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Wario64 · Dec 30, 2013

http://news.xbox.com/2013/12/games-january-games-with-gold

“Sleeping Dogs” ($19.99 ERP): Available from Jan. 1 – 15
“Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light” ($14.99 ERP): Available from Jan. 16 – 31

Courage · Dec 30, 2013

Damn, a great month for free games.

Wynnebeck · Dec 30, 2013

MS still over-delivering in value I see.

king grimlock · Dec 30, 2013

getting better MS

jond76 · Dec 30, 2013

Haven't played either. Nice month!

Bedameister · Dec 30, 2013

that's pretty nice.
But I don't have time to play any other games right now. Damn you Skyrim

DTLIONS1013 · Dec 30, 2013

Best month yet

BronsonLee · Dec 30, 2013

That's more like it!

Uno Venova · Dec 30, 2013

First good month I've seen, nice.

V_Ben · Dec 30, 2013

Certainly better than their previous offerings. Good stuff!

jbug617 · Dec 30, 2013

Hey it's newer games

Garrett 2U · Dec 30, 2013

Good month! I think I might play both of those

Wynnebeck said:
MS still over-delivering in value I see.

They are both great games...

Eggbok · Dec 30, 2013

Wynnebeck said:
MS still over-delivering in value I see.

I lol'ed

shinobi602 · Dec 30, 2013

Better than last time, that's for sure.

Mikey Jr. · Dec 30, 2013

Slowly getting better.

I wonder what happened that MS even had to start this program. Were Live subs dropping to PSN? I mean, PSN plus has been around since 2010, but only now MS decided to do this.

Neuromancer · Dec 30, 2013

Sleepy Dogs is a legitimate offering. I can't make fun of MS this month. =\

Henry Jones Jr · Dec 30, 2013

Getting better. Sleeping Dogs is a great game for those that are xbox only as it has been free (or damn near it) on PC and PS3.

dallow_bg · Dec 30, 2013

Getting there.
Much better this month, probably the best month.

SEGAvangelist · Dec 30, 2013

Wynnebeck said:
MS still over-delivering in value I see.

You think these are bad free titles? This looks really good to me.

hey_it's_that_dog · Dec 30, 2013

Great games, though it's comical that the reported ERP for Guardian of Light is still $15.

jett · Dec 30, 2013

This service is becoming less garbage it seems. Is it like Plus where the games become yours as long as you're subscribed to Live?

Miles Quaritch · Dec 30, 2013

Not bad. I hope this is the month that sees the service start to improve, they can't continue it by giving away crap like Shoot Many Robots, etc.

Anyway, I wonder when they'll announce it coming to X1? I think we can all agree that Lococycle is pretty much a lock for the first GwG on X1.

Henry Jones Jr · Dec 30, 2013

jett said:
This service is becoming less garbage it seems. Is it like Plus where the games become yours as long as you're subscribed to Live?

I think they are yours forever, even if you lose Gold.

SEGAvangelist · Dec 30, 2013

jett said:
This service is becoming less garbage it seems. Is it like Plus where the games become yours as long as you're subscribed to Live?

No. You keep the game for good even without a sub.

maabus1999 · Dec 30, 2013

jett said:
This service is becoming less garbage it seems. Is it like Plus where the games become yours as long as you're subscribed to Live?

Yours forever even if you unsubscribe (i.e., actual ownership of said titles).

illmatic22 · Dec 30, 2013

Everybody play Sleeping Dogs, best open world game after GTAV/RDR. Enjoyed it more than GTAIV, and any of the saints row games.

Colonel Nasty · Dec 30, 2013

Pretty good considering they are yours forever.

Ashtar · Dec 30, 2013

Wow both of those games are great too bad I already own em both but will re-DL just for the heck of it

chickdigger802 · Dec 30, 2013

seriously there really is zero excuse for any 360 ps3 gaming pc owner to not have played sleeping dogs now.

Backfoggen · Dec 30, 2013

jett said:
This service is becoming less garbage it seems. Is it like Plus where the games become yours as long as you're subscribed to Live?

