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Microsoft Removes Xbox Live Gold Requirement for Free-to-Play Multiplayer Games – PCMag AU
Looking 4 Groups and Party Chat are also being made exempt from the Live Gold requirement.

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Subscribing to Xbox Live Gold unlocks a number of benefits, but Microsoft has decided to relax the rules a bit when it comes to multiplayer gaming and chat features currently locked behind a Gold subscription.
A tweet from the official Xbox Insider account confirms that an Xbox Live Gold subscription isn’t going to be a requirement for free-to-play multiplayer games, Looking 4 Groups, and Party Chat for much longer. Right now, Xbox Insiders in the Alpha Skip Ahead and Alpha bands…
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