Games With Gold – No Assassin’s Creed II or Halo 3 for July

"Major Nelson has confirmed that the FREE Games with Gold game for July is in fact NOT Assassin’s Creed 2 or Halo 3, but some cheap nasty Xbox LIVE Arcade game instead. Defence Grid The Awakening will be free on the marketplace for Xbox LIVE Gold Subscribers today."

[SJPFTW]

Microsoft is certainly not making it easy for them to regain some good PR which is a shame really.

[Godmars290]

More like a new PR low.

They used mention of the games to give themselves a high profile at E3, then pull a technical bait and switch for the actual deal. Those games likely will be the last ones they offer while all else with be XBLA titles.

How do they think that short term efforts will be good for them in the long run.

[matrixman92]

the sad thing is that Halo 3 and AC2 arent really worth anything anymore...u can easily find them in the discount bin at gamestop or even walmart.

[Serg]

Halo 3 in particular is dirt cheap. I've seen in at my local brick and mortar for 2,50€. To put it in perspective: 1 month of XBox Live costs as much as 2 copies of Halo 3...

Wow... value.

[ShinMaster]

PS Plus > XBL Gold > PSN basic > XBL Silver.

[zeal0us]

PSN+>PSN basic> XBLG>XBL Silver

Fix it for ya

[da_2pacalypse]

As crappy as their original promotion was, I was really looking forward to Halo 3 getting repopulated with some new players :(

I don't know how MS just went from having that cheap of a promotion to an even worse promotion...

[kreate]

I thought they were asking gamers what they want for the free games?

And I thought they said they would be giving free games out for the rest of the year?

How could they change the games like that last minute?

Man I got all excited for nothing .... this is why I can't trust Microsoft.

[Mainsqueeze]

Got super excited to jump back into a hopefully more populated Halo 3 (since i sold my copy a very long time ago) tomorrow but now i find the free game is some shitty ass old tower defense game...just disappointing to see the bad decisions keep on rolling.

[BluEx610]

Quote from their website.

"As a gesture of thanks to the millions of Xbox fans around the world for their passion and loyalty, Xbox announced that every Xbox Live Gold subscriber will receive two free Xbox 360 games per month UNTIL THE RELEASE OF XBOX ONE, including the pair of popular titles: “Halo 3” and “Assassin’s Creed II.” And to celebrate E3 in the month of June, Xbox Live Gold members will receive a free download of “Fable III.”"

Looks like the free games will end when Xbox One launches. And it also looks like Halo 3, AC II, and Fable III will be the best games they give out. At least they're giving them out I guess. Hope I can continue to play them after Gold expires or month ends etc. I do hope MS continues this program, but compete a little better in the free games department. Competition is healthy, hopefully we see Gears 3 or Forza Horizon for free.

Source: http://news.xbox.com/2013/0...

[2pacalypsenow]

They could if at least done a retail game not done cheap ass Xbox live game

[ravens52]

Dang zealous u beat me to it lol. Its true tho seeing as how to do the things u can do on jus psn you need xblg. Such as use netflix, play free-2-play games, access the internet browser amongst other things lol.

Just to be fair;) psn+>psn=xblg>xbls

[s8anicslayer]

just wait til they reverse the 180, I swear to all that it will come soon after launch

[ThanatosDMC]

MS is the master of smokes and mirrors, bait and switch, and ignoring problems like it never happened (RROD).

[Godmars290]

@ThanatosDMC:
Would hardly call them the "master" of such things when its so obvious.

Do have to question the gamers who try to defend them.

[loulou]

lol microsoft are just stumbling from one pr disaster to another

[komp]

never a bad time for a gif:

http://i.imgur.com/ReXwrfs....

[_QQ_]

Further Proving Gamefly>steam>redbox> gamestop's usedgames>PsPlus>Xboxgol d.

[YNWA96]

Sad>really sad>extremely sad>fanboys.... Jeez...

[Mutant-Spud]

Defense Grid is one of the better tower defense games, I've spent hours and hours on it already but it's worth picking up if it's free.

[Name Last Name]

WTF Microsoft. I would really like to know what are they thinking because this isn't even funny anymore. It's sad.

[ZodTheRipper]

They are trying desperately to regain peoples trust by doing the same things that Sony does. It seems like they can't get it right, however.

[MidnytRain]

Really? Cuz your comment made me laugh.

[fr0sty]

Microsoft, you're drunk. Go home.

[Cueil]

they are having a huge ass sale... why would they throw out a AAA title out to distract you... also why are people bitching about free games... you keep the game and it's the best game in that genre...

