But they are free if you subscribe to Xbox Live Gold. On Thursday, Microsoft revealed the free Xbox games for August.

February is upon us, and with it another slew of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. It's not a bad lineup, either, with quite a bit of variety from one game to the next.

Xbox console owners who have either an Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription can play two full games for free this weekend as part of, natch, Free Play Days. The games will be ...

Update: Xbox Live Gold is no longer offered in its original state and is now part of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass offering as one of the monthly subscriptions, called Xbox Game Pass Core.