Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers pickup two free games as part of the Games With Gold (@GamesWithGold) program in January 2023. #GamesWithGold Adventure through light and shadow in Iris Fall from NEXT Studios and set worlds in motion with Autonauts by Denki.

Subscribers get exclusive access to both games for a limited time as part of Games with Gold. So will Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, who receive all the fantastic benefits of Gold plus access to hundreds of high-quality games with Xbox Game Pass.

Iris Fall

Developer: NEXT Studios | Publisher: NEXT Studios

Available January 1 to 31

Iris.Fall is a puzzle adventure game featuring striking visuals and a spellbinding theme of "light and shadow". Solve clever puzzles and uncover an intriguing story full of mystery and wonder. With “light and shadow” as a core concept, Iris.Fall takes players on a monochrome adventure unlike any other.

After awakening from a dream, Iris follows a black cat into a dilapidated theater, traveling back and forth through a strange labyrinth of light and shadow. As the story unfolds, Iris begins to realise that everything in this theater seems to have some kind of hidden connection to herself.

Fusing gameplay with light & shadow. The concept of light and shadow runs throughout the design of the game’s story, art and puzzles. Switch between light and shadow and pass through the two realities as you experience unique interlacing of black and white, as well as both 2D and 3D.

Iris Fall will be free for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ulimate members from January 1st to January 31st.

Autonauts

Developer: Denki | Publisher: Curve Games

Available January 16 to February 15

Travel the universe creating settlements on uninhabited planets with the sole goal of setting worlds in motion through the power of automation.

Fresh from your spaceship you must harvest stick and stone and begin your settlement building efforts. Create rudimentary crafting items from blueprints and slowly build a number of workerbots to aid in your efforts. Teach and shape their artificial intelligence with a visual programming language, then instruct them to begin the formation of your settlement. Marvel as a planet you’ve shaped becomes home to a civilisation of workerbots, happy to do your bidding!

Expand further with the creation of Folk; beings that require your assistance to survive. Push your workerbots further by introducing fishing, cooking, housing, and tailoring and help the Folk into a state of transcendence.

Autonauts will be free for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ulimate members from January 16th to February 15th.

Titles are available as free downloads for qualifying Xbox Live Gold members in all markets where Xbox Live is available. Some regions may offer different titles depending on market availability.

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