[Shepherd 214]

Its not a huge deal, to make defense grid a free game, but i must defend it.

Defense grid is one of the best tower defense games i have ever played. I bought it years ago and still play it now. there are more than 40 maps, and about 6 to 8 game modes per map. Also recently Valve bought Hidden Path, the devs who made it. So Hidden Path made a $5 dlc pack called You Monster, a Portal crossover where Glados tries to mess with you in test chambers by turning rules on their heads while you defend against aliens she has released from the other dimension. Theres some great and funny dialog and a nice little story to go with it.

Its a cheap game now, but its not "nasty". Its a great title that will suck away dozens of hours and many people will be surprised at its quality if they like strategy games.

[Mainsqueeze]

yes its a decent tower defense game and yes its free but its not Halo 3 or AC 2 which people were led to believe it would be. And to be honest most ppl don't want a tower defense game even if it is free, thats why microsoft didnt advertise it along with H3 and AC 2.

[McScroggz]

It is sad that a lot of people will completely blow off the game (I haven't played it, but I like all variety of games). But, it's the misleading and sometimes outright lies that are making people upset.

I mean, Microsoft more or less said Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed 2 were the first two games available. Considering how old the games are (and Microsoft published Halo 3) I don't understand why they didn't just give those games away like they said they would.

It's all just very, weird.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Defense grid rocks. Have enjoyed for years. Best tower defense game I have ever played...

[CRAIG667]

I aint into tower defence games, feel pretty disappointed to be honest...

I will try this one though...

[FamilyGuy]

Have you played Dungeon Defenders?
I really like it and it has RPG elements. It's the only tower defense game I've ever been able to get into and enjoy. How is Defense Grid in comparison to it?

It's pretty messed up that this game is getting downplayed simply because people were looking forward to the mentioned titles. It's interesting seeing the quote again though as it mentions the games but does not specifically mention when Halo 3 or Assassins Creed 2 will show up. People seem to just assume they were gonna show up in the first month or two.

[kingPoS]

You deserve a pat on the back for defending a game you enjoy. I myself enjoy one the earlier ps+ titles Vetor TD ever other day.

[PeaSFor]

MS is supposed to be ccompeting against the PsPlus service, well... look more like a faceplant to me.

right now MS is simply looking really silly.

[Shepherd 214]

Well I mean I defended defense grid because I was led to believe people were complaining about H3 and AC2 because they were old, based on all the negative comments Ive seen. So I guess people are complaining that it's not those two now?

Okay.

[achmetha]

i was actually pretty excited to get halo 3 for free, i've been itching to play it again. edit: guess i'll have to wait a few more months?

bummer

[Trekster_Gamer]

Stop being so cheap and pick it up for almost nothing almost everywhere!

[thereapersson]

Why would he go buy it when the whole basis of his interest in the title is because MS used their bait and switch to fool people into thinking they were getting it for free ASAP?

[CalvinKlein]

wow thats sad. As if AC 2 and halo 3 were not old and cheap enough.

[Muffins1223]

The best part is you need the DLC to play on half of the playlist for halo 3 LOL

[DARK WITNESS]

I guess they figured that since everyone is complaining about getting halo 3 and AC2 which are so old that they are of no real value anymore... lets supprise everyone and give them a game for free which is even shiter and worth even less.

We love you, our loyal xbox fanbase.. you mean so much to us!

[Ritsujun]

Micro$ofie loves nothing but $.

[komp]

hmm http://i.imgur.com/eirZMvl....

[chrismichaels04]

More last minute flip flopping by Microsoft. Then some Xbox loyalists wonder why I said in an earlier post that MS looks very confused right now. Halo 3 and AC2 may have been very old games, but at least they were big franchise titles. Now to make things worse, gamers arent even getting that anymore. No surprise why PS4 is ahead in pre-order sales at every major video game retailer.

[xtremeimport]

And honestly, I thought the Halo3 and AC2 games were a joke. But look at MS, they could be even funnier!

[showtimefolks]

MS can you do anything right anymore?

you are spending millions to keep 3rd party games exclusive how about reward your fanbase, and to be honest AC2 and Halo 3 are not really reward when you can find em both for under $6-7 bucks

[Saints94]

Wow.

[Double_O_Revan]

Couldn't have said it any better.

[SpideySpeakz]

So XBL is just a watered-down version of PS+? Nice to know.

[Funnymonkey013]

I know right MS sucks and their rip off live PS plus kills it in every single ways.

