Earlier today Microsoft announced the upcoming removal of 46 Xbox 360 games and their associated DLC from the US Xbox 360 store starting on February 7, 2023.
Once the games are delisted, they will no longer be available for purchase. Anyone who purchases the games before they are removed will not lose access to their purchases. Delisted games can still be downloaded and played by their owners.
Because some of these titles are available for purchase on the current Xbox storefront, we asked Microsoft for clarification on the delisting. A Microsoft spokesperson clarified that the delisting ONLY applies to the Xbox 360 storefront and will not impact games that are currently available to buy on the Xbox One and Xbox Series storefront.
“Beginning on February 7, 2023, a limited set of games, add-ons, and in-game content will no longer be purchasable in select markets via the Xbox 360 Store. These titles will no longer be purchasable on the Xbox 360 Store only, and titles that are available to be purchased on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S Stores will remain purchasable. You will still be able to play discs or previously downloaded games on your Xbox 360 and modern consoles if they are backwards compatible titles. For more information on the games impacted in your region, visit here,“ said a Microsoft spokesperson.
Of the 46 Xbox 360 games being removed from the Xbox 360 store:
- 15 are available in the Xbox One and Xbox Series store and will remain purchasable
- 44 are backwards compatible with the Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles
- 2 (Eets: Chowdown and The Raven) games are only playable on the Xbox 360
The full list of US games, along with links to their store listings, are below. Games with “Xbox One” store links are games that are available to purchase in the Xbox One and Xbox Series store.
If you are interested in playing any of the games being removed (those with just a Xbox 360 store link), be sure to purchase them BEFORE February 7, 2023:
- Aegis Wing (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Xbox 360)
- Assassin's Creed III (Xbox 360)
- Assassin's Creed IV (Xbox 360)
- Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (Xbox 360)
- Blood of the Werewolf (Xbox 360)
- Blue Dragon (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Breakdown (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox 360)
- Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360)
- Castle Crashers (Xbox 360)
- Cloning Clyde (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Counter-Strike: GO (Xbox 360)
- Dark Souls (Xbox 360)
- Darksiders II (Xbox 360)
- DAYTONA USA (Xbox 360)
- Defense Grid (Xbox 360)
- Eets: Chowdown (Xbox 360 ONLY - NOT BC)
- Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Final Fight: DblImpact (Xbox 360)
- Iron Brigade (Xbox 360)
- Jeremy McGrath's Offroad (Xbox 360)
- Jet Set Radio (Xbox 360)
- Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)
- LIMBO (Xbox 360)
- Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- MONOPOLY DEAL (Xbox 360)
- Mutant Blobs Attack (Xbox 360)
- N+ (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Outpost Kaloki X (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Peggle 2 (Xbox 360)
- Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Prince of Persia (Xbox 360)
- R.U.S.E. (Xbox 360)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. (Xbox 360)
- Skate 2 (Xbox 360)
- South Park: The Stick of Truth (Xbox 360)
- Spelunky (Xbox 360)
- Splinter Cell Conviction (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Star Wars Battlefront (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- Star Wars KOTOR 2 (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
- The Orange Box (Xbox 360)
- The Raven Episode 1 (Xbox 360 ONLY - NOT BC)
- The Witcher 2 (Xbox 360 / Xbox One)
If you live outside of the United States, you can view the specific list of titles being removed from your regional store on the Xbox 360 Marketplace update support page.
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