Xbox 360 store being emptied with nearly 50 games facing oblivion
Microsoft has announced that almost 50 games will no longer be available through the Xbox 360 store starting February 7, 2023. Anyone owning an Xbox 360 console won’t be able to purchase these titles from the store anymore after the deadline.
If there is any classic title you really want to be playable on the Xbox 360, buying them now is the safest course of action. You’ll still be able to download games from the store even after this date. Many of these titles are still available to play anyways thanks to the backward compatibility of the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, so if you have one of these newer consoles you won’t have all too much to worry about.
Xbox is cleaning house.
Microsoft
It looks like Microsoft is slowly phasing out the Xbox 360 store, nudging players to purchase one of its newer models. For now, a lot of other games remain available for purchase in the store, but this wave of deletions is likely a sign of things to come.
Here is the full list of games that are being deleted from the Xbox 360 store:
- Aegis Wing
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Assassin’s Creed 3
- Assassin’s Creed 4
- 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: Global Offensive
- Dark Souls
- Darksiders II
- DAYTONA USA
- Defense Grid
- Eets: Chowdown
- Far Cry 2
- Final Fight: Double Impact
- 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
- N+
- 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 Witcher 2
As you can see, the list includes quite a few big classics from series such as Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, and Mass Effect. Current games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are affected too, however.
