Every month, Microsoft offers a handful of Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles to Xbox Live Gold subscribers at no additional cost.
Here are the four games coming to the service in December:
- Insane Robots: Available December 1st to 31st on Xbox One
- Jurassic World Evolution: Available December 16th to January 15th on Xbox One
- Toy Story 3: Available December 1st to 15th on Xbox 360 (also playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility)
- Castlevania: Lord of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD: Available December 16th to 31st on Xbox 360 (also playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility)
Insane Robots
Developer: Playniac (Anomaly X, Cat on Yer Head)
Publisher: Playniac
Genre: Roguelike, turn-based strategy
Mode(s): Single-player
Xbox One release date: July 13th, 2015
Metacritic score: 87
Regular Microsoft Store price: $24.99 CAD
In this game, you fight in one-on-one duels against a robot rebellion as you move through randomly generated survival arenas. You can fight against 46 different robots in five different environments and power up your own droids throughout the challenge.
Jurassic World Evolution
Developer: Frontier Developments (Zoo tycoon, Screamride)
Publisher: Frontier Developments
Genre: Business simulation
Mode(s): Single-player
Xbox One release date: 12 June 2018
Metacritic score: 76
Regular Microsoft Store price: $49.99 CAD
Jurassic World Evolution is based on the 2015 movie Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs with their own feelings, intelligence, and observe how they react to the world around them.
Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3
Developer: Avalanche Software
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Genre: Action, General
Mode(s): Single-player
Xbox 360 release date: 15 June 2010
Metacritic score: 76
Regular Microsoft Store price: $9.99 CAD
Hangout with Buzz, Woody and Jessie in a whole new Toy Story adventure. Meet and play with other characters from Toy Story 3, in different environments and fly through the sky as Buzz Lightyear.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD
Developer: MercurySteam (Metroid: Samus Returns, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2)
Publisher: Konami (Metal Gear, Frogger, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Genre: Action-adventure, hack and slash
Mode(s): Single-player
Xbox 360 release date:
Metacritic score: 73
Regular Microsoft Store price: $14.99 CAD
Fight against the strongest of the vampires, Dracula, as Trevor Belmont a knight in the brotherhood of light. Hack through demons and other vampires before eventually slaying Dracula himself.
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