(Update 4:00 p.m.) In a statement from Microsoft to The Verge, games that have been moved from the Xbox 360 store to the Xbox One store and Xbox Series X / S will continue to be available for purchase. We have updated the text to reflect this information.
Not one, not three, not ten, but 44 Xbox classics have their days numbered on the Xbox 360 digital store. If you already own them, including the disk edition, there is no problem: as Microsoft itself has indicated, you will be able to continue playing normally, and if they have made the leap to the store for the new consoles as well. Otherwise, you only have a week ahead to get hold of them.
Through an official statement, Xbox has announced an extensive list of classics from the first two Xboxes that will stop being sold along with their respective DLCs. starting next February 7. And beware, the list contains some real essentials: from the sequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to the Valve compilation of The Orange Boxas well as essential SEGA classics like Jet Set Radio o DAYTONA USA.
Despite the fact that the list may vary depending on the availability of each game depending on the region, below you have the complete list of games that as of next week can no longer be purchased in digital format para Xbox 360, including several installments of sagas such as Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty and even the very LIMBO, Spelunky y Castle Crashers that consolidated the indie phenomenon on Xbox.
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed III
Assassin’s Creed IV
Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD
Blood of the Werewolf
Blue Dragon
Breakdown
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Castle Crashers
Cloning Clyde
Counter-Strike: GO
Dark Souls
Darksiders II
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Defense Grid
Eets: Chowdown
Far Cry 2
Final Fight: DobleImpact
Iron Brigade
Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad
Jet Set Radio
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
LIMBO
Lost Odyssey
Mass Effect 2
MONOPOLY DEAL
Mutant Blobs Attack
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Outpost Kaloki X
Peggle 2
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
Prince of Persia
R.U.S.E.
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
Skate 2
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Spelunky
Splinter Cell Conviction
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars KOTOR 2
The Orange Box
The Raven Episode 1
The good news is that many of them have been given away through Games with Gold. Although the reasons have not been detailed, it does not seem that it is a decision by Microsoft as there are no licenses of their own, although some have been published directly by them.
In fact, many have been reissued not too long ago as remakes, as is the case with Dark Souls, the sequel to Mass Effect, Alex Kidd, Final Fight or the aforementioned games of Assassin’s Creed.
Two jewels that have only appeared on Xbox as Lost Odyssey y Blue Dragon. In any case, many of them will continue to be for sale in later systems and we still have time to get hold of those that will disappear and anyone that catches our attention, either to discover them or resume our games.
Because starting next week they will be removed from the Xbox 360 store, but those who own them will be able to continue playing indefinitely.
