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Microsoft was the first console manufacturer to introduce subscriptions for online play through Xbox Live Gold. The new change forever changed the gaming industry for both the better and worse. And while the golden days of Xbox Live remained in the Xbox 360 era, a slew of anti-consumer practices led to Xbox Live becoming the subscription people would buy begrudgingly. But with the new Xbox Gamepass coming along, people had their reservations about how it would work. More specifically, people were concerned about how auto-renewals would work on the system.

Auto-Renewals for Xbox Live Gold

One of the major complaints gamers have had with Microsoft’s console is that it auto-renews subscriptions like Xbox Live Gold. And with people getting the new monthly subscription for Gamepass, those would auto-renew as well. For many people, this was absurd, as their cards would automatically be charged for renewing the subscription without them accepting it. Even though they could cancel

Convincing people that are slightly opposed to gaming can be difficult, but some games have a user-friendly and simple appeal that even non-gamers can enjoy. Here are ten of the best games that even non-gamers can find entertaining.

Monument Valley

Puzzle games can sometimes be frustrating for non-gamers. Nonetheless, this game's magnificent and appealing mazes draw the attention of both gamers and non-gamers. The inspiration for this game comes from the beauty of classical paintings, and the game also displays the magic of optical illusions for the players which make for entertaining challenges.

Abzu

This game is very comfortable for non-gamers that find heavy combat, actions, and dialogue overwhelming. The game provides to swim around the deep blue ocean and explore some of the most beautiful landscapes under the sea.

Telltale Games

The telltale games is a complete library of games that include some of your favorite shows, movies, and comic

If you are an Xbox user or are looking to switch to it from your PlayStation, PC, or any other gaming device, then you should know that it has an altogether different experience from other consoles. Plus, things get even better when you have access to the Xbox Game Pass, which is specially provided by Microsoft for players who like to explore a wide range of new and exciting games every now and then.

This article covers everything you need to know about the Xbox Game Pass, as well as what it has to offer.

What is Xbox Game Pass?

The Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service for Xbox users, and it provides them with a wide range of games that they can download and play however long they want to. It is a paid service that is quite similar to the PlayStation Plus and EA Play services. When you fire up your Xbox console or log in to the Xbox store on your PC, you will find a special section for the Game Pass, where you can explore the free games it has to offer, as well

The Xbox Games with Gold lineup for June 2017 was revealed earlier this month, but for those unaware, Watch Dogs has now been made available for free to all Xbox Live Gold members.

The Games with Gold lineup for June 2017 includes a number of incredible triple-A titles, as well as a selection of indie games.

To begin with, Speedrunners will be available on the Xbox until June 30. Speedrunners is an action-packed running game that puts 4 players against each other. It can be played locally or online. Players must run, jump, and use their environment to either outrun or take down their competition.

Starting from June 16, Watch Dogs will be available for free for all Xbox Live Gold members. Watch Dogs will be available until July 15.

Watch Dogs is Ubisoft's open world third person shooter title that features a futuristic Chicago, Illinois. Players must use the gray hat hacking techniques of the protagonist, Aiden Pierce, to get themselves out of a variety of dangerous

The year has only just started and Microsoft are already going crazy with their backwards compatibility lineup. In January so far, 10 more backwards compatible games have been made available to play on the Xbox One.

To begin with, a bundle of seven Xbox One compatible games were launched to the Xbox Games Store. This first bundle included both of the previously Xbox 360 exclusive Battlefield titles (Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3), as well as a number of other AAA and indie/arcade titles.

A little while after the initial 7 games were announced, 3 more titles were added to the backwards compatible games list. The additional three games were Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10 and Beat'n Groovy.

The full list includes the games listed below.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($20; 4.88 GB)
Battlefield 3 (requires disc)
Dragon Age: Origins ($15; 6.44 GB)
Ghostbusters ($15: 6.18 GB)
Scrap Metal ($15; 130.06 MB)
The Splatters ($10; 505.95

It's finally happened. Red Dead Redemption is now available on the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program. If you own an Xbox 360 version of Red Dead Redemption you'll now be able to play it on your Xbox One.

