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Xbox dashboard image reveals next free Xbox 360 game

It's Magic: The Gathering 2013.

News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 30 Aug 2013

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Microsoft's next free Xbox 360 game will be Magic: the Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013.

That's according to advertising spotted on the Xbox 360 dashboard in Australia (thanks, LevelSave) which depicted last year's version of the collectible card battler.

The now-removed image showed a screenshot of Magic 2013 taken from the game's Xbox Marketplace page.

Magic 2013 is not to be confused with the game's current version, Magic 2014. The latter launched a few months back, while its 2013-branded incarnation arrived back in 2012.

Microsoft's next free Xbox 360 title in its Games with Gold promotion is due to go live this Sunday, 1st September.

You have until then to claim the current free offerings: zombie-slaying adventure Dead Rising 2 and its standalone prequel Case Zero.