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October's Games With Gold adds Darksiders 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Chariot awaits on Xbox One.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Darksiders 2 will be free for Xbox Live Gold members next month on Xbox 360, Microsoft has announced.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be added to the Games With Gold promotion on 1st October (replacing the current offering of Halo: Reach), while Darksiders 2 will replace it on 16th October through the end of the month.

Meanwhile, Xbox One users will see the upcoming ID@Xbox physics-based platformer Chariot replace Super Time Force come 1st October.

[Editor's note: We originally erroneously reported that Battlefield: Bad Company was going to be a free offering rather than Battlefield: Bad Company 2. We apologise for the error.]

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