X-cellent value on offer with Gold

Xbox users can get their hands on some great games this month through the Gold membership.

And it works out at superb value at £6.99. For another £4, Games Pass gives you access to 200 more titles, plus EA’S library.

here are a few games that are excellent for Xbox Live... AGROUND (PEGI 16)

A mining/crafting RPG with a wonderfully retro feel, in Aground you shape the world around you.

Through gathering resources, you help your community evolve from living in stone huts, to reaching for the stars – and everything in between.

Meet new characters, and maybe even learn a little magic along the way.

NEUROVOIDER (PEGI 7)

This twin-stick shooter is set on a ravaged Earth, where robots are having a constant party.

You play as an escaped brain, who sets about destroying the mechanical merrymakers to bring an end to the eternal war.

And if you fancy taking things up a notch, there’s even an option to share all the action with up to four other players in co-op.

SPACE INVADERS: INFINITY GENE (PEGI 3)

What starts off looking like the game which defined an industry, evolves the more you play.

Clearing the levels unlocks new stages and power ups until, frankly, you’ll probably be going cross eyed trying to keep up with the waves of invaders.

And once you’ve played through the 140+ stages in normal mode, the truly masochistic can attempt the game in Challenge

Mode.

Retro fun Aground is much like Minecraft