Yesterday, during the big Nintendo Direct presentation, we heard about two of the four Xbox titles Microsoft said would appear on “other consoles.” One of them is Penmentcoming to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5, finally, today.
Critically acclaimed Penment is an Xbox, PC, and Xbox Cloud exclusive since launching in late 2022. It features an eye-catching animated historical art style – and is delightfully niche. Game director Josh Sawyer has said that creating and launching a game like this would never have been possible without Game Pass, which, as Kris Holt notes, makes it an unusual choice to port to other platforms. other platforms. Xbox boss Phil Spencer said earlier this month that title-hopping platforms have all been on Xbox and PC for at least a year and have reached their “full potential” on those platforms.
The other game coming to other consoles is Based – instead Honey, I reduced the childrenthe game – and will be released on April 16. Microsoft also later confirmed that Rush to Hi-Fi And Sea of Thieves coming to PlayStation 5.
—Mat Smith
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