[XB1] Xbox Games with Live Gold - Free Cobalt and Race The Sun @ Microsoft Korea

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sealedjono on 31/01/2019 - 15:00 microsoft.com (160 clicks)
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edit: Now available on the NZ (cobalt) and Australian sites (race the sun) in English! expiring 1st of march see here:

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/435790

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Cobalt (expiring some time on the 1st of Feb see below) and Race the sun is now available (expiring November 16th some time see below) via Microsoft Korea store(Microsoft.com)

https://www.xbox.com/ko-kr/live/games-with-gold?xr=accountpo…

https://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/p/cobalt/bss424n935ks?active…

https://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/p/race-the-sun/bs32dzlxbq02?…

Race the sun also on Japan site:
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/p/race-the-sun/bs32dzlxbq02?…

*use google chrome to auto translate the page, but still take care not to "purchase" but to "get" as the translations are not perfect and if you have already got the game you will be offered to buy to own and only press once as it may not show as ready to install until later or after you go searching in the store app of your Xbox one, where it should say "install".

*also sometimes the "get" option doesn't appear recently, keep reloading or try a different browser (i used edge for cobalt) and copy Korean text into google translate by hand

BTW Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and Assassin's creed rogue have been available since this morning for those with expiring gold subscriptions! see Brandogs' (and thanks) listing for the Feb games with gold US list and links (Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is available via US site see his link below as it's not available to Australian users (you can't get it via your console), at least not yet, when they update games with gold pages we will see if there are any alternative game/s for us and other countries.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/435263

edit:* Assassin's creed rogue microsoft link isn't working yet, try the xbox marketplace link below
https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Product/Assassins-Creed-R…

For those that don't know, the games tend to expire after the last country ticks over to the 1st of the month or the 16th of the month, and they are made available to "get" in the store before the first country hits the 1st or 16th of the month which means there is over 24hrs of overlap. So, for example, if you have a 1 month voucher or trial and you activate it on the 1st or 16th Melbourne time but it's still the 31st or 15th Los Angeles time (don't wait too late but also don't be early) you can "get" the 2 expiring games , the 2 new games and the 1 holdover game straight away via the store, then you get 2 more game in 15 days and then another 2 on your last day but don't leave it too long always check the store listing for each game never wait for the games with gold links to change, so this gets you 9 games, plus any extra games offered in other countries stores.

Bonus possible Errors: 48 hour codes can "get" you Xbox one games with gold, confirmed in august by me, hopefully still going, possible only some codes? earliest google result December 2017, definitely didn't work before. Someone says they could get Xbox 360 games with some effort, but I couldn't/didn't.

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  caprimulgus on 31/01/2019 - 15:15

  +2

  Link appears to take you to the Japanese store (or at least, that's where it takes me?), rather than the Korean store.

  But I just went direct to the Korean store and searched for it:
  https://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/p/cobalt/bss424n935ks

  And link for Race The Sun:
  https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/p/race-the-sun/bs32dzlxbq02

  Cheers!

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    dzf on 31/01/2019 - 15:25

    +2

    As per OP, just need to double-check that the price is crossed out, and that the characters on the button you click, matches the characters next to the crossed out price (which I assume is the Korean word for "Free").

    Edit: Removed Race The Sun link, poster beat me to it. =)

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      caprimulgus on 31/01/2019 - 15:27

      +1

      All good, your reply appeared when my page refreshed, so I must have ninja edited it in merely seconds before you replied! :)

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        dzf on 31/01/2019 - 15:29

        +2

        Oh wait, and just noticed the "JA-JP" in the Race The Sun link, which means it's still the Japanese link.

        …and now that I've replied to your comment, I think that means you can't edit it again… =(

        Race The Sun (Korean)
        https://www.microsoft.com/ko-kr/p/race-the-sun/bs32dzlxbq02?…

        Thanks Caprimulgus for making it handy to access for the rest of us… =)

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          caprimulgus on 31/01/2019 - 15:42

          @dzf: All good mate, I think either one works for Race The Sun! :)

          (I believe Cobalt is free on Korean but not Japan, whereas Race The Sun is free on both)

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            sealedjono on 31/01/2019 - 19:38

            @caprimulgus: Thanks guys for noticing my mistakes i meant to put up the 1st link in the go to deal and ozbargains wouldn't let me so put cobalt link i clicked and Microsoft redirected me to japan :( then forgot race the sun! sorry been busy today thanks for the assists

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              sealedjono on 31/01/2019 - 19:42

              @sealedjono: and yes be very careful with the "getting" as it has been hard to do it the last 2 months, maybe microsoft is clossing the door, always copy and paste to google translate including the pop-up window text

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  Tuftsdude on 31/01/2019 - 16:06

  +1

  Race the sun is quite fun when played in short bursts, have it on Steam.

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  CaptainCoolio on 31/01/2019 - 16:47

  I noticed on the Japan site that a game called Celeste is free as well

  https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/p/celeste/bwmql2rpwbhb

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    caprimulgus on 31/01/2019 - 16:55

    +1

    Celeste is one of the regular Games With Gold games for January. (You don't have to go to the Japan site, it should still be free on the AU site, until tomorrow.)
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/426603

    It is an amazing game! Definitely grab it today if you haven't yet claimed it!!!