Month: October 2019

Great news for Xbox One gamers this week after Microsoft made it possible to play three games for free.

But time is running out to test out the latest Xbox Live trials from the Microsoft Store.

Xbox Live Gold subscribers can download The Division 2, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, and Stellaris: Console Edition at no additional cost.

This new Free Play Days offer was revealed earlier this week and is available now. And not only do you get full access to all three base games, they’re also discounted during the free trial.

There’s currently 65% ​​off The Division 2, 20% off Age of Wonders: Planetfall, and 30% off Stellaris: Console Edition.

That’s without mentioning that all three are relatively new games that landed on Xbox One earlier this year.

Best of all, if you continue to purchase the full version of any of the three, you can keep your Gamerscore and in-game achievements.

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But as mentioned above, there is not much time left to download each game and play it.

Microsoft confirms that this trial is running until October 20 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. For players in the UK, that will mean closer to 8:59 a.m. BST.

As usual, an Xbox Live Gold membership, or a bundle that includes it, will be required to access these free games.

Each game offers something a little different, from The Division’s tense cover battles across Washington DC, to the Cyborgs vs Dinosaurs escapades of Planetfall.

“Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios that answers old questions – like, who would win in a war between dinosaur-riding warriors and cyborg-zombies?” new blog post from Microsoft asks.

“Find out for yourself in the all-new sci-fi setting that combines thrilling turn-based tactical combat with deep empire building. Choose from one of six unique factions and battle, build, trade and advance technologically towards world domination.

Meanwhile, Stellaris lets you build a galactic empire while having to contend with alien races and their own agendas.

Any of these titles would be a great way to kill some free time, and they all offer plenty of content to explore.

And the added incentive to explore The Division 2 this weekend is that Ubisoft has just added brand new content to the game.

Some of this will unlock on October 22, meaning not everyone will be able to experience the new missions.

“Episode 2 takes you to the Pentagon, where the fight continues to resolve the ongoing epidemic crisis in Washington DC,” says a message from Ubisoft.

“As agents, you will encounter two new main missions located in and under the historic building.

“After a Division Agent discovers the existence of an Infusion Bioreactor – a device capable of reproducing potentially life-saving antivirus – players must fight their way through the flooded area occupied by the Black Tusks around the Pentagon to secure a safe house.

“It’s up to the agents to secure the bioreactor – and with it, all hope – before it falls into Black Tusk hands.

“From here, the first new main mission, The Pentagon, will take players into the building itself, where they will battle the forces of Black Tusk to find the entrance to an underground lab.”

Xbox Live Gold members can also claim the latest Games with Gold title for October, with Friday the 13th now available to download on Xbox One.

Xbox Live Gold subscribers need to get moving if they want to discover and try the latest free game from Xbox.

While Xbox Games with Gold typically offers four free games to play each month, the console giant makes it a point to give away more titles on the weekends with its “Free Play Days”.

This weekend, in addition to Mortal Kombat 11, which is free on Xbox and PS4, Xbox players can also try out a brand new game of 2019 – Warhammer Chaosbane.

The games are available to play starting Thursday, October 10 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and will remain free to download and play until Sunday, October 13 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

Which for anyone in the UK is actually 8am on a Monday morning.

For those unfamiliar, Chaosbane is a top-down RPG dungeon crawler, much like Diablo, or Victor Vran.

It also just got a big new update lately, which added a new endgame mode called Invasion.

According to Team Xbox, there could be “another big update with even more content on the way”, so from the sound of things, there’s never been a better time to jump in.

As usual with titles in the Xbox Free Play Days offer, those of you who enjoy the game will be able to pick up the game at a discount.

Currently, the Standard, Deluxe, and Magnus editions of the game are all 30% off, but only for next day.

Even better, it also means that you will be able to keep your Gamerscore and Achievements earned in-game during the event!

We sadly didn’t have time to review Chaosbane when it released earlier this year, however, we were able to get a pretty in-depth hands-on look at the game a few months ago.

So while this isn’t a complete overview – we suggest you take a quick look at Metacritic for that – here’s a small snippet of our impressions from the time we sat down to play .

Chaosbane is a lot like Diablo or any other top-down dungeon crawler. With a host of abilities, you enter the fray, dispatching dozens of enemies in seconds and holding off countless more.

It’s the kind of game that doesn’t take much thought or effort to be good, but it’s so rewarding when you take down a thousand squishy monsters that are hard to worry about. The abilities activate with the push of a single button so you feel rewarded for looking cool, rather than struggling to pull it off.

It’s immediately engaging and the perfect game to play mindlessly with friends. It’s fast, but what’s best is that it doesn’t wait for the slowest player. Menu screens are designed to not interrupt other players, even in local co-op.

More impressively, heroes will start following their teammates if they’re still lost in menus and item descriptions when the rest of the party wants to move on. It’s such a joy that the action isn’t interrupted by that single player who has to read it all, unlike so many other loot-focused games.

Want to read our full overview? Then take a look at the link below!

AND DO NOT FORGET !

These aren’t the only free games on your Xbox, and Xbox live subscribers can also pick up the following games in October: