I wouldn't say garbage. Admittedly, it's not an outstanding month, but let's be honest. We'll all still be playing Burnout Paradise anyway :smile:

Heat but what a load of garbage again

Nothing wrong with either of those 360 games. Stop moaning and give them a go!

Heat for Rayman! :smile:

was just about to post this! :smile:

Heat but what a load of garbage again

Heat for Rayman! :smile:

Pretty meh month really. But hey they can't all be great.

Great. Nearly bought Rayman week.

Looks like a decent month also regards killer instinct season 2 isnt that with season 1 few months back pretty much the definitive edition whats on retail?

Heat for killer instinct, got season one free with gold now this :smiley:

Eh not that great. Rayman is worth downloading though

Meh, might check out the Van Helsing thing as I don't know much about it. I have a decent pile of shame anyway so it doesn't really matter.

Its about time we all had a lame month, I feel like a ps owner now. Cant wait for knack

Nothing wrong with either of those 360 games. Stop moaning and give them a go!

KI is awesome

yes finally rayman.

Absolute load of tosh

Killer instinct and rayman are cool, although I played rayman years ago and thought it was also included in legends (which I have - was that free on gwg?). Had the Cave on PS plus years ago and never really played it either. So a mixed month but not bad by any means.

Cool so season 3 of killer instinct will no doubt happen in the future! Glad I didn't buy it!

got everything except van helsing good month

For once a month where I don't own any of the free games! Though admittedly there's nothing really amazing on offer. Still, The Cave looks good, and I've been meaning to give KI a go.

wasn't rayman for xo on gwg already?

The Cave is another good game from Double fine (Psychonauts Developer) which is in my Steam library. I played it with my Son, good fun and gets you thinking. 1,472 very positive reviews :smiley:

Saving 30 quid for another month. Poor.

​I knew it was a rayman game, just couldn't remember which one.

Poor month but GWG has been pretty good recently so no biggie.
The 360 games were on PS+ quite a while ago.

KI: Season 2 seems pretty generous to me.

​Heat as they are free but like I said garbage games

Ki season 2 is worth having thanks

Meh. First time there have been 4 games that I have no interest in playing at all.

YES! I've wanted The Cave on Xbox for ages :smile: Cracking game

Hopefully Sony counteract the slip up on GwG next month and sticks in a giant bombshell of a game like Bloodborne. (Hopefully nobody from that diabolical site called ThisGenGaming sees this because they are like a curse with their monthly clickbait "predictions")

Which was available on PC for free a few days ago via Ubisoft 30. Rayman Origins was also on the Ubisoft UPlay monthly games list on I think September.

Suppose they can't all be winners. Still suppose its better than that month they gave away a baseball game.

probably the worst games with gold yet :disappointed: why is this hot?

Hopefully this means they'll have a decent sale on the 22nd then!

Rayman Origins: 87 on Metacritic.
Killer Instinct: S2: 85 on Metacritic.
The Cave: 70 on Metacritic.
Deathtrap: World of Van Helsing: Search me, but Deathtrap on PC got 77 on Metacritic.

Unless you can get a Gold subscription without paying for it, they're not free.

​Well I always have xbox live so they are added incentive for me, so free in my case

Rayman is awesome! Great to play with a friend or 3, too :smiley:

KI is great, I hope more people play it. Also you can play Shadow Lords (Xcom like) story mode as well

Killer instinct another good month.

not bad
want to try out killer instinct

I bought the KI season one DLC about a year ago so i will be downloading the Season 2 for sure, but its DLC not at actual game so i dont understand how MS can declare it as a GAME in there games with gold ??

Surprised they haven't pushed out an earlier Dead Rising (even the original) to pump some interest up in the new one

Because the actual game is free-to-play and will be included. But, you won't have access to the original season 1 characters, unless you already have them.
Of course, all KI characters are available to use on a rota basis, so even without having S1, you'll still get to try them over time.
I already have the 'combo-breaker' edition of S2, but this is still great for me, as it means I get all of the extra skins, colours and KI2 classic

​Rayman legends xbox one was free in February last year. One of my favourite games.

Hasn't The Cave already been free before? I thought I have seen it on GWG before......I could be wrong.

So Killer Instinct: Ultra Edition was a GWG ages ago, but had a hell of a lot of locked content you needed to pay for. What does season 2 entitle you to? It's a pretty damn good fighting game.

I'm also hoping Rayman Origins this month, and Xbone Legends in future...

