For almost five years, Microsoft’s Games with Gold program has offered Xbox Live Gold members at least one free game each month. March 2018’s Games with Gold offer featured four action-packed titles that gave gold members the opportunity to go to extraordinary measures in Trials of the Blood Dragon, Superhot, Brave, and Quantum Conundrum. Superhot is still available for download until April 15th.
Following up on March’s interesting range of titles, April 2018’s Games with Gold offer will take players on a grand adventure to mysterious and unknown places. April 2018’s offer gives Xbox Live Gold members two big name triple AAA titles as well as a smaller indie title. As of April 1st, Xbox Live Gold members have the opportunity to download The Witness, Cars 2, and Dead Space 2.
The Witness ($39.99 USD) is a breath-taking and thought-provoking experience that will expand the mind of the user with increasingly difficult puzzles. The game provides players with very little information to help them solve the varying puzzles. Players will have to remember how to solve each puzzle type in order to move on. The Witness will be free from April 1st to April 30th.
If that isn’t good enough, Gold members will have the opportunity to download Assassin’s Creed Syndicate ($49.99 USD), the game that helped restore faith in Ubisoft’s ability to create a good Assassin’s Creed title. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is the first Assassin’s Creed title to introduce a playable female protagonist. Syndicate will be free from April 16th to May 15th.
With just those two titles alone, Microsoft’s Games with Gold offer seems exponentially greater than recent months. But in addition, gold members will have the opportunity to download and play Cars 2 ($19.99). This will be the third month in a row that a Disney Interactive Studio title will be part of the Games with Gold program. Cars 2 will be free from April 1st to April 15th.
The last and probably the most impressive April 2018 Games with Gold title offer is Dead Space 2 ($19.99), often considered the best horror shooter game in video game history. Dead Space 2 will be free from April 16th to April 30th.
April 2018’s Games with Gold offer may be the best Games with Gold offer in recent years. The quoted retail price for all four titles is $129, although players could pick up all four titles from Gamestop for $94.99 before tax, or probably find each title cheaper on Amazon or Ebay. Remember, to be eligible for the Games with Gold program you must be an Xbox Live Gold member.
With E3 just around the corner, could we see a big surprise from Microsoft regarding the program at this year’s E3? Last year, Microsoft hosted the Dragon Ball FighterZ showcase; will we see more Japanese games coming to the platform? What titles do you want Microsoft to bring to their Games with Gold program in the future? Let us know in the comments!
