We’re in the last week of April, which means it’s time for Microsoft to reveal the games that’ll be included in the monthly Games with Gold offering. This month’s games were entirely decent, with Jonathan Blow’s brain-busting puzzle adventure The Witness and Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate headlining. Of course, the real gem is the backwards compatible Dead Space 2. May’s selection of games may be better.

The latest generation of Xbox One player avatars from Microsoft looks cute, whimsical and more detailed than ever in this leaked video.

Games with Gold will test both your agility and brain with Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and the puzzling masterpiece The Witness headlining a great months for the service.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, a spin-off which redefined the storytelling of Kojima’s grand vision for his franchise and then some, is now backwards compatible on Xbox One.

With a week left to go before we enter the final stretch of the first quarter of the year (GREGORIAN MATHS IS FUN), it’s time to look towards the future. Specifically, the future of which free games will be available via the ol’ Xbox Live Games With Gold service.

The Xbox One has added the best Splinter Cell game to its ranks. It’s Splinter Cell Conviction guys, Geoff and his Chaos Theory be damned. Conviction for life, now and forever. Back in 2010, this was the knees of the bees.

On the small chance that you may spent all of your cash on a poor cryptocurrency investment of Brad Pitt-Coins, you’re probably looking at a November that doesn’t allow you to hop into new games. Fear not! For as long as your Xbox subscription is paid up, you can grab the following games for free in the monthly Games With Gold promotion:

Metal Gear Rising is finally avaliable on a current-gen console, thanks to Microsoft's Xbox 360 backwards compatibility program.