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Hands Over is a new multiplayer horror party game that takes some of your favorite childhood mini-games and gives them a deadly twist. It's in development for PC from Artdock.

One of the first decisions that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma made after becoming the new boss earlier this year was to cut the price of Xbox Game Pass significantly. In a memo to staff recently, Sharma explained the thinking behind the price cut and talked about the impact it's making so far, saying it's helping move Xbox in the right direction. “Growth slowed down and subscriber loss accelerated after the pricing and SKU changes last year,” Sharma said in the memo obtained by The Verge. “Since our price reduction we have seen acquisitions grow and retention improve, which is a good first step.” Also

The new Lego Batman takes clear inspiration from the Batman Arkham series. However, Legacy of the Dark Knight's beats those games in a particular way.

Microsoft has announced the next set of additions to the Xbox Game Pass library, and there are nine games on the way in the first half of June. The list of titles includes games new to Game Pass and games joining different tiers. The new additions for June include the day-one new releases Solarpunk (June 8), Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions (June 11), and Junkster (June 16). Also in June, the adventure game from the publisher of Firewatch, Herdling, comes to Game Pass Premium on June 4, joining Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Total Chaos, the first-person survival-horror game, also comes

Developers and publishers will occasionally make their games free for player to check out on Steam. Here are five you can play for free this weekend.