Xbox live for original Xbox games to be discontinued april 15th.

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Microsoft announced today that Xbox LIVE support for original Xbox games will be discontinued on April 15, 2010.

Halo 2 fans take note - you have ten weeks left to play multiplayer games over Xbox LIVE before the service will be discontinued. Microsoft announced today that as of April 15th they will no longer be supporting the original Xbox console or software on Xbox LIVE. This also applies to original games being played on an Xbox 360.

You can read their official announcement HERE.

We're all saddened at the realization that an era is coming to an end but looking back, we're incredibly fortunate to have had such a great run and such strong support from our fans. Halo 2 has been at or near the top of the Xbox LIVE charts for original games since it launched over five years ago. We're extremely thankful to everyone who has played, enjoyed and supported Halo 2 over Xbox LIVE. We've had some great fun together, including far too many humpday losses to even recount.

That said, mark your calendars now - on April 14th let's all rally to go online for one last hoorah. One final farewell and one final opportunity for all of you to kick our asses at Halo 2.

Stay tuned to Bungie.net in the weeks to come for more details.

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I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox. While I can’t comment on the specifics, this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.

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So long h2x kiddies your going to have to put up with halo 3 now or learn to play other games.

Naw h2x kiddies will always have h2v.

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Originally Posted by Dwood

Naw h2x kiddies will always have h2v.

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I doubt even they would be stupid enough to try and play h2v, especialy all the little MLG fags.

I wonder tho... does this include dropping gfwl that are old too?

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Originally Posted by Dwood

I wonder tho... does this include dropping gfwl that are old too?

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im thinking its only xbox1 originals, games that are games for windows live may still work but i can't really say at the moment.
original email is posted here as well

I guess services like XBConnect are gonna boom.

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Originally Posted by Heathen

I guess services like XBConnect are gonna boom.

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Those didn't go through xbox live in any way?

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Originally Posted by Heathen

I guess services like XBConnect are gonna boom.

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depends if the update will even allow you to play original games on the xbox, their planing on changing alot of resources for the xb360 so it maybe possibly you won't even beable to play original games.
I know this is just the servers but what the message said is the new updates wont allow backwards compatibility so anything is possible i guess.

They should discontinue every other game except Halo 2 :realsmug:

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Originally Posted by Rook

Those didn't go through xbox live in any way?

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