Xbox Games With Gold for December Revealed

Worms Battlegrounds is the latest Xbox One game available for free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers throughout December, Microsoft has announced.

Gold subscribers with Xbox 360s, meanwhile, get a free copy of The Raven: Legacy of the Master Thief from December 1-15. Then, during the second half of the month, Raven will be replaced by EA's SSX reboot.

At the time of writing, there are only four days left for users to claim Microsoft's Games With Gold for November: Volgarr the Viking for Xbox One, and Red Faction Guerilla for Xbox 360.

This week's Deals with Gold also includes more games and add-ons than usual, with 40 percent off Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition, 30 percent off Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, and more. You can find a complete list of discounts here.

Worms Battlegrounds, released in June, is the latest edition of Team 17's longstanding Lumbricidae strategy game. According to GameSpot's sister-site Metacritic, the game has garnered mixed responses from critics, with an average score of 70.

Xbox Games With Gold is a program which gives paying subscribers a free game every month, and is similar in approach to Sony's Instant Game Collection for PS Plus subscribers.