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==Xbox Game Pass Core== '''Xbox Game Pass Core''', formerly '''Xbox Live Gold''', is a paid subscription service for the Xbox network. Signing up for the Xbox network is free, but a recurring subscription fee is required to access online multiplayer for non-free games. Features that require a Game Pass Core subscription also include game recording and media sharing.<ref name="sharing">Travis Pope. [http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/02/23/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-the-xbox-one/ How to Take a Screenshot on the Xbox One] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807135541/http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/02/23/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-the-xbox-one/ |date=August 7, 2016 }}, gottabemobile.com, February 23, 2015.</ref><ref name="upload">[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/entertainment/xbox-one/live-apps/Upload-studio Show off your greatest gaming moments your way with Upload] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219004407/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/entertainment/xbox-one/live-apps/Upload-studio |date=December 19, 2014 }}, xbox.com</ref> Similarly, ordinary Xbox network members can download and access the Twitch live streaming application, but in order to broadcast gameplay of one's own, a Game Pass core subscription is necessary.<ref name="broadcasting">[https://twitter.com/XboxSupport1/status/508966404993740800 Xbox Support] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526192304/https://twitter.com/XboxSupport1/status/508966404993740800 |date=May 26, 2022 }}, Official overflow account, September 8, 2014.</ref> While initially requiring the paid subscription, free-to-play titles, as well as the party chat feature on Xbox consoles, no longer need a subscription to play as of April 2021.<ref name="f2p">{{cite web | url = https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/21/xbox-live-gold-drops-the-pay-wall-for-50-free-to-play-games/ | title = Xbox Live Gold drops the pay wall for 50 free-to-play games | first = Jeff | last = Grubb | date = April 21, 2021 | access-date = April 21, 2021 | work = [[Venture Beat]] | archive-date = May 26, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220526192239/https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/21/xbox-live-gold-drops-the-pay-wall-for-50-free-to-play-games/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Subscribers are allocated storage space on Xbox servers for storing files, and are granted early or exclusive access to betas, and special offers. On September 14, 2023, Xbox Live Gold was replaced by '''Xbox Game Pass Core'''. It carries the same subscription benefits as Xbox Live Gold, but Games with Gold had been discontinued and replaced with a limited selection of games from [[Xbox Game Pass]], with 36 that had been launched and more would be added occasionally.<ref>{{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=2023-07-17 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871737/xbox-game-pass-core-36-games-release-date | title = Xbox Game Pass Core is launching with 36 games this week | first = Tom | last = Warren | date =September 14, 2023 | accessdate = September 13, 2023 | work = [[The Verge]] }}</ref> ===Games with Gold=== '''Games with Gold''' was a program in which digital downloads of games were offered at no charge to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Games with Gold initially launched with the Xbox 360 in July 2013,<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/microsoft-fires-back-at-sony-with-free-game-downloads-for-xbox-live-gold-gamers/ Microsoft Fires Back At Sony With Free 360 Game Downloads For XBOX Live Gold Gamers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507135835/https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/microsoft-fires-back-at-sony-with-free-game-downloads-for-xbox-live-gold-gamers/ |date=May 7, 2021 }}. TechCrunch (July 10, 2013). Retrieved on January 29, 2014.</ref> while Xbox One games were added in June 2014.<ref name="ign-xboxgamesone">{{cite web|title=Games with Gold for June 2014 includes Xbox One|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/13/games-with-gold-for-june-2014-includes-xbox-one|work=IGN|date=May 13, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=October 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015160239/http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/13/games-with-gold-for-june-2014-includes-xbox-one|url-status=live}}</ref> After October 2022, Games with Gold no longer offered Xbox 360 games, with Microsoft stating that they "have reached the limit of our ability to bring Xbox 360 games to the catalogue".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-games-with-gold-will-no-longer-offer-xbox-360-titles-from-october/1100-6505091/ | title = Xbox Games With Gold Will No Longer Offer Xbox 360 Titles From October | first = Darryn | last = Bonthyus | date = July 5, 2022 | access-date = July 5, 2022 | work = [[GameSpot]] | archive-date = July 5, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220705221451/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-games-with-gold-will-no-longer-offer-xbox-360-titles-from-october/1100-6505091/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |title=Xbox 360 games will no longer be part of Xbox Games with Gold in October |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/5/23195244/xbox-games-with-gold-xbox-360-games-end |website=The Verge |access-date=6 July 2022 |language=en |date=5 July 2022 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706021610/https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/5/23195244/xbox-games-with-gold-xbox-360-games-end |url-status=live }}</ref> Games downloaded through the program on Xbox 360 were free to own with no further restrictions.<ref name="ign-xboxgamesone" /> Xbox One Games with Gold titles required an active Gold subscription in order to use, and became locked and unplayable if the subscription lapsed.<ref name="ign-xboxgamesone" /> As of November 2015, all Games with Gold titles for Xbox 360 were backwards compatible on Xbox One. The service was discontinued on September 14, 2023 as part of the Xbox network rebranding and focusing on a base-level Game Pass tier.<ref name="GamesRadar-xb1xb360">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-ones-backwards-compatibility-works-because-its-tricking-your-360-games/|title=Xbox One's backwards compatibility works because it's tricking your 360 games|last=Skrebels|first=Joe|date=June 17, 2015|work=GamesRadar|access-date=June 20, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429185216/https://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-ones-backwards-compatibility-works-because-its-tricking-your-360-games/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="polygon-gwgxb360">{{cite web|title=All future Xbox 360 Games with Gold freebies will be backwards compatible on Xbox One|url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/4/9094731/xbox-360-games-with-gold-backwards-compatible|website=Polygon|date=August 4, 2015|access-date=August 5, 2015|archive-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806155738/http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/4/9094731/xbox-360-games-with-gold-backwards-compatible|url-status=live}}</ref>
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