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Xbox Games with Gold offers Crackdown & Dead Rising 2 in August

Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download Crackdown and Dead Rising 2 in August.
Andrew Yoon
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Like PlayStation Plus, Xbox Live Gold now offers subscribers free games. Last month, members were able to get Defense Grid and Assassin's Creed 2 gratis. What's on tap for this month?

Tomorrow, Gold members will be able to download the original Crackdown ($15 value). Then on August 15th, subscribers will be able to pick up both Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Case Zero ($35 value). Unlike PlayStation Plus, these games can be kept forever, regardless of an ongoing Gold subscription.

Games with Gold will offer new games on the 1st and 15th of every month.

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    July 31, 2013 10:30 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Xbox Games with Gold offers Crackdown & Dead Rising 2 in August.

    Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download Crackdown and Dead Rising 2 in August.

    • [deleted] 1462994488 legacy 10 years
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      July 31, 2013 10:33 AM

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    • Endymion_ legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 10:53 AM

      What happened to Halo 3?

      • Endymion_ legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 31, 2013 10:55 AM

        btw "the end of July" is like... today? Is it New Year's Eve already?

    • [deleted] 1777721205 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 11:05 AM

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      • skinlab133 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 31, 2013 12:41 PM

        I want to say I remember your Crackdown posts.

    • [deleted] 1381805980 legacy 10 years
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      July 31, 2013 11:13 AM

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      • RomSteady legacy 10 years mercury ludicrous
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        July 31, 2013 11:19 AM

        There's still ONE I can't find.

        • king_darius legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          July 31, 2013 2:19 PM

          Amazing. I wonder how many people have only a handful to find still, many years later.

    • rtricoche legacy 10 years
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      July 31, 2013 11:26 AM

      Basura! But free is free. Call em when the games are at least 1 year old.

      • Endymion_ legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 31, 2013 11:45 AM

        Call 'em what? Basura? What other games do you think are garbage due to their age?

    • UselessHack legacy 10 years
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      July 31, 2013 12:22 PM

      Is Dead Rising 2 any good? Dead Rising was okay at the time but I eventually grew to hate it.

    • pyide legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 1:00 PM

      What are the restrictions on this?

      My live subscription ended a few weeks ago. If I got a trail code would I still be able to download these?

    • azshack legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 1:00 PM

      Thank god it wasn't Crackdown 2.

    • IAMBuck420 legacy 10 years
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      July 31, 2013 2:05 PM

      I like this program. I have played a few games I never tried before and for the first time in a long while felt like I actually got my monies worth out of a gold subscription.

    • armybob legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 2:08 PM

      Crackdown was my GOTY in 2007. The game was so damn good co-op. Tsuba and I did the complete 1200 points because it was just so much fun going for them all.

      One of my the most satisfying games of this generation bar none

      • king_darius legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 31, 2013 2:21 PM

        I feel like this is where MS failed. This promotion should have been called "Best of Xbox 360" and it would have perked up some ears.

    • Robotic Puppy Eater legacy 10 years
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      July 31, 2013 2:24 PM

      Did they ever release the free games they promised? Wasn't it Halo 3 and something else?

      • [deleted] 491575983 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 31, 2013 2:32 PM

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      • pyide legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 31, 2013 2:42 PM

        They haven't put up Halo 3 yet, but yeah. There's been a different free game every couple of weeks for gold members. I believe the promo is still through the end of the year only.

        First one was defense Defense Grid, and the current one is AC2 which is still available through today.

    • ColoradoCNC legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 5:37 PM

      Crap, I forgot to grab AC2 this month and won't be home tonight, can I add it to my download queue online and then just dl it tomorrow?

    • snot3353 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 31, 2013 5:43 PM

      Hm I have wanted to play DR2 for a while but I'm tempted to wait and play Off The Record instead of the base game.

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