Tumblestone is an intelligent match three puzzler from developer The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and right now it's free to all Xbox Live Gold members as part of the Xbox Games with Gold programme. Match-three puzzlers are ten a penny, often bloated with pay-to-win mechanics (we're looking at you, Candy Crush) but perfect for the queue at the Post Office. Tumblestone is a little different. With 360 levels in the story mode - promising some 40 hours of gameplay - plus a handful of arcade modes and an interesting multiplayer offering, at first glance there's more meat on this puzzler's bones. Playing like an upside-down Tetris, your protagonist - one of twelve you'll meet in the story - sits at the bottom of the board and shoots upwards to remove coloured blocks (the titular Tumblestones) in groups of three of the same colour. Keep getting it right, and you'll clear the board and move on to the next level. Get it wrong - by leaving yourself without three matching blocks to remove -
With the recent announcement that the Games with Gold service will no longer feature Xbox 360 games, the fate of the service appears to be sealed.
I’ve been saying for ages they need to either make GWG good again, or scrap it and just go all in on Game Pass.
They are scrapping it and going full on Gamepass lol. Right now it's the optics of how they sell the idea of paying to play online all over again.
PS+ and GWG were all just ways to make people feel like forcing them to pay to use their internet was a good thing.
Without GWG, the barrier to entry is much more expensive.
GameEnthus Podcast ep405: Tiger Knee or Plok'd - This week Mike (@AssaultSuit) , Tiny (@Tiny415) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) talk about Tiger King, Castlevania season 3, The Postman and plenty of video games and board games.
Microsoft has yet to announce the Xbox Games with Gold free games lineup for April 2020 but thanks to the Microsoft Store we now know two of the free games.
Damn, I almost never see a price drop on Fable Anniversary, so free is even better. Looks like the rest of the games will be crap though.
decent games, but hoping for one at least new outstanding game, especially during these times.
Eh? I think this is why people say modern gamers have an 'entitled' tag attached to them.
So because there are people dying all over the world and people are having to stay at home, you should get better stuff. Just be happy 'during these times' you have your health, some people won't even have the luxury to stay at home, let alone 'free' games on a console games subscription.
Wow why the hate, no crime in hoping for something more that I’m interested in. I’ve been gaming for a long long time. Since the sears Machine, then Apple 2 pcs, then my first Gaming only console the Atari 2600 I washed cars to get.
“Hoping” is not entitlement.
Why the high horse, bro?
What we really need ‘during these times’ is a little positivity.
I think great games are not on the primary list of what we need need 'in these times'
Need? Of course not, but they would be greatly appreciated, they not only help pass the time indoors but they help people relieve some stress and get their mind off, if only for a while, what is going in their lives possibly to friends, loved ones or their community.
I’m an xbox guy for the most part, but you can’t be serious that project cars is a great game. Have you played horizon 4? If not get on that......also, I think it’s clear that the quality content is going to gamepass and not games with gold.
I mean fable is a great game, but not a quality games with gold game when it’s already on game pass. I kind of thought Microsoft would step up with all that’s going on and deliver hits, but unless they blow me away with the other two games later today, I’m very underwhelmed by this.
fair enough, maybe it just wasn’t for me. I like do ryse and almost no one else did lol so I guess people are just different l
I really liked Ryse too, and FH4 is my favourite ever driving game, but PC2 is decent and scored 84 on Metacritic. Its also enhanced for the X
i like PC2 better then FH4 , but i play with a wheel, not sure if PC2 is any fun with a gamepad?
Been waiting for PC2 to go free. I am downloading for the X1X. Hoping it is on the enhanced list.
