If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. In July, Microsoft announced that the Xbox Live Gold subscription service would be succeeded by a new plan called Xbox Game Pass Core . Despite the name change, the new plan still costs $9.99 a month, but there are a few key differences. Most notably, Microsoft is retiring the Games with Gold program and giving Core subscribers a curated selection of titles from the Xbox Game Pass libr
