Microsoft has let loose the details on next month’s Xbox Live Games with Gold. Â It seems that there are finally some games that might interest people.
On the Xbox One front we have the following games being released:
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes ($19.99 ERP) – Available from August 1-31
- This latest chapter in the Metal Gear Solid stealth-action series is set in 1975 during the Cold War era. You take on the role of Big Boss, as you infiltrate a U.S. military black site in Cuba to rescue a couple of high-value allies who are being held captive. You will use gadgetry, stealth, and plenty of quick thumbs (and quicker thinking) to overcome the game’s challenges.
How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition ($19.99 ERP) – Available from August 16-September 15
- Playable solo or with a buddy, How to Survive drops you onto an island with nothing but your wits and some basic tools, and challenges you to survive the elements and some ravenous zombies. Fortunately, stashed around the place are titular guide books that provide information on the game’s in-depth crafting system, action-packed combat, and tongue-in-cheek sensibility. This one is all about pure enjoyment, so don’t spend too much time worrying about weapon optimization or getting your combos just right; get in there and have some fun.
On the Xbox 360, we have the following games:
Metro 2033Â ($19.99 ERP) – Available from August 1-15
Metro: Last Light ($19.99 ERP) – Available from August 16-31
- Both titles, Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, are set in the Moscow subway system in the decades following a nuclear holocaust. Surviving humans huddle in the subway depots and eke out a living tinkering with old technology, raising the few animals and plants that they can, and by scavenging in the unexplored tunnels – and, if they’re really daring, on the partially irradiated surface. Bullets function as currency for buying and selling stuff, and it’s also (obviously) ammunition for the game’s weapons. So players will need to be very careful about how much they spend – both in the hands of greedy merchants, and in the skulls of Metro’s many horribly mutated baddies.