Peggle, Costume Quest 2 free with Xbox Live Gold in May

By Danny Cowan April 26, 2016

Xbox - May Games with Gold

Xbox Live Gold subscribers will see a new batch of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 games in May, including Double Fine’s RPG sequel

Recommended Videos

Costume Quest 2 and PopCap’s peg-busting puzzler Peggle.

Next month’s featured Games with Gold lineup will be available for download starting on May 1, with additional freebies arriving on May 16.

Xbox One owners with an active Xbox Live Gold subscription can download developer Hidden Path Entertainment’s hit tower defense title Defense Grid 2 free of charge between May 1 and the end of the month. Funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign, Defense Grid 2 follows up on its Xbox 360 predecessor with new enemy types and upgradable towers.

Costume Quest 2 is next in line for the Games with Gold treatment, and will be free to download for service subscribers between May 16 and June 15. Costume Quest 2 continues the imagination-fueled adventures of a pair of superpowered twins who journey to save Halloween from an evil dentist.

Over on the Xbox 360, Codemasters’ sim-styled racer Grid 2 will be freely downloadable between May 1 and May 15. Xbox One owners can also pick up a playable copy of Grid 2 via the platform’s backward compatibility features.

This month’s Grid 2 giveaway appears to be part of a continuing partnership between Microsoft and publisher Codemasters. Microsoft previously gave away copies of Codemasters’ Dirt Showdown via Games with Gold in January, and series predecessor Dirt 3 was a featured freebie in November of 2015. It’s likely that additional Codemasters titles will be released for free in the coming months.

The Xbox Live Arcade version of PopCap’s classic puzzler Peggle is May’s final Games with Gold title. Boasting dozens of levels that players can demolish using an arsenal of destructive power-ups, Peggle will be free to download via Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles between May 16 through the 31st.

Topics

Contributor

Danny’s passion for video games was ignited upon his first encounter with Nintendo’s Duck Hunt, and years later, he still…

Gaming

Learn how to change your gamertag on an Xbox One in just a few simple steps

Xbox One X review controller in front

If you’ve been on Xbox One for a long enough time, you’ve probably seen your fair share of terrible gamertags. You might even be that person with the terrible username -- but you don’t have to be. It might seem tricky to change your username at first, but learning how to change your gamertag on an Xbox One is easier than it looks.

What’s especially nice about changing your gamertag on Xbox Live is that you can make the change on a variety of platforms. This will give you plenty of different ways to change your gamertag no matter where you are. Below, we’ll show you how to change your gamertag on Xbox One, and through Xbox’s website.

Gaming

How to revive dead companions in Baldur’s Gate 3

Withers offering services to the player in Baldur's Gate 3.

You're given a good bit of leeway during battles in Baldur's Gate 3 before you or a companion actually bites the dust for good. While in battle, if a teammate does take enough damage to drop, they aren't dead then and there. Instead, they will be downed with a chance to roll every turn to get back up. If they roll successfully three times, the battle ends, or you use another character to pick them up, they're good. If they fail that roll three times, however, they will be completely dead. That can be harsh when you've become attached to certain characters and want to further their stories, so you'll be looking for any way you can to bring them back. Thankfully you do have a few options for reviving companions in Baldur's Gate 3, but just like respeccing, they aren't so obvious.
Pay Withers to bring them back

Withers is a friendly undead you can find in a secret room in the Dank Crypt found inside the Overgrown Ruins. After finding and speaking to him in his sarcophagus, he will offer you various services, one of which is bringing back any dead companions. He won't do this out of the kindness of his heart (probably because it isn't beating) and will charge you a heavy fine of 200 gold to do so. Still, that's a small price to pay to bring back a beloved character. Once paid, that character will appear in your camp where they would normally be, so there's no need to go back to their corpse and find them.
Use a scroll of Revivfy or learn it

Gaming

Every video game delay that has happened in 2023 so far

The player skates toward the moon in Skate Story.

Few things feel as inevitable in the video game industry as delays. Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, game delays have only become more and more common as developers find previously set timelines unrealistic and adjust their release plans accordingly. More than halfway through 2023, we've already seen some notable AAA games like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Skull & Bones, and Pragmata delayed pretty heavily. Because video game release date delays are so common, it can be tough to keep track of every game that has had its launch date shifted in some way.
That's why, just as we did in 2021 and 2022, Digital Trends is rounding up every game delay that's announced throughout 2023. Here are the high-profile ones that have happened so far, listed chronologically by their new intended release dates.
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR (March 16)

As Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is one of the best games for PlayStation VR, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, Supermassive Games' PlayStation VR2 successor, is a highly anticipated launch title for the upcoming VR headset. Unfortunately, it will no longer make PlayStation VR2's February 22 launch and will instead be released on March 16. On Twitter, a message from Supermassive Games says this delay will ensure that players "receive the most polished, terrifying experience possible" at release. The game was released on that date to mixed reviews.
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (March 24)