Rayman Legends has been on GWG mate, in March...2015 :smile:

I have none of those see another cracking month for me, loves me a bit of Rayman.

I really wish for the original Rayman to be remastered that game was so good when I was younger.

It's not the worst month but they're free and it's not like I get Gold just for the free games so I'm not complaining.

Thank gods its crap month can't cope with anymore games thanks too hukd

Good lord. Well, it's still best on Wii U :smile:

The originals were on GWG a few years back so doubt they'll redo those on GWG.

Actually a good month considering double fine do some great games. Just played Psychonauts this month for the 1st time and is awesome. Also enjoyed Stacking so give the games a try.
There are sometimes hidden gems which you'd never buy otherwise.

Great! Thanks for the deal

This is the worst month in at least 18 months. Why is this even hot? It just encourages them and lets them know they can give away with drivel and people will still lap it up.

Personally I think that's not too bad a selection, considering they're extras and you pay nothing for them other than the Gold subs that you would be paying anyway, heat added :smiley:

I thought they would `go big` after xmas so all the new xboners would be impressed... guess not

I cannot seem to be able to redeem xbox 360 free games, for example burnout paradise it asks me for payment method even though I have paypal linked to my account. Sometimes it just redirects me to the page to purchase it, does anyone know why?

Are you on a trial? If so Xbox One games are ok but not 360. I just got a One S this month and it confused me too.

it amazes me how much people moan about the games that are being given its costing a couple of quid a month!

Another good month

Can I download the 360 games for use on the xbox 1? I'm a new xbox owner .

Yes. All Xbox 360 games offered with Games with Gold are Backwards Compatible. Meaning they can be played on Xbox One and 360 :smiley:

I find fighting games are like "Marmite" with a lot of gamers, personally I love them and KI is one of the best I have played in years!

The game is constantly being updated and has changed dramatically since I bought season 1 at launch, I think its pretty easy to get the hang of compared to games like DOA, MK, Tekken etc. it has an amazing training mode to teach you the basics all the way up to the high end stuff.

I cannot recommend it enough!

I like your style Buzz :smile:

No knack either... dammit.

I'm not entirely sure that anyone from Microsoft guves two hoots on the level of "heat" it gets in a UK based shopping site...

On the plus side Sony have been peddling MUCH worse than this for the last 2-3 years...

Rayman Origins is an excellent game. Well worth some heat. Might as well try the other games!!

Is Deathtrap world of van helsing a different game to Deathtrap?

I recognised the artwork from Steam and it looks to be the same game. The developers don't even list it as different?

Not a bad month at all.

it is what it is, 4 random free games a month, we all have different tastes in games so some months wont be as good for some but to say Killer Instinct and Rayman is "Garbage" is utter nonsense....

might not be your tastes but in their genre they are two of the best.... arguably...

This is such an idiotic comment. Given that Xbox Live costs £34 for 12 months, that works out at about £2.85 a month. That's for a months worth of live and 4 games. Or you could not bother and buy a pint of lager. A rental movie costs more.

Actually saving £2.50. Even if the selection isn't your cup of tea it's still a great deal for £2.50.

But still KI season 2 ultra edition is an add on not an actual game because the game is already free​

​You have to have a payment option associated to your XBL account to download the XBOX 360 free games through your xbox one even knows there free, i dont know why you just do, if your downloading them through an XBOX 360 you dont need a payment option but most people dont have a 360 anymore and gets stuck with downloading the free XBOX 360 games, just add your paypal to your XB1 so you can download the 360 games, dont worry it wont charge you as i do it all the time

​I've just noticed you have paypal on your account, so just buy the free game like you normally would when paying for it and it will download it for you for free, it does look like its trying to charge you but it won't trust me

Thank God for these posts, I never remember to check. I just 'bought' the previous set of games, when the next post goes up I'll probably get these ones :smile:

so having bought KI for a fiver recently on Disc, will season two work with this?

Xbox One is better than the PS4

This orange is better than this apple.

I own both and to be fair both have massive advantages and massive disadvantages...

Xbox and M/Soft have made decisions in an attempt to claw back some sales and some market % from sony... who had in all honest stuffed M/soft for sales out of the gate and rightly so after what can only be described as a marketing disaster leading up to launch.

In recent times (last year or so) - owners of Xbox have benefitted greatly from this. Whereas Sony have been in the lucky situation that with such dominance can afford to not have to giveaway/do much to continue on - any business with this market share would get slightly arrogant.

I bought an xbox to cash in from the unique situation that xbox owners find themselves in.

