Games with Gold: BattleBlock Theater now free on Xbox 360

BattleBlock Theater is now free to download for Xbox LIVE Gold members on Xbox 360.

The action-adventure platformer from The Behemoth is one of July's Games with Gold titles, meaning if you have an Xbox LIVE Gold membership then it's yours for free. In the game, which is playable in single player or as co-op, you'll free your friends and save Hatty Hattington by jumping, solving puzzles, and battling your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Shipwrecked. Captured. Betrayed. Forced to perform for an audience of cats? Wait, what?? You’ve just unlocked the door to BattleBlock Theater! There’s no turning back once you've started on your quest to free your imprisoned friends from evil technological cats! Immerse yourself in this mind bending tale of treachery as you battle your way through hundreds of levels in order to discover the puzzling truth behind BattleBlock Theater.

BattleBlock Theater is the second of this month's free Games with Gold titles, replacing Gotham City Imposters which was available for the first half of July. BattleBlock Theater will be available for for the rest of the month before being replaced in August by another free new game.

You can download BattleBlock Theater from the Xbox Games Store.

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