Free dragons? Free Dragon Age! That and more in the latest Xbox Games With Gold

By Will Fulton October 15, 2014

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Major Nelson has shared the latest batch of deep discounts available to Xbox Gold subscribers,including the first two Dragon Age games, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Rayman Legends, which are available from now through October 20.

Xbox One users are being treated to survival horror Outlast, the classic, turn-based arena fighter Worms Battlegrounds, and the excellent Rayman Legends for discounts ranging from 25-40-percent off. Xbox 360 is getting a decidedly more fantastical selection with Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age II, and the underrated Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (and all of their associated DLC) available for 50-75-percent off from their usual list prices.

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Xbox Live Gold and Silver subscribers on both consoles have also been offered a 33-percent discount on the Battlefield 4 Support Shortcut Kit, which sidesteps the in-game progression by unlocking all of the base game’s upgrades and specializations (though not additions from expansion packs).

Check out the Xbox Live Store between now and October 20 if any of those games have been lurking on your to-play list.

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