If none of the new releases are tickling your fancy these days, perhaps a dip into the past is in order. PopCap's Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is available to all Xbox Live Gold members (i.e., it is "free" with an active subscription, which isn't free) until April 15.
Xbox Live’s Games With Gold program for September 2018 features a solid lineup of co-op friendly games. Single-player loving Xbox One users who have GOLD membership will be able to build their own criminal housing facility in Prison Architect for the entire month of September. Following this, Livelock, a top-down co-op shooter, becomes free Sept. 15th to Oct. 16th.
The end is in sight, everyone! One more month of summer, and then autumn will come sweeping in and bring with it that refreshing cool air. To get through August, Xbox is offering not one or two co-op titles, but four - yes, four! - titles to play with some buddies: Forza Horizon 2, For Honor, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and Dead Space 3.
July... Of all the months in the calendar year, this one has the distinction of being my least favorite. Mainly due to the fact that the unbearable heat (which is my natural nemesis) makes life feel questionable. But, put that aside, and I guess it's ok. If your idea of a perfect July is being indoors with air conditioning and video games with friends, then good news! July's Games with Gold includes three co-op titles: Assault Android Cactus, Death Squared, and Splinter Cell Conviction (360, backwards compatible).
Microsoft has given their Gold members word on what their next month of free games will be, with four more games coming over the course of March. Unfortunately, Brave (based on the Pixar film but not as well received, critically, as the film) is the only game that features Co-Op, but for the low low price of free, it’s worth picking up.
September will soon be upon us which means the best parts of the year are just around the corner; pumpkin spice everything, Halloween (which seems to be starting mid-August now), crispy and/or crunchy leaves on the ground, caramel corn as well as caramel apples and, best of all, my birthday. September also brings a new batch of free games to celebrate with Xbox’s Games With Gold, though sadly, only one co-op title in the bunch: Battlefield 3.
Keeping with the schedule of interesting, unpredictable choices, Microsoft has announced that Kane and Lynch 2 will will headline their Games with Gold for July, 2017. While the title was originally released for the Xbox 360, it has been on Xbox One’s list of backwards compatible games since December, 2015. Our thoughts on the game can be found, here.
While there's still time to grab both Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga for free this month thanks to Microsoft's "Games with Gold" program, you can start looking forward to next month when Assassin's Creed 3 "goes gold."
I can't move in my house due to my Xbox One's external drive being rammed with co-op games. I'm not convinced that's how computer memory works, but I do know that Games with Gold May is offering another two co-op titles in the form of Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga.
This week, Xbox GOLD members can get huge discounts (up to 80%) on titles from Xbox LIVE. The sale in full can be found here.
Rome was not built in a day and neither was the Xbox Games with Gold programme. It has been around for a while now and has offered loads of great co-op games to Xbox owners who also have a valid Gold account. April 2017 is no different with one of the games being Ryse: Son of Rome, the 2 player online co-op title.
As one month ends, another must inevitably start and with the fluttering of used calendar pages to the floor, each month brings with it a new stash of Games with Gold. In February, Xbox One owners with a Gold subscription can enjoy the 4 player co-op wonder that is Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.
