Xbox Games with Gold
PS Plus vs. Xbox Games With Gold: Which Free Games Win May?
June sees the Assassin’s Creed: Chronicles spin-off headline Microsoft’s Games with Gold offering. The Russian entry to the series continues the 2.5D side-scrolling stealth action that you’ll be familiar with if you’ve played one previously. Don’t expect the epic scale or solid storytelling of mainline Assassin’s Creed games here, but it’s a fun enough distraction to play, especially if you’re invested in the lore of the Assassin’s Creed story. You can access the game from June 1-30.
The other free offering on Xbox One this month is the Smite Gold Bundle, which essentially packs in the extra content you’d normally pay extra for in the free game (Smite is a free-to-play game). This includes 20 more gods than the free base experience and other items such as skins. It’s free on Xbox One June 16-July 15. If you haven’t tried out this MOBA, it’s one of the better DOTA 2/League of Legends alternatives out there, and certainly the best of the bunch available on console.
Sega’s Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a pretty solid arcade racer that’s free over on Xbox 360 this month. You can access the game during the first half of June. After that, the charming adventure game Lego Indiana Jones 2: The New Adventures is available in the latter half of the month. If you’ve not got your 360 still plugged in, though, fear not: both games are available on Xbox One via backward compatibility.
