Games with Gold Titles Now Available on Xbox One and Xbox 360

Written by Brandon Hofer on September 01, 2016

News: Microsoft has released two of the four Games with Gold titles on Xbox One and Xbox 360 for the month of September.

Earthlock: Festival of Magic and Forza Horizon are available for free right now on Xbox Live as part of September’s Games with Gold lineup. Earthlock is an Xbox One game while Forza Horizon is an Xbox 360 game that is now backwards compatible on the Xbox One. The description for each game is below:

Earthlock: Festival of Magic

Desert scavenger Amon finds himself in the adventure of his life when he crosses paths with a most peculiar creature back home in Zaber. Join Amon and other remarkable heroes in this turn-based fantasy RPG, on an unforgettable journey across the world of Umbra; a mysterious, beautiful but harsh planet that stopped spinning thousands of cycles ago.

Some of the game’s features include:

Explore the magical world of Umbra

Fast and deep turn-based battles

Harvest magical materials and craft items on your home island

Thorough character customization

A set of unlikely and unique heroes, each with their own unique fighting style

Talent Table: combining a classic ‘skilltree’ and equipment to customize your character’s progression

Forza Horizon

Forza Horizon combines legendary “Forza Motorsport” authenticity with a festival atmosphere and the freedom of the open road. Forza Horizon offers an immersive pick-up-and-play open-road racing experience and features the unrivaled realism, diversity and innovation that are hallmarks of the “Forza Motorsport” franchise.

Some of the game’s features include:

Expansive open road through the epic driving landscape of Colorado

Action based driving gameplay rewarding you for speed, skill and style behind the wheel

Competition meets culture as you soak up the cars, music and parties of the massive Horizon Festival

Unmatched authenticity with a diverse lineup of cars and manufacturers, as well as best in class graphics, handling and physics simulation

What do you think of these two games? Which will you play first? Releasing Forza Horizon for free right now is great marketing on Microsoft’s part with Forza Horizon 3 being released on September 27 on Xbox One. Will you be picking that one up?