Games with Gold for October 2020: Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut, Maid of Sker, Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy(OG XBOX, BC) and Costume Quest(360, BC)

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https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/29/new-games-with-gold-for-october-2020/

Get ready for a Spooktacular October Games with Gold lineup! On Xbox One, play as an adorable villain in the throwback horror puzzle game Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut, and keep your wits about you in the creepy stealth title Maid of Sker. On the Xbox 360, and Xbox One via Backward Compatibility, warp through ancient Egypt in Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy and get your trick-or-treating fix in Costume Quest.

Xbox Live Gold members will have exclusive access to these games for a limited time as part of Games with Gold. With Xbox Live Gold, you get the most advanced multiplayer service, free games, and exclusive member discounts on games in the Microsoft Store — get Xbox Live Gold today to get in on the action or join Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which includes all these fantastic benefits plus access to over 100 high-quality games with Xbox Game Pass.

• Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut ($16.99 ERP): Available October 1 to 31 on Xbox One
• Maid of Sker ($24.99 ERP): Available October 16 to November 15 on Xbox One
• Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy ($14.99 ERP): Available October 1 to 15 on Xbox One & Xbox 360
• Costume Quest ($14.99 ERP): Available October 16 to 31 on Xbox One & Xbox 360

Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut
Paying homage to classic '80s trash horror, play as Skullface, an adorably demented villain, out to terrorize camp counselors and any other blocky victims he finds. New dimensions of absurd terror and over 300 fiendish puzzles await in this isometric puzzle game.

Maid of Sker
Do not panic, don't even breathe! Set in a remote hotel with a macabre and gory history, use stealth tactics to stay alive against a cult of sound-based enemies. Inspired by chilling tales in Welsh folklore, do your best to survive and brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones.

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Inspired by the mythology of ancient Egypt, play as Sphinx, and his reluctant hero friend, the Mummy, as they travel the world to foil the evil plans of Set. Use stealth, agility, and special powers to find the stolen magical crowns of Egypt and save the world.

Costume Quest
Collect super-powered magical costumes and level up your hero in the monster-filled neighborhoods of Auburn Pines. Complete numerous quests, build up your party, and take down evil in the Halloween tale that will capture the imagination of kids and the kids-at-heart.

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[drock5k]

At least we have Gamepass...

 

[Darkmaigle]

gross

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Costume Quest is amazing, I play it every Halloween. :)

 

[Lord Fanny]

Isn't that Maid game like super recent? Kind of odd. And man, Spinx and the Cursed Mummy lol. I remember that game from back in the day vaguely

 

[G_Shumi]

I legit forgot that Sphinx and The Cursed Mummy was backwards compatible on Xbox One. I bought it on Switch a while back too but didn't get far. It's...fine.

 

[PunishedPrince]

Games with Gold is pretty much dead to me at this point.

 

[RoKKeR]

But why.

 

[Clive]

On a positive note, it's nice and surprising that they made it a bit horror/Halloween themed.

 

[ghostcrew]

Maid of Sker only came out like a month ago. Hope no GwG folk bought it already!

 

[Jimbobsmells]

Yikes

 

[Rygar1126]

At least it's four games I don't own already. So I got that going for me.

 

[Pryme]

I genuinely chuckled at this.

With Gamepass, I don't even care about this anymore. But wow.

 

[Cake Boss]

lmao what is this garbage offering?

 

[Judge]

I mean it's been bad lately, but this is like a whole new level of bad (and I feel like I said that last month and the month before that too!)

 

[bastardly]

those certainly are games

 

[Theorry]

 

[litebrite]

Glad I didn't buy Maid of Sker last month.

 

[Hyaku Shiki]

😐

 

[Salty Rice]

Microsoft bought Bugthesda for 7 billion and yet cant spend some bucks on Games With Gold smh

 

[GovernWort]

Costume Quest is meant to be good isnt it?

 

[Tomacco]

I mean it's been bad lately, but this is like a whole new level of bad (and I feel like I said that last month and the month before that too!)

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It's almost like they are on a projection of people not caring if they drop it

 

[PunishedPrince]

.

 

[Patitoloco]

I wanted to play Maid of Sker on PC, I might just play it on the One X. How's performance, anyone knows?

 

[litebrite]

Costume Quest is meant to be good isnt it?

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Yes, it's a fun little RPG.

 

[FelipeMGM]

yay for Costume Quest, I only own the sequel

 

[Rodrigues solitaire]

I mean it's been bad lately, but this is like a whole new level of bad (and I feel like I said that last month and the month before that too!)

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All according to keikaku

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Just melt Gold into game pass already. This is getting sad now.

 

[speedomodel]

That's not 3000 in GS, just sayin...

A fine list, I own Costume Quest and will add the others to my library. I guess I'll play Sphinx.

 

[TheKeyPit]

Dear Xbox, cancel Gold and concentrate entirely on Game Pass...

 

[Ambient]

Do they always promote potential Gamescore when revealing Gold games?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Just melt Gold into game pass already. This is getting sad now.

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In all honesty, with the way things are going with GamePass, owning games on Xbox is going to be a thing of the past.

 

[Falchion]

Nothing really here for me.

 

[DrScruffleton]

Sphinx is one of the best original Xbox games

 

[AM_LIGHT]

As a gamepass ultimate subscriber i view games with gold as completely useless addition , the games have been shit for the most part.

 

[Rocketz]

 

[Bradbatross]

I basically just take the OG Xbox game they give us every month. I should have a nice collection of OG Xbox games now.

 

[The Pet of the Month]

oh snap i can finally play Sphinx after like 15 years lol

 

[Raider34]

I'll take sphinx

 

[CreeperBlocks]

In all honesty, with the way things are going with GamePass, owning games on Xbox is going to be a thing of the past.

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I just wish that if you had gold in the past you get to keep the Xbox One games that were offered like they did with the 360 games

 

[litebrite]

I'm honestly looking forward to playing all these games. I already got Costume Quest for free when MS transitioned the ability to get BC Xbox 360 games to the MS store and it was GwG in another country.

 

[litebrite]

I just wish that if you had gold in the past you get to keep the Xbox One games that were offered like they did with the 360 games

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MS doesn't want that and I'm sure they didn't want that with 360 games but had no choice through their older system.

 

[JustAnotherOne]

I like Sphynx! Already got the game on PC ,but that version is not available on consoles as far as I know.

 

[Madrugador]

I'm going to say it's a bad month but I always wanted to play Sphinx as a kid and never could. Now is the time haha.

 

[Djavanes]

Wow, Sphinx!! One of the best games on the original XBox. Good memories!!!

 

[Jmdajr]

At least we have Gamepass...

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Lol!

Oh well...

 

[nihilence]

Just kill it?

It's just a bullet point.
Which I suppose has some value.

 

[SlipperyMoose]

I guess I'll check out Sphinx. I missed that platformer that generation. Other than that, it's been awhile since games with gold has offered much.

 

[Novocaine]

Been playing the Friday the 13th puzzle game on my iPad so I might take a look at slayaway.

 

[Izzard]

It's just a joke at this stage. They have some very fine first party stuff they could give us, so why don't they?