With freebies like this all month long on the Xbox, who needs Read Dead Redemption, am I right? Okay, yeah, that’s a pretty obvious exaggeration, but it’s genuinely surprising to see the Xbox deliver some comparatively impressive...

October tends to be a busy month for videogame releases, and it’s tough to know whether it’s a good idea or not for the Xbox Games With Gold and other subscription services to offer substantial games for...

When the most noteworthy title in a subscription service’s roster of included downloads for a month turns out to be a LEGO title for last generation’s console, you know it’s going to be a rough month. That’s...

We’re nearing the end of the summer, having passed the attention sink of vacations, summer movie blockbusters, and the hoopla of San Diego Comic Con. All those things tend to be distracting enough for the subscription services...

Ah, the dog days of summer: the period where some huddle up indoors with their Xbox systems and air conditioning, or others will — by choice or not — head out into the baking sun in search...

During the month of E3, it’s natural for Xbox and other companies to direct attention to two things going on: the information coming out of the convention, and the ensuing sales both in stores and through their...

As the demands for contemporary videogames continue to evolve, players occasionally need a little reminder of the pure joys of yesteryear’s gaming experiences, and Microsoft hopes to do that with their Xbox freebies for the month of...

While the official start date for spring is a few weeks into March, most people associate the turn of the season with the blooming plants, pastel colors, and Easter celebration of April. After a relatively frigid first...

Most of the time, the titles made available through the Games with Gold program on the Xbox have enough substance and interest to extract at least some compelling talking points about their inclusion. Sometimes, that can be...

While many other facets go into the creative process of developing games, a big chunk of making successful ones comes in how a specific title reacts to, improves upon, or straight-up deviates from prior versions of the...

There’s no shortage of action to be found in Xbox’s Games with Gold offerings for January, though there’s a notable lack of originality and substance involved with their selections to start off the new year.  The two...

Last month saw the release of the new iteration of the Xbox One console, the X, as well as an indifferent foursome of Games With Gold free offerings to accompany it, flexing little of the new console’s...