The free demo for Square Enix's upcoming co-op shooter Outriders was released on Xbox yesterday, and you might be surprised to know that while it's a multiplayer demo, it doesn't require Xbox Live Gold whatsoever.
The demo even includes crossplay so you can play with friends and strangers on other platforms, and you needn't pay a thing in order to do so, as announced by Xbox Live's Major Nelson on Twitter yesterday.
Microsoft announced back in January that it would be removing the need to be an Xbox Live Gold subscriber to play free-to-play games in the "coming months", and while it hasn't happened yet, it hopefully won't be long.
If you fancy checking out Outriders, you can download the demo right now on the Microsoft Store for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, which features about 2-3 hours of gameplay per-class, with four classes available.
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You might not need Gold, but you do need a Square Enix account, and - surprise, surprise - anything to do with Square Enix's account creation/management system is utter dogsh*t and because of this I can't even play the damn demo.
Final Fantasy XIV, Outriders... I need to learn to just stay away from any Square Enix games that require you to deal with their account systems.
@VenomousAlbino I just went to their site(SE) on my phone, signed in, downloaded the demo to my xbo. Matter of seconds.
@PhhhCough well, as is what happened when I tried to play FF14 however many years ago, I created an account on mobile, verified it, tried logging in through the Xbox and it claimed it couldn't log me in.
Downloaded it. Launched it. Square Enix account required. Home. Delete the demo. Buy Divison 2. Happy times.
After looking into it, the reason a Square Enix account is required is it's what enables you to carry your progress over from the demo to the full game. If that's the case, just let me play without the account and I'll start again if I play the full game. Apparently, you also need one to access the multiplayer and extra content in Avengers.
This whole account thing is getting ridiculous. Publishers seem intent on making us jump through extra hoops with superfluous accounts when all I want to do is play your f**king game. And we all know the real reason is so that they can push marketing onto us.
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