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Laurent Checola

@misologue.bsky.social
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Sirène Rouge Games and La Belle Games cofounder Ex-journalist at Le Monde

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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cité Alexandrie is featured on Mixed News 🚨 mixed-news.com/en/cite-alex...
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Cité Alexandrie brings banned-book smuggling to PC VR for $19.90, almost 11 months after Quest
Cité Alexandrie reached Steam on September 22 at $19.90 in the US, almost 11 months after the Quest version arrived on October 30, 2025. The French game
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The cultural resistance starts today: Cité Alexandrie is OUT NOW on Steam VR! 📻🏛️ Lead an underground syndicate in a dystopian 1980s France where culture is illegal youtu.be/NW3bkrKQtHs Grab it on Steam today to launch your movement: store.steampowered.com/app/4218310/... #IndieGame #StrategyGame
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Cité Alexandrie Steam trailer
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our demo is out now ! Please send us your feedbacks 🙏
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Five days out. 🛰 Cité Alexandrie's free demo hits Steam on Sept 10. 25 minutes of chapter one — run your trafficking, recruit a crew, outwit the CIB. Built seated, zero motion sickness. Store page + wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4218310 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW3b... #VR #IndieDev
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Cité Alexandrie Steam trailer
YouTube video by Sirène Rouge Games
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Pierrec @wednesdays-game.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
✨ ChatGPT Sauve La Terre !✨ La suite tant attendue de Bernard Arnault Sauve La France est jouable en un clic sur PC ou smartphone. C'est de l'espoir en barre ! pierrec.itch.io/chatgpt-sauv...

ChatGPT Sauve
La Terre

2025, la Terre fait face à un ensemble de crises sans précédent.

Les inégalités se creusent. Les océans se réchauffent. Les épidémies ressurgissent. Les guerres éclatent aux quatre coin du monde. Les jeux vidéo coûtent de plus en plus cher.

Bref : c’est chaud, frère.

Heureusement, une I.A. veille.

Vous êtes ChatGPT.

