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[Draugoth]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/30/new-games-with-gold-for-february-2023/

Make it your gooooaaaallll to have fun with two great February Games with Gold! On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, answer the call to adventure in For the King and then play soccer in a completely unexpected way in Guts N Goals.

Xbox Live Gold members will have exclusive access to these games for a limited time as part of Games with Gold. So will Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, who receive all the fantastic benefits of Gold plus access to hundreds of high-quality games with Xbox Game Pass.

• For the King ($24.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 28
• Guts N Goals ($14.99 ERP): Available February 16 to March 15

For the King

The King has been murdered and the kingdom is in chaos. It’s up to you and your makeshift band to help save the land. Play single-player, local, or online coop and choose to stick together or split your party to cover more ground. Battle in fast and brutal turn-based combat using your unique skills. Survive cunning enemies, hidden traps, and wicked weather as you fight and explore to solve the mystery of the king’s murder and restore order to the realm.

Guts N Goals

Play the world’s greatest game turned on its head and on a skating rink or the beach! Gut N Goals is an arcade-style soccer game where you get to beat up your friends as you try to score. Get your bat and get smack-tastic in multiple crazy stadiums each with their own unique mechanics. Try out lots of fun mini-games. Watch out for penalties…oh wait, there are no penalty cards! Go nuts! Choose from over 30 heroes with character skills and keep on your toes because random mutators can change the way you play at any time.

Read more about our Games with Gold program here and stay tuned to Xbox Wire for all the latest news on Xbox. Like we said before, if you’re an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member, you get all the benefits of Xbox Live Gold, hundreds of high-quality games you can play on console, PC, and across devices from the cloud, and access to EA Play at no extra cost. New games are added all the time, so you’re never without something new to try when you’re looking to find your next favorite game. If you’re new, or if you’re an existing Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for Console member, join or upgrade today for just $1.

 

[Sweden85]

Yes so good

 

[Magic Carpet]

The only gold I see here is under the name Draugoth.

 

[Punished Miku]

I thought we hit rock bottom but I was mistaken.

 

[AV]

Is this the record for the most "who is actually still paying for this" month?

 

[Jennings]

I'd have to go double check if it was on my old Xbox One X or my Series X, but For the King ran like absolute ass last time I played it on console. I just don't recall when I last played it. Besides that I've heard solid things about the actual game.

 

[TintoConCasera]

 

[Lucifers Beard]

This is what happens when you keep digging.

 

[jshackles]

If this weren't part of my Game Pass Ultimate subscription, I would have ditched it several months ago. I guess they must kinda know that there are tons of people out there like me who have given up thinking this will ever be anything good again.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

If more people stopped paying for it then maybe they would listen to “feedback”

It’s clear they want more people over to Gamepass so the investment is overwhelmingly there on that side.

Personally I’m tired of this constant subscription service narrative. They might as well remove the Xbox name and just go all out on the Gamepass brand . For what they claimed is optional, it’s the dominant focus in their narrative/marketing. .

 

[GhostOfTsu]

And they dared to criticize Olli Olli, Evil Dead, Mafia and Destiny 2 Beyond Light

What do you even expect from these services if you think that's bad?

 

[R6Rider]

 

[jshackles]

If more people stopped paying for it then maybe they would listen to “feedback”

It’s clear they want more people over to Gamepass so the investment is overwhelmingly there on that side.

Personally I’m tired of this constant subscription service narrative. They might as well remove the Xbox name and just go all out on the Gamepass brand . For what they claimed is optional, it’s the dominant focus in their narrative/marketing. .

I agree, but...

Lots of people don't want Game Pass. I'd say the overwhelming majority of people that still subscribe to Gold (but not Game Pass Ultimate) are people who ONLY care about the ability to play online multiplayer. These "bonus" games are definitely an afterthought, since Microsoft wants to make Game Pass look like an even better proposition to people that don't have it.

The sad part is that online multiplayer is free on PC (even for Xbox games, even for cross play games), so at this point the only reason they're charging people for Gold is to gouge them. These "free" games are just a way for them to distract people from the fact that they're paying for something that should already be free.

 

[xrnzaaas]

39.98 wow, incredible value.

