Microsoft has officially announced all four Xbox Games With Gold titles for October 2021! These games are available to download for free for Xbox Live Gold members (including subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate).
Here's the complete list of titles you can look forward to in October:
Xbox Series X / Xbox One
Aaero (October 1 - 31)
Speed through stunning, stylised environments tracing ribbons of light, releasing the energy in the music. Battle strange enemies and fight epic boss battles all driven by an incredible licensed soundtrack.
Hover (October 16 - November 15):
Experience the thrills of a fast-paced single and multiplayer Parkour game. Join the Rebellion and deride the security forces of an anti-leisure tyranny. Rise up to the many challenges of a futuristic Open World. Assemble your team, enhance your gear and perform incredible tricks and combos.
Xbox 360 / Original Xbox
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (October 1 - 15):
Step into the shadows of the hell house: Castlevania is back in all its pixel-powered 2D glory, this time in full 1080p! Call upon the series' most hallowed heroes and vanquish your nemesis, Dracula! All-new multiplayer modes like 6-player Co-op and Survival have been whipped up for you, too... but enough talk. Have at it!
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (October 16 - 31):
It has been 3 months since the destruction of Raccoon City. Claire Redfield travels to Europe in search of her brother. Claire infiltrates the Paris laboratory of Umbrella Corporation, but is captured after a heated gun fight. The captured Claire is then sent to Rockfort Island, but shortly after her arrival the island is attacked! Amidst the chaos, a horde of zombies are released! Can Claire escape the horrors of the island?
Which Xbox Games With Gold are you most looking forward to in October 2021? Let us know below.
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I bought Harmony of Dispair on launch and never had anyone to play multiplayer with. Gonna get my friends on that shiz finally!
Code Veronica... A month after I bought it. Balls!
This.... this is not a bad month!!!
Don't skip Aaero if you like music games. It's quite Rez-like.
@Originut It's a good time, especially for free! I paid for it back at launch and have no regrets.
Oooooh, Resident evil YES! I'm gonna buy Silent Hill HD collection tomorrow. It's on sale and October is approaching 🕰🕰🕰
Now THAT, is a great selection of games 😁
Meh/indifferent should be an option. I, neither love nor hate the selections.
Not a bad month, Not great either..
For GWG... that's not bad. I'll take it. On a mini-roll with not awful games. Long may it reign.
360 games are good, but I've never even heard of the Xbox One games
I started Veronica this week. But I’ve recently played the newer Remakes and it was hard work to get into it. I’d love it to get a remake treatment. I’d even finished Zero right before I started Veronica and Veronica felt much harder to play. A great game but the series showed what they can do with the remakes and now I hope they go and redo Veronica.
Wow, a good GWG month? That was unexpected...
@Originut I'll see how it runs. Hopefully I won't regret buying it, even if it is just under a tenner. I'll let you know 😊
Oh bleeding heck, I already own the BC games! 😭. I feel like there will come a point with Gold where every 360/OG game will actually have been made available as part of the sub
Funny how people's opinions vary so much...this is a crap month for me but others seem happy ..while on ps plus I'm pleasantly suprised to be getting hell let loose but the majority are saying crap month lol
I almost bought Castlevania a couple weeks ago. Glad I held off.
Xbox will never listen to us when we say they need to disband the games with gold program . none of the monthly games with gold titles they give us are of any true quality.
my true honest opinion : Xbox needs to just rolls all 4 of these games into game pass. and continue to do this every single month. making the GWG titles free to play through our game pass ultimate subscription's
It's a damn shame Castlevania: Harmony of Despair only supports online (instead of local) co-op, but I'm still excited to play this one.
That's a great month for me.. All 4 games are well worth downloading. Hover looks very like Jet Set Radio, not a bad thing, and Aaero interests me from the trailer..
Both Castlevania and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X are solid staple games...
Impressive month!!
@FriendlyOctopus yeaa can't recommend on xbox it is phenomenal on Playstation thou so I might see if the sale is on there first.
If not 7 bucks is still a steal if you can only play on zbox
Interesting month of Gold. Resident Evil Code Veronica has the most fascinating story in the series but it's a port of a Dreamcast 3D game. I hope it's remade. It should be remade.
@Originut We seem to have more than one thing in common 😁. I've never bought the HD Collection because of that. I liked Shattered Memories (a remake/reboot of 1) so I hope that the other games are remastered and re-released properly but I've only played Shattered Memories thus far.
@Originut Ha ha. My first horror game was Resident Evil Remake which I love. I'm very excited about Project Zero/Fatal Frame's comeback in October. It's weird that Konami are not doing anything with Silent Hill. They are re-releasing the Castlevania games but not the Silent Hill games. And why did they give the franchise to Western developers in the noughties? Japanese horror is more psychological and I like that. Project Zero/Fatal Frame is brilliant.
That's a solid month. No interest in Castlevania but I always fancied Hover just never got around to buying it, so no excuse now. Code Veronica is a classic and Aaero is surprisingly good, I have it on PS4 but I'll gladly play it again. Happy days!
@Originut I agree 😁. Project Zero is fantastic, I'm a huge fan. Maiden of Black Water isn't the most terrifying in the series but it's great. I hope that it sells well and that the others are re-released.
I voted that I thought they were terrible before I saw the recommendation for Aaero. Now I'd consider saying the month is ok, but too late.
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair is the only one of the 4 i can see myself playing seriously. The 1st 2 look okay i guess
Very good month!
What with these Great titles plus The Avengers announced for Game Pass I am very happy.
These are pretty solid entries. Aaero looks okay, Hover is something I wanted on Switch since it reminds me of Jet Set Radio Future for the OG Xbox. Meanwhile just bought a ton of Castlevania games for the Tokyo Game Show sale so happy to get Castlevania Harmony of Despair for free & lastly Resident Evil is perfect for Halloween and good timing since I just beat RE2 remastered earlier this summer hehe. Overall not too shabby!
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