Another week, and another round of Deals with Gold on Xbox consoles. This week’s deals are headlined by a couple of last year’s cult favorite games.
Car combat fueled Mad Max is on sale for 40% off, while episodic, time-travel, teen coming-of-age story Life is Strange is discounted for 50% off. Though neither pulled in the highest of review scores, both games found a devoted audience who enjoyed their eccentricities.
Our review for Mad Max found it to be “a fun, if straightforward, open-world game that not only manages to offer an interesting world to explore, but fun and exciting things to do in it.” One of our editors was even so addicted to the game’s wastelandish open-world it made him have to sit down and consider why.
Meanwhile, our review of Life is Strange found flaws with the angst-riddled teen drama of the story, but applauded the game’s uniqueness and sense of style. The time-travel mechanic, allowing you too take back decisions, helped the game stand out from other narrative adventure titles. “Overall, the [time-travel] ability, when used to essentially trick people with your miraculously keen knowledge about them and their belongings, brought out a unique mix of guilt and satisfaction I don’t think I’ve ever felt with another game.”
As always, Deals with Gold require a Xbox Live Gold membership.
Here’s the full list of this week’s Deals with Gold:
Xbox One
- Killer Instinct Jago – 80%
- Life is Strange – 50%
- Life is Strange Complete Season (Episodes 1-5) – 50%
- Life is Strange Season Pass (Episodes 2-5) – 50%
- Line of Defense Tactics – 33%
- Mad Max – 40%
- Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart – 33%
- Thief – 75%
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 – 50%
- Van Helsing: Arcane Mechanic – 33%
- Van Helsing: Thaumaturge – 33%
- White Night – 67%
Xbox 360
- A. Noire – 75%
- Life is Strange Season Pass (Episodes 2-5) – 50%
- Max Payne 3 – 75%
- Prototype Biohazard Bundle – 60%
- Thief – 75%
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 – 33%
- Transformers: The Cybertron Experience – 60%
Any of the game’s catching your eye? Let us know in the comments.