One minute you’re fleeing a mob of zombies and the next you’re electrocuting a corpse back to death using a rubber Blanka mask strapped to a car battery. Dead Rising 2, as you may know, is an open-world, zombie survival game that is equal parts biological horror and wacky hijinks. With that primer complete, let’s get back to the games. Like I mentioned, you need an Xbox Live Gold subscription, and given the size of retail Xbox 360 titles, you’ll likely need a fair amount of blank hard drive space. Neat, right? Of course there are caveats. On the first and sixteenth of each month, the company rolls out a new (to the program) game, slashes its price to zero, and allows any Xbox Live Gold subscribers the chance to download and keep the videogame absolutely gratis. These are the next three titles slated to join the Games With Gold promotion, according to Microsoft figurehead Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb.Īs you should know by now, Games With Gold is a relatively simple attempt by Microsoft to win consumer mindshare. Zombies and superheroic cops take top billing in the next round of Microsoft’s Games With Gold promotion, as Crackdown and two Dead Rising titles join the free games list.ĭead Rising 2.
