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Monday20th Jan 2025
News Xbox Could 'Rival 3D Mario' With A New Banjo-Kazooie Game, Says Ori Developer
"...and probably sell similar numbers"
We've been hearing for years and years and years about how Xbox might do something with the Banjo-Kazooie IP at some point in the future, but as things stand, it doesn't seem like anything particularly noteworthy is happening. A lot of people have shown support for it, including the CEO of Moon Studios (best...
Tuesday9th Apr 2024
News Ori Dev Explains Why It Decided Against Third Entry In The Franchise, For Now
"I think were were pretty happy with where it left off"
Ori developer Moon Studios has talked about its future in a new interview with Game Informer - a future that's laser-focused on No Rest for the Wicked at the moment. A third Ori game has been discussed though, and while the te
Tuesday12th Mar 2024
News Ori Dev Expects To Do 'Exciting Things In Future' With Team Xbox
"I 100% believe in where Phil is heading!"
Moon Studios' creative director Thomas Mahler is a fairly active fellow on social media at the moment, and after making some interesting comments about the 'console wars' last week, the Ori developer has voiced his support of Xbox in recent days - hinting that Moon Studios is likely to work with Team Green...
Saturday5th Aug 2023
News Pure Xbox Game Club August 2023: Ori And The Will Of The Wisps
Come join the PX Game Club!
Want to enhance your Xbox Game Pass experience? Come join the official Pure Xbox Game Club! We can't take any credit on staff for this — the PX Game Club is the work of ralphdibny and the rest of the contributors over at the Pure Xbox forums, who have established a community that meets up every month to play a game on
Wednesday22nd Feb 2023
News Ori Developer's Next Game Will Attempt To 'Revolutionise' The ARPG Genre
"Diablo, PoE, etc.: We're coming for you"
Moon Studios creative director Thomas Mahler has speaking a bit about the plans for the Ori studio's next game on Twitter today, revealing that it will take the form of a "top-down" ARPG with major aspirations. In his message, Mahler explained that the game will serve as a "make-or-break moment" for the...
Monday6th Dec 2021
News Ori Director Reveals Why His Next Game Won't Be Published By Xbox
"It has a grand vision..."
The CEO of Moon Studios, Thomas Mahler, has opened up about why he's decided not to partner with Xbox Game Studios for the developer's next title (non-Ori related), which has previously been described as "an RPG that dares to innovate and go far beyond what the genre has offered players thus far.” Responding to
Monday22nd Mar 2021
News Xbox Takes Home Multiple Awards At The SXSW 2021 Gaming Awards
Congrats!
South by Southwest is a festival which celebrates a wide range of different interactive mediums, including games. Over the weekend, the winners for its 2021 Gaming Awards were announced and Xbox did pretty alright for itself. Out of the 12 categories, Xbox games took home a variety of awards. Ori and the Will of the Wisps was one of the...
Friday5th Feb 2021
"I wasn't thoughtful in the way I presented my thoughts"
After a colourful rant towards the development practices in games such as No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, director of the Ori series, Thomas Mahler, has apologised for the comments he made. In the lengthy post, Mahler compared certain developers on games such as the original
Saturday9th Jan 2021
News Six Xbox Published Games Were Top Sellers On Steam In 2020
As measured by gross revenue
The main focus of Microsoft's Xbox division in recent times has been on the launch of the Xbox Series X|S. Obviously, that's not the only part of its gaming business, though. In 2020, Xbox Game Studios released a bunch of games on Windows as well as Steam. One of the highlights was when Sea of Thieves sailed onto Steam...
Wednesday25th Nov 2020
News Golden Joysticks 2020: Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Crowned Xbox Game Of The Year
"Thank you to every single person who has played Ori"
The Golden Joysticks 2020 awards took place last night in celebration of the best games of the past 12 months, and the big winner from an Xbox perspective was Moon Studios' Ori and the Will of the Wisps. The sequel took home the Xbox Game of the Year award, beating seven other nominees to the...
Friday20th Nov 2020
News Moon Studios Shares Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Infographic
"2.8 million spirits and counting"
Moon Studios has shared some new data about its latest release Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and it seems the game is still as popular as ever. 2.8 million spirits have now sunk a whopping 22.6 million hours into the game since its launch earlier on this year in February. 516k have beat the game and out of this...
Thursday19th Nov 2020
News Multiple Xbox Published Titles Receive Game Awards Nominations
Ori is up for three categories
The nominations for the Game Awards 2020 have been revealed and multiple categories feature titles published by Xbox Game Studios. Moon Studios' Ori and the Will of the Wisps has received a total of three nominations. The categories it's listed in is 'Best Art Direction', 'Best Score and Music' and 'Best Action /...
Friday6th Nov 2020
News Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Runs At 4K, 60FPS On Xbox Series S
What kind of sorcery is this?
Moon Studios has revealed more details about the next-gen upgrade coming to Ori and the Will of the Wisps on November 10th, including some quite staggering news about the Xbox Series S version! Before that though, let's take a look at the Xbox Series X edition. This will run at 4K, 120FPS as standard, with an optional...
