Portal 2 would be the final Xbox 360 sport obtainable free to Xbox Stay Gold subscribers by way of Microsoft’s Video games with Gold program. Microsoft introduced final month that Xbox Video games with Gold will no longer include Xbox 360 games in October, just because the corporate has “reached the restrict of our means to deliver Xbox 360 video games to {the catalogue}.”
The Games with Gold for September, noticed by Ars Technica, lists Portal 2 for Xbox 360, the final title earlier than the October 1st cutoff level. Valve’s traditional puzzle-platform sport was launched greater than 10 years in the past on Xbox 360, so it’s a becoming finish to the practically decade-long program of free Xbox 360 video games for Xbox Stay Gold subscribers.
Video games with Gold is a month-to-month profit for subscribers of Xbox Stay Gold and Xbox Sport Move Final. Microsoft hand picks free video games every month, which subscribers can obtain and hold eternally, and all Xbox 360 titles are playable on the most recent Xbox Collection X / S consoles and Xbox One.
Microsoft has reached the restrict on new Xbox 360 video games by way of its Video games with Gold providing merely attributable to its Xbox backward compatibility program coming to a halt. Microsoft returned with 76 new backward compatible games last year, however the firm mentioned on the time it had “reached the restrict of our means to deliver new video games to the catalog from the previous attributable to licensing, authorized and technical constraints.”
For those who’ve already downloaded or redeemed Xbox 360 video games by way of the Video games with Gold program, they’ll nonetheless be obtainable after October 1st. Microsoft’s change simply means Portal 2 would be the final sport you possibly can declare at no cost with the Video games with Gold supply.
Xbox Stay Gold remains to be an extremely fashionable subscription, however Microsoft has switched its focus to Xbox Sport Move. The software program maker briefly tried to double the price of a yearly Xbox Stay Gold subscription final 12 months, however a backlash compelled it to backtrack on the pricing modifications and even remove the Xbox Live Gold requirement for free-to-play video games.
