Xbox Live Rewards Dropping Microsoft Points Next Month

<p>With Microsoft and Xbox Live moving away from Microsoft Points&comma; the service&&num;8217&semi;s rewards program will also undergo a bit of change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starting on August 1st&comma; Microsoft Points will no longer be given out as rewards&comma; and are to be replaced with something &&num;8216&semi;even better&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to a statement that appeared on the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;rewards&period;xbox&period;com&sol;">Xbox Rewards website<&sol;a>&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Not to worry&comma; though&excl; Since this currency change is impacting the structure of the program&comma; we’re taking the opportunity to make Xbox Live Rewards even better&period; You’ll continue to get rewarded for doing the things you love on Xbox Live – just not with Microsoft Points&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A full description of where the service is headed is set to be revealed at the start of September&period; In the meantime&comma; maybe stock up on some Microsoft Points&quest; They&&num;8217&semi;re supposed to transition over when Xbox Live stops supporting them&comma; according to this <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;support&period;xbox&period;com&sol;en-US&sol;billing-and-subscriptions&sol;account-management&sol;microsoft-points-retire-faq">FAQ<&sol;a> regarding the changes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;