The switch will happen starting in September.

Xbox just announced that they are phasing out the entire Xbox Live Gold branding. Starting September 14th, Xbox Live Gold will be replaced by Xbox Game Pass Core. This move will add a selection of Game Pass titles for subscribers to play through.

Xbox Game Pass Core will cost the same as Xbox Live Gold. That is, it will be $9.99 (USD) per month or $59.99 for an entire year. Game Pass Core will still grant you access to online...

Does the end of the year bring fantastic presents or mere lumps of coal?

Both Microsoft and Sony announced their last free titles for 2022. These titles being "free" in the sense that you have to be subscribed to either Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass Ultimate, or one of the several different PlayStation Plus tiers.

Let's start first with the Games with Gold titles because we all know that these will be the weaker of the offerings between the two companies. For your...

Ho boy...

Those of you with Xbox Live Gold are getting another mix of games for September 2022 that they can "freely" add to their game collections. Microsoft says that these games are typically valued at $66.96 (USD), but let's just say that value is rather subjective when it comes to the past several months of Games with Gold titles.

These titles will start to be offered starting on September 1. They include Gods Will Fall, Double Kick Heroes, Thrillville,...

Presumably an $85 value here.

As Game Pass continues to be one of the best deals in gaming, Xbox Live Gold continues to spiral downwards. Well, at least as far as the "free" monthly Game Pass titles are concerned. The games for June 2022 were revealed by Xbox Wire and while they total nearly $85 if purchased separately, you may not personally see the same value here.

There are again four games being offered in June. They are all presumably playable on Xbox One...

These are the free games coming with your console subscriptions.

Both Microsoft and Sony revealed the free games that are coming included in your ongoing subscriptions to both Xbox Live Gold (and Game Pass Ultimate) and PlayStation Plus for April 2022.

Both platforms are offering up vastly different freebies this month. I'd personally say that the real standout here is Slay the Spire, which will be included in your PlayStation Plus subscription. It's a unique blend of...

Starting off the new year with a, uh, well... they're free at least.

Microsoft has announced their Games with Gold "free" games for January 2022 already. I assume this early announcement is due to those silly things like Christmas and New Years coming up at a rapid rate.

These games will start to be available starting on January 1, 2022. The games include NeuroVoider, Aground, Radiant Silvergun, and Space Invaders Infinity Gene. As always, these games are "free"...

LEGO Batman 2 is the highlight of the month it seems.

The lineup of "free" Games with Gold titles for Xbox owners has just been announced. Those of you with the Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S will again get four titles this upcoming month. It may not be the six titles that are coming to PlayStation Plus subscribers for November, but what can you do?

As usual, Xbox Series X|S owners will get to play all four of the games thanks to backwards compatibility. ...

PlayStation Plus comes out swinging once more this month.

Both Xbox and PlayStation have listed their "free" games being offered up to Xbox Live Gold Subscribers/Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Plus subscribers for the month of July 2021. As always, these are only "free" if you are an active subscriber to these services during the point in which they are offered. And in the case of PlayStation, you have to keep your subscription live to access the games afterwards...

I'm LEGO Batman.

Microsoft just announced the "free" games that will come to all Xbox players as part of their Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. These games will be released under the Games with Gold for May 2021 and include titles such as Armello, Dungeons 3, Tropico 4, and LEGO Batman.

The four titles being offered total about $79.96 in value and 4,000 Gamerscore to earn. ...

PlayStation offers up some great games while Xbox... is present.

If you haven't yet seen the "free" games being offered up for April 2021 yet through PlayStation Plus and Xbox Games with Gold, we have you covered. The Xbox offerings are uh... well, they're games. Meanwhile PlayStation is out here offering Oddworld: Soulstorm for the PS5, Days Gone, and Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

It's a pretty solid lineup, especially if you like the undead.


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Time for some scares I guess?

January is apparently the perfect month for a couple of horror focused games with Games with Gold, eh? That seems to be the case as Xbox Live Gold subscribers will get a couple of spooky titles along with a couple of action titles for January 2021.

These titles include Little Nightmares, Dead Rising, The King of Fighters XIII, and Breakdown. A, ahem, breakdown of the four titles can be found below. These titles will begin to be offered to...

Free to those with Xbox Live Gold.

Microsoft just revealed what games are going to be available for "free" for those with an Xbox Live Gold subscription in December 2020. These games include an assortment of offerings that should all be playable on your Xbox One thanks to backwards compatibility. And, I suppose, that means they should also be playable on your Xbox Series X|S through backwards compatibility.

Without further ado, here are the games.

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Well, it's maybe not the biggest month they've had.

The "free" games coming in November 2020's Games with Gold have been announced by Microsoft. Given that the new consoles are launching in just a couple of weeks, you would expect maybe something more grand for November's offerings. However... that's not really the case here, at least in my humble opinion. That's not to say that the games are bad, but the real stand out here seems to be LEGO Indiana Jones, an Xbox 360 game,...

Hope you like basketball.

Both Microsoft and Sony have revealed their "free" game offerings for July 2020. As usual, Xbox Games with Gold will get four titles throughout the month of July 2020. Those games include: ...