Xbox 360 games are 90% off ahead of permanent store closure in July

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Xbox 360 games are 90% off ahead of permanent store closure in July
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Tomb Raider and Far Cry 4 are among the 59 games that are on sale in the online Xbox 360 store, as it gets ready to close its doors.

Time to dust off the ol’ Xbox 360 Last year Microsoft announced that it will close the Xbox 360 store for good on July 29 this year, although games will still work via backwards compatibility on the Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. Luckily it won’t be as bad as when Nintendo ended its online services for the Wii U and 3DS consoles in April, making it impossible to buy digital games and play already owned title online, although this is still another blow to the ongoing issue of game preservation.

More TrendingVideo games had a good run but it’s over now thanks to Xbox and PlayStationGames Inbox: Is Xbox going multiformat for all games?Little Kitty, Big City review - the cat’s meowSony finally hints at PS5 PlayStation Showcase this monthRead More Stories ‘To celebrate the legacy of Xbox 360, we’re working with our amazing publishing partners to bring you as many price reductions from our online store or from the Xbox 360 Store on the console,’ said Microsoft in a new blog post.

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