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ONTOS: This Horrifying, Tantalizing Thriller Feels Like an Immersive Sim for Puzzle Gaming

ONTOS is shaping up as a puzzle-first sci-fi thriller where player choice matters as much as the solution. In a gamescom 2026 demo, one scenario alone allowed multiple outcomes, from …

Official XBox Wire · 3 weeks, 4 days ago
How a Bucket Full of Pink Cow Dung Became an Item in The Immortal John Triptych

A single scene-patching problem in Death of the Reprobate snowballed into a puzzle built around a bucket of pink cow dung. Joe Richardson needed a dead end, then a prop …

Official XBox Wire · 1 month, 3 weeks ago