Xbox Game Pass Core replaces Live Gold on September 14th

One of the last traces of the early Xbox era is going away. Microsoft has revealed it's replacing Xbox Live Gold with a Game Pass Core tier on September 14th. The $60 per year (or $10 per month) subscription is necessary to play many ( but not all ) online multiplayer games on consoles, as before, but it also represents a shift in how the company doles out bonus games.