Tuesday3rd Nov 2020
News Ori & The Will Of The Wisps Renders At 6K On Xbox Series X
And supersamples down to 4K
We highlighted a couple of weeks ago how indie title The Touryst renders at 6K on Xbox Series X and then supersamples it down to 4K for a "super sharp image" on Xbox Series X, and now Moon Studios has confirmed that the next-gen version of Ori and the Will of the Wisps will also be able to do this. Taking to
Friday9th Oct 2020
News Moon Studios Says It's 'Leaving The Door Open' For Another Ori Game
Possibly a prequel or spin-off?
Moon Studios has released two critically-acclaimed titles in its beloved Ori series over the past five years, with the most recent being March's Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and there could still be more on the way. Speaking to IGN, art director Jeremy Gritton confirmed the studio has "left the door open for a...
Thursday17th Sep 2020
News Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Gets A Premium Collector's Edition
Available to pre-order now
Following the Ori and the Will of the Wisps reveal for Nintendo Switch earlier today, iam8bit has announced a special Collector's Edition of the game (also featuring Ori and the Blind Forest) for multiple platforms including Xbox One. The package includes the following goodies: Premium “Transforming” Display Box...
News Xbox Brings Ori And The Will Of The Wisps To Nintendo Switch
Available on the eShop today
We all know how much Xbox boss Phil Spencer loves Nintendo and the games industry in general, so it's probably no surprise that Ori and the Will of the Wisps has just been announced for Nintendo Switch. The critically-acclaimed Xbox first-party sequel has only been available on Xbox One and PC until now, but it's...
Thursday23rd Jul 2020
News Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Gets 120FPS Boost On Xbox Series X
Along with 4K visuals
Developer Moon Studios announced during today's Xbox Games Showcase livestream that Ori and the Will of the Wisps is getting enhanced for Xbox Series X, supporting 4K visuals and 120 frames per-second. In the announcement video, which you can watch above, it was explained that the new Xbox Series X version will "deliver...
Monday29th Jun 2020
Video The Making Of Ori And The Will Of The Wisps' Soundtrack
Behind the scenes
Moon Studios' Ori and the Will of the Wisps is one of this year's standout highlights so far, with our review back in March calling it "easily one of the best platformers currently available on Xbox One." Last week, the official Xbox YouTube channel uploaded a behind the scenes look at the making of its soundtrack, recorded by the...
Friday26th Jun 2020
News Moon Studios Says It's "Left The Door Cracked Open" For More Ori Games
But it has nothing to share right now
Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps are some of the most beautiful and moving platformers available. Will there be another game that takes place in Ori's world - or even a direct follow-up to the latest game, though? In a recent Reddit AMA on the PC Gaming subreddit, Moon Studios was asked...
Thursday25th Jun 2020
News 7.1k Players Completed Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Without Dying
And two million have now downloaded it
One of the best first-party titles released this year on Xbox One and PC is Ori and the Will of the Wisps by Moon Studios. Despite being a little rough around the edges on the release, we still awarded this masterpiece nine out of ten in our review. In an update, Moon Studios has shared an infographic...
Thursday28th May 2020
News Five More Games Have Been Added To The Project xCloud Preview
For Android users
If you're registered for the Project xCloud Preview on Android, you can now begin playing five more great Xbox games on your mobile or tablet device directly from the cloud. These are some big titles too! Here's the list: Batman: Arkham Knight LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Mortal Kombat X Ori
Friday15th May 2020
News The Latest Patch For Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Includes Visual And Performance Upgrades
Have you tried it yet?
Moon Studios has released another new patch for Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and it includes some major new additions! Importantly, it adds HDR support for those playing on PC, and also improves HDR visuals on Xbox consoles ("with new powerful HDR settings!") and integrates Dynamic Resolution Scaling. The latter should help...
Friday1st May 2020
Random Baby Owlet Hatches After Being Named By Xbox Fans
Owl on the prowl
Didn't think you'd be reading this on Pure Xbox today, did you? But it's true! A baby owlet at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has hatched, and Xbox fans were the ones to name it. Kuro is the name they settled on, and this all goes back to March's release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. The story began on March 3rd when Xbox...
Tuesday7th Apr 2020
News The Long-Awaited Patch For Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Is Now Live
Improves performance and fixes plenty of bugs
As you might have heard, Ori and the Will of the Wisps has been experiencing performance issues since its arrival on Xbox One and Windows platforms last month. Moon Studios – for some time now – has been working on a patch and more recently outlined what it woul
Saturday28th Mar 2020
News Moon Studios Confident Upcoming Patch For Ori "Will Solve A Large Number Of Issues"
"thank you for your patience and understanding"
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platforming masterpiece, but has admittedly experienced some serious performance issues since its arrival on Xbox One and Windows platforms last month. Even in our own review here on Pure Xbox, we said it suffered from stuttering, hitching, graphical anomalies and...
Thursday26th Mar 2020
News Xbox UK Is Giving Away A Custom Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Xbox One X
We want one
You know when you're browsing Twitter and something stops you dead in its tracks? That's what this custom-made Ori and the Will of the Wisps Xbox One X just did for us, which is being given away in a competition by Xbox UK. To enter, you'll need to RT the tweet below and follow the Xbox UK account. According to the terms and...
Saturday14th Mar 2020
News The New Ori Game Is Great, But It's Having Performance Issues
Multiple reports coming in
Here's the good news: Ori and the Will of the Wisps has debuted to outstanding reviews. Currently, it has a score of 89% on Metacritic (for Xbox One) from 50 reviews, including the equivalent of four 10/10s. The downside is that many critics and fans have been noticing performance issues on all Xbox One consoles. The...