[HammadTheBeast]

Come on now, let's not get rude here.

You're just insulting PS+ now.

[fattyuk]

Watered down??

It's more like a cup of sewage.

[ThatEnglishDude]

In the meantime, PS+ is offering Sleeping Dogs, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a bunch of free Vita games and a number of other titles for free, or at least at a good discount.

[TheNocturnus]

Don't forget they are giving us Saint's Row 3 as well.

[Xaphy]

and dont forget new goodies for this month as well.

[Parapraxis]

Uncharted 3 also!

[superterabyte]

In the Eu we're getting IMO the best deals. I mean just this month we're getting Battlefield 3, Saints row 3 and Payday the heist as well as unit 13 and Ninja Gaiden sigma on the vita. Not to metion the yearly deals =D

[ShwankyShpanky]

I'm starting to wonder if it might be worth signing up for an EU account and getting Plus on there as well. Anyone know of a good comparison chart for what's been released on PS+ EU vs US?

[sAVAge_bEaST]

don't forgot Little Big Planet Karting,.. -fun game,. just like mario kart.. and online-- never would have played it if it wasn't for ps+

[lsujester]

I agree, great game. Some of the stuff the community has made is fantastic.

[ShwankyShpanky]

LBP Karting is the first game I got my 3-year-old son to "play" just the other day. (by "play" I mean pushing X and going in circles, but he was pretty entertained by it)

[torchic]

can I ask a question are these free PS+ deals only available for the month, or like can I still get these games for free when I do subscribe to PS+ later in the year?

[WeAreLegion]

Many of them will still be available later in the year. Some of them are only there for a month, but a big selection of them will stay for a year. I would recommend subscribing now and using https://store.sonyentertain...

That way, you can add the games to your cart, and "check out". They'll be waiting for you when you can access them on a system. :)

[Horny]

I think most are there for a while. Just this month I downloaded gravity daze, deus ex, xcom, and saint row 3 all for free. Ps+ is really a ridiculously good deal. I was thinking about buying gravity daze when I realized I can get it free with + so I renewed after not having it for a year and got a whole bunch of other games free plus auto updates.
Also once you download them you can always play them as long as you have ps+

[torchic]

thanks everyone for the responses.

I guess what @WeAreLegion suggested is the best option.

thanks again!

[Mikeyy]

I would also Highly reccomend you sign up now, because a lot of the best deals from Plus are only on there for the month then they are forever gone.

Even if you just "start" to download it, then cancel the download (If you are tight on HDD space) you can at any time view your download history and redownload the game, even after the plus storefront takes it down. its considered "yours".

You would only get Highly depressed if I listed all the games you missed that I have in my library from PS+! The longer you wait, the more you miss out, and im talking entire trilogies of games.

[shammgod]

Lol

[GreenRanger]

Awesome!

I love not getting value for money!

[RM-TatoTiburon]

Defense it's realy good...but it's 4 years old, anyway it's free!!

[Godmars290]

The point is Ms wouldn't look as half as bad as they are now if they had better outlined what's going to be a 5-6 month program. A program which they know well ahead of time what was going to be offered.

They only further hurt their credibility with this.

[Lovable]

What is this "credibility" you speak of? It's been long gone.

[fattyuk]

Credawhat!!?

[RememberThe357]

You just had to come in this MS hate fest and say something completely neutral with a Halo avatar ... DISAGREE!

/s

And honestly, this doesn't hurt their credibility, they ran out of that a long time ago. If you don't expect this crap from MS at this point then your just naive. Still sucks though.

[HammadTheBeast]

The game in your avatar got shafted over for a TD game.

GG.

[Fergusonxplainsall]

In the last year on PS+ I've gotten more than I could hope for..While on Xbox Live, I got some Doritos games and other lame BS.

MS is just out in the game industry to shaft all the players.

Fool me one gen MS, can't fool me again.

Sony and PS all the way, oh and a Wii U for Zelda HD.

[badz149]

and you just noticed? how slow can you be? lol

I kid, I kid...but since the introduction of PS+ and last year's instant game collection, one would naturally question the worth of XBL Gold if there's any!

[2v1]

xblgold is just paying to have a list of friends

[nosferatuzodd]

Seriously, is this how MS intends to go into the next console era? With blatant misdirection? Doing things which are worse than doing nothing wow Microsoft you rather let greed choke you than do the right thing how do ppl put up with this company seriously

[True_Samurai]

Did you just...did you just copy half of GodMars comment on that website? Lol Come up with your own stuff

[Hicken]

Is that your best defense of this situation? To tell someone to be more original?

