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Free Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games With Gold for May 2016

More free games will be available soon.

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Microsoft has announced May 2016's lineup of Games With Gold titles. As usual, Microsoft will offer four free games in all to Xbox Live Gold subscribers during the month, split between Xbox One and Xbox 360.

The month's lineup includes Defense Grid 2 and Costume Quest 2 on Xbox One, while Xbox 360 users can grab Grid 2 and Peggle during May.

Xbox One owners actually get four free games during the month, as the two Xbox 360 titles are playable on the console via backwards compatibility. Additionally, one of April 2016's Xbox One freebies--Sunset Overdrive--will remain free until May 15.

While you wait for May 2016's titles to arrive, be sure to grab the remaining April 2016 titles before it's too late. As for the other side of the fence, Sony has yet to announce May's PlayStation Plus free game lineup, though that should be coming soon, considering there is less than a week left in April.

May 2016 Games With Gold Lineup:

Xbox One:

  • Defense Grid 2 (normally $15) - May 1-31
  • Costume Quest 2 (normally $15 -- May 16-June 15
  • Sunset Overdrive (normally $20) -- April 16-May 15

Xbox 360:

  • Grid 2 (normally $15) -- May 1-15
  • Peggle (normally $10) -- May 16-31

What do you make of the Games With Gold lineup for May 2016? Let us know in the comments below!

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games with gold but only accessible while u are gold xoxoxo

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@hotwog21: Xbox one yes not Xbox 360. PlayStation you need psn for both. What's the problem?

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@hotwog21: really? Never!

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@hotwog21: That's why it says gold in the title. Plus the games are yours even if you quit gold.

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@mulder_000: thats only true for X360 games...the X1 are playable as long you maintain your subscription

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@mulder_000: Don't feed the troll, he doesn't even play video games, only complains about them in every post.

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Oh well, I suppose we were due a poor month.

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Not a great month, but free is free so I will try em all. Last 2 months was shit to me. The only game I didn't get was Dead Space and Im a pussy for horror games, but appreciate the genra. Everything else I own, other than Supreme Commander 2, but that was more than 2 months ago wasn't it?

And people bitching about the free games, shouldn't. You are getting these games for free man. You dont get to dictate the quality of the list LOL. And you get to play them all in ur Xboxone too.

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Perfect time for my gold to have run out, good night xbox live.

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@larsinii: we'll miss u

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@peterhorner1867: all 6 of you?

nobody plays on xbox..LOL

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Crappy month to say the least. At least the last few months were great.

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DG2 is terrible. They REALLY stuffed up the amazing legacy of DG1. Not worth 15 bucks, and not even worth free.

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@chillgreg1: Disagree.. DG2 was good.. the changes were nice.

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Edited By Brewskimi

Weak month. They've had some great offerings lately, especially with the backwards compatible 360 games, but this month is a bummer.

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@brewskimi: On the bright side, Codemasters is officially out of BC titles!..... For now....

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X1 Gold membership is a great deal, never seen anything like getting free games like this. Just waiting for bc to work on more of my favorite X360 titles.

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I love the first Defense Grid and I didn't even know that they had a part 2. So I'm definitely getting Defense Grid 2

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@angrycreep: It's not nearly as good, unfortunately.

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Grid 2 is a really good game.

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@Defender1978: It's great on PC at 144 fps . quite an amazing sense of speed because the cars sit so low to the track too.

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@deviltaz35: Nice. I'll check that out during the next Steam sale.

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@Defender1978: Yeah it's pretty cool . Always cheap in sales.

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gonna guess its better than what sony is giving us, im guessing another 8 bit indie or 2

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@haze0986: Zombi is an 8-bit indie? That's surprising.

Anyway, it's Tropico 5, which demolishes this list.

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@haze0986: Not confirmed yet but Watchdogs is rumoured to be one of the PS+ titles. Oh and Tetris. lol

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@megablast16: LOL!

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Oh well, at least I'll get a chance to catch up some on my back log.

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I WILL PASS ON THIS TRASH. MAYBE NEXT MONTH MICROSOFT.

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@blackamerica: Stay classy..

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You're kidding me right?

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Those are good games in their genres, just not my kind.

Glad to see MS providing good games for those who enjoy those genres.

I had hopes DS2 was going to be free this month... oh well xD

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Sneaky way of telling me I should finish Costume Quest.

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Kinda shocked Alan Wake wasn't included this month. I thought for sure they'd use it to help push more copies of Quantum Break.

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@Suaron_x: By giving it away on GWG, wouldn't that nullify the effect of having it bundled with Quantum Break?

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Great games in April. Garbage games in May. Typical Microsoft.

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@darklordvyperx: Free is free, maybe it will open you up to different genres other than the typical.

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@xMansie: You got Xbox Gold free? How?

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@xMansie: Never been into "flash games" on Xbox. Also never been into boring racing games. If there's next to no story to a game, then it's not worth it. Even if it's free.

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@darklordvyperx: GRID 2 is fun. Your loss..

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@Guy_Brohski: You're right - the GRID games are great racers. Sadly, even with b/c the 360 games won't work with One wheels - so I won't be able to play it (don't like racing with joypads...feels a bit weird).

But yes, you're right - GRID 2 is a very good game.

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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Peggle I got that free on origin hehe.

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Not so great next month but this month makes up for it.

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Grid 2 is like the only thing on here even remotely worth it

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@bfcochran16: If only they didn't just do Dirt 3 in October.

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compared to this last month , its not even close

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Was expecting a poor month after the last few good months. Oh well…

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pretty lame..let's hope we get better games next month

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