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More free games are on the way, courtesy of Games with Gold on Xbox 360. Xbox Live Gold members worldwide can continue building their collection of digital games on Xbox 360 with three new titles, available for free download for a limited time starting yesterday. These titles are available as free downloads for a limited time for qualifying paid Xbox Live Gold members in all markets where Xbox Live is available. The equivalent prices for “Crackdown” and “Dead Rising 2: Case Zero” are applicable to the U.S. market only. The titles are free for Xbox Gold Live members. Some regions may offer different titles depending on market availability – more information is available on Major Nelson’s blog. The August line-up of titles includes:

•  Crackdown (regularly $14.99 ERP)  – Available between August 1 and 15, 2013
  • Original Release Date: 7/6/2010
  • Developer: Realtime Worlds
  • Publisher: Microsoft
  • Genre: Action & Adventure, Fighting, Racing & Flying, Shooter
  • Online multiplayer 2
  • Game Rating: M (Mature)

Hand-picked from Microsoft’s catalogue of Games on Demand and Xbox Live Arcade favourites, Crackdown pushes the action genre with three-dimensional persistent playground, highly innovative co-op gameplay and an extensive prop interaction system. For zombie fight fans, this is your chance ahead of the launch of Dead Rising 3 to take this opportunity for a look back at the predecessors that took the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun.

• Dead Rising 2 (regularly $29.99 ERP) – Available between August 16 and 31, 2013
  • Original Release Date: 9/28/2010
  • Developer: Blue Castle Games Inc. (now CAPCOM Vancouver)
  • Publisher: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
  • Genre: Action & Adventure
  • Game Rating: M (Mature)

• Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (regularly 400 Microsoft Points) –  Available between August 16 and 31, 2013
  • Original release date: 8/12/2010
  • Developer: Blue Castle Games Inc. (now CAPCOM Vancouver)
  • Publisher: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
  • Genre: Action & Adventure
  • Game Rating: M (Mature)

Like the other Games with Gold titles, they’re yours to keep. Download the games directly on your Xbox 360 console or from the Xbox Games Store, which will automatically download to your Xbox 360 console the next time you log on. Stay tuned as Microsoft continues to release two free games each month. More details on the Games with Gold program are available here.

In related Xbox Live news, Glenn Kaleta, Director, Xbox Live Policy & Enforcement has announced a new beta program called Enforcement United. The new program lets Xbox Live members get directly involved in helping to make Xbox Live a better gaming community for everyone.

Enforcement United will tap into the smart, engaged Xbox Live community by crowdsourcing opinions on whether or not particular content, initially Gamertags, violates the Xbox Live Code of Conduct. These opinions feed into an algorithm developed by the Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement Team, and Enforcement United can determine whether to apply an enforcement action – like requiring a member to change an offensive Gamertag.  The beta program is live now and open to current Xbox Live Ambassadors who meet certain qualifying criteria with the intent to open it up to the broader community following the conclusion of the beta.