As if your blind defense of Microsoft is any more unique.

[True_Samurai]

^^^ Don't be such a hypocrite. Even you know your sony blind fanboyness is even worser than greenpowerz ;-)

[True_Samurai]

Don't care already beaten halo 3 and assassin creed 2 numerous times :-/ but maybe the others would've enjoyed to play them again

[sAVAge_bEaST]

you be troll'n. pa'troll' n.. controll'n.. -trying to catch us riding dirty...-(to bad m$ is filthy)

[JoySticksFTW]

Love this!

But now this version of the song is gonna be stuck in my head :D

[GusBricker]

Wow, MS, you really need to get on the same page.

When bad shit happens, it's contagious it seems.

[Sarobi]

WUT.

Misdirection indeed.

[sAVAge_bEaST]

misdirection, smoke and cloudz,. it's all part of the magical world of microsoft.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Who cares...its only a big deal if u make it a big deal. The last current gen game I wanted was TLOU. I could careless about Halo3. Or AC2. Not worth the bandwidth. I'm moving on to bigger and better consoles.

[superterabyte]

Missing the point much? It's the blatant misdirection from Micro$oft who suggested that these games were coming out this month. However it seems that these games are the 'highlights' of the program which TBH is pathetic because you could get thee games for a couple of quid AC2 came out in 2009 FFS.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Oh cry me a river...like you or anybody else was waiting around for these prehistoric games. Your turning a 2 into a 10. Entitled much? So what if there late I personally don't care if they ever release for free. How do you know the reasons behind them not being released? Speculate much? If you know something the rest of us don't besides the usual rhetoric that leaks from the hole in your face please share. As I stated in my previous post, who cares...moving right along

[undeadman767]

if you watch the video and listen to the microsoft speaker, he never says ANYTHING about them coming this month... he says: " and to kick it off, i am going to share just 2 titles that we are going to offer over THE NEXT FEW MONTHS"... watch the video, and he will say that, almost word for word. he did not suggest that they would be next, nor did he misdirect us at all. he simply said that in the upcoming months, you could look out for those 2 titles.

[superterabyte]

@BLKxSEPTEMBER You do realise I wasn't waiting for these games as I don't have a 360! I am just looking forward to yet another month of great games from PS+. Also usual rhetoric? I'm pretty sure this is the first time I have every replied to one of your posts and I only rarely comment on most articles =/. "Turning a 2 into a 10" what does that even mean? "Entitled much" No i'm not entitled to it as I don't have a XBL subscription I just don't like Microsoft's way of spinning things to look better and more compelling than they really are. @undeadman767 yes they may have said that but by showing two triple A titles as the free games then surely that suggests that is the standard for the service not the exception?

[Campy da Camper]

Wow. I was in the PS+ article earlier and some guy was being flippant saying, "enjoy renting your games sonyboys! I'll be playing and owning Assassins Creed 2 next week! Lol"

I'd love to see his face as he/she reads this lol

[superterabyte]

How could he not have already owned/played AC2 by now? it's four years old; there have been 3 sequels since then.

[xDHAV0K24x]

Never played any of the AC games. Would have been nice to get it free. $ saved could have gone to others in the series. Theres gonna be a huge sale coming up this week including AC3. My friend just got a 360 and we planned on playing co op ( i already own it). Looks like defense grid is a good game tho. Tons of ppl rated it on the marketplace.. I too was under the impression that H3 and AC2 were gonna be available this month. However, the video from E3 was accurate whereas the gaming sites and us gamers alike were not. Ps+ is awesome for what it offers. I dont use my ps3 so i wouldnt know. I'm sure some of those free ps+ games some u already bought/sold/completed. Free is free though. Check out these other free games

Doritos Crash Course I and II
Aegis Wing
Harm's Way
Fable 3
Spartacus Legends
The Walking Dead (ep 1)
Happy Wars

[GreenRanger]

Both games will be free, but you can probably get them for half that in GameStop.

[xDHAV0K24x]

True but fuck gamestop. Giving me 1/4 of what I paid for back! 1/4 if I'm lucky!

[M-M]

Alright greenpowerz, now what's your defense? xD.

[WeAreLegion]

I'd like to know that, too. I wish we could tag users. :/

[SpideySpeakz]

They're not coming today. Today is the 1st. They had to run back to Microsoft headquarters to pick up their check.

[Drekken]

He will answer as soon as they let him out of his 24 hour suicide watch.

[OrangePowerz]

He had to take holidays due to too much stress. But he says hi.

