Microsoft’s Xbox Games With Gold titles this year have placed a lot of faith in the power of The Force, in that close to 20% of the free titles offered have come with the Star Wars name...

Ever since the ‘90s, upon its first at-home release, Mortal Kombat has intimidated competitors in the video game business.  No matter how many years go by, it seems as if the industry operates under the assumption that...

There aren’t very many occasions where things are truly shaken up in the world of video game subscription services, so those moments should be embraced whenever they arise.  The Xbox Games With Gold program was given warning...

Sequels may be incredibly common and expected in the gaming industry, but there’s something a little peculiar about the caliber of titles hitting consoles and PCs in March.  The sixth installment in a niche audience fighting game;...

After February, Xbox’s primary competition in the subscription service will stop offering legacy titles in their slate of monthly freebies, continuing their avoidance of compatibility with previous gaming generations. Among the consoles available now, Microsoft’s current iteration...

A pair of hotly-anticipated titles were released at the very end of last month, Kingdom Hearts III and the remake of Resident Evil 2, and the enthusiasm of those two certainly carries over for longer than a...

A new year is upon us, and with that comes the fairly quiet month of January in terms of newly released games for the Xbox One and other consoles. While a few big hits will be materializing...

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...

  In a year of anxiety and uncertainty around nearly every corner, it’s almost comforting to see so many staples of the video game realm distracting folks from what’s going on in the real world.  One might...

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...

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...