With Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone, full Xbox Live functionality is integrated into new Windows Phones that launched since late 2010. Microsoft has announced plans to extend Live to other platforms such as handhelds and mobile phones as part of the Live Anywhere initiative. The service was extended in 2007 on the Windows platform, named Games for Windows – Live, which makes most aspects of the system available on Windows computers. This service, in addition to a Microsoft account, is the account for Xbox consoles accounts can store games and other content. This same version is also used with Xbox Series X and Series S. An updated version of the service became available for the Xbox 360 console at the system's launch in November 2005, and a further enhanced version was released in 2013 with the Xbox One. It was first made available to the Xbox system on November 15, 2002. The Xbox network, formerly and still sometimes branded as Xbox Live, is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft. Windows 8/ 8.1/ 10/ 11 as ( Microsoft Store/ Xbox App) Windows XP – Windows 7 as ( Games for Windows – Live) Xbox (Servers shut down on April 15, 2010) When a game has been chosen, you can then skip over to your games library on your console to start the download.Online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service by Microsoft The Games with Gold program provides Gold members with free games every month, worth up to $700 per year, according to Microsoft. Revengeance is a title originally released for the older 360 consoles but is available to play on Xbox One thanks to the Microsoft Backwards Compatibility program.Īpril 1 will see a new range of titles go live, with The Technomancer and the original Xbox’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 replacing them.

Today is the last day that fans can add Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to their Games with Gold collection. The only downside to the new Xbox One demo is that save data will not be transferred to the full version of the game.Īnd the Monster Boy demo isn’t the only free game bonus available to download this weekend on Xbox One.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom has earned high review scores from both critics and gamers, with Metacritic listing an 85 Metascore and an 8.4 Userscore on Xbox.

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