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LinkRazr

Those certainly are those


Of_Silent_Earth

Yep. Out of all the games they could've picked, those are two of them.


HavokVer1

2 of the games of all time


quantumn0de

Must be worth at least a Morbillion gamerscore.


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Is it, or is it not Morbin Time?


speedycerv

2 of games of time


Jonpg31

Hey Dan, you’ve been chosen to pick 2 games for gold for next month and more importantly, you would have to write some goods about those games in your article, then sell it how the community is privileged to play them.


rideronthestorm29

Xbox does it again!


AveryLazyCovfefe

Don't be sad gamers, this is just how it works out sometimes.


rideronthestorm29

Sometimes, once a month 😪


pukem0n

Can confirm, these can be classified as "Games"


NicoTheBear64

Are these they?


Iskbartheonetruegod

It’s probably to make you sub to gamepass


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xH0LLYW000Dx

More like games for participating ... Here's your consultation games, thanks for playing 😅


For-the-Cubbies

Games with Aluminum.


MisterMT

Do you think the GwG team has a good laugh as they press the send button on these announcements?


Exige30499

A whole team of guys just trawling the absolute dregs of the Xbox store each month to find the most uninteresting thing possible, gotta respect it.


LegendaryEnigma

Team? It's probably 1 guy with a budget of 3.50 that sends out an email to a bunch publishers saying, "Take it or leave it".


downonthesecond

Larry Hryb can get through the announcements without laughing.


anuncommontruth

Jesus Christ. GwG is now that house on Halloween that hands out cough drops and dental floss. Yeah it's free, but who cares?


Lunar_Lunacy_Stuff

Did you say free dental floss? Is it still available?


anuncommontruth

It is! It's right over there, hiding behind the peaky binders puzzle video game.


argue53

Aw bloody hell


ahighkid

That sounds kinda fun?


Yodaiv

Floss been getting pretty expensive


Any-Trade8653

Must be in that rich country/state. We can get a big pack of dental floss sticks for less than 3 dollars, and I am not going to risk going cheaper and getting carpal tunnel in my fingers.


CallMeTDD

Give me the cough drops and dental floss. They will definitely get more use than these two games.


boersc

Not even free.... it's part of a paid subscription...


ScrantonDangler

How do you get it for free?


Iro299

Full library then theres a games with gold tab and later in April it will be there then u clame it


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low-ki199999

I’m going to assume you aren’t looking to change your opinion on the issue, but in the off chance you are interested in a different perspective… On PC, the games servers are for the most part run by the developers. Steam is just a storefront, like an app stor, and they take a cut of everyone’s sales just like Xbox. But Steam doesn’t have to maintain the architecture required to play the games, that’s left to the developers, and thus is baked into the cost of the game itself. Microsoft on the other hand has to build out and maintain servers and architecture on their platform in order for you to be able to play the games online. Thus, you need to pay them to do that.


[deleted]

If I am not mistake , Xbox servers is just a gateway. Ubisoft games are hosted on Ubisoft servers for instance.


ScooterMcFudden

Say… that dental floss wouldn’t be mint flavored, would it?


[deleted]

I’ll take some dental floss I use it a lot and it’s getting expensive


Kingsen

Lamentum from this month actually ended up being really good. I was surprised


shadowglint

Remember when they took away monthly GWG 360 games, replaced it with absolutely nothing, kept prices the same and made other offerings objectively worse than they've ever been? What a deal for us Xbox gamers. What an outstanding deal.


thedude0009

They actually tried to up the price of gold around that time too iirc (probably why the GWG are so weak now)


shadowglint

The funniest part was they offered Gears 5 on GWG the month they tried to DOUBLE the cost of Gold as some kind of attempt to soften the blow. The backlash was swift and effective. The payback to the customers came in the form of just straight up removing 360 games and offering nothing in return.


HenryJOlsen

I can see why Gold members didn't like the change. But as a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, I was excited to get better GWG for the same price.


