The next batch of free games for Xbox Live Gold has been announced. In December 2018, subscribers will receive two Xbox One titles – QUBE 2 and Never Alone – and an Xbox 360 title – Dragon Age 2. Interestingly, an original Xbox title is also available, with Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

While QUBE 2 will be available throughout the month, Never Alone is available from December 16th to January 15th, 2019. Dragon Age 2 can be claimed from December 1st to 15th, while Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is available from December 16th to 31st. As with previous months’ offerings, the Xbox 360 and original Xbox titles will be backwards compatible on Xbox One.

The inclusion of Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is interesting because it means other original Xbox titles could be available for free in the future as well. The real question is: What can we expect? Perhaps classics like Panzer Dragoon Orta or Jade Empire? Time will tell, so we’ll see what the new year has to hold.

Never Alone, a highly stylised adventure puzzled game developed by Upper One Games, who are recognized as being the first Native American video game studio, has launched today in Europe following in the wake of a slight delay . The delay was because of a patch which was still going through certification testing with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

The game launched alongside patch 1.1 that brought various fixes and tweaks to the overall game. The fixes include a tweak to non-player AI ensuring that they will behave more intelligently when the player isn’t controlling them. Difficulty balances to later chapters, general control improvements and tweaks. Save game fixes, a bug that would prevent the game from launching when Steam was in Offline mode was fixed, new key bindings for AZERTY and DVORAK keyboards.

There’s more content expected to come from Upper One Games in the coming weeks and months, though there’s no details surrounding what to expect.

Game Overview:

In Never Alone players take up the role of Nuna and her fox. The game is desscribed as atmospheric puzzle platformer which requires the player to control both the character in order to progress through the game. The game also includes stories of the Little People, the Rolling Heads, Sky People and Manslayer.

Never Alone is now available for the PlayStation 4,  Xbox One and PC. The game is developed by Upper One Games and published by E-Line Media.

Check out the video walkthrough of Never Alone below and let us know if you have any questions in the comments section below.

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