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Nintendo Switch eShop’s new puzzle game is hilariously weird

Remembering the days when mom would take the console away

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Microsoft cancels Fable Legends, plans to shut down Lionhead Studios

Microsoft is canceling development of Fable Legends, Lionhead Studios' Xbox One and Windows PC game, and is "in discussions" to close the Fable developer, according to a statement released by Hanno...

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Developer Press Play asks public to choose next project

Microsoft-owned studio Press Play is best known for puzzle game Kalimba (2014) and platformer Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (2013). Now the Danish company is turning its attention to its next big...

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Xbox Live gave away $584 worth of games in 2014

Xbox Live's Games With Gold program gave away more than $500 worth of games — at current prices — in 2014. Drawing off the PlayStation Plus analysis from Push Square, I did my own of Xbox Live's...

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Microsoft launching Xbox One in China on Sept. 29 with 10 games

The Xbox One will go on sale in China on Sept. 29, making it the first gaming console in 14 years to be sold through official channels there, Microsoft and media partner BesTV announced today. M...

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Guacamelee, BattleBlock Theater and more go free on Xbox Live Gold in July

Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to download three newly free games in July, including The Behemoth's BattleBlock Theater and the Xbox One debut of DrinkBox Studios' Guacamelee, Microsoft...

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood launches for PC, Xbox 360

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, a puzzle platformer from Press Play, is now available for Windows PC and Xbox 360 for $14.99, the developer announced today. The Curse of Brotherhood launched for...

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Project Totem harkens back to simple, clean and precise platforming

Project Totem is Danish game developer Press Play's answer to the "pure platformer," according lead designer Bo Strandby. Conceptualized by Strandby and his brother Asger, the Xbox 360 and Xbox...

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Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood gets Xbox 360 release April 9

Press Play's 2.5D side-scrolling platformer sequel to Max and the Magic Marker, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, launches on Xbox 360 on April 9 and Windows PC on April 15. Shown off during E3 2013,...

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood review: the mighty pen

Fancy watching a kid get killed like a thousand times? That's exactly what I got to do in Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, the new puzzle platformer from Press Play. Despite the kiddie veneer, a...