The Best Xbox 360 Games to Buy Before They’re Gone Forever

Despite being nearly 19 years old, the Xbox 360 is under no illusions. You can still plug Microsoft’s oldest console into a TV, be greeted by your abandoned Gamerscore, and discover every title you’ve ever downloaded like buried treasure. But in just under three weeks, Microsoft plans has throws away his old Xbox 360 store unceremoniously dumped into a shallow grave. When that happens, there will be no legitimate way to access these games unless you download them right now.

Microsoft has announced plans to shut down the Xbox 360 Store on July 29th, which means that any titles that weren’t available on other platforms are completely dead. Oh, and old games and DLC you bought before will still work. It just means that by the end of the month, you’ll never have the chance to buy new games again. That’s bad news for gaming advocates who pointed out last year that 90% of games from the last few decades are is no longer commercially available.

There is still time to download some of these games, but once the store closes, you won’t have a chance without any emulation. Last year, the Video game chronicle It was noted that 220 digital games have no compatibility with the Xbox One and do not have physical copies. These are mostly Xbox Arcade titles from the era when Microsoft was promoting independent developers on its main console. Some of them also received updated versions that were available on later consoles. There are just under 50 games available only through the 360 ​​stores, which will disappear because no updated versions have been released, as reported by Games removed from the list blog (by CommentGeek).

These downloadable titles aren’t ones that most nostalgic gamers would immediately recognize. Two Xbox Arcade South Park games, including the side-scrolling co-op game Tenorman’s Revenge, will be disappearing from this mortal coil.. Another small title with a big name, Burnout accidentwill follow the path of the Dodo in 20 days.

When Xbox wanted to promote its motion controls with the Xbox Kinect, it promoted several digital-only titles in its store. In many ways, this peripheral was ahead of its time, but the games are still going to disappear. Fruit Ninja Kinect And Haunt. Kinect Entertainment Labs And Kinect Sports Gems I’ll hit him too.

What games are hard to get anywhere other than the Xbox 360?

Microsoft has ported a multitude of Xbox 360 titles to Xbox Game Pass for those who want to reminisce about what the late 2000s were like. And yet, many other games haven’t made the jump elsewhere. Some hard-to-find games are still playable on Xbox One, but the end of the 360 ​​Store limits their reach. Capcom has removed the 2010 title Dark Abyss Since Steamand now you can only get it on disc or via Xbox. The remastered version of Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker is available on the Xbox 360 store right now, and it’s probably one of the few ways outside of emulation to play the PSP classic.

Looking through the catalog, I’m reminded of how frenetic the Xbox 360 era was. You can get The Call of Juarez Bound by Blood on PC, but it was one of those games centered around two Confederate deserters during the Civil War who returned home to their family home as it was looted by Union soldiers. You can play it on PC, but multiplayer has been unavailable since 2016.

The 2008 Soldier Buddy Game An army of two I never left the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. If you were looking for a refresher, the game’s story begins on 9/11, and suddenly you and a friend are killing people in Afghanistan as private military contractors. It was indeed a different time. This game is indeed on Game Pass, but the two sequels, The 40th day And The Devil’s Cartelare only available as a disc on Xbox 360 or PS3. The 2009 title The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena suffers a similar fate of being rather difficult to find due to licensing issues.

Additionally, starting July 29, Xbox 360 players will no longer have access to the Movies & TV app, meaning any content purchased on your old console will no longer work. This is another strong signal that should remind people that you don’t own anything you buy digitally. Nintendo has closed its Wii U and 3DS eShop earlier this year. The same goes for the many games, demos, and other elements that were once essential to the console experience.