Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Plants vs. Zombies are now available for free to Xbox Live Gold members. Plants vs. Zombies is available to Xbox 360 owners and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the new free title for Xbox One owners. Considering that the Xbox One is now backwards compatible, be sure to get Plants vs. Zombies from the Xbox 360 Marketplace through your browser. EA is expected to make a huge announcement tomorrow along with Phil Spencer so they might make all of their old games backwards compatible. More information about both of these titles is provided below.
Xbox One: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is an action-adventure open world stealth game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series. The story is set in the early 18th century in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. The title follows notorious pirate Edward Kenway, grandfather of Assassin’s Creed III protagonist Ratonhnhaké:ton and father of Haytham Kenway, who stumbles upon the conflict waged by the Assassins and Templars. It is mostly just about being a pirate, destroying government vessels and finding treasure.
Xbox 360: Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense game developed and originally published by PopCap Games. The game involves a homeowner using a variety of different plants to prevent an army of zombies from entering his house and eating his brains. Players place different types of plants and fungi, each with their own unique offensive or defensive capabilities, to kill all the zombies.
Asher Madan is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 182 articles to ICXM in 2015, focused on Windows and PC, and Xbox news: joined Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017 covering Xbox news, hardware, and reviews.