Microsoft closes its card and card games to the Internet

The first to lose access will be the users of Windows XP and Windows ME. For them, compatible games (everything except MSN Go) will disappear in a few days on July 31, 2019. Users of Windows 7 will have a short break. They will have access to Backgammon, Checkers, Spades and MSN Go until January 22, 2020, which is about a week after the end of Microsoft's normal support for Windows 7.

There will inevitably be some equivalents on the Web for these games, so you may not be completely blocked if you are determined to play with something on an old PC. Microsoft would probably prefer you to switch to a Windows 10 system and read something from its own app store. As things stand, it is almost surprising that the assistance did not end sooner. Microsoft stopped regular maintenance of Windows XP and ME several years ago. The internet games of these platforms were clearly living on borrowed time and Windows 7 was not far behind.