A wide variety this month
Microsoft’s heading into E3 with a Games with Gold lineup that’s fairly divisive. All of the games are good in their own right, but only one of them is something that most everyone can enjoy — and most everyone has already played it.
On Xbox One,NHL 19andRivals of Aetherare the freebies. EA Sports’sNHLtitles are generally excellent, but hockey isn’t up everyone’s alley. Similarly,Rivals of Aetheris an elemental-focused fighting game.We gave it a great reviewtwo years ago, but fighting games aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.
Things are slightly more broadly appealing on Xbox 360.Portal: Still Aliveis free for the first half of June. If there’s anyone left who hasn’t yet playedPortal, now’s the time. For the latter half of June, revel in the janky, weird, cheesy mega destruction ofEarth Defense Force 2017. (Also, isn’t it wild that 2017 was a far-off year meant to convey “Anything could happen in the future,” but now it’s two years past?) As always, both Xbox 360 gamess are playable on Xbox One through the magic of backward compatibility.
