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====Games With Gold - September 2023<!-- Turns out GWG titles for Xbox One required an active Gold subscription, consider integrating it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#Former -->==== | ====Games With Gold - September 2023<!-- Turns out GWG titles for Xbox One required an active Gold subscription, consider integrating it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#Former -->==== | ||
Prior to September 14th, 2023, users who paid for ''Xbox Live Gold'' received 3 free games that were permanently added to the user's account each month under the "Games With Gold" program. When ''Xbox Live Gold'' was transitioned to ''[[Game Pass]] Core'', subscribers instead receive temporary access to a rotating selection of 25 randomly chosen titles on ''Game Pass''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=Jul 17, 2023 |title=End of an Era as Microsoft Replaces Xbox Live Gold With Game Pass Core |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/end-of-an-era-as-microsoft-replaces-xbox-live-gold-with-game-pass-core |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717153540/https://www.ign.com/articles/end-of-an-era-as-microsoft-replaces-xbox-live-gold-with-game-pass-core |archive-date=17 Jul 2023 |access-date=Nov 17, 2025 |work=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=2023-07-17 |title=Xbox Game Pass Core to replace Xbox Live Gold in September |url=https://www.polygon.com/23797388/xbox-live-gold-ending-game-pass-core |access-date=Nov 17, 2025 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=September 14, 2023 |title=Xbox Game Pass Core is launching with 36 games this week |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871737/xbox-game-pass-core-36-games-release-date |accessdate=Nov 17, 2025 |work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> | Prior to September 14th, 2023, users who paid for ''Xbox Live Gold'' received 3 free games that were permanently added to the user's account each month under the "Games With Gold" program. When ''Xbox Live Gold'' was transitioned to ''[[Game Pass]] Core'', subscribers instead receive temporary access to a rotating selection of 25 randomly chosen titles on ''Game Pass''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=Jul 17, 2023 |title=End of an Era as Microsoft Replaces Xbox Live Gold With Game Pass Core |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/end-of-an-era-as-microsoft-replaces-xbox-live-gold-with-game-pass-core |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717153540/https://www.ign.com/articles/end-of-an-era-as-microsoft-replaces-xbox-live-gold-with-game-pass-core |archive-date=17 Jul 2023 |access-date=Nov 17, 2025 |work=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=2023-07-17 |title=Xbox Game Pass Core to replace Xbox Live Gold in September |url=https://www.polygon.com/23797388/xbox-live-gold-ending-game-pass-core |access-date=Nov 17, 2025 |website=Polygon |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260206073738/https://www.polygon.com/23797388/xbox-live-gold-ending-game-pass-core/ |archive-date=6 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=September 14, 2023 |title=Xbox Game Pass Core is launching with 36 games this week |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871737/xbox-game-pass-core-36-games-release-date |accessdate=Nov 17, 2025 |work=[[The Verge]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260206074318/https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871737/xbox-game-pass-core-36-games-release-date |archive-date=6 Feb 2026}}</ref> | ||
====First-generation Xbox Live Shutdown - 2010<!-- Reference Wikipedia article, ignore Noble 14? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#First-generation_Xbox_Live_shutdown -->==== | ====First-generation Xbox Live Shutdown - 2010<!-- Reference Wikipedia article, ignore Noble 14? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_network#First-generation_Xbox_Live_shutdown -->==== | ||