If you don't own it, you'll be able to purchase the Xbox 360 version digitally or alternatively you could pick up a cheap second hand physical copy online or at a local retailer. Surprisingly the Red Dead digital version is under $10 so either way you'll be able to get the game on your Xbox One for cheap.

Not only has Red Dead Redemption been added to the backwards compatibility version, but the previous DLC for the game has been released for free. Not all of the DLC content has been put up for free, but the vast majority of it has. This includes some single player content and all of the multiplayer content. The new free DLC includes the Legends and Killers Pack, the Myths and Mavericks Pack and the Liars and Cheats Pack. The Outlaws to the End co-op mission

A brand new Xbox One update has launched and it brings a number of changes, some of which were seen in the Preview Program that received an update earlier in the month. The update coincides with a Windows 10 Xbox update, both of which have some interesting improvements.

Firstly, a change has been made to party chat - the limit for players in a chat is now 16. Previously the player count for a party chat was 12. Party Chat originally launched with just 8 player support and it has grown since, mostly because it has been one of the most popularly used features. Xbox One engineer Mike Ybarra says that 64 player party chat may one day be a possibility. We'd hope that with that, we'd have some sort of channel sorting system so that party chat could be used as a voice server like Teamspeak 3 - players would be able to join different channels to avoid overspeaking other players who may be playing a different game. On top of the increased player amount, Xbox One owners will now be able to

Despite being launched on Xbox One far after the release of the PlayStation 4 and the PC versions, the Xbox One edition of Rocket League has already brought in a huge number of players. In fact, recently it was confirmed that the game now has over 1,000,000 players.

Psyonix, the developers of Rocket League, recently revealed on Twitter that the Xbox One version has now hit 1 million unique players. It'll be interesting to see how many unique copies have sold on the PlayStation 4 and the PC as well, especially in a similar time frame. Numbers for other platforms are probably as high as you'd expect them to be, but with all of the hype surrounding the Xbox One release, we have a feeling that the new version has sold a lot quicker than previous releases.

The increased sales for Rocket League should hopefully mean two very big things. Firstly, development for Rocket League is going to continue for the foreseeable future, which means new content patches, new cosmetic items, new

The new free Games with Gold lineup for February 2016 has now been revealed. Players with an Xbox LIVE Gold account will be able to help themselves to a number of free games throughout February. The first two titles available for Xbox One players will be Hand of Fate - this title will be available for download from February 1st, all the way to the end of the month.

Starting from February 16, Styx: Master of Shadows will be the second exclusive Xbox One title available via the Games with Gold February lineup. Styx will remain available until March 15.

As for Xbox 360 titles, Sacred Citadel, an Xbox 360 arcade title, will be available from February 1 till February 15. After Sacred Citadel gets taken off the lineup, it will be replaced with Gears of War 2 which will remain on the lineup until February 29. All four of the titles cost just under $80 for the digital versions.

Both Gears of War 2 and Sacred Citadel can be played on the Xbox One via backwards compatibility

When Gears of War: Ultimate Edition was announced, the developers revealed that pre-ordering the game would make players eligible for all four of the previous Gears of War games on Xbox 360 - these titles would be provided to players via digital download codes and they would be sent out once the backwards compatibility patch goes live on the Xbox One.

Well good news is that the plans for the backwards compatible Gears of War games are still going ahead and now that the backwards compatible patch has been released, Coalition games has mentioned exactly when the four Xbox 360 Gears of War titles will be available for the Ultimate Edition pre-orderers.

According to Microsoft, all four backwards compatible Gears of War games will be available for download from December 1 - if you already own either of the Gears of War titles on Xbox 360, you will also be able to insert the discs into your Xbox One after the November 12 backwards compatibility patch.

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