The new XBOX trick to download games and play for free that is going viral

A flaw discovered by the community allows installing and running some games without having purchased them.

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The Xbox community has discovered a curious behavior that’s generating a lot of buzz. Several players claim to have successfully installed and run certain games directly from the Xbox mobile app, even without a valid license for them. Although it’s unclear how long this will remain active, the method has already been tested with success by different users.

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For now, there’s no official confirmation from Microsoft, so it’s likely that this could be a temporary error that might be corrected at any moment.

Here are some of the games that users claim can be played for free

According to the initial reports shared by the community, these are some of the titles that can be started using this method:

Important: We can’t guarantee that all of these will continue to work for many hours, or that some might stop working soon, but these are the games that have been shared as being installable and playable using this method.

• Moss: The Forgotten Relic
• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
• 007 First Light
• Forza Horizon 6
• Gothic
• PES 2018
• Assassin’s Creed Shadow
• Arcade Archives 2 TEKKEN

How can you try it out?

The procedure involves installing the game from the Xbox mobile app and sending it to the console. Once the download is complete, some users claim that the title can be started normally, despite the icon indicating that there is no valid license.

• However, it’s advisable to take this information with caution. The issue has been detected by the community, and Microsoft has not confirmed that this is an intentional feature, so it’s possible that access might stop working at any moment through an update to Xbox services.

If the behavior continues over the next few hours or Microsoft makes a comment about it, we’ll expand on the information with all the details.