Xbox 360: cult games will disappear from the store, here is the list

Microsoft has just announced on its official website the removal of several cult games from the Xbox 360 store. From February 7, 2023, it will no longer be possible to buy these iconic titles on the Store of the old console. Worse still, some games are set to disappear permanently, for lack of availability on the Xbox One and Xbox Series S / X stores.

While Microsoft has just announced the list of Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision compatible games on Xbox Series X / S, the Redmond company has bad news for Xbox 360 owners and retro gaming fans.

Indeed, Microsoft has just confirmed this Wednesday, February 1, the removal of several cults on the Xbox 360 store.A number of games and associated add-ons will be removed from the Xbox 360 marketplace in a select set of regions by title. These deletions will begin on February 7, 2023″, writes Microsoft on the Xbox support site.

Games will disappear… Definitely

“These titles will no longer be purchasable on the Xbox 360 store, but those currently available on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S stores will still be available for purchase. adds the American company. This is where the problem lies, since as our colleagues from the Windows Central site point out, some of these games are not yet available in backward compatibility on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S stores.

In other words, once removed from the Xbox 360 Marketplace, players will no longer be able to buy these games in digital format… Fortunately, the second-hand market exists and as Microsoft guarantees, you can always launch the physical versions of these games on your Xbox 360. On modern consoles, on the other hand, it will be imperative that your game appears in the list of backward compatible titles.

List of games removed from the Xbox 360 store

But without further ado, here is the complete list of games that will disappear from the Xbox 360 store in France:

If you absolutely want to keep a digital copy of one of these games, nothing prevents you from rushing to the Store of your Xbox 360 before February 7, 2023. After this date, it will be too late.