Microsoft to end Hearts, Spades net games for Windows XP, ME, 7

Microsoft is ending its internet games including Hearts, Spades, Checkers, Backgammon, MSN Go and Reversi from Windows version XP, ME and 7. While these Microsoft Internet Games services on Windows XP and ME will end on July 31, 2019, they'll end for Windows 7 on January 22, 2020. Microsoft said it's doing so to invest resources towards more recent technologies.