Xbox Games with Gold is celebrating Star Wars Day in May
Two games are heading to subscribers this month, including a Star Wars title.
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What you need to know
Xbox Games with Gold is an aging part of the Xbox ecosystem, giving many Xbox subscribers access to a handful of free games every single month. The quality of these games has come under fire from the Xbox community for years, now, but the program has continued as is.
April is drawing to a close, not in a drizzle but in an explosion of new game releases likeStar Wars Jedi: SurvivorandAge of Wonders 4. With April’s conclusion comes the arrival of May, and a new announcement fromXboxon the titles being offered throughXbox Games with Goldnext month. There are only two games this time, but both seem to be well-received by players, and one is actually thematically appropriate for the month of May.
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May 4 is Star Wars Day, so it’s nice to see Xbox Games with Gold offer a free Star Wars game to celebrate it, even if it’s an aging classic all the way back from 1999. The other game is Hoa, a beautiful, 2D puzzle-platformer that seems to be loved by its players, aside from those encountering a load screen bug. Neither games are high profile additions to the service or count among ourbest Xbox games, but both titles are sure to make plenty of Xbox players happy.
In other news, Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will also be able to enjoy someFree Play Days. From Thursday, April 27 until Sunday, April 30, 2023, subscribers can play games likeCrusader Kings 3, Hell Let Loose, Leap, and Don’t Starve Together. Crusader Kings 3 is a critically-acclaimed grand strategy game that absolutely deserves your attention, but it is also already available throughXbox Game Passand PC Game Pass.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate includes Xbox Live Gold and Games with Gold, but the real draw of this epic gaming subscription is access to hundreds of awesome games across Xbox, Windows PC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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