Xbox Live Gold Unveils its Final Free Games Before Being Replaced by Game Pass Core

Microsoft is shaking things up for its subscriptions and online game services as Xbox Live Gold is bidding farewell soon, but not before announcing its final game releases. In the wake of its farewell, the last round of releases will come this August, with the company focusing on indie games that no one has never heard of to be its last giveaways for its subscribers.

The move to combine its online subscription service will make Xbox's offers more coherent, now centering on Game Pass to be its source for all Xbox online needs.

Xbox Live Gold: These are the Last Games to Arrive This August

Xbox Wire announced the final games that will join the Xbox Live Gold's final offers, under its offers on Games with Gold, with Blue Fire and Inertial Drift available starting in August.

Right on August's day, the company will allow gamers to download these games for free which would be available until August 31.

Blue Fire is a 3D platformer where users will be set on a journey through a desolated kingdom, says Xbox. It has a 3-and-a-half star rating on the Xbox store and is originally available for $19.99.

On the other hand, the next game offered is Inertial Drift, a 90s retro-themed racing game that is mainly focused on drifting and other events.

Xbox Live Gold Will Soon Be Xbox Game Pass Core

According to Xbox, players who will download these games for free, along with the previous titles under their Games with Gold subscription would still be accessible once it transitions to the Game Pass Core, provided that they are still subscribed.

It would have the same subscription price as the Live Gold, with the transition starting by September 1 when it will be discontinued, and soon be the revamped Xbox Game Pass Core via the September 14 launch.

Xbox Live Gold: A Look Back in Its Service

Back when games were predominantly available via the physical copy via Blu-ray discs, there are already online services available from Microsoft that centered on also distributing games. It was previously frowned upon before, especially by companies like GameStop which mainly centered on distributing physical games, battling the likes of Sony and Microsoft.

Despite the many users of Xbox Live, game journalist Jeff Grubb previously claimed that this service would likely disappear in the future. This statement aged well, especially as Microsoft is now focusing its Live services, including Games with Gold, in a new direction for the company under the Game Pass subscriptions.

The said future is now, as Microsoft is already working on the transition to happen by September, with Live Gold and Games with Gold soon joining with the latest tier from Xbox, the Game Pass Core. That being said, it was expected to end the service with a bang, but these recent announcement of the games are not that impressive or renowned titles.