I can 100% say though that as a games console - neither is much better than the other... the Xbox OS is horrendous, as is the shop...

exclusives I would say are fairly even.

Gold is better than plus for games.

EA vault is better than PS now.

controller... PS win hands down.

again most of these are my opinion but not one console is miles better than the other - and anyone that has used both properly would feel the same.

Xbox edges it for me for the following - USB hard disk expansion. (massive)
- EA Vault
- Backward capability.

PS deserves a mention for being a better machine to use and the fact the controller does what it should without an extra part!

Id recommend both but if I only had to keep one it would be Xbox for hard disk expansion alone.

Just because you don't like the games doesn't mean they're garbage. KI Season 2 is a great addition for those who either got Ultra free back when or haven't purchased either of the DLC bundles. The Cave isn't a bad wee game and is one of double fine's best works. Rayman is Rayman, hit the nostalgia bong and enjoy. As for Deathtrap, never played it but god damn me I will because it's free.

GWG is a free offering as a bonus for something we've always paid for anyway. Microsoft has no reason other than good will to run this promo so take that entitled, privileged stick out your butt and enjoy the fact you're getting something for nothing.

As someone who owns both, I find some of your points highly questionable, mostly to do with the OS seeing as Sony has notoriously had the least user friendly interfaces of all modern consoles. M$ are constantly evolving their front end to be intuitive and easy to use, and that's apparent through the preview program.

M$ hasn't really struggled out of the gate with anything, in fact out of the two they have made the most profit this generation thanks to refining their form factor and pushing production to lower costs (hence why we had a period of ridiculously low cost XB1s). And the controller has been widely cited and voted as the best designed and most ergonomic controller.

I actually find that month on month due to the platform for their 'premium' service, Sony's offerings are of higher value, or more relevant in certain circumstances and I find M$ misses a trick with certain releases. However, the indie scene on Xbox really makes this much better - there are some amazing indie games I'd have never played if it wasn't for GWG!

Can I ask, what are you referring to when you mention the 'extra part' for the controller? It doesn't need motion support and all gen 2 controllers are of the new 3.5mm/XBA port hybrid design so I don't know what could be 'missing'

But other than that out of the two, I agree that the Xbox comes out on top overall. Shame that some games don't make it to the Xbox but that's pretty much why I still get a PlayStation...

Maybe this isn't new to most here but I watched the GWG video recently and the wording that was used seemed off. Previously GWG were games that were yours to keep whatever. The video wording could be interpreted that you need XBL Gold to use the games in the future?

Oh crap. I've had it for a number of years and most games haven't even been touched but didn't mind because I thought come the day I throw the online towel in, I'd have a big library to try out!

If you still have your 360, you should still be able to play them without a subscription to live.

Ha! I do indeed still have my old 360. So its just the XB1 that needs a Live account? Looks like I may need to DL my stuff to the 360 rather than saying, 'meh may as well put it on the XB1'

You shouldn't need to use your 360 to play the 360 GWG without a sub, if they are BC then I am pretty sure you can still play them on XB1 without a sub as you own them.

thanks for the info

Seems things have changed.

​I'm not sure but I can't test it.

If you stop paying, the games will still be on your list until you activate again to which they'll be playable again

Season 2 is a new game as it adds a completely new set of characters, a completely seperate story and a completely new set of challenges. Microsoft dictates it as a full game, therefore it is a full game.

Save your faux hipster babbling for the converted. Crap is crap and you can take that to your church of Microsoft.

Well don't buy it then. Keep your £3 a month, and look elsewhere for better value. Good luck.

I just got charged full price for Burnout, even though I signed up to Gold earlier. Thanks :confused:

​Well call Microsoft and give them evidence to say it charged you while in the period of it being free and they will refund you and maybe give you something extra for their mistake

£34, on this very site a years gold could be had for as little as £25 to £28 in the last few month's, are people still paying over £30 for Live these days. ha

But yeah, considering i have had gold from a time when all you got from said gold account was online play and that was it, these free games have added some cracking value to a gold sub now, and i like the fact that you get to keep all the xbox 360 games for good, so for £2 a month you are buying two xbox 360 games and renting 2 xbox one games, i mean what other service offers you that. :wink:

i dont own KI does that mean i can't download the Season 2 GWG for Jan?

No - it works as a standalone game.

looking for friends to play with, casual but w/o cccccombo assist :smiley:

Seeing as we've had this thread bumped - a quick reminder that the games for the second half of the month are now available.