August's Games with Gold lineup features Calico, ScourgeBringer, Saints Row 2, and Monaco. Currently, Calico and Saints Row 2 are up for grabs; ScourgeBringer and Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine will be available in the back half of the month. As usual, you're getting two Xbox One games as well as a pair of Xbox 360 titles that are backwards compatible. August is the penultimate month for Xbox 360 freebies, as the Games with Gold program is ditching the older titles in favor of just focusing on Xbox One games.

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　　The other Xbox One freebie is ScourgeBringer, which also happens to be in August's Prime Gaming lineup. ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced action-platformer with a roguelite structure. If you like challenging side-scrollers, you should check out ScourgeBringer when its free from August 16 to September 15.

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　　Ahead of the Saints Row reboot's release on August 23, you can revisit Saints Row 2, which will be free to claim during the first half of August. Saints Row 2 is an open-world adventure in the vein of Grand Theft Auto. While it's dated in some respects at this point, the over-the-top action makes it decent fun on a rainy day.

　　In the back half of August members can claim Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, a heist game that launched in 2013. This stealth-action game can be played solo or alongside friends.

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