Xbox Live Gold subscribers get Assassin’s Creed II for free starting July 16

Gamers love a good deal. One of the best deals in gaming is Sony’s PlayStation Plus service that offers up a couple free downloads every month for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. Microsoft — not wanting to get left behind — is trying to catch up to it.

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show last month, Microsoft announced its Games with Gold service that mimics the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection. Microsoft just gave away Xbox Live Arcade title Defense Grid: The Awakening to players that subscribe to its Gold service. Today, it revealed it will begin giving away Assassin’s Creed II starting on July 16.