A monthly subscription nets you digital access to a hefty library of games ranging from indie sensations to triple-A titles, with the only real limitations being your hard drive space, download times, and the catalog itself (which consists of hundreds of games as we speak).īut like any recurring expenditure, it makes absolute sense to want to know everything there is to know about the service before committing your hard-earned dollars, and to stay on top of the latest developments once you have. Replacing the current Xbox Live Gold pricing, Xbox Game Pass Core will cost $10.95 AUD per month or $79.95 for a prepaid yearly subscription.Describing Xbox Game Pass as “the Netflix of video games” is already a tired comparison, but frankly, it’s also a perfect summation of how the service works. Xbox Game Pass core combines the online multiplayer benefits of Xbox Live Gold with some components of the Xbox Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate tiers, including Game Pass member deals and discounts and a smaller, less regularly updated library of games for members to download and play for as long as they have an active subscription. Meanwhile, Games With Gold will cease to be offered starting on September 1. Starting on September 14 (potentially September 15 in AEST), Gold subscribers will find themselves moved across to the new subscription – which will cost exactly the same as Gold does now – and benefit from an entry-level version of the Xbox Game Pass library. Xbox has announced plans to phase out its Xbox Live Gold subscription offering in favour of a brand-new tier of Xbox Game Pass dubbed Xbox Game Pass Core.

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