The Bigger Game – Alien: Isolation
You may be wondering what free games you will be able to nab this coming month of October 2019 through your Xbox Live Gold subscription with Games with Gold.
While the full, official list has yet to be revealed by Microsoft, we have some predictions as to what might be included based on past trends by the company. At the time of writing, one game has been revealed, being We Were Here offered for free through Xbox Live Gold from Sept. 16 to Oct. 15.
Besides that, usually one larger game headlines the list, and for October 2019 we highly suspect Alien: Isolation would be a possible choice for a few different reasons.
First released in October 2014, this survival/horror game follows Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda, 15 years after the events in the original Alien film. You must sneak around the spaceship to plot your escape while hiding to avoid the monstrous Xenomorph.
Microsoft would be smart to choose a horror game during the month of October to market alongside Halloween. In the past we have seen Darksiders II in October 2014, The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season in October 2015, and I Am Alive in October 2016.
Including Alien: Isolation follows this train of thought. When a horror-based game is included on Games with Gold, this melds well with the inevitable sales Microsoft does yearly of Halloween-y games around the last few weeks of October.
Alien: Isolation also often goes on sale on multiple platforms, sometimes at over 50% off priced at $20 or below. Games that often go on sale are usually more often the types of games that end up being offered for free in the long-term.
The Smaller Game – Limbo
After the larger games, usually a smaller indie games makes the list as well. For October 2019, Limbo would be a perfect inclusion alongside Alien: Isolation.
Following the arguments put for more scary games usually being on Games with Gold for the month of October, Limbo is a black and white side-scroller where you control a young boy who solves puzzles while also avoiding many upsetting situations and creepy monsters.
Every screenshot for the game basically screams Halloween.
Limbo has also already been offered of PS Plus back in August 2015, which can hint that it is more likely to come to Games with Gold in the future. When a game is offered on PS Plus, there usually is a greater chance it will come to Games with Gold as well since the developers have already expressed offering their title for free is in their best interests.
We have seen this happen in the past numerous times, like Gone Home coming to PS Plus in June 2016 and then Games with Gold in October 2017, or Metal Gear Solid V coming to PS Plus in October 2017 and then Games with Gold in May 2018.
Make sure to check back in the next few weeks for Microsoft’s reveal of its official Games with Gold line-up for October 2019.
And while you wait, why not check out a comparison of September 2019’s PS Plus and Games with Gold free games lists to see whether Sony or Microsoft did it better?
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