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[Draugoth]

Travel across eras this March in Games with Gold! On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, start the month with a visit to a 1960s-era set sci-fi mystery in Trüberbrook or strategize WWII battles in Sudden Strike 4- Complete Collection, and then midmonth survive 19th century supernatural horrors in Lamentum.

Xbox Live Gold members will have exclusive access to these games for a limited time as part of Games with Gold. So will Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, who receive all the fantastic benefits of Gold plus access to hundreds of high-quality games with Xbox Game Pass.

• Trüberbrook ($29.99 ERP): Available March 1 to 31
• Sudden Strike 4 – Complete Collection ($39.99 ERP): Available March 1 to March 31
• Lamentum ($15.99 ERP): Available March 16 to April 15

Trüberbrook

Explore the charming 1960s German village of Trüberbrook where not all is as it seems. Get trippy in this single-player Sci-Fi mystery adventure game. The world of the game is beautifully built using meticulously handmade miniature scenery. Discover reality rifts, encounter crazy scientists, and fight for true love as you step up to save the world!

 

[AJUMP23]

Never heard of these but Sudden Strike looks cool.

 

[01011001]

 

[AV]

Us, last time this happened: it can't possibly get any worse

Now:

 

[Jaybe]

Obligatory

 

[Punished Miku]

It's rare that I see 3 games I've never even heard of. Guess I'll try them out some day …

Pretty weak line up at first glance, but I've never played or heard of these.

 

[CherryFalls]

 

[Bragr]

I remember Truberbrook, it got some great art.

 

[Sweden85]

Yes, 3 games I always wanted to play..

 

[Roberts]

I watched the video and have to say I am kind of intrigued by Truberbrook. Looks cool. I think I have Sudden Strike, but not sure about it.

 

[SportsFan581]

The first two look interesting, not sure about that last one.

 

[mrmustard]

Truberbrook is very cool, but i already own it on Android. At least Sudden Strike 1 was a good game, rember playing it like 20 years ago on pc.

 

[ReBurn]

Us, last time this happened: it can't possibly get any worse

Now:

I don't know. It's still not great, but it's better than last month.

 

[crackajack]

Never heard of these

same

but Sudden Strike looks cool.

Trüberbrook as well.
I thought Sudden Strike could be something related to Urban Desert Jungle Strike but missing 4 entries to a game in another genre that I usually like too is also an achievement.

 

[WoodyStare]

 

[TonyK]

Shit as usual, but I will try Truberbrook as I miss graphic adventures.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Why is this a thing when there’s Game Pass?

 

[Punished Miku]

Why is this a thing when there’s Game Pass?

Even if they literally add zero games, it's still good it's on here for the conversion deal. But they're clearly trying to phase it out slowly.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[graywolf323]

Truberbrook is good but it also regularly goes on sale for like $5

 

[VolticArchangel]

Why is this a thing when there’s Game Pass?

 

[justiceiro]

It seems better than last month, at least.

 

[SEGA_2012]

Best month of the year, which does not mean much, unfortunately.

 

[Gudji]

 

[Antwix]

On the plus side, it's 3 games I don't have...

 

[The_Mike]

Imagine how bad taste in game one would have if someone could say "damn gwg keeps giving me games I already own, they are on fire".

 

[BlackTron]

I mean I'd take Sudden Strike for "free", but I just don't see any point to this, because this is not just a window to claim the games, they go away when your sub runs out.

So, why not just put them on Gamepass? At least with Xbox 360 games they stayed on your account. The fact that some games stay and others don't is confusing and just another reason this whole thing is silly.

 

[adamsapple]

They should really just merge Gold and base Game Pass into a single tier by now.

 

[Starhowl]

Looks interesting for a change.

 

[ComputerBlue]

These are always so bad that I never take the 30 seconds to even bother adding them to my account. Why even do they still bother?

 

[Bartski]

 

[Tommi84]

That's one way of convincing gamers to step up the game a notch and move to GP instead of this 'offer'

 

[Daneel Elijah]

Why did you put cringe in your thread title when it is an official Microsoft annoucement?

They should really just merge Gold and base Game Pass into a single tier by now.

Would that means that the 1 dollar "loophole" that I keep hearing about would become official pricing ? Or did they change that and buying Gold is no longer a good plan before upgrading to Gamepass Ultimate ?

 

[adamsapple]

Would that means that the 1 dollar "loophole" that I keep hearing about would become official pricing ? Or did they change that and buying Gold is no longer a good plan before upgrading to Gamepass Ultimate ?

Gold to GPU is still the cheapest way to get 3 years of GPU, but at this point it just feels like Gold alone is being treated like a Disney-movie step child. They should either just fold it, or give it some features from base game pass.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

Gold to GPU is still the cheapest way to get 3 years of GPU, but at this point it just feels like Gold alone is being treated like a Disney-movie step child. They should either just fold it, or give it some features from base game pass.

I can agree that there is a need to revamp it but can they fold it without either loosing potential revenue( by making a "loophole" permanent) or doing a price hike at a moment where they need any advantage they can have against Sony? I don't have a Xbox account so I don't really know how Games for Gold works and what it is for Microsoft right now.

 

[Draugoth]

Why did you put cringe in your thread title when it is an official Microsoft annoucement?

Because these games are boring

 

[Daneel Elijah]

Because these games are boring

Not very respectful for the makers of those games but yeah, there is better games out there. Thanks for the answer!

 

[jshackles]

Gold to GPU is still the cheapest way to get 3 years of GPU, but at this point it just feels like Gold alone is being treated like a Disney-movie step child. They should either just fold it, or give it some features from base game pass.

I'd almost rather they just announced that the free games with gold program was going away completely at this point.

Almost.

 

[Roman Empire]

Well. those are one of the announcements of games of all time.

 

[The_Mike]

Not very respectful for the makers of those games but yeah, there is better games out there. Thanks for the answer!

I mean, they can just make better games.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[Calverz]

Sudden strike looks cool AF.

 

[SpiceRacz]

 

[xrnzaaas]

Truberbrook is a really cool point & click adventure game. Beautiful locations and pretty cool story.

Sudden Strike 4 is also a good pick if you don't mind playing an RTS using a gamepad.

 

[Badlucktroll]

those games are stupid

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

They’re still doin Games with Gold, eh?

 

[93xfan]

This month actually looks good. Very surprised

 

[Barakov]

My decision to let gold expire continues to be validated.

 

[Ronin_7]

Crazy, compared to Plus this is beyond pathetic.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Seriously why do they even continue with them