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Games With Gold Free October Games for Xbox One and 360 Include Battlefield, Darksiders

Three new games in total will be made free for Xbox Live Gold members next month.

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Microsoft today announced the free games that Xbox Live Gold members will receive in October on Xbox One and Xbox 360.

Xbox One owners will be getting only one new free game next month. Chariot, a co-op action-platformer from independent developer Frima Studios, will be free when it launches on Xbox One. (It's also coming to PlayStation 4, Wii U, and PC.) It will take the place of Super Time Force, meaning you should be sure to add that game to your library before the end of the month.

With no other free Xbox One game announced, it sounds like Crimson Dragon will remain a Games With Gold title for the third month running.

On Xbox 360, two quality--if a bit older--games will be made free in October. Starting on October 1, you'll be able to pick up Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the replacement for Halo: Reach (which is still free right now). Taking Bad Company's place on October 16 will be Darksiders II, giving you a chance to see what that $50 million went towards making.

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This will mark the 7th free GwG game released on Xbone once October hits. M$ needs to pick up the pace, not even Sony has reused older games for their PS+ service. This is Crimson Dragon's 3rd time around the Xbone block.


Contrast that to PS+ which will be releasing their 18th free PS+ game next month.

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Wow. So, let me get this straight. Microsoft, one of the wealthiest companies in the US, just purchased Minecraft/Mojang for $2 billion, is recycling Crimson Dragon for the third month in a row while Sony, currently hemorrhaging money right now, will offer two new(ish), different PS4 indie titles plus a PS Plus edition of Driveclub in October? You spoil us Xbox One owners, Microsoft with all of your wealth.


Despite the Xbox One lineup being pretty crappy, the 360 lineup is really good. Darksiders II and Bad Company 2. Not bad in my opinion.

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Might just have to renew my live subscription...Wish my copy of Bfbc2 didn't get damaged.


But to be honest I'm kind so over last generation consoles. Which is why I haven't renewed my subscription in months.


I'm struggling between weather I should build a gaming PC or buy a newer console. Only reason I haven't upgraded is 1st off the Xone is unimpressive as a gaming machine and 2nd a console killing PC cost a couple hundred more than a console. plus PC's can be a pain in the butt. Console will always play your games PC's can have so many issues it ca be frustrating. (bad drivers, compatibility issues, tons of different errors, etc)

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I wish they announced the deals of the week prior too, games popping out and I want to buy them but I rather wait for a deal so I don't feel like I rushed to buy then next week it's half it's original price tag…

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worth it just for darksiders. always wanted that game but never got round to buying it. SWEET!

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Another month of Crimson Dragon. Dang. I feel like they're really rubbing in that I paid full-price for that crapfest, lol.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Free is too much for that game.

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Another disappointing month for us Xbox One owners.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> dang, and our "new" free game is a mere indie that will also be on PSN..

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Definitely looking forward to playing Darksiders 2. Never got around to it and loved the first one. I was hoping that game would eventually make it to the free game of the month list.

As for Bad Company 2... haven't played that either. From what I hear, the BC games are the best Battlefield games.

This is actually the FIRST time that I don't already own either of the free games on the 360, AND that both games are actually good titles. Just because they're old doesn't mean they're not FUN anymore!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> bad companys are the best since modern combat 2. you will have tons of fun.

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Darksiders II seems like a good way to spend some time.

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Didn't play these games when they first came out so will be pretty sweet getting them for free now. I know they are a bit old but they're still free games. Hard to complain about getting something for free (unless it's a U2 album)

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This is obviously a fail move for Microsoft. Sony wins another flawless victory.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Darksiders 2 > you.

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How is this a fail move? Good games are GOOD GAMES! Wake up and take the blindfold off.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yes, we know...everything Microsoft does is a fail for you. They could cure all cancer and somehow Sony wins.

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Bad Company 2? Jesus, are the servers even still up for that? There are dinosaurs younger than that game... GG Microsoft, nice old carrot you got there to reel in the Live payers..

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Still better than it's sucesors.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> hmmm they dont need people to actualy play multiplayer they just need them to have xbox gold to make money... unless you are trying to say bad company 2 will attract subscribers ??.. it wont btw.

