O Tsamba_Gamer is with you this Friday to inform you about all the free games that you can find in the next period.
> Microsoft’s Free Play Days complete the week with four games. You can download Naruto to Boruto Shinobi Striker, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and Need for Speed Unbound for free. They will be available until Monday 28 August 2023 at 09:59.
An active Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription is a prerequisite. Should you decide to get one, you’ll be able to keep your Gamerscore and any achievements you’ve earned during the Free Play Days.
> This week the Epic Games Store offers Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. You have until Thursday 31 August 2023 at 17:59 to add it to your collection.
To make it yours, all you have to do is have or create an account on the Epic Games Store and register it from its page on the platform. Cave Story+ will follow next week.
> Steam users have three days to try For The King and State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
We remind you that:
> Microsoft has announced the next additions to Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass. More specifically:
Everspace 2 (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S) – Available
Firewatch (Cloud, Console, PC) – Available
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Cloud, Console, PC) – Available
Sea of Stars (Cloud, Console, PC) – August 29
Gris (Cloud, Console, PC) – September 5th
Play Starfield five days before its launch
Game Pass members can take advantage of a 10% discount on the Starfield Premium Edition Upgrade and start the game five days early. Those who upgrade from the Standard Edition to the Starfield Premium Edition will receive the Shattered Space Story Expansion, the Constellation Skin Pack, and access to the Starfield Digital Artbook and Original Soundtrack as a gift.
DLC/ Game Updates
Madden NFL 24 Early Access Trial – Available
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks
Overwatch 2 New Heroes Starter Pack – Available
Madden NFL 24 MUT Welcome Pack – Available
Fallout 76 Lunchtime Bundle – Available
On August 31st, the following will become a thing of the past from the service:
Black Desert (Cloud, Console)
Commandos 3 – HD Remaster (Cloud, Console, PC)
Immortality (Cloud, Console, PC)
Nuclear Throne (Cloud, Console, PC)
Surgeon Simulator 2 (Cloud, Console, PC)
Tinykin (Cloud, Console, PC)
> Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the additions for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers for August 2023. More specifically:
GAME CATALOG
Cursed to Golf (PS5, PS4)
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (PS5, PS4)
Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed (PS5, PS4)
Dreams (PS4)
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures (PS5, PS4)
Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition (PS5, PS4)
Lost Judgment (PS5, PS4)
Midnight Fight Express (PS4)
Moving Out 2 (PS5, PS4)
PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night (PS5, PS4)
Sea of Stars (PS5, PS4)
Source of Madness (PS5, PS4)
Spellforce III Reforced (PS4)
Two Point Hospital: Jumbo Edition (PS4)
CLASSICS CATALOG
PlayStation Portable
Ape Escape: On the Loose (PS5, PS4)
MediEvil: Resurrection (PS5, PS4)
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PS5, PS4)
All of the above became available on August 15th, except for Sea of Stars which will arrive on the 29th of the month and Lawn Mowing Simulator: Landmark Edition due on the 28th.
> Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the games that will be offered free of charge to all PlayStation Plus subscribers in August. These will be available until September 4, 2023.
The relevant list includes:
– Death’s Door (PS5, PS4)
– Dreams (PS4)
– PGA Tour 2K23 (PS4, PS5)
> Microsoft has announced Games With Gold for August 2023, which will be the last before the service is replaced by Xbox Game Pass Core.
Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox One owners will be able to own the 3D platformer Blue Fire and the retro racing game Intertial Drift from August 1st to August 31st, 2023.