Microsoft has announced that the Games with Gold for August 2021 include Darksiders 3, Yooka-Laylee, Lost Planet 3, and Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
As detailed on Xbox Wire, all Xbox Live Gold members and those with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will gain access to these games when they become available, beginning with Darksiders 3 and Lost Planet 3.
Darksiders 3 will be part of Games with Gold from August 1-31 and lets players become Fury, one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, as she hunts down the Seven Deadly Sins.
In our Darksiders 3 review, we said that “it is a straightforward action game that isn’t afraid to throw some serious old-school challenges at you.”
Lost Planet 3 will be available from August 1-15 and, although it is the third entry in the Lost Planet series, it is actually a prequel that follows Jim Peyton as he reveals the hidden truths within the environments of E.D.N. III.
In our Lost Planet 3 review, we said that “it tells a good story and mixes up combat with a giant mech, but [it] is just too inconsistent.”
Yooka-Laylee, which was developed by former core members of Rare as a “worthy spiritual successor” to games the team built like Banjo-Kazooie, will be available from August 16 to September 15. As the buddy duo Yooka & Laylee, players will embark on an epic quest to stop the corporate villain known as Capital B and his scheme to absorb all the world’s literature.
In our Yooka-Layee review, we said that it “is a good reminder that this genre, once thought to be dead, still has some life left in it.”
Lastly, Garou: Mark of the Wolves will be available from August 16-31 and is the last entry of the classic Fatal fury series. Players can select over a dozen fighters to participate in the King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem tournament.
In our Garou: Mark of the Wolves review, we said that although “it may have an unfortunate name, Fatal Fury: Garou – Mark of the Wolves is a fantastic old-school fighter.”
While you wait for these games to arrive, don’t forget that Planet Alpha, Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break, and Midway Arcade Origins are still available from July 2021’s Games with Gold.
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