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I'm stoked that BF:BC2 is the game of the month. I'm ABSOLUTELY going to reinstall it and enjoy a brief resurgence in the online population. IMO still the best MP of the entire BF series.
.. Hours of crash-free, teleport-free, and occasionally skilled team-vs-team combat on stellar vehicle maps.

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I'm excited for both games, never played Darksiders or Battlefield before so this is my chance to try it out.

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Damn. Shouldn't have bought Darksiders 2 when it was on sale the other month, but is it possible the game available will actually be the original Darksiders? That makes more sense.


Always wanted to play Bad Company 2. I hear it was a great overall game. Multiplayer is gone but the campaign is supposedly still good.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I know how you feel. I bought Dungeon Defenders when it was on sale just a short time before it was free. :(

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Darksiders II... At last a game I either do not have or cannot play due to feeling sick as result of playing.

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I have enough 2D platformers on my new gen console. And I didn't pick up Crimson Dragon the last two months and don't see that changing. Of course, Sony's PS4 offerings have been equally dismal this year.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Crimson Dragon is actually a fun game to play. If you ever played Panzar Dragoon, it lives up to that game. Also, you mean "download" not "purchase".

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> No it isn't fun. I was a massive PZ fan having played it since the original on the Saturn. Crimson Dragon isn't a patch on it, the controls are far too heavy and the story is nowhere near as good. I bought it a couple of weeks before it was offered for free on Gold so that just adds to the disappointment.

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So did I, happy to support it really, loved Panzer Dragoon Orta on the Xbox. But yeah, the game is really hard, still haven't been able to get the control and shooting down to a science yet, but I'm pretty sure I'll get it and enjoy the fluff out of the game.

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Outlast, Trine 2, Don't Starve, Strider etc. Ok, they're all indie games, but they're GOOD. The only decent game I have had free with Gold is Max: The curse of brotherhood. Spartan Assault was amusing for about an hour, but that's all. I'd say the PS+ offerings are better.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Strider is not an indie game. It is a reboot of an old Capcom series.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Yes, I’m well aware of what Strider is, but when making comments in the presence of fanboys who are ready to pounce on and construe everything you say, you have to dumb things down a little. To their mind, if a game doesn’t have amazing graphics or a multi-million dollar marketing campaign, it’s an indie.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I see your point. I was just a little confused at first by the way you said it..

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Super Time Force is better than everything you listed combined.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Errr... No. No it isn't.

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Erm YES IT IS YOU'RE WRONG IT IS I'M JUST GOING TO REPLY TO YOU A THOUSAND TIME SHOVING MY OPINION IN YOUR FACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN NOT EVEN LISTENING TO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY IN A REAL WAY!!!!! Excuse my pony tactics for a second.

For real though, like real opinion and enjoyment here the game is pixely magic, most shiny artistic indie game I've ever experienced. And the way that it plays, warping through time lapsing on itself over again, using your prior self as your teammate, is ingenious. The weapons used to solve puzzles while moving through the worlds is brilliant, with each character having their forte, using each in whatever way you can imagine to trounce strategies. The only thing that's kind of lame is the intro, it's pretty long.

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Microsoft are just taking the piss. But as you can read in these very comments, people are happy. A bit like a down trodden wife who has been married for years with nothing to show for it except after the seventh odd year she got a new tea towle..

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They give away free games, all of which have been immensely enjoyable, and all of the sudden we're your mom now?

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Im sorry. I just cant take someone seriously when they have a console as their name. Its a bit too weird.

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Well it's there to throw people that would assume something as simple as a name so... What I just didn't realize putting my name as Xboxlegacy would make people think?

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Well it's there to throw people that would assume something as simple as a name so... What I just didn't realize putting my name as Xboxlegacy would make people think? Color me noobish.

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I've been wanting to play Darksiders 2 for a while. Good score this coming month.

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I'm just stoked that I took a risk and bought pretty much every game one Deals With Gold, and didn't get shafted this month.

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Chariot and darksiders 2, Brilliant choices ;D.

Bit disappointed in crimson dragon again though, but hey ho, free games are free games. :)

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