{"id":59406,"date":"2023-02-01T14:59:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/microsoft-to-delist-over-40-games-from-xbox-360-marketplace\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:59:28","slug":"microsoft-to-delist-over-40-video-games-from-xbox-360-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/microsoft-to-delist-over-40-video-games-from-xbox-360-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft to delist over 40 video games from Xbox 360 market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> has confirmed that it will likely be eradicating a sequence of titles from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/xbox-360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox 360<\/a> Marketplace later this month, which means gamers will not be capable of obtain the affected video games.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the information on its<a href=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/en-US\/help\/xbox-360\/store\/xbox-360-marketplace-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> official web site<\/a>, Microsoft wrote: \u201cA number of game titles and associated add-ons will be removed from the Xbox 360 Marketplace in a select set of regions per title.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The checklist of titles being faraway from the UK retailer contains a number of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/assassins-creed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/a> <\/em>video games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/far-cry-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Far Cry 2<\/em><\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/mass-effect-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass Effect 2<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/counter-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Counter Strike: Global Offensive<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-sequel-reportedly-in-the-works-3323747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare <\/em><\/a>and <em>Call Of Duty: Ghosts<\/em> will even be faraway from the UK model of the Xbox 360 Marketplace alongside <em>Left 4 Dead<\/em> and its sequel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/games\/left-4-dead-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Left 4 Dead 2<\/em><\/a>. Check out the complete checklist of titles <a href=\"https:\/\/compass-ssl.xboxlive.com\/assets\/7d\/c2\/7dc23ec0-1b0b-45f4-9cf1-e1b16aec5702.pdf?n=xbox-360-marketplace-fr-ie-it-es-gb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The removals begin on February 7 and after that date, gamers will not be capable of buy affected titles however \u201conce purchased, you can always redownload these games or any other previously purchased games from your Xbox 360 Download History.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This delisting is not going to have an effect on the flexibility to buy the titles which might be accessible on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/xbox-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox One<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/xbox-series-xs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox Series<\/a> consoles.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2705195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2705195\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2705195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284.jpg\" alt=\"xbox 360 kinect\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284-400x457.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284-800x914.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284-696x795.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284-1392x1590.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/xbox-360-kinect-credit-momo_leif-alamy@2000x2284-1068x1220.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2705195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xbox 360 Kinect. Credit: momo_leif \/ Alamy Stock Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last October, Microsoft introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/xbox-360-titles-no-longer-included-games-for-gold-october-3262357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no additional Xbox 360 video games could be included in its Games For Gold subscription service<\/a>. \u201cWe have reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue,\u201d it mentioned in a press release citing \u201clicensing, legal and technical constraints\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/xboxs-phil-spencer-says-2022-was-too-light-on-games-3389178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> admitted that 2022 was \u201ctoo light on games\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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\u2019t do enough of that in 2022, there\u2019s no doubt. And fundamentally, that\u2019s on me. I\u2019m the head of the business,\u201d he mentioned earlier than that the corporate was \u201cexcited about getting to roll into 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In different information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/xbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xbox<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/nintendo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/sony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sony<\/a>\u00a0are all reportedly skipping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E3 2023<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/gaming-news\/xbox-nintendo-and-sony-all-reportedly-skipping-e3-3389805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the primary in-person E3 occasion in 4 years.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 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: \u201cA number of game titles and associated add-ons will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}