Games with Gold: February 2016

Games with Gold: February 2016

It’s February 1, so it’s time for this month’s look at the Xbox One and Xbox 360 games that Xbox Live users can get for free as part of Microsoft’s ongoing Games with Gold promotion.

As you may recall, all Xbox 360 games in the Games for Gold promotion are now guaranteed to work on Xbox One in compatibility mode too. So that means Xbox One users are now really getting four free games each month.

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Here’s what’s free this month.

Xbox One

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Hand of Fate
Normal pricing: $19.99
Availability: February 1 to 28

Description: Beyond the thirteen gates at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate. Hand of Fate is a hybrid roguelike/action-RPG/deck builder, in which the player builds a set of cards into a deck, which is then used to deal out the dungeon floors through which they adventure. Upon entering a combat, all of the cards the player has collected fly into their hands as fully modelled 3D assets, and combat begins.

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Styx: Master of Shadows
Normal pricing: $29.99
Availability: February 16 to March 15

Description: Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe. Guide the goblin assassin Styx through the vertical and multi-layered Tower of Akenash, home to the World Tree, source of the Amber – a powerful and magical golden sap – prowling through the shadows with aide of a host of special abilities refined throughout Styx’s 200 years of history.

Xbox 360

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Sacred Citadel
Normal pricing: $9.99
Availability: February 1 to 15

Description: The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it. In order to defeat the empire you will have to prove yourself as a warrior by riding terrifying mounts, acquiring earth shattering skills and looting powerful weapons and valuable treasures. Grab your friends and join the resistance!

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Gears of War 2
Normal pricing: $19.99
Availability: February 16 to 29

Description: Winter approaches. War rages on. Entire cities are sinking, swallowed by a new threat from below. Soon humanity will have nothing left to defend. Only one option remains: an all-out attack on the Locust Horde. This is obviously the biggest title in the group.

 

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