, Microsoft announced that starting from Nov. 1, the cost of Xbox Live Gold will rise in America (USA, Canada and Mexico) and the UK, but remains unchanged in the rest of the world. In the U.S. a year subscription will increase from $ 49.99 to $ 59.99, while a month would go from $ 7.99 to $ 9.99 three months and will cost $ 24.99 instead of the current $ 19.99, and in other countries we find similar increases. Continental Europe, Australia, Japan and Middle Eastern countries are protected, at least for now, from such increases.