Microsoft has confirmed that it will likely be eradicating a sequence of titles from the Xbox 360 Marketplace later this month, which means gamers will not be capable of obtain the affected video games.
Sharing the information on its official web site, Microsoft wrote: “A number of game titles and associated add-ons will be removed from the Xbox 360 Marketplace in a select set of regions per title.”
The checklist of titles being faraway from the UK retailer contains a number of Assassin’s Creed video games, Far Cry 2, Mass Effect 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Call Of Duty: Ghosts will even be faraway from the UK model of the Xbox 360 Marketplace alongside Left 4 Dead and its sequel, Left 4 Dead 2. Check out the complete checklist of titles right here.
The removals begin on February 7 and after that date, gamers will not be capable of buy affected titles however “once purchased, you can always redownload these games or any other previously purchased games from your Xbox 360 Download History.”
This delisting is not going to have an effect on the flexibility to buy the titles which might be accessible on Xbox One or Xbox Series consoles.
Last October, Microsoft introduced no additional Xbox 360 video games could be included in its Games For Gold subscription service. “We have reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue,” it mentioned in a press release citing “licensing, legal and technical constraints”.
Earlier this month, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer admitted that 2022 was “too light on games”.
“Our commitment to our fans is that we need to have a steady release of great games that people can play on our platform, and we didn’t do enough of that in 2022, there’s no doubt. And fundamentally, that’s on me. I’m the head of the business,” he mentioned earlier than that the corporate was “excited about getting to roll into 2023”.
In different information, Xbox, Nintendo and Sony are all reportedly skipping E3 2023, the primary in-person E3 occasion in 4 years.