[wikia]

At least you can keep it forever /s

[marchinggamer]

I like my live and my Xbox but this load of shit needs to stop right here cuz the fucking rape train that is pirate bay will give you any game free and I haven't used it for Xbox but I will

[No_Limit]

Damn MS, that is so disappointing. Even though I already have Halo 3 and AC2, it would be nice if the full games were full retail games instead of a $2 Arcade PC port.
Seriously, WTF MS?

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I am not sure I get the rage. Defense Grid Is a great game.... Halo 3 and AC2 are still coming and this is only 1 of the 2 games being given away in July. I suppose some feel bamboozled but I for one don't

[No_Limit]

I guess you are right, I guess having a free game that I haven't play or otherwise wouldn't have play could be a good thing in discovering new games.

[xDHAV0K24x]

Amen

[4logpc]

To be fair..he didnt say that those two games would be the first two.

He said he would like to share two games that would kick off the program for the next few months.

Still not as clear as it should be tho.

[vickers500]

Lame. Just bought a month of XBL hoping I would be getting these here pretty soon.

[moparful99]

So you spent $10 on a month of Live to get two games that you could buy actual physical copies for nearly the same price? Whatever floats your boat

[vickers500]

1 dollar actually

[CRAIG667]

You can't even purchase live per month. It's 3 or 12 months troll.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

That's what these things are right?
http://www.amazon.com/video...

[CRAIG667]

I stand corrected, never seen them in the UK, sorry dude!

[vickers500]

They had a sale on the dashboard yesterday, one month for one dollar. I think it already expired though, but I'm not sure.

[kma2k]

i did the same thing. For people saying you cant Microsoft had a $1.00 for 1 month special last week.

[superterabyte]

I'm not going to sympathize with Xbox owners/fans. I mean have you not learnt how Microsoft operates yet? Shame really i'll just leave this link here for you in case you happen to grow some brain cells.

http://blog.eu.playstation....

[Kujii]

Full game downloads currently available for New Zealand PSN+ members:

PS3
- Kingsdoms or Amalur: Reckoning
- XCOM Enemy unknown
- Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception
- LBP Karting
- Catherine
- ICO & Shadow of the Colossus
- Lord of the Rings: War in the north
- The Cave
- Malicious

Vita
- Rayman Origins
- Gravity Rush
- Uncharted Golden Abyss

[Gamesgbkiller]

Gravity Rush & Uncharted Golden Abyss soon will be replaced.

Got to catch them all :)

[ZodTheRipper]

I'd say every game on this list (maybe except The Cave) is a recent must-play title ...while Halo and AC2, being now the "highlight" on XBL are a few years old.

[Kujii]

I just don't get why Microsoft would try and match a service their competitor provides with something so underwhelming.

Its like trying to going up against the apple iphone with a potatoe.

[Angeljuice]

Come on, its Microsoft, giving anything away 'free' is so painful to them and goes against all they stand for. I'm sure there's been many sleepless nights with Microsoft execs thinking " there MUST be a way to charge a fee for our free games".

[sAVAge_bEaST]

Wait,.. these were the 2 games,.. xbots were rag'n about getting on the ps+ new, plus 1yr anniversary threads,-,earlier, M$ went and cut off both legs they were trying to stand on..
No surprise really, just another M$ daily fail.

[CaulkSlap]

Just sad. Reminds me of Microsoft giving people 20 MS points for their birthday. So little that it's just insulting.

[jessupj]

Taking into account MS's behaviour recently and right through out this current generation, I literally can not comprehend how anyone could support them by buying an xbone.

It's not like the difference between coke and pepsi. MS is chocking the industry it seems in every possible way they can.

Makes me sad, because I know a lot are going to be sold.

[Angeljuice]

Its more like the difference between coke and a 'New Pepsi' reformulated with an added dash of poison!

[ala_767]

No doubt that Xbox One will change its policy within next year or 2.... Microsoft sucks!!!

[McScroggz]

I really am beginning to believe Microsoft is conducting a social experiment on a massive scale. Otherwise, I can't understand how they can make this many mistakes in such a short time period.

It's getting to be more sad than funny. Luckily, it's still in the funny stage :P

[pyramidshead]

lol so even if PS+ IS a fancy renting service apparently it's still better than XBL...

Will be waiting to see how the usual suspects who grace this comment section try to spin this one. ;)

[Deadpool101]

This is getting crazy now. Halo 3 & Assassins Creed 2 weren't exactly amazing games to start MS fight against the value of PS+ but they were a lot better than this. I swear I really want an XB1 as I think the games look great, I just wish it was a different company running things....maybe Sega could take the project over and rebrand it the Dreamcast 2. Or maybe we could get a time machine and grab the team behind the X360 launch!

