Sopa confirms August Xbox Recreation Move launch window
In Sopa – Story of the Stolen Potato, Miho is barely heading to the pantry on an errand for his grandma when he is immediately whisked right into a magical land filled with unusual characters. Intriguingly, “every time he returns to the kitchen with an ingredient, he finds issues have modified in sudden methods.” Sopa sees Miho touring throughout South America, by means of mountains and rivers, fixing puzzles, flying by means of the air, and attending to know the creatures and other people he meets alongside the way in which.
Developer StudioBando describes it as “a story about household, journey, and the issues we cross alongside to future generations, comforting like the primary sip of scorching soup on a chilly day and important as an historical reminiscence.” I’ve already spied the phrase “emotional” within the description, which is an efficient reminder that cozy video games usually pack an actual punch in the case of heavier themes — simply take a look at Spiritfarer (what emotional havoc that sport managed to wreak), and extra not too long ago, Dordogne and Venba; all of which have been on Recreation Move at one level or one other, and which fantastically dealt with their very own advanced themes. Sopa – Story of the Stolen Potato additionally Spirited Away, The Little Prince, and Coco as inspirations for its world of magic-realism, which suggests we’ll be in for one thing enchanting.
We’re solely partway by means of what Summer time Recreation Fest has to supply, and the Xbox Video games Showcase nonetheless looms on the horizon — we’re hoping for extra Recreation Move goodness from the occasion, and have already made our Xbox Video games Showcase 2024 TrueAchievements predictions of what we’re trying ahead to.