You no longer need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to play free-to-play games

It’s official: Xbox has removed the requirement to have an Xbox Live Gold subscription to play free-to-play online multiplayer games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Call of Duty: Warzone on Xbox consoles.

Xbox announced the policy change after a failed attempt at raising the price of Xbox Live Gold back in January. Alpha Insiders have been testing the change for a several weeks. However, it was just last week that the change went live for all Insiders, so it’s somewhat surprising that Xbox was able to roll it out to all users so quickly.

In the announcement, Xbox included a list of more than 50 free-to-play games currently available on its Xbox One and Series X/S console. These include the obvious battle royale juggernauts, as well as Destiny 2, the recently released next-gen World War II shooter Enlisted, as well as non-battle royale juggernauts like Rocket League, World of Tanks, and Warframe. You can read the full list of free-to-play games on Xbox below.

• 3on3 FreeStyle
• Aegis Wing
• APB Reloaded
• Apex Legends
• Armored Warfare
• Battle Ages
• Battle Islands
• Battle Islands: Commanders
• Bless Unleashed
• Brawlhalla
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Crackdown
• Crackdown 2
• Crimson Alliance
• Crossout
• CRSED: F.O.A.D.
• Darwin Project
• Dauntless
• DC Universe Online
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters
• Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters
• Defiance 2050
• Destiny 2
• Doritos Crash Course
• Dungeon Defenders II
• Enlisted
• Eternal Card Game
• Family Game Night
• Fishing Planet
• Fortnite
• Galaxy Control: Arena
• Gems of War
• Happy Wars
• Harm’s Way
• Hawken
• Hyper Scape
• Killer Instinct
• Korgan
• Minion Masters
• Neverwinter
• Outriders (Demo)
• Paladins
• Path of Exile
• Phantasy Star Online 2
• Phantom Dust
• Pinball FX2
• Prominence Poker
• Realm Royale
• Rec Room
• Resident Evil Revelations 2
• ROBLOX
• Rocket League
• Rogue Company
• Skyforge
• SMITE
• Spacelords
• Spellbreak
• Star Trek Online
• Techwars Global Conflict
• TERA
• The Four Kings Casino and Slots
• Too Human
• Trove
• Vigor
• War Thunder
• Warface
• Warframe
• World of Tanks
• World of Warships: Legends
• Yaris

Xbox also noted that this policy change will also refer to future free-to-play games, so the rumored Battlefield 2021 battle royale mode might be included in that when it launches this holiday.