{"id":8629,"date":"2013-06-10T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/?p=8629"},"modified":"2013-06-10T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:31:29","slug":"e3-2013-microsoft-is-giving-free-games-to-xbox-live-gold-subscribers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8629","title":{"rendered":"[E3 2013] Microsoft Is Giving Free Games to Xbox Live Gold Subscribers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/k-bigpic-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/k-bigpic-1.png\" alt=\"k-bigpic (1)\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8630\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has now been revealed that existing Xbox Live Gold members will now begin receiving two free games per month as part of their already paid for Xbox Live experience. 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