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[Draugoth]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/12/29/new-games-with-gold-for-january-2023/
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Kick off the new year with two great January Games with Gold! On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, adventure through light and shadow in Iris Fall, and then set worlds in motion in Autonauts.

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.

• Iris Fall ($19.99 ERP): Available January 1 to 31
• Autonauts ($19.99 ERP): Available January 16 to February 15

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[Jennings]

HOLY CRAP! I signed back up JUST IN TIME. An amazing giveaway.

 

[Skifi28]

"We spared no expense"

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[drganon]

Oof.

 

[anthony2690]

Am I allowed to use my bear in the big blue house throwing the trash out gif? (I love this gif)

Or will I get a warning like when I used the gif for psvr2 launch line up?

I safely used it for the last GWG line up prior though.

Don't want to risk a ban as I like posting here.

Edit: just end GWG it just isn't worth the monthly bashing.

 

[wvnative]

I'ma assume Phil just stopped investing cash into GWG in favor of shifting that budget to game pass.

 

[CherryFalls]

 

[The_Mike]

YES! THANK YOU OP FOR POSTING THIS OP!

It helped with my constipation while on the toilet

 

[Topher]

Xbox GWG, every month....

 

[Punished Miku]

Iris Fall could be neat. Reminds me of Tandem: A Tale of Shadow. Never heard of it though so no idea if it's good or not.

Autonauts, I know nothing about. Not that into the Minecraft visual style.

 

[MOTM]

I come in these threads just to see what garbage they managed to find this time

 

[Magic Carpet]

That reminds me I need to claim whatever the second half of December game was. I keep forgetting to claim these 'free' games on the Epic Store as well.

 

[feynoob]

Abusive relationship never ends.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I look forward to the threads on them now just to see how low they will go.

 

[Gudji]

 

[Lone Wolf]

Amazing.

like I've said before, with Xbox, sub to GP Ultimate or don't bother. With Playstation you can get away with PS Plus Essential, the games are plentiful and much better.

 

[Lillie]

Terrible

 

[Ansphn]

You could probably get both games for less than $5 at Gamestop. Geez....

 

[ANIMAL1975]

 

[legacy24]

best deal in gaming!

 

[Jaybe]

What a way to start off the new year

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Remember when there were actually nice/good games released on GWG ? Ninja Gaiden 3, Lost planet 2, Zone of the Enders 2, Dead rising remastered, Resi 1 remastered etc etc ...

At this point , they might as well recycle old releases for those that missed them in the 1st place, it'd still be better than this hot garbage they've been giving away these past few months.

 

[Badlucktroll]

those games are stupid

 

[Heisenberg007]

Meanwhile, the copywriter who wrote this line: "Kick off the new year with two great January Games with Gold!" :

 

[Roberts]

Even if these two are totally enjoyable indies (I have no clue if they are), this is probably the new low. Ouch. There are tons of smaller games that probably don't sell all that well and could be good additions to GWG, like, i don't know, Thymesia or Trover Saves the Universe. It's like they are trolling us for a reason that totally escapes me.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Compared to what plus got, this is just embarrassing

 

[dotnotbot]

Amazing month as always, glad I held back with buying these.

Edit: sorry, wrong tab, I meant to post this in ps plus thread

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

 

[ManaByte]

 

[FeralEcho]

Bring back 360 and Xbox offerings you bastards.These "free games" are an insult.I'm not even gonna waste my bandwidth adding these to my list.

 

[Dick Jones]

Has anyone actually played these?

 

[WoodyStare]

 

[DenchDeckard]

Who

 

[Hugare]

 

[ReBurn]

I don't bother redeeming these any more

 

[AtomicStarving]

 

[Flutta]

Lmao.
Just kill it already, why make GOLD suffer like this..

 

[DerFuggler]

To outsiders, Gold looks like garbage and I get it. The games they give away are probably redeemed by <1% of subscribers. However, GPU subscribers are already getting Gold for free. To GPU subbers like me, the real value is in the "Discounts with Gold" section of the store. (Got Hades for ~$16 before it was removed from GP). Lots of deals in there.

 

[ahtlas7]

 

[Dick Jones]

Reviews are actually decent for both. I can understand the snark regarding unknown games but I'd be interested in the Iris Fall. It gives me Contrast vibes (played it on PS Plus when I got the PS4 in 2013) and I'd be interested in playing something similar.

 

[Klosshufvud]

Surely by now these offerings are an inside joke at MS? Like the guys are one-upping each other who can find the biggest trash for their chosen months.

 

[CosmicHusky]

I understand they are merely giving out dummys as games for the programme because they want to keep their pretense of people having to pay for multiplayer, since there are also "free games" included (which of course, no one ever heard of or really wants to play).

By now they should just stop and make multiplayer free!

 

[PuffyCan]

When you think it can't gets worse, they go above and beyond to prove us wrong

 

[MOTM]

Surely by now these offerings are an inside joke at MS? Like the guys are one-upping each other who can find the biggest trash for their chosen months.

This has crossed my mind several times

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

This should just be the Official GwG Gif, with it being the first and only reply, thread locked after.

 

[[Sigma]]

MS flat out abusing gold members.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Punished Miku]

Reviews are actually decent for both. I can understand the snark regarding unknown games but I'd be interested in the Iris Fall. It gives me Contrast vibes (played it on PS Plus when I got the PS4 in 2013) and I'd be interested in playing something similar.

The pictures look cool. Guess we'll see ....

As I mentioned earlier, check out Tandem: A Tale of Shadow. On sale regularly. There's also a demo.

 

[PropellerEar]