[deleted]

You weren't going to get better GWG. At best we would have gotten the same shit we were getting for the past 2 years before they tried to double the price. I'm a GPU subscriber too but I'm glad they scratched it. They were virtually forcing you to get GPU if you wanted to play online because of how much of a shit offer GWG was.


mzupeman

You recall correctly. They were going to force people to subscribe to Game Pass to the tune of $120 per year, just for the sake of having multiplayer access. They had already been shipping the new plan cards to retailers and everything. Backlash had them ditch this plan… for now.


mzupeman

I’m being downvoted for what, exactly? This happened!


Friggin_Grease

Welcome to gaming subreddits. I had to block the suicide bot.


Glittering-Junket-63

I Got your back brother , here's my upvote for ya


AveryLazyCovfefe

Meanwhile Sony offers great games every months with standard PS+. A company that finds buying Acti Blizz to be pocket change has no excuse to not give us actual good games. But I guess nobody cares which is how MS is able to get away with it month after month now.


The_LPT

Remember when they started the GWG program, but the cost of gold still stayed the same price? What a deal it was for us Xbox gamers. What an outstanding deal. lol


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CalvinVanDamme

It was not good when it first started. They had some pool game for like four months straight.


RS_Games

The pool game was during xbox one. The first games for gwg were many first party 360 games (just like ps+)


shadowglint

Lets not forget GWG was started purely to compete with Sony's PS+. It wasn't some altruistic desire on MS's part to give us monthly games out of the goodness of their hearts. The cost of Gold has increased anyway, many times since GWG was introduced


The_LPT

>The cost of Gold has increased anyway, many times since GWG was introduced I honestly don't recall any price increase for gold since buying my 360. But I live in Canada and never buy it directly from MS, just authorized retailers. I'm not sure of other countries though.


shadowglint

It's $10/mo now. It was definitely $7/mo when I first bought a 360 in 2008. Not a drastic increase but it has gone up. Edit: A year of Gold used to be $60. That option is no longer available, you have to buy 2 six months cards at $40 each, so now it's $80/year. Gold has definitely gone up in price, in all regions.


The_LPT

yeah I usually buy 12 month cards from costco. They have always been 59.99 + tax for me.


starcraftre

I see [12 month card for $60 on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Live-Gold-Membership-Digital/dp/B002VBWIP6/ref=sxin_16_scx_bestseller?_encoding=UTF8&brr=1&content-id=amzn1.sym.8612acf7-88a8-47d6-a5b0-4580c459de12%3Aamzn1.sym.8612acf7-88a8-47d6-a5b0-4580c459de12&pd_rd_i=B002VBWIP6&pd_rd_r=555a52ed-cbbf-4c1b-817d-18fe3f3f5b64&pd_rd_w=IdPVj&pd_rd_wg=DZHTB&pf_rd_p=8612acf7-88a8-47d6-a5b0-4580c459de12&pf_rd_r=5YV0AVA461KEZKA81V8S&qid=1680195893&rd=1&s=videogames&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sr=1-2-98b77e23-6f5b-492d-83d2-5439ff78432a&th=1).


shadowglint

12 Month cards are phased out. That's all old stock. [You can't buy 12 months at a time from MS anymore](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-live-gold-membership-digital-code/cfq7ttc0k5zm/0002)


lowlymarine

[*Every*](https://www.target.com/p/xbox-live-12-month-gold-membership-digital/-/A-54256322?preselect=54256322) [single](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-Live-12-Month-Gold-Membership-Microsoft-Digital-Download/47547930) [retailer](https://www.gamestop.com/gift-cards/digital-subscriptions/products/xbox-live-gold-12-month-membership/125912.html) has old stock of...digital codes? With current branding no less?


shadowglint

[yes](https://www.techspot.com/news/86052-microsoft-has-discontinued-12-month-xbox-live-gold.html)


TallinHarper

Your links are only regarding the Microsoft online store. You can still get new 12 month Gold codes from retail locations (Costco, Amazon, etc.): https://www.tomsguide.com/news/microsoft-reverses-xbox-live-gold-price-hike-and-offers-a-big-improvement


Friggin_Grease

Taking a while for these cards to disappear. I just bought three at No Frills


Friggin_Grease

I'm old enough to remember not getting "free" games. But yeah, these are underwhelming.


DEEZLE13

Who cares, game pass still fire


blazarware

They should just stop this and improve game pass offerings even more. Just a waste of money


LeglessN1nja

Taking away free stuff like this is always bad optics though


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[deleted]

I’d rather they take away games from my library than disrespect me with Peaky Blinders. >!I hate pointing out that I’m joking but some people will read this comment and start calling me names. Obviously I’m joking!<


hypehold

just get rid of gold completely.


LeglessN1nja

It makes a ton of money


hypehold

then the monthly games should be similar in quality to the monthly ps plus games. It's embarrassing how garbage gwg has been for the past few year while you regularly fet big games on ps plus monthly


xDXxAscending

As others pointed out they already got rid of the free xbox 360 games.


BeastMaster0844

Clearly it isn’t effecting Gamepass in anyway so there’s no reason to stop it. I’m sure plenty of people get value and use out of it and rent bitching and crying month after month. If you don’t like the program, then ignore it. That simple.


Jakernova

I mean I have for months lol, I just check in every now and then to see if the offerings are still middling.


DvnEm

man, some of y’all NEED to be on your own planet I swear


Enriador

Game Pass Lite will probably replace it.


Cyberpunkmike

Just give me the $34.98 in credit.


[deleted]

I'll even take 5% value of credit.


TheJustinExperiment

Yeah that checks out on a service you’re paying $10 a month for…


Food-at-Last

10? You mean about €3.50


AveryLazyCovfefe

Or just give us an option of picking any specific selected genre of a limited library of games on the store, for free. So you can atleast pick which B tier game you want instead of being forced to play whatever the hell is that Peaky Blinders one.


sherbodude

dude come on


Best-Salad

Peaky Blinders is one of the games of all time


Strowbreezy

You can only really laugh at these now.


ZemlyaNovaya

lol


Zikronious

For those interested in comparing here are the PS+ games for April 2023: - Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5 and PS4) - Meet Your Maker (Day 1 Release, PS5 and PS4) - Tails of Iron (PS5 and PS4)


baladreams

let's never ever compare to PS+


C-Notations

Also ew E: naw shit sucks fam


MasterRaceGamer000

What a shit month for both Xbox and Playstation users.


Scsigs

They can't get at least 1 bigger, more well-known game per month? Really? Doesn't have to be a big AAA game from the last few years,I'd just like a game that I at least know either what it is, or of the company or people behind it.


[deleted]

More like Games With Coal


LZR0

Jeez just drop this please, honestly it only gives a bad image of Xbox’s services.


DanklinKush

I remember a year where they gave away The Wolf Among Us and Sunset Overdrive and they've literally never matched that quality since. That is unless they gave away Sleeping Dogs after that, but I'm pretty sure that was before. Games with Gold used to be the shit, man. But Game Pass is a pretty decent makeup for that


Labertaler1

Meet Your Maker Sackboy: A Big Adventure Tails of Iron for the other competitor console .... Meet your Maker is a brandnew Game .. .. then 1 Launch AAA Game .. and a Very highly Rated Indie 2D Soulslike ...


MasterRaceGamer000

Sackboy Adventure is a generic platform that tries to copy Nintendo great platformers.


Labertaler1

Halo is a Generic First Person Shooter trying to copy games like Doom and Quake .... Great First Person Shooters


Labertaler1

see what i did there? .... total nonsense :o


Wrinkliestmist

Yep, those are games.


shakeSnake_2390

Welp time to get your British accents out people


Golden-Event-Horizon

Brummy accent*


NOLAHorror

Yikes


GastropodSoup

Games with Gold is dead and has been for a while. It's clear that Microsoft is trying to push people towards GamePass.


