With the new year quickly approaching, Microsoft has revealed its first batch of free games for 2021 as part of its Xbox Games With Gold subscription service. The newly announced free games for January 2021 are Little Nightmares, Dead Rising, The King of Fighters XIII, and Breakdown.

Microsoft took to YouTube to reveal the latest batch of Xbox Games With Gold titles. Little Nightmares and Dead Rising will be available on Xbox One, while the Xbox 360 game The King of Fighters XIII is available through backwards compatibility. Breakdown rounds things out as this months original Xbox title.

Here’s the availability breakdown for the Xbox Games With Gold titles for January 2021:

• Little Nightmares – Jan 1 – Jan 31
  • Help your character, Six, survive The Maw: a massive and mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking to make you their next meal. Reconnect with your inner childhood and unleash your imagination to escape the horrors within and find salvation.
• Dead Rising – Jan 16 – Feb 15
  • In this remastered version of the original game, survive the flesh-hungry undead mob in the Willamette shopping center using a range of weapons at your disposal. As photojournalist Frank West, you’ll have 72 hours to fight off the zombie horde and discover the reason behind the outbreak.
• The King of Fighters XIII – Jan 1 – Jan 15
  • An upgraded version of the original arcade classic, utilize your Hyper Drive power gauge to let loose devastating strikes and combinations. Don’t miss out on this final chapter of the “Ash Saga,” full of anger and betrayal, which ends here.
• Breakdown – Jan 16 – Jan 31
  • Trapped inside a mysterious lab and unable to remember his past, Derrick Cole must fight his way out using his newfound extraordinary powers. Combining hand-to-hand combat, state-of-the-art weapons, and an intense story line, embark on a thrilling and suspenseful search for the truth in this first-person action-adventure title.

As usual, some of the titles from the current month are still available to snag. Info on those can be found right here.

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