[SITH]

Wow, sure is a lot of disturbed people in here that claimed they do not even own an Xbox and hate MS. This all could have been avoided if people were not ASSuming halo 3 and assassins creed II were coming this month. That is your fault not MS.

[Sharius]

it's not consumer fault to assume these game will come out this month, many of gaming forum thing they will put these game this month

it was MS's PR departement fault

seriously? blame consumers for being overhype while it's easier to make it clear before the hype go out of the control by yourself?

what kind of company is this?

[xDHAV0K24x]

Watch the video again

[mydyingparadiselost]

“and to kick off that program I’d like to share just two of the titles we’re going to offer over the next few months – Assassin’s Creed two, and Halo three”
Well look at that, what a verbal magician!
Too bad people hate magicians.

[hazelamy]

it's not just that they won't be giving away those games the first month, though they definitely made it seem like they would at E3.
there's also the implication that those two games are going to be the only retail games you'll be getting free.

i was tempted to get a live sub while they were giving away games, even older titles if they were the quality of the two they listed.

but now it seems they'll mostly be xbla titles.

and i bet they won't be great ones for the most part.
remember when they gave away undertow because of that live outage one christmas.

[Morgue]

I downloaded that game then it froze and my 360 got the RRoD not even 10 mins later.

[johnsonbat]

On a roll M$.

[Fasttrack76]

Ive already jumped ship anyway,and this shows me i made the right choice,3rd of july ps plus is getting saints row 3,battlefield 3 and payday and 2 games for vita.ps4 will wipe the floor with xbone.

[MasterCornholio]

Well at least Microsoft is starting to add value to their service. Anyone remember how plus started? Which is why you should give Microsoft some time to improve it before criticizing it so harshly.

Edit: I own a PS3 and a Vita and I have PlayStation plus and a PS4 preordered so I understand how much value plus gives subscribers.

Motorola RAZR i

[Sharius]

i remember the game giveaway on PS+ begin right after PSN go back online and they give us 1 month of PS+ free and 3 game to choice from, can't remember the 3rd but the 2 game i choice are infamous and little big planet

[tigertron]

Oh dear Microsoft, oh dear.

[kingPoS]

While Defense Grid: The Awakening may or may not be half bad.
Microsoft's about face after announcing entirely different titles... Yeah that was bad.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

I'm glad I only got my 1 month free membership...
Now I don't care about XBOX gold anymore.. The game probably is good but it is not a retail game...

Anyway... in 2 days I get these:

Battlefield 3
PAYDAY: The Heist
Saints Row: The Third
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus
Unit 13

muhahahaha XD

[USMC_POLICE]

Saints row is already up on plus lol but not the others

[TimeSkipLuffy]

That is the list for german PS Plus ^^

[lildudexst]

Just seen halo 3 for 3$ assassin 2 for 4$ at best buy deal breaker ben.

[sfalexl21]

"Damn, these games totally trump the free games from my PS plus subscription. Defense grid > Deus Ex, XCOM, Uncharted 3, and Saints Row the Third any day," said no one ever.

[noctis_lumia]

lol how they copy sony in every single way is pathetic really just to get some good reputation back lol

[GentlemenRUs]

Does this fall on False advertising? They said they were getting H3 and AC2...

M$ stop before something worse happens and you get lawsuits on your hand ;)

[Wikkid666]

Or maybe you can't comprehend the english language

[GentlemenRUs]

I see what you did there..

But its a personal attack which will get you hidden...

If you must know I got an issue with grammar...

[Wikkid666]

Or the fact that you can't get sued for something they never said. Please take your ignorant statements else where.

[GentlemenRUs]

@Wikkid666

Straps you to a chair, Opens yer eyes and replays E3 over and over and over again.

But still, Take your ignorant comments somewhere else...

Fanboys these days... Think they know it all...

EDIT: I also give up trying to stop you from harassing me with crap... Have a nice life when this article digs itself under the millions on this site!

[BlaqMagiq24]

Micro$oft is better off not offering anything if all they could really muster up is Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed 2

[buynit]

Wow ms...

Do you even have a clue as to the kind of games you get on ps+? Ms is making it easy to go with the ps4 and never look back. Where is steam Console? Someone needs to take ms spot cause ship is getting crazy with ms.