Et vous allez sauver la Terre.
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Merci pour le relais, Cosmo, bien vu pour le hashtag ;).
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a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech with the words au revoir merci
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech with the words au revoir merci
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Rames VR @ramesvr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Petit aperçu de Cité Alexandrie du studio français @sirenerougegames.bsky.social Un jeu de gestion et d'aventure qui se déroule dans une dystopie et on l'on deal de la culture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=53WU...
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Cite Alexandrie [FR] Un jeu de gestion engagé
YouTube video by Rames VR - Cafoutch
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Adrian Gomar @adriangomar.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Happy to present my new reel featuring original music from recent projects 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfnZ...
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Composer showreel 2025
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julien | rundisc @rundisc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"Il ne s’agit là que des journalistes qui travaillaient à temps plein. Si on ajoute les pigistes, les travailleurs à temps partiel ou les rédacteurs amateurs qui ont arrêté, le chiffre dépasse les 4000." www.rtbf.be/article/jeux...
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Jeux vidéo : comment expliquer le départ de 1200 journalistes spécialisés en seulement 2 ans ? - RTBF Actus
Il n’y a pas que les éditeurs et développeurs de jeux vidéo qui traversent une période compliquée, la presse...
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Our VR Management Game, Cité Alexandrie, is getting some serious love! @uploadvr.com : www.uploadvr.com/new-vr-games... Gamertag VR : www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6JX... @ramesvr.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7n0... @vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZd...
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New VR Games October 2025: Quest, SteamVR, & PlayStation VR2
Star Wars: Beyond Victory and Reach lead a packed month for new VR games this October. Here are our highlights on Quest, PC VR, and PlayStation VR2.
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
You've seen the trailer youtu.be/4QJ81_9CNm8 , now get the date. 👀 Cité Alexandrie. October 30th. Are you ready for this? 🔥 You can already wishlist the game here : vr.meta.me/s/1W8vGm52lJ... 🙏🏽 #CitéAlexandrie #VR #Gaming #ComingSoon #IndieGame #GameLaunch #GamerLife
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Cité Alexandrie – Narrative VR Gameplay & Management in a 1980s French Suburb - Trailer
YouTube video by Sirène Rouge Games
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VR Games Showcase @vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🚨 New VR Games This Week 🚨 🌇 Cité Alexandrie | Quest | Oct 14 🧩 Europa Prime VR | Quest | Oct 14 🧗‍♂️ Reach | PS VR2, Quest, PC | Oct 16 🧙 Vex Mage | Quest | Oct 16 What are you picking up? buff.ly/i3iV8xB
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JV - Culture Jeu Vidéo @jvlemag.com · 25/09/2025
⚠️ Demain. 15h. Retour de JV. ⚠️ Nous répondrons à toutes vos questions en stream lors du lancement de notre campagne Ulule pour financer ce premier numéro de la nouvelle formule. A demain ! fr.ulule.com/jv-culture-j...
Couerture de la nouvelle formule du magazine JV, avec une manette monstrueuse dans une télévision. Ce numéro s'appelle Horreur et Jeu Vidéo, trimestriel de 164 pages.
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Seldell @seldell.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Vos Wishlists ont le poil terne ? L'hebdo ne leur suffit plus ? Voici Indie Radar, un nouveau format mensuel pour avoir une longueur d'avance sur les jeux sans dates de sortie. Parce qu'une Wishlist en bonne santé, ça passe aussi par de bons jeux : www.youtube.com/watc...
Artworks de Gurei, Little Rocket Lab, Lighthouse et Nightmare Operator en transparence sur un fond vert de radar.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Slay the Spire 2's early access release delayed to a "secret Thursday" in March 2026, alternate acts teased
Slay the Spire 2 developers Mega Crit have delayed the rogulike deckbuilder's early access launch to a "secret Thursday" in March next year.
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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The script for the BioShock movie is currently being written, with Vertigo Entertainment producer Roy Lee confirming the film adaptation will be based on the first game. www.gamesindustry.biz/bioshock-fil...
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BioShock film script currently in the works, to be based on first game
The script for the BioShock movie is currently being written, with Vertigo Entertainment producer Roy Lee confirming th…
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
In Cité Alexandrie, you'll face rival gangs, each with their own unique strategies to destabilize you. Dive into the heart of the black market for banned cultural goods in a dystopian 1980s France. Books, tapes, comics 📚📼🎨… in this world, culture is illegal. ➡️ Follow us: linktr.ee/sirenerougeg...
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Exploring the universe 🪐🌚 with micro gesture 👌
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Hands-On With Cosmic XR: Exploring The Universe From My Living Room
Cosmic XR brings space right into your living room in mixed reality, teaching you a thing or two about the universe.
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Nathie @nathievr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Combining a VR headset with a green screen to preview how you want to style your house while still being able to see and talk to your interior designer is an incredible use case.
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Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Entirely too expensive. But beautiful. I’ll stick with my Model M, thanks. petapixel.com/2025/08/19/h...
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Highly Anticipated 'Severance' Keyboard Smashes Kickstarter Goals
Praise Kier.
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Plan. Recruit. Resist. 🗺️ Cité Alexandrie puts you in charge of a cultural black market network. Will you lead them to freedom or to ruin? Follow our project for more! #CitéAlexandrie #vr #managementgame #storydriven
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Very useful ! www.uploadvr.com/real-world-a...
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A Developer Built A Real-World Ad Blocker For Snap Spectacles
A developer built a real-world ad blocker for Snap Spectacles, though the limited opacity and field of view make it squarely a proof of concept.
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UploadVR @uploadvr.com · 19/06/2025
Samsung's Android XR headset will launch in South Korea on October 13, NewsPim reports, with a "sequential" global rollout: www.uploadvr.com/samsung-andr...
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Samsung's Android XR Headset Will Reportedly Ship In October
Samsung's Android XR headset will launch in South Korea on October 13, NewsPim reports, with a "sequential" global rollout.
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Oh cool, we have some playtests here! 🤩🎮
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Check out Cité Alexandrie! 🌆 A narrative and management VR game, diving into a 1980s French suburb where cultural objects are forbidden 👉 youtu.be/w-Gr6WN1TRw #CiteAlexandrie#VRGame #IndieGame #VirtualReality #GameManagement #NarrativeGame #GamingCommunity #80sVibes
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Cité Alexandrie – Narrative VR Gameplay & Management in a 1980s French Suburb
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🎮 Video Games & Politics! Join our Game & Narrative Designer Faouzi Boughida discussing how games tackle complex themes. Dive into Cité Alexandrie, a VR dystopia where you traffic forbidden culture in '80s France! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlE6... #Gaming #VR #jeuxmadeinFrance #gamecamp
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Jeux Made in France 2024 - Jeu indé & politique : l'exemple de Cité Alexandrie
YouTube video by Capital Games
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Sirène Rouge @sirenerougegames.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Hello everyone! We're Sirène Rouge 🎮, working on first game, Cité Alexandrie 📚, set in a dystopian 1980s France 🇫🇷 where all cultural objects 📖💥📼 are forbidden. Tiktok: @sirene.rouge.games 🎵 Instagram: @sirenerougegames 📸 Youtube: @sirenerougegames ▶️ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sir%... 💼
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UploadVR @uploadvr.com · 09/06/2025
ICYMI: Apple announced visionOS 26 today, set to be the biggest update to Vision Pro ever, with important new features and significant upgrades. Read about all the changes in visionOS 26 here:
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visionOS 26 To Bring PS VR2 Controllers, Photorealistic Personas, Spatial Scenes & More
Just announced, visionOS 26 will bring PS VR2 controllers & Logitech Muse stylus support, much more realistic Personas, spatial Widgets, volumetric Spatial Scenes, local SharePlay, and much more.
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Simon Bachelier @blackcorn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I'm so looking forward for the launch ot this one, and in the meantime you can try the demo on Steam! It has been incredibly nice to work on Becoming Saint with Pietro and the whole team of Open Lab on that gem.
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UploadVR @uploadvr.com · 20/05/2025
At Google I/O 2025, the company gave another demo of "prototype" smart glasses with a HUD, showing notifications, photos, and lots of Gemini. Details here: www.uploadvr.com/google-io-20...
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Google I/O 2025: Smart Glasses With HUD On-Stage Demo
YouTube video by UploadVR
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Cyrielle "LadyPatar" MAURICE @cyriellemrc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
J’ai eu une super discussion avec @hubertpetit.bsky.social, animateur de l'émission Wishlist pour @origasky.bsky.social. On a parlé de ce qui capte vraiment son attention quand il découvre un jeu indé : trailer fort, bon timing