For Xbox Live Gold Members (or those with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate), the Games With Gold service is a great way to bolster your library of Xbox games every single month, with four new titles across all generations of Xbox.
While not every month of Games With Gold offers incredible highlights, previous months have included big hitters like For Honor, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and more. It’s also an easy way to discover games you might not have ordinarily tried if they weren’t available for free.
With that in mind, here’s everything you need to know about Xbox’s Games With Gold.
WHEN DO FREE GAMES WITH GOLD TITLES GO LIVE?
Free games via Xbox’s Games With Gold go live in a staggered fashion. The service rotates its line-up every half month, with a new Xbox One and Xbox 360 or original Xbox game being available on the 1st and 16th of every month, with said games usually being available to download from midnight local time.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO CLAIM FREE GAMES?
All you need to claim your free Games With Gold titles is an Xbox Live Gold membership, or an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership which bundles together subscriptions for Xbox Game Pass, Game Pass for PC and Xbox Live Gold.
DO YOU KEEP THE GAMES FOREVER?
Kind of. Once you have Gold and you’ve claimed these games, they’ll be available for you to play and enjoy for the entire time you maintain a Gold membership. If you cancel your membership, you’ll no longer be able to access these games, so it’s worth keeping that in mind.
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