March’s Games with Gold continues the service’s downward trend

Ever since Microsoft chose to focus on growing its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, the quality of games being offered as part of the console manufacturer’s Games with Gold program has seen quite a decline. March’s free games have now been announced, continuing the downward trend of the service.

Making the announcement on their blog, Dan Hickey, the Marketing Program Manager at Xbox said “start the month with a visit to a 1960s-era set sci-fi mystery in Trüberbrook or strategize WWII battles in Sudden Strike 4- Complete Collection, and then midmonth survive 19th century supernatural horrors in Lamentum.”

As mentioned, March sees a slight boost in the quantity of games offered when compared to February’s two titles, giving subscribers access to:

• Trüberbrook: Available March 1 to 31
• Sudden Strike 4 – Complete Collection: Available March 1 to March 31
• Lamentum: Available March 16 to April 15

Just because these three games are not the most popular doesn't mean that they are not worth trying, but there has been a clear and noticeable decline in the tier of titles on offer as part of Games with Gold.

Previously, Microsoft’s Games with Gold offerings would include 4 titles in total: 2 Xbox One games; an OG Xbox title; and an Xbox 360 game. Unfortunately, Microsoft has dropped support for these older titles, meaning that you should only expect 2 free games a month. Some fans were hoping that this would result in fewer but higher quality titles – though clearly this has not been the case. It is good at least to see the company offer 3 games this month, however the previous points still stand.

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