[TidePride]

WOW Microsoft really? And I thought getting Halo 3 and ACII was lame, hell no we get Defense Grid a damn crappy arcade game. God I will be glad when November gets here so I can ride the PS4 train and leave you behind.

[andron]

Classic MS. Keeping it classy as always...

[josephayal]

Halo 3 and AC2?? Meh!!

[playboi28]

The free game was actually Fable III.

[TimeSkipLuffy]

that was the one for end of June.

[playboi28]

Thanks. I stand corrected...

[Peanuts110]

Time to cancel my Xbone pre-order and switch to PS4. Time to show up to the real (Next Generation) party.

MS doesn't seem to know which end is up anymore. Not to mention which end they are talking from.

[toshan]

welcome to the playstation nation!

[strigoi814]

I hope its very clear to people to realize who is the company thats into playing lies and money.. Now just imagine if they lied on the 180 move and after a month or year they bring it back

[RenegadeRocks]

exactly the reason I am not touching the Xbone even with a stick !

[RenegadeRocks]

HHAHAHAHAHAHA ROFL ! MS is at it man !

[KILLERAPP]

They even fool there suport team... Comedy gold!!!!

https://twitter.com/XboxSup...

[sAVAge_bEaST]

Idiots- they thought next month -meant next month

they thought to start things off with, meant to kick things off with,

They didn't know, 1+1=3 the in magical world of microsoft.

[ShwankyShpanky]

Guess I should read to the end of all the comments before posting. :-P

[ShwankyShpanky]

Haw: https://twitter.com/XboxSup...

[Yeezy]

Microsoft Kudos to you for another successful screw up.

[Wikkid666]

How did they screw up?

[Mikeyy]

Look at the support comments linked above, MS employees are even confused.

That means there has been Miscommunication, you can't spin this wikkid.

[GABRIEL1030]

meanwhile....in PS+ this month for FREE Xcom, Uncharted 3, Deus Ex, Saint Row and in Europe for FREE Battlefield 3. :p

[KontryBoy706]

BAIT and SWITCH! This is not about flaming fanboys trying to prove one service is better than the other. This is one company saying they were going to do something and then they flip and do something different. They are seriously losing the trust and loyalty of their fan base by doing stuff like this. They flip flopped on DRM now they are on this. Next it will be Kinect. They don't know what they want to do

[wannabe gamer]

lol at this game, they gave like 5000 copies away on facebook last month.

[silvacrest]

microsoft cant even copy PS+ right

[baraka007]

MS never gave a crap and it's really odd it took this long for ppl to see it... I mean you guys have seen the last few e3s right? When they had a child come out and play with a virtual pet with kinect and called it the next evolution of gaming... you guys really didn't say "HUH WTF"?

[Shellcase]

I just tried to download defense grid. Its saying it cost 800 mp lol...

[darksky]

As of now (17.55pm UK time)the game is still on for 800 points so when exactly is it supposed to be free? It looks like a cr*p game but will still download to build up the harddrive collection.

MS are seriously taking the p*** with this. An absolute joke of a company right now. PS4 is my next console for sure.

[romancer]

with all due respect, the merits of XBox One and its games can not be prejudged on the basis of the free games program.

The latter is not being handled well, so far; but that's a separate issue from all things else.

[darksky]

LoL..I would like to think most people aren't stupid enough to get put off buying an XB One just because of this free games issue. I'm going for PS4 mainly because it is more powerful and cheaper, not because of this free games issue.

Nevertheless, the DRM fiasco and now this free games farce has really put me off MS and I have lost trust in them. I'm not convinced that the DRM is gone for good.

[romancer]

So we were given Fable 3; now this... but where are the second games for June and July?

Surely someone at MS can see that this is being badly handled.

[Jagsrock]

This is unacceptable. If MS was really looking out for the fans they would have said "you know what we messed up with the dates but since we love our fans we'll give you halo 3 and assasin's creed 2 this month anyways along with the tower defense game. and we are sorry for the confusion." How difficult would it really be for them to give a 6 and 4 year old game for free as they announced they would at e3.

[Wikkid666]

They never said at E3 that in July that H3 and AC2 were the free games. So what is unacceptable? the fact that people can't listen? or the fact that people can't comprehend what they said?

[Jagsrock]

why are you defending them. The clearly told the consumer's that both those games would be released during the next two months. Almost all gaming sites had said that july would be halo 3 and assassin's creed 2. if that wasn't the case why didn't they say something then? Why wait till june 30th to say anything about it? It's misdirection as simple as that. There is really nothing here to defend.

