The first wave of free Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles as part of Xbox Live’s Games With Gold promotion are now live.

Defense Grid 2 (Xbox One), the acclaimed follow-up to the original, and Grid 2 (Xbox 360), Codemasters’ racing simulation, are now available for subscribers. The former is available from May 1st to 31st while the latter is available from May 1st to 15th. And thanks to backwards compatibility, Xbox One consumers can experience both games for free.

Costume Quest 2 (Xbox One) and Peggle (Xbox 360) will be both be available from May 16th onwards, though the former is available till June 15th while the latter will be available till May 31st.

For those who missed out on the phenomenal Sunset Overdrive from April, it’s still free until May 15th. Download it now because honestly, what excuse do you have for missing out on it? Expect Sony to reveal PlayStation Plus’s Instant Game Collection for May sometime this week. In the meantime, let us know what you think of this month’s Games With Gold in the comments.

Independent video game developer Hidden Path Entertainment today announced that it would be partnering with 505 Games to bring its game Defense Grid 2 to multiple console platforms.

Defense Grid 2, which is the sequel to Defense Grid: The Awakening, is like its predecessor, a tower defense game; it was originally announced for a late 2014 release for PC, but now it will also be hitting the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.

”505 Games has partnered with us at Hidden Path and is providing a great opportunity for next-generation console players to experience our vision of the definitive tower defense experience. We’re so excited to work on a game we love and bring it to additional platforms with such a like-minded publishing partner,” said Jeff Pobst, project lead for Defense Grid 2

“Our goal at 505 is to be a publishing partner that lets studios retain their creative independence and that is exactly how we intend to partner with Hidden Path in order to bring Defense Grid 2 to market,”said Ian Howe, president, 505 Games. “Hidden Path is the perfect partner; they are experienced industry veterans developing a top-quality tower defense game that we both cannot wait to get into gamers’ hands.”

Stay tuned for more information.

Hidden Path Entertainment have revealed that they have found an investor for Defense Grid 2, and the game is now under development. They have met the required funding and have informed their Kickstarter fans as well.

“Through the DG2 Kickstarter campaign we were able to not only raise money and make more Defense Grid content, but we created a shared engagement around the project with thousands of backers for several months.  The excitement, involvement, and passion that the community displayed around Defense Grid directly helped us engage an investment partner and make DG2 a reality,” Jeff Pobst, CEO at Hidden Path Entertainment said.

If you have any feedback for the game you can sign up on the forums here and stay up to date on the latest news and ask questions to the development team.

Here’s the description of the game:

Gamers will battle to protect their power cores on multiple locations throughout DG2. They’ll have new and familiar towers at their disposal as they beat back both new and established threats. Hidden Path Entertainment is happy to announce the addition of both cooperative and competitive multiplayer game modes as well as user created content support.

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