The weekend is here, and if you’re looking for something new to play on Xbox but don’t want to spend any money, you’re in luck. The Free Play Days promotion is back this weekend, with three games offered up for the low, low price of $0, or at least nothing beyond the price of a Game Pass membership.
MLB The Show 26, which is the newest entry in the professional baseball series, is free this weekend. The survival game The Alters is free as well, along with the FPS Stuffed, in which you play as a teddy bear and fight off the nightmares of a young girl. All of these games are free now through July 12, and you need a membership to Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, or Essential.
If you want to buy the games after the free weekend, MLB The Show 26 is marked down to $35, while The Alters is discounted to $17.50. Stuffed, however, is not on sale and sells for its normal $12.50 price.
Beyond these free games, Gears of War: Reloaded was just added to Game Pass Premium tier (joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass) on July 9, while the arcade-style corridor shooter Tamashika came to Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass on that day as well. For more, check out all of the new additions to Game Pass for July so far.
Xbox is facing challenging times of late, as the company recently laid off 1,600 people, divested from five studios, and cancelled games. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the changes were necessary because Xbox is not a healthy business currently. Sharma was recently appointed to a Federal Reserve task force focused on productivity and jobs.
