conflict
TERA
The Four Kings Casino and Slots
Too Human
Trove
Vigor
War Thunder
Warface
Warframe
World of Tanks
World of Warships: Legends
Yaris
“As part of listening to your feedback, this change will take place starting today, and all Xbox players will be able to access online multiplayer at no charge for a library of over 50 free-to-play games that support online multiplayer,” Microsoft writes. The Xbox company also leaves in an editor’s note that Battle Ages, Battle Islands, and Gems of War were removed for not supporting online multiplayer in a later discovery.
Elsewhere in regards to Xbox Live and its future for the platform, Microsoft confirmed that ‘Xbox Network’ will be the proprietary implementation for all Xbox connectivity between all platforms. However, the firm goes on to clarify that Xbox Live Gold and its attributes will not be disappearing following the decision. You can read the full report by heading here.
Are you happy with the new move on Microsoft’s behalf?
Source: Xbox Wire
