January's Xbox Live Games with Gold Revealed - Zheros, Killer Instinct, More

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Richard Walker

Microsoft has lifted the lid on January's Xbox Live Games with Gold selections, with Killer Instinct: Ultra Edition and ID@Xbox pick Zheros leading the charge on Xbox One.

Meanwhile, on Xbox 360 there are a couple of really strong picks, with DiRT Showdown kicking the month off with some OTT racing madness, before Deus Ex: Human Revolution takes over on 16th January, giving you the perfect opportunity to get caught up before Mankind Divided launches in 2016.

Check out your upcoming Games with Gold, and a trailer for Zheros below.

Games with Gold: January

Xbox One

Xbox 360

Remember, all Games with Gold Xbox 360 titles are also now backwards compatible with Xbox One. Hooray!

[Via Major Nelson]

Comments
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  • Dues Ex...that's awesome. It's about time we got a decent game again! I'm looking forward to playing this.
  • Been trying in vain to get my Human Revolution disc back from a friend, delighted to see it go GWG. Good selection, I'm happy :D
  • Hey! An ID@Xbox GwG that isnt an arena brawler of some sorts. That and Deus Ex make me a happy gamer!
  • Pretty good line up. Though in the trailer for that game Zheros, anyone else getting a Captain Quark vibe from the "Mike" character?
  • Killer Instinct: Season 1 Ultra Edition is only part of the full game. Pfft!!
  • Even free killer instinct is a rip-off
  • After looking at ZHEROS gameplay footage i can say just one thing: Mike has the biggest butt-like chin i've ever seen.
  • @4 That's the exact vibe I got from that Mike character. I didn't want to say anything like I'm hating on the game though. It looks great. @5 At least some folks are getting part of it then. It would be totally unfair if they got the part 2 Ultra as well, when the rest of us paid for it up to now.
  • Cool good picks, but I'm sure the majority will be whiners. Zhero is a nice new game to go free day 1, was hoping rocket league would too.
  • @2 I'd still try to get the disc back! If your friend has a gold account, tell him to return your game and download his own copy (and think twice about lending him games he doesn't return in a timely manner). I'd still get the download version, as it's super-handy to just load it from your games menu, instead of having to fetch the disc! This looks like a pretty good selection of games. "Killer Instinct: Season 1 Ultra Edition" is actually an add-on. You'll need to download "Killer Instinct" if you don't already have it. Fortunately, it's a free game!
  • I'm all for Killer Instinct, Zheros looks like its not for me and I already have Showdown & Human Revolution but not digital copies.
  • Killer Instinct ultra also come with Killer Instinct classic.
  • @8 welcome to GWG...
  • Already have Dirt 3 still to play, and Deus Ex I got last week. The Xbox One offerings don't particularly interest me. But there are 4 completely different games for January, so something for everyone. I'll just work through my 60 game backlog then. Which is no baad thing.
  • Im glad its the version of Killer Instinct that comes with KI:Classic
  • @14 yeah my backlog is getting abit ridiculous now aswell. Which is absoulty great as far as im concerned
  • @12 cheers, I was wondering if that was the case or not. Another good month from the looks of it :)
  • Decent line up to start the year, I have KI ultra 1 and 2 so I can convince my friends to get it and destroy them, and as for the other 3 games Zheros looks nice, and Dirt Showdown is also a good game. Deus Ex:HR was something OK always wanted to play but kept forgetting to buy it, glad it's free now....but I figured that would happen eventually.
  • Cool, I've been meaning to play that FREE TO PLAY GAME that came out when the Xbox One was released... think I still have it installed.
  • @9 I think everyone is hoping Rocket League will!
  • I'll take the opportunity to ask if it's possible to upgrade the vanilla version of HR to The director's cut (without The missing link and the other DLC pack obviously) via that smartglass DLC that it's on the website, I remember reading on the forums that the original owners we're pretty much screwed so right now I'm confused. This i the one I'm talking about http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution-Directors-Cut/3738d4af-4b61-4cde-9d5c-1bc5de2b6ff1
  • Kinda gutted when I saw those xbox one games with gold but Zheros actually looks really fun :). Is there a way to download the xbox 360 games without a 360??
  • I really appreciate the Backwards Compatibility even more now that the 360 games are available on the One. I'm just going to need to get another 4TB external hard drive to store them all on!!
  • @22... go through the xbox.com website and you can download the x360 games without the need of physical 360.
  • KILLER INSTINCT IS FINALLY FREE YES! and right after the characters went on sale, whoops
  • I already got a director cut disc of deus ex which I haven't played. Can I install the directors cut and then play it without a disc once I downloaded the game? Can I play the directors cut on xbox one? I prefer to play my games on X1 now if possible as my old 360 is loud and tends to freeze
  • shame own both 360 titles. good for x1 though so no worries.
  • Sweet, Killer Instinct and Deus Ex are awesome GwG's. Finally, some solid titles.
  • killer that's wicked I got theull bundle on sale while. didn't like dirt showdown
  • always wanted to play that deus ex game, heard it was awesome just never picked it up. cant wait
  • Finally games that are not puzzle or brawlers! And there was much rejoicing.
  • Oh man, I literally bought Killer Instinct this morning! =(
  • Just had a blast playing DIRT 3, so i'm glad to be getting another installment of the DIRT games. Deus Ex is a game i've been waiting ages to play, so its a good month.
  • oh awesome! i've been waiting for them to get around to making a Disney-PIXAR's The Incredibles game adaptation! F-I-N-A-L-L-Y
  • Dammit, bought Deus Ex 2 days ago lol. Oh well, only cost £2.
  • @21 The listing you mentioned is for a Smartglass feature that's only available for Director's Cut owners.
  • Not that I care... but who the hell down-voted my comment(#10)? I didn't say these were the greatest free games ever, and I didn't blast them as being the worst, either. "Deus Ex: Human Revolution" IS a pretty good game, though!! Maybe it was the guy who hasn't returned the game he borrowed from "Grey Delta" (#2)!
  • Zheros looks really good. Now if only they will put out Dirt 2, the best of that series. And smack around Rockstar to bring RDR over to BC.
  • Zheros looks.. interesting. It gives off a Streets of Rage / Double Dragon vibe to me. Might check it out.
  • Its worth mentioning that the free killer instinct will actually give you 3 free games, Killer Intinct Season 1, KI Classic and Killer Instinct for Windows 10 when that comes out.
  • Im going to have an exellent start for my Xbox One upgrade this x-mas im going to miss you xbox 360, but sooner or later has to be Thanx Microsoft!!
  • I wonder what Germany will get instead of KI S1 Ultra. I hope it's not just the Combo Pack for Season 1. The Ultra Edition was never released here because of the brutal and super violent KI Classic :)
  • Zeros looks like a Twisted Pixel game... I hope it's as fun as one!
  • Might finally go for all achievements on deus ex now
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