Free Play Days features three Xbox games this weekend, including Payday 2

Free Play Days is back once more, offering Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Live Gold subscribers three games they can play for free over the weekend, including Payday 2: Crimewave Edition.

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition and Them's Fightin' Herds are now free-to-play up until Monday for those with Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. The Elder Scrolls Online Free Play Event, which was introduced last week with Free Play Days, is also live until Monday. If you're not interested in any of these games, and you're still after something that's free to play over the weekend, check out some of the best free Xbox games available.

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition

PAYDAY 2: CRIMEWAVE EDITION

PAYDAY is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter where you rob banks and get paid.
The Crimewave edition has an enhanced graphic engine. Crime does pay – use your funds to customize your character with new skillsets .

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Them's Fightin' Herds

Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a 2D fighting game featuring a cast of adorable animals designed by acclaimed cartoon producer Lauren Faust. Beneath the cute and cuddly surface, a serious fighter awaits!

Battle it out in local versus or online with rollback netcode. Streamlined combat mechanics blend accessibility and depth to create a robust combat system designed for both newcomers and veterans alike. Explore rewarding local and online game modes, including a single-player episodic story campaign!

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Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls® Online

Includes The Elder Scrolls Online base game and the Morrowind Chapter. Join over 18 million players in the award-winning online multiplayer RPG and experience an ever-expanding story in a persistent Elder Scrolls world.

Optimized for the Xbox Series X|S with Console Enhanced, bringing a new level of fidelity and performance—free for all ESO players.

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For the Game Pass subscribers out there, both Payday 2: Crimewave Edition and Elder Scrolls Online are already included with your subscription, so you may want to give those a miss this weekend. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition has a completion estimate of around 200 hours for its base list, while The Elder Scrolls Online will take you well over 1,000 hours — remember that before starting if your completion percentage matters to you! As for Them's Fightin' Herds, we don't have enough completion data to offer you a definitive estimate, so let us know down in the comments if you know more!

Will you be playing any of these games over the weekend with Free Play Days? Let us know!

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