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Xbox introduced which video games are coming to Xbox Live Gold subscribers in July. This coming month, we’re getting two very totally different choices: A darkish, grim horror recreation and a stupendous point-and-click title. As at all times, the primary recreation is out there beginning on the primary of the month, whereas the second recreation is out there across the sixteenth.

Darkwood is a top-down survival horror recreation made by Acid Wizard Studio. The premise is that the participant character explores the world and scavenges for supplies through the day — the world is procedurally generated, so the objects shall be totally different every day. At night time, they need to barricade themselves inside one thing or encompass themselves with traps to protect towards the creatures that assault when the solar goes down. They’ll even have the prospect to have an effect on the story and characters they encounter with the selections they make.

When the Past was Around is a point-and-click adventure recreation from developer Mojiken. The puzzle-filled recreation is hand-animated and tells the story of Eda and her doomed relationship with The Owl. In distinction to Darkwood, it’s a really calming and cozy recreation with lovely music and fascinating puzzles. As typical for mid-month releases, it’ll be obtainable for Gold subscribers from the center of July by the center of August.

As at all times Xbox Live Gold is out there by itself or bundled with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. According to current report, Microsoft allegedly plans to up the worth for a Game Pass subscription in July. This would imply the associated fee would go from $14.99 to $16.99.

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