Xbox fans in tears as more free games are removed than added this month | 04X4EOV | 2024-05-01 15:08:01
XBOX changes up the games that are available on Game Pass regularly, but usually the library grows every month.
However, May is different as more games will be leaving the service this month than arriving.
Xbox fans in tears as more free games are removed than added this monthAvalanche StudiosJust Cause 4 is one of the games leaving this month[/caption]
Five games are being added to Xbox Game Pass this month, but eight games are being removed.
Among the games leaving this month are a number from popular series, and an 89-rated hit.
The highest-rated game leaving the service this month is Norco, an indie point-and-click adventure, which received an excellent 89 rating on review aggregate site Metacritic.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 is another highly-rated game with a score of 84.
This is a turn-based strategy RPG with a choices-matter system that people love.
Another notable game leaving this month is Just Cause 4, the most recent game in the popular series.
Eiyuden Chronicle Rising is also leaving the service, which is disappointing following the launch of Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes.
This is a side-story prequel which many people have been playing to prepare for the new release.
If any of the games on the list interest you, you have just two weeks to play them before they are gone.
Many of these are smaller games that it would be possible to finish before the deadline.
Here are the games leaving Xbox Game Pass on May 15.
Eastern Exorcist – Cloud, console and PC
Eiyuden Chronicle Rising – Cloud, console and PC
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 – Cloud, console and PC
Ghostlore – Cloud, console and PC
Just Cause 4 Reloaded – Cloud, console and PC
Norco – Cloud, console and PC
SD Gundam Battle Alliance – Cloud, console and PC
Supraland Six Inches Under – Cloud, console and PC
Xbox warns millions of gamers it will start deleting capture back-ups in a month – save them now before it's too lateGettyChanges kick in from the end of May[/caption]
Xbox warns millions of gamers it will start deleting capture back-ups in a month – save them now before it's too lateAlert has started landing in people's message boxes
It was originally meant to start in January but nothing happened.
Months later and warnings have now started to pop up.
Cloud back-ups will start to be deleted from May 30, according to screenshot alerts sent to players.
"Back up your best gaming moments," the message reads.
"Game captures on the Xbox Network will be deleted after 90 days.
"Deletions start 5/30/24. Be sure to backup capture you want to save on OneDrive or on an external hard drive."
The changes affect captures that are 90 days old or older.
But any captures stored directly on your Xbox console are safe.
It's not clear why Microsoft has made the move but the company looks set to free up a nice chunk of cloud storage space.
Large data centres can cost billions for firms to run with all the power and cooling they need.
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How to save your Xbox captures to a hard drive or OneDrive
Move your cloud-based captures to an external hard drive or OneDrive account before they disappear.
Don't forget, the free version of OneDrive only has 5GB or storage available which will be quickly swallowed up by large video files.
So you'll either need a decent sized external hard drive that can be plugged into your Xbox machine.
Or, you'll probably need to subscribe to a premium OneDrive
Follow these steps:
Click on the Xbox button on your controller
Go to Capture & share
Tap on Recent captures
Tap on Show all
Select the Manage icon, which looks like a briefcase
From here you can either Select all or tick the individual captures you wish to keep
Now select Copy to external storage to back up onto external storage
Or, Upload to OneDrive if you want to keep it on your own OneDrive cloud account
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