Xbox Games with Gold May 2022 — what you can play for free

Xbox Games with Gold May 2021 — what yous can play for free

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Summer'southward right effectually the corner, and that means new games for Xbox Live Gold members thanks to Games with Gold. Microsoft just announced its upcoming slate of May Xbox Games with Gold, which you tin download for gratis and add to your drove as an Xbox Live Gold subscriber. This month's selection is a bit bereft of some of the heavy-hitters we've seen in the past, but there are some intriguing options hither nevertheless.

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox 1, and Xbox 360 users tin can choose from 4 different games this month, though the well is a bit dry at this point. Most of the newer games you may want to go your hands on will be hitting Xbox Game Pass, so that might be where y'all hit upward to attempt additional games instead, unless y'all want to add together gratis games to your collection, and you certainly should.

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From May 1 through May 31, you tin can download Armello, a board game based on the world of fairy tales. Information technology combines RPG, tabletop, and strategy elements that offering 3 different styles of play. Players must combine their heroics to go the next king or queen of Armello as they swashbuckle their way to victory. The game is bachelor on Xbox Series Ten|S and Xbox One.

From May 16 through June xv, users on Xbox Series 10|S and Xbox One can choice upward Dungeons 3. Information technology'south a real-time strategy game that finds players building their ain dungeons likewise as moving creatures about the map, casting spells, and discovering loot and treasure.

That'due south nigh it for Xbox Series Ten|South and Xbox One titles. But Xbox 360 games are yet available in the form of LEGO Batman from May 1 through May 15. It's the first LEGO Batman in the at present long-running series, so yous'll take a risk to see how things grew up from there.

Finally, Tropico 4 will be bachelor from May sixteen through May 31. It's a strategy sim where players choose from a set of dictators (El Presidente) or create their own. From at that place, they tin run their own island as they see fit.

When these games accept cycled through, information technology'll be fourth dimension once more for a new set of titles. For now, exist sure to grab all of these before they're gone past mid-June.

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Brittany Vincent has been roofing video games and tech for over 13 years for publications including Tom'southward Guide, MTV, Rolling Stone, CNN, Popular Science, Playboy, IGN, GamesRadar, Polygon, Kotaku, Maxim, and more than. She'southward also appeared equally a panelist at video game conventions like PAX East and PAX West and has coordinated social media for companies similar CNET. When she's not writing or gaming, she's looking for the next great visual novel in the vein of Saya no Uta. You can follow her on Twitter @MolotovCupcake.