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Microsoft has revealed one big difference between Games With Gold on Xbox One and Xbox 360. On Xbox One, active Gold membership required to play free games you’ve downloaded,” the company has said. [Users] must download titles during designated window.” That’s different to how things work on Xbox 360, which …
Read More »Microsoft explains its Xbox One Kinect U-turn; Games with Gold dated for June
Available on June 9th, the 350 Kinect-less Xbox One is Microsoft’s biggest U-turn yet and represents a complete reversal of its controversial E3 strategy outline. It’s also the console’s second UK price drop since arriving in the UK last November, a period that has seen 80 shaved off the machine’s …
Read More »Microsoft promises evolution for Games With Gold
Games With Gold will get better. That’s the message from Microsoft Game Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer, who Polygon reports said in a SXSW Q&A session that he has been taking a more active role in the program. "I have been sitting down, monthly now, with that team and …
Read More »Games With Gold Xbox One details ‘soon’ says Spencer
Microsoft will soon share its plans for Games With Gold on Xbox One. The service – seen as a direct answer to Sony’s excellent Instant Games Collection on PSN – rewards Xbox Live subscribers with access to a changing selection of free titles. So far it has only been available …
Read More »Games With Gold coming to Xbox One
Microsoft has confirmed that its Games With Gold scheme will indeed be coming to Xbox One. Games With Gold grants paying Xbox Live subscribers to access to one or two free games every month. It’s effectively a counter to Sony’s popular Instant Games Collection, which allows free access to a …
Read More »Games With Gold to stick around on Xbox 360
The once limited-time Games With Gold offer on Xbox 360 is to remain a permanent feature. GWG mirrors PlayStation Plus in that it offers free access to select titles for users who are subscribed to Xbox Live. The good news is that it looks like the promotion is sticking around …
Read More »Crackdown and Dead Rising 2 next up in Games With Gold
Microsoft has named the two games that will feature this month in Xbox 360’s Games With Gold offer. As of today, Microsoft’s hugely popular (and arguably never bettered) Crackdown will be offered to free for Xbox Gold members. Then from August 16th Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 and its digital prologue …
Read More »UPDATED: First free Xbox 360 game for Gold members is Defense Grid: The Awakening
Microsoft’s Games with Gold program has kicked off with the first free title being offered to Xbox Gold Live members. The game in question is Defense Grid: The Awakening – a 2009 Xbox Live title that normally retails for 800 Microsoft Points. Two free games will be offered each month, …
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