[Wikkid666]

Go back and watch it again.

Wait you probably never watched it in the fist place.

They basically said that we want to give you a glimpse of f some of that games that will be available in the upcoming months. They were just examples... nothing more.

[dazzrazz]

Go back to that presentation and listen to guy clearly saying they will kickoff with those two games

[GraveLord]

So they lied at E3. LMFAO

[TidePride]

And everyone be sure to go to Xbox Live Rewards to fill out your survey to earn 20 free ms points for July !!
Only to get there and get this >>
"Hello! We don't have a survey available this month, but you can head over to the GetYours page to see all the latest ways to earn."

[Jagsrock]

haha yep xbox live rewards is such bs.

Buy 5 games still marked at full retail price from the marketplace and then we'll give you 1600. (how about I don't pay full price for any of the games I buy and use my saving to get points on my own time.)

Reach 25000 + gamerscore and get 2% of your xbox live purchases every month!!! (Gee how generous!)

To add to it only once you reach more than 100ms points on there does it even bother transferring your points at the 15th or 30th of the next month.

[Pascalini]

This is much better

Free full arcade game rather than a dated 360 game I've already played

[Kronus]

even though I own both systems (360/PS3) its just down right funny how Microsoft is taking 10 steps backwards with every move they make other than the dropping of the horrible online check & trading policy.

Been a gamer since Turbo graph 16 !!!

[MilkMan]

Hey M$ strikes again!
Company don't know there ass from there elbows.

[MrBobSugar]

What makes this a particularly bad PR move is not only the fact that Microsoft intimated that AC2 and H3 would help "kick off" this promotion, but instead releases a cheap XboxLive arcade game on the heals of a free download of Fable 3. Fable 3 might not be the best game on Xbox 360 but it's certainly several levels above an arcade game. MS is really screwing the pooch.

[GusBricker]

What we've all learned about this is:

People love free stuff, unless the free stuff is not the right kind of free stuff, then they hate free stuff.

[Mikeyy]

People just don't like being lied to, its really that simple.

People wouldnt say anything about it, if there wasnt a competing service, giving 100x better free content.

[inf3cted1]

Wanted to see Halo 3 repopulated, thanks for ruining the dream MS. Greedy bastards

[Relientk77]

Seriously? wow Microsoft caught lying again

[Avalanche]

god forbid MS for not giving games people can buy from gamestop for $4.99

MS is a joke.

[NeloAnjelo]

Remember "You can't just flip a switch!"... oh wait

[monkey48]

I signed up for ps + after the e3 conference last year, best decision ever. Now I got a vita last month and its been worth it, getting free games to play on the go :) Sony fan for life.

[C_Dub]

Just goes to show, you can't trust Microsoft.

[Hueynewton2012]

Cmon people don't be sheep, first off they copied this from Sony (obvious) secondly they are attempting to entice people with possibility of free games in the future to keep people from running to Sony and PS Plus.

LOL they can't bring themselves to give back to thier loyal consumers lol. The funny thing is, if you give someone Halo 3 that hasn't played Halo before (and yes there are some people who still refuse to play Halo) the series might grow on them and they could run out buy the newest Halo and may support the franchise from here on out.

Another thing that really gets on my nerves regarding Microsoft, stop nickle and diming your customers regarding accessories!!!!!! start with putting a got damn internal rechargeable battery in your great controllers... its 2013 for fucks sake.....

IDK 500.00 for the future system is looking less enticing everyday...

[Hayabusa 117]

And these are the same people you thought were going to enable you to share your digital downloads with 10 people on your friends list...really? C'mon, I want to hear you defend defend Microsoft...

I was wondering whether or not I should get an XBox One at launch after they reversed the DRM policies. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA, how silly of me...now I MIGHT get one when Titanfall comes out...might...

[Blade Runner]

Ok MS. I am a really huge fan of gaming I have owned several xbox 360 and yes only one ps3. Yup org fat 60. But seriously I thought and my family thought you were releasing H3 and A2 this month. Yes you did not say July but your E3 presentation all but said July. You are really really starting to turn off what little dedicated xbox fans you have. You have brought some really good things to gaming, for one your cross game chat comes to mind quickly. But damn you are really making it hard for me to be even remotly excited about your xbox one. I really dont want kinect in my daughters room. I dont give a S#IT if I can turn off the kenect. You really think we are so naive to believe that someone with poor intentions can not turn that thing on remotely. Uh NSA anyone. Flame off.

[wishingW3L]

the PR gods failing at PR. There's something very fishy here.