New Games with Gold for July 2023

Enjoy two completely different vibes this July with Games with Gold! On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, try to survive the terrors of the night in Darkwood, and then starting on July 16, puzzle your way through a whimsical tale of love, loss, and finding yourself in When the Past was Around.

[darthv72]

Oh god... where the stick when you need it?

[RpgSama]

This is getting absurd, it looks like MS wants to keep pushing to see with how much they can get away with, the scary thing is that most likely it's not even affecting their bottom line.

[crazyCoconuts]

There's some population of gamers/parents that just continue to pay. They might even not know about these crappy games being offered. And they don't know or care what they're missing on PS essentials

[closed_account]

These are the ones that weren't even good enough for Gamepass. O.o

[FallenAngel1984]

Microsoft’s efforts with Games with Gold and Game Pass are night and day

[jznrpg]

Games that never sold and are starting to mold are good enough for Gold

[SullysCigar]

Right? It makes my blood run cold, it's really getting old.

[DeusFever]

For $5 a month you can get games like Call of Duty and Alan Wake Remastered on PlayStation or you can get this garbage on Xbox. Just Sayin.’

[GhostScholar]

Yes PlayStation plus games of the month are better than games with gold that’s just objective fact, but game pass is still a million times better than any of the PlayStation plus tiers

[Aloymetal]

'' but game pass is still a million times better than any of the PlayStation plus tiers''
The problem there is convincing most of the gamers around the planet about that, the service is already 6 yrs old and hasn't moved the needle for xbox. It may be the best service for xbox fans but that's about it which by the way are the minority on the globe. Have you seen the record numbers of game sales every quarter??? There's a reason one is the market leader and the other is not.

[Profchaos]

Is it though PS plus premium has really been delivering the goods lately can't say I've used my gamepass sub all that much since high on life dropped

[andy85]

That isn't true in the slightest. I have both. PS is half the cost for twice the number of games, and much more quality ones. The only thing GP has is day one games, and let's be honest there aren't many.
Look at last month, PS added nearly 30 games and about 10 AAA games to Premium. GP added around 10 and 1 AAA game - Redfall. The quality being added each month on PS absolutely dwarfs the GP additions

[DeusFever]

“million times better”

[starforge71]

yet another piss poor month for gwg

[Asplundh]

Just kill it already

[Profchaos]

Does anyone still bother claiming these I think I've only claimed portal 2 in like the last 2 years

[P_Bomb]

I’ll add Darkwood.

[Crows90]

Yet to hear the xbox "fans" complain...this is the problem.

[TheColbertinator]

Best month ever. Thanks Lord Phil

[anast]

Gold is bad...

[northpaws]

I don't get why XBox gamers is ok with this, and keep saying "just give up, now we have gamepass anyways", but the point is, all Xbox live gold subscribers have been paying the same money and getting MUCH MUCH MUCH less than before.

[andy85]

Just let this service die Jesus. I feel like the only reason it exists now in gamers eyes is to get a cheap upgrade to GP Ultimate 😂

[Ra3030]

Why do people have issues with these games every month these games are just like the typical Xbox Game Pass shovelware games.

[Petebloodyonion]

Well.........
on the positive side, there's Darkwood a nice fun little game given about anywhere for free but still nice.
As for the rest well, it's another Why are they still bothering leasing small indy games via games with GOLD?
Honestly, if they would give them like back with the 360 I could understand why so cheap offering but nope.
In the meantime, Prime is giving how many games per month?
Epic Games give tons for FREE
and PlayStation lease COD Black ops Cold war and Alan Wake Revival.

[poppatron]

I always love clicking on these just to see what ancient and obscure titles they pull out of the bag.

Can’t remember the last time I actually added one to my library mind you

[Destiny1080]

I've played both of these games and i would recommend them highly, these are some of the best games on xbox