September 4, 2025 - PC Gaming Preview - Xbox App [2509.1000.51.0]

In the upper left of the Xbox Insider app, you should be able to see 4 tabs:

Announcements
Previews
Activities
Profile.

Click on the “Previews” tab and click on the one that says “PC Gaming”, then click “Join”.

After that, follow the steps I previously shared.

Here's our planned events for OldGamerz for the week ahead:

Monday 16th September: Blur racing (Xbox) 9pm

Tuesday 17th September: GTAV Release date laughs all nite

Tuesday 17th September: World of Tanks night (PC) 8pm

Wednesday 18th September: Battlefield 3 (PC) 9pm

Thursday 19th September: Forza 4 Le Mans 24 league (Xbox) 9pm

Friday 20th September: Mass Effect 3 Horde (Xbox) 9pm

Saturday 21st September: F1 race night (xbox) - Singapore 9pm

Sunday 22nd September: members racing on their game of choice.

Happy gaming !

I just tried and the same. It can't find "earth defense force 2025" which is supposed to be free for september with "games with gold"

Hi!

Maintenance should be scheduled for tomorrow, probably some connection problems could happen:

Maintenance for the week of September 16:

• PC/Mac: No maintenance – September 16

• PC/Mac: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – September 17, 4:00AM EDT (8:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)

• Xbox One: NA and EU megaservers for maintenance – September 17, 4:00AM EDT (8:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)

• PlayStation®4: NA and EU megaservers for maintenance – September 17, 4:00AM EDT (8:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)

You can check the status of the servers directly
here.

Earth Defence Force 2025 is the first 360 backwards compatible game on offer this month and should be available now. You may need to check whether the game is available in your Country/region https://majornelson.com/2019/08/29/xbox-live-games-with-gold-for-september-2019/