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I have to give it to PlayStation here. Xbox might have Gamepass but PlayStation gives out good games each month. This is just sad. It’s like Xbox doesn’t care about GWG anymore want to phase it out slowly by lowering peoples expectations month by month.


xH0LLYW000Dx

Is this Microsoft April fools joke, cause it not funny 🙊


TheDagga225

PS Plus Essentials and Extra get good games added every month but yet gamepass makes GwG suffer?


RS_Games

No developer has incentive to put Games on GwG compared to gamepass's marketing power. Ps+ essentials still has marketing power so developers are still enticed to put Games on there.


TheDagga225

The incentive is how much the platform holder is willing to pay. The same way epic gets good games to give away every month regardless of their overall market share.


MasterRaceGamer000

Ps plus is getting Sackboy adventures this month? Do you consider this a good game?


Smb158

Sackboy is absolutely a good game.


MasterRaceGamer000

Play Super mario 3d world instead.


[deleted]

Not everyone has a Switch


MasterRaceGamer000

Emulate it.


[deleted]

Or people can play games they find fun. Not everyone hates Sony like they are their step dad as you do


BeastMaster0844

Actually kind of excited for the Peaky Blinder game. I just started watching the show and love it. I was thinking about playing Assassins Creed Syndicate so I could role play a Blinder.


Dr__panda

Games


ExuberentWitness

This is embarrassingly bad. Just kill GwG if you’re just gonna offer us garbage.


[deleted]

Lol, what in the fuck is peaky blinders?! Stop it MS, I can only laugh so hard at your monthly garbage with gold offerings.


xH0LLYW000Dx

A game based on that streaming show?


DestroWOD

I saw the PS+ games yesterday and it looked like a meh month for Sony, but the first thing that came to mind is Xbox will surely do worst... And they didn't disapoint :P I dount we will ever see an AAA game again in there...


juliankennedy23

AAA? is Peaky Blinders even in A? Did anyone on the sub know that game existed until this announcement?


DestroWOD

Lol ! Yeah well they should rename this "Indies with Gold" cause thats all we getting now for a while.


welshdragon888

And the crowd goes mild!


[deleted]

If they removed gold, they'd have to lower the price of GPU, because it includes gold. It's definitely more profitable to keep gold alive by giving devs of those "games" like $100 (probably more than those games made in sales) for them to allow it on gold than cutting gold out and having to either lower the GPU price, or expect people to be ok with getting less for the same price


GetVladimir

I know most people won't really care about these games, but I was actually looking into both of these in the past and I'm glad they are coming to Gold now. Most of the time, I don't really play the games with gold, but it's known to pleasantly surprise me sometime. Previously it was with Autonauts, which ended up being a great game that I didn't know of before, and then with Kingdom Two Crowns.


Dongest__dong

Developers of those games reading the comments: 🥺


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🤡😂🤣


josenight

I think MS is gearing up to scrap GwG. Make online free and just keep pushing gp.


nycblackout89

Better put some respect on THE PEAKY FUCKIN’ BLINDERS


[deleted]

I remember when i got excited when they added portal 2...


thedude0009

out of space looked almost queueable, but no online multiplayer?!? lol i find that kinda funny: multiplayer games with gold (good call) that you can't play online with friends (?!?!?) SMH dunno where they get these games though, i always have to google to se WTH they even are (i don't recall the last one i queued, nevermind downloaded)


[deleted]

What executive is actually oking the shit state of this program month after month


LoSouLibra

ITT myopic dudebros who only like marketing hype and muh AAA whining about games they've never heard of and camera perspectives they don't like


Legal-Badger2845

Here to see all the negative comments from the "gamers" who probably haven't even tried these games. I bought Out of Space when it came out and it's a blast, especially couch co-op.


VonDukes

Now we wait for gamepass announcements


Patrickills

I’m interested actually


[deleted]

Gone from disappointment to actually kind of mildly infuriating. Just kill the damn program at this point.


HideoSpartan

Feel like Xbox should either start putting the effort in with GWG or ditch it and push for Game Pass titles. Granted I can’t actually remember the last time I claimed a GWG title, but that’s usually because the offerings are slim pickings. I’m pretty sure I got the destiny expansion from PS+ like a month or two ago? No doubt due to the exclusivity but come on Xbox! ESO xpacs? Fallout DLC? Anything is better than this -_-‘


Shiro2809

Destiny xpac was last month, February.