You keep them if you unsubscribe.

DarkCloud · Dec 30, 2013

Garrett 2U said:
They are both great games...

If you can say one thing about this promotion it's that they haven't given away a game that could be considered bad yet. All have been fairly high rated.

Miles Quaritch · Dec 30, 2013

jett said:
This service is becoming less garbage it seems. Is it like Plus where the games become yours as long as you're subscribed to Live?

Nope. Yours forever after you add them to your download list.

Senor Kami · Dec 30, 2013

Hey, that's not an abomination! Still kinda ass compared to PS+ though (DMC & Bioshock Infinite).

SEGAvangelist · Dec 30, 2013

Miles Quaritch said:
Not bad. I hope this is the month that sees the service start to improve, they can't continue it by giving away crap like Shoot Many Robots, etc.

Anyway, I wonder when they'll announce it coming to X1? I think we can all agree that Lococycle is pretty much a lock for the first GwG on X1.

I'm not sure. I bet we see a lot of indie titles.

MrDaravon · Dec 30, 2013

Wow, Sleeping Dogs is the first actually good game they've done that isn't 5 years old and/or total bargain bin status. Actually impressed, and I will check it out.

Tomb Raider is also surprisingly good and I recommend it.

Wynnebeck · Dec 30, 2013

Garrett 2U said:
They are both great games...

Don't get me wrong, they are both great games. However, I'll wait until next month to see what they throw up on XBL next. It might be Undertow.

strafer · Dec 30, 2013

Vinny Caravella approves.

Steverulez · Dec 30, 2013

Wynnebeck said:
MS still over-delivering in value I see.

Troll harder.

Looking forward to these games, heard good things about Lara Croft but not played it

Miles Quaritch · Dec 30, 2013

Team Vernia said:
I'm not sure. I bet we see a lot of indie titles.

I guess you're right, but with so few indie titles announced for X1, I'm not sure if there will be enough released to make it possible...

I Wanna Be The Guy · Dec 30, 2013

Better. Both are games that were free on PS Plus a year ago, but nevertheless great games are great games. Hopefully in time the service will truly begin to match PS Plus.

MattVT · Dec 30, 2013

I could never get into Guardian of Light, but Sleeping Dogs was great! Nice choices for January.

hey_it's_that_dog · Dec 30, 2013

That's cool about keeping them forever. I would guess MS crunched the numbers and figured that these offerings are not a significant factor leading people to subscribe to Live, since online play is the much bigger carrot for consumers. Therefore they have little to lose by letting people keep them and it's a favorable bullet point in comparison to the Plus service. Sony on the other hand, before PS4, needed a solid reason for people to pay for Plus.

keit4 · Dec 30, 2013

Best month of the promotion so far. Sadly i already have both :/

SEGAvangelist · Dec 30, 2013

Miles Quaritch said:
I guess you're right, but with so few indie titles announced for X1, I'm not sure if there will be enough released to make it possible...

If they wait until E3, there should be a bunch.

Z_Y · Dec 30, 2013

Play Sleeping Dogs, people. Seriously one of my favorites of this past gen.

I need to play the DLC. And I am oddly compelled to play through the PS3 version as well ever since it showed up on PS+.

Miles Quaritch · Dec 30, 2013

Wynnebeck said:
Don't get me wrong, they are both great games. However, I'll wait until next month to see what they throw up on XBL next. It might be Undertow.

So you're pre-emptively calling them out for over delivering on value just in case Undertow is one of the games in February?

spicy cho · Dec 30, 2013

Guardian of light is really fun to beat with a friend.

Arklite · Dec 30, 2013

Titles with a semblance of relevance, nice.

Sum-Mischief · Dec 30, 2013

I know Sleeping Dogs was free on plus back in May. I don't know about the other game.

I Wanna Be The Guy · Dec 30, 2013

Miles Quaritch said:
Nope. Yours forever after you add them to your download list.

In theory could you not just do a free trial and get some free games then?

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