 

[The_Mike]

Major Nelson really digging in the bargain bin, and drilled a hole at the bottom of the bin to dig even lower.

 

[Max_Po]

Rofl ...

 

[Jaybe]

I swear the only point of these announcements are to advertise Game Pass

if you’re an existing Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass for Console member, join or upgrade today for just $1.

 

[Esppiral]

It is already dead

 

[Lone Wolf]

I thought we hit rock bottom but I was mistaken.

Never underestimate Xbox Live Gold to lower the bar.

 

[wvnative]

Christ

 

[Ozriel]

I thought we hit rock bottom but I was mistaken.

I know, right?

These days, I enter these threads for the hilarity.

MS are absolutely doing this shit on purpose.

 

[Shut0wen]

For the king is actually quite decent, probs the best free game ive seen in ages for xbox

 

[jshackles]

For the King - the lowest historical Xbox price is $6.24, which it is discounted to in the weekly sale (on average) once every 7 weeks. It was also given away for free (no subscription required) on the Epic Games Store.

Guts N Goals isn't as frequently discounted, but it has gone down to $5.99 in the past.

I guess what I'm saying is that if you often shopped around for the best deal, and you actually WANTED these games, you could have bought them (and owned them forever) for $12.23 instead of paying $9.99 a month.

 

[.Pennywise]

 

[Beer Baelly]

No guts no glory. All hail King Spencer

 

[stn]

*shrug* Its free. I'll try both.

 

[Damigos]

Games for Gold has become offending

 

[anthony2690]

Please don't tell me off mods, I love this gif & I love Xbox & game pass, but GWG should be retired, it just isn't worth the monthly complaining about the disappointing choices of games imo.

 

[Gudji]

 

[ChoosableOne]

A different take on the King Midas story.

 

[Kvally]

 

[AtomicStarving]

 

[lh032]

guess im right afterall.

I think Microsoft is attempt to "kill " off Gold.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

There hasn't been a game I care about coming for Games With Gold in ages.

 

[TLZ]

Even Batman's tired of this shit.

 

[Barakov]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/30/new-games-with-gold-for-february-2023/

Nevermind. Sony's games this month are stellar compared to this.

 

[DaGwaphics]

I try to be optimistic with these, and a lot of times one of them at least is interesting, but...

 

[Kvally]

There hasn't been a game I care about coming for Games With Gold in ages.

I stopped download the free games from Xbox Live Gold and PSN+ years ago. All pure garbage.

 

[The_Mike]

Nevermind. Sony's games this month are stellar compared to this.

They have literally been that for years now can't see how you are surprised.

 

[Ronin_7]

No words.

 

[demigod]

The gift that keeps on giving.

 

[FeralEcho]

Every.Single.Month.

 

[LordBlodgett]

For the King - the lowest historical Xbox price is $6.24, which it is discounted to in the weekly sale (on average) once every 7 weeks. It was also given away for free (no subscription required) on the Epic Games Store.

Guts N Goals isn't as frequently discounted, but it has gone down to $5.99 in the past.

I guess what I'm saying is that if you often shopped around for the best deal, and you actually WANTED these games, you could have bought them (and owned them forever) for $12.23 instead of paying $9.99 a month.

I'm not sure this is the worst month ever for Xbox Live Gold, but is definitely up there. (Top 3? Top 5?). At this point if you pay the monthly fee for good and have not upgraded to Gamepass ultimate you are absolutely getting screwed

 

[sainraja]

Microsoft could easily switch the Gold benefit from this to two game credits every month (use 'em or lose 'em), where a subscriber gets to redeem the credits towards a game of their choice to keep from the Game Pass library of games. Make that a perk of the highest tier of Game Pass. It does not have to be so irrelevant. They should pivot and try to get more GPU subs!

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[semiconscious]

Please don't tell me off mods, I love this gif & I love Xbox & game pass, but GWG should be retired, it just isn't worth the monthly complaining about the disappointing choices of games imo.

agreed. better dead than zombie...

 

[skyfall]

 

[ReBurn]

Just shut it down fellas

 

[Bridges]

Yeah everyone just wants to come in and shit on GwG every month (deservedly so), but For The King is actually great, don't sleep on it

 

[NickFire]

I don’t understand why they need to insult their own customers like this.