

Though Steam leads the way in the cheapskate marketplace, Xbox Live has plenty of decent games in its lineup that are more than a match for full price games. If you like playing a certain type of genre, chances are the world of free-to-play has you covered. Better still, the amount of free-to-play games available cross the length and breadth of the gaming spectrum. The fact is that in today’s gaming landscape, if you’re more frugal than most people, there’s still plenty of ways to get enough gaming bang for your non-existent buck. Then I’d just stare into the middle distance, rambling incoherently about the “good old days” or whatever. It’s “bloomin’ mental”, it is! Or at least, that’s what I would say if I was a 47 year old dad. It was the first free-to-play game offered on Xbox Live, with customization options sold at microtransaction amounts.If you want proof of how far games have changed over the past decade, just look at the amount of Xbox One free games that are available right now. Happy Wars launched in 2012 on Xbox Live Arcade, in 2014 on PC and then in 2015 for Xbox One, where it will still survive.

The Xbox One version of the game will continue to host new in-game events after that date. Happy Wars’ in-game events will continue on PC and Xbox 360 until June 13. Afterward, they become locked to their platform, where they will be usable until the game shuts down on PC and Xbox 360 in December. With the game still active on Xbox One, that means players have one week - until March 15 - to transfer any of their Happy Tickets to that version. Happy Tickets, the game’s currency available for purchase with real money, will no longer be sold after 8 p.m. Happy Wars will be removed from the Xbox 360 and Windows 10 marketplaces on June 14. The shutdown happens on those two platforms on Dec. It’s closing down on Windows PC and Xbox 360.