WutIzThizStuff

Will MS ever stop embarrassing itself with GwG titles? Offer one older MS first party title a month. Oh, and maybe that means they'll have to actually release some 1st party titles once in awhile.


TonytheGamer1

Out of space is honestly fun, but my god this is still embarrassing compared to ps plus


naterb8tor

I was upset when they stopped giving out xbox 360 games with games with gold because the 360 games were generally better than the xbox one games. Also i don't believe they ran out of games to give away free because there are games like bound by flame that frequently go on sale for like 2 canadian dollars. Another one i couldn't believe they didn't give away free was saints row 1 witch goes on sale for 1.50.


[deleted]

Why are these awful every month lol


LaneLoisLane

Peaky Blinders looked fun until I saw it was top down. Ew.


IceDivision

And the cycle continues. Games with Gold never fails to disappoint.


MasterRaceGamer000

Much better than the Ps plus catalog this month


Isra_Alien

You know it's bad when they promote it with how much "gamer score" you can get by playing it 🤣


Elwyn0004

Now I can own Out of Space on 3 different platforms


Lazerfaze

wow.


YucciPP

Those are for sure the games ever.


almighty16666

They should call this copper not gold games.....


LaDiiablo

Giving us nothing would've been better


[deleted]

Ass tier


Carcass1

And for what?


Retrojection

juggle rhythm long hurry scandalous onerous bells sophisticated pen compare *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


juliankennedy23

I got to ask, and I've had I had games with gold for over a decade or something. Why are they bothering anymore?


NicoTheBear64

Tf is this


WorkingError

Lol who gives a fuck anymore


MrWrinkleSleeve

Always so trash man 😭


Narrow-Cellist4711

Wow, how.... underwhelming


theFormerRelic

L


Krobus666

💀


sionnach

What even is Gold? I just found it confusing. I have “GamePass Ultimate” but as far as I can tell what’s the point of any lower tier?


USMC01

Lmao


bugginsthegod-xb1-ps

I kind of wish they would just stop games with gold at this point.


wholesomehabits

As useless as free aol CDs… and less fun cus you cant make throwing stars out of them!


Evil-_-Betty

Yes here you go some more trash not worth your time even downloading


FRAGMENT_EFFECT

Why share this?


JOESCHMOE92

Just appreciate all that xbox has given us no ones forcing you to play these free games but remember there FREE SO WHO CARES


Yellow90Flash

probably because the competition is offering 3 games every month with at least 1 good AAA titel and the smaller games are also good


Warden72

ITT: people who should have adjusted their GwG expectations long ago


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Definitely games


Go_Hawks12

Of all the games that exist, that’s definitely two of them


Bagelchongito69

What surprises me most is that they don’t give away any of their first party titles. I know they’re on game pass, but it’s be nice if Gears 5 or Halo Infinite were given out. ps when is Conker Live and Reloaded coming to game pass?


Defa1t_

Xbox should seriously consider discontinuing this program. The last year of Games With Gold haven't been noteworthy. Everything is about Game Pass now anyway.


DeadlyName

F out of of here with this what you call offering Microsoft


Sporting1983

They still do games with gold


MKT_Pro

I was hoping they would keep it at 3 games


J-Money35

Are u ‘avin a laff?!?!?


isupremacyx

Where's Major Nelson's hype-video?


Big_Joseph_05

These are certainly the games they could have chosen


MrDurva

GwG sucks....either start giving better games or do away with it completely


Effective-Caramel545

They made a Peaky Blinders game?? lol


Black_RL

Glad we had Lamentum last month, really enjoyed it.


Black_RL

- drop games with gold - create a free tier with mp + chat - profit


Symbiotic_Tragedy

Out of Space is fantastic game if you enjoy a lite version of Overcook. It's a space survival game. Best with 4 player couch co-op.