Xbox Live Gold and Games With Gold
Not technically a game and not technically dead since they’ll be folded into Xbox Game Pass Core, but Microsoft’s OG services, Xbox Live Gold and Games with Gold, are being retired on September 14. You’ll still be able to access your downloaded Games with Gold titles—and still be able to play games online so long as you’re a Game Pass Core subscriber—but the legacy of these two Xbox mainstays, which have been around since 2013, is what we’re mourning here. Games with Gold will get phased out on September 1.
