Xbox ‘Games With Gold’ July 2016: Microsoft Announces 4 Exciting New Games

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Games with Gold July 2016 lineup which includes four new titles namely "The Banner Saga 2" and "Tumblestone" for Xbox One and "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2" and "Tron: Evolution" for Xbox 360.

On Xbox One, "The Banner Saga 2" which usually retails for $19.99, will arrive on July 1 and run as a free Xbox One game until the end of the month. The sequel to the 2014 role-playing game from Stoic was released only last April on Mac and Windows PC.

The second game making it to the Xbox Games with Gold July 2016 list is "Tumblestone." The action puzzle game, which originally sells for $19.99, will be free to download on Xbox One between July 16 and August 15. The block-matching game requires players to match up three like colored blocks. It has story mode, arcade modes and multiplayer game modes.

July #GamesWithGold starts off with The Banner Saga 2 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 https://t.co/t5WkrBiYip pic.twitter.com/mt4E9WUhDL

— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) June 28, 2016

Xbox 360 players will be able to play the first-person shooter game "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2" for free starting on July 1, Friday. Originally sold at $19.99, the seventh installment to the "Rainbow Six" franchise will be free until July 15. The game was released on Xbox 360 in 2008.

"Tron: Evolution," which is originally priced at $14.99, will also be available free for Xbox 360 players starting from July 16 until July 31. The action game from 2010, "Tron: Evolution" is set between the two Tron movies which came out in the last 10 years. It is to be noted that both the Xbox 360 free titles for July can be played in the current console via the Backward Compatibility program.

Among the four gaming titles which were rolled out in June, online racing game "The Crew" is still available for free until July 15 for Xbox One, while "Goat Simulator" and "XCOM: Enemy Unknown" are available only until June 30.