The Microsoft Xbox Live Games with Gold free games for November 2014 are now fired up and ready for download.

For the first two weeks of the month, Xbox 360 subscribers can get the classic title "Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise."   Usually offered for $14.99, Microsoft offers this Rare game for free from Nov. 1 to 15. This 2008 co-op title is a sequel to "Viva Piñata," which allows gamers to build gardens and control piñata animals.

In the second half of the month, it will be the turn of the 2009 open-world third-person shooter video game "Red Faction: Guerilla." It is the third installment in the "Red Faction" series that lets gamers take on the role of Alec Mason, plotting to oust Earth Defense Force (EDF) and stop all its sinister ways on Mars. Volition's $19.99 title will be free from Nov. 16 to 30.

Xbox One Gold members can get the 2013 16-bit arcade game "Volgarr the Viking," which can be downloadable the whole month of November. The title is simply described as a "hardcore 16-bit style action from the golden era of arcade games, re-imagined for today." The game sports an old-school feel, with players navigating through the game as the protagonist Volgarr battling enemies, formidable bosses and basically blow everything in his path. The 2D side-scrolling arcade action game was developed by Crazy Viking Studios along with Kickstarter. It costs $9.99 but gamers can get it without a single shell out this November.

Product Reviews remarked that the game was a surprising offer, considering that Games with Gold moved to next-gen consoles already. It even added that it was "disappointed," while it remains hopeful that Microsoft will finally decide to explosively end the year for Gold members with a more exciting game like a title from the "Ryse" franchise or from the "Forza" series. The site even added that the titanic software company has put itself in a precarious spot in its rivalry with Sony, which offered the DC Comics universe fighting game "Injustice Gods Among Us" Ultimate Edition. The NetherRealm-developed game is the first ever AAA to be made free.

On the other hand, Gamepur suggested and wish to see Microsoft treat Games with Gold members with the 2013 survival horror game by Capcom, "Dead Rising 3." In a nutshell, gamers just hope that Microsoft will measure up to the impressive offer as it always does.

On the other hand, the $49.99 game "Titanfall" is now available for purchase for only half its price, $25, exclusive for Gold members. The According to Christian Post, "Battlefield 4: Assault Shortcut Kit" also received a 33 percent price markdown. The DLC Season Pass for three additional add-on packs — "IMC Rising," "Expedition," and "Frontier's Edge" — is currently being sold for $6.25, four-fold cheaper than its original $24.99 price.