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Adinnieken on 10 June 2013

During their E3 press conference today, Microsoft announced that Xbox Live Gold, the paid subscription that is required in order to play Xbox 360 games online, will now include free game downloads leading up to the launch of the Xbox One in November. The first games that will be available as part of this service are Assassin’s Creed II and Halo 3 — both very good games! Fable III will also be free for the month of June (though, presumably, the game is yours to keep as long as you download it while it’s free).

This makes Microsoft’s service more competitive with Sony’s PlayStation Plus, which has been offering free games each month for well over a year.

http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/xbox-live-gold-subscription-now-includes-free-game-downloads-new-360-model-available-now.html/



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Adinnieken on 10 June 2013

So to clarify. If you have Xbox LIVE Gold, you get two free games per month. Those are yours to keep forever. They don't stop working if you don't maintain a Gold subscription.



loy310 on 10 June 2013

This is cool, free games are always a plus.



Wright on 10 June 2013
Adinnieken said:
So to clarify. If you have Xbox LIVE Gold, you get two free games per month. Those are yours to keep forever. They don't stop working if you don't maintain a Gold subscription.


NOW THAT'S NICE =D

No wonder why they showed two old games. They wanna see how this model cope with the players.



Cj2i3 on 10 June 2013

Thank you based Microsoft.



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Mr Puggsly on 10 June 2013

Nice move.

I'll be surprised if they give something good I haven't already played.



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theprof00 on 10 June 2013
Adinnieken said:
So to clarify. If you have Xbox LIVE Gold, you get two free games per month. Those are yours to keep forever. They don't stop working if you don't maintain a Gold subscription.

And where was this said?



Subie_Greg on 10 June 2013

I know as a PS guy I am suppossed to rage or something...

But I won't lol. Always nice to see other gamers get shit that's nice. 

: )



yo_john117 on 10 June 2013

I've been wanting something like this for a very long time now. Glad MS is finally doing that. 24 games a year with my XBL subscription sure makes me a happy camper.

Kind of sucks that I've fully played the first two titles that are free though :/

I hope in coming months they let you choose between 4-10 games.

 

EDIT: I wonder how the free games thing will work when the Xbox One comes out. I'm assuming they won't be giving away two brand new launch titles in November and December.



TheSting on 10 June 2013

So its backwards compatible?