Microsoft has started testing Xbox Game Pass Core with Xbox Insider members as the company phases out Xbox Live Gold. The trial is available this week to testers in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead rings who already have Live Gold accounts.
What Game Pass Core includes
Xbox Game Pass Core will retain traditional Xbox multiplayer access and include discounts and offers familiar to subscription members. The tier also launches with a curated catalog of more than 25 games.
Examples of titles included in the Core library are Psychonauts 2, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, State of Decay 2 and Doom: Eternal.
Availability and messaging during testing
According to Lily Wang, senior product manager at Xbox, the full Core library will become available on September 14. Wang also said that Xbox Game Pass Core promotional messaging will replace existing Live Gold ads across the console UI.
Microsoft is asking testers to report any instances where the Xbox home screen or other UI elements still reference Live Gold during the coming weeks.
Pricing and plan changes
Xbox Game Pass Core is scheduled to launch on September 14. In the announced pricing, Core will cost R$ 34.99 per month. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is priced at R$ 49.99 per month, Game Pass for Console at R$ 32.99, and Game Pass for PC at R$ 29.99.
The Game Pass Friends & Family plan will be discontinued on August 15; Microsoft has not clarified whether a similar testing program for that plan will return in the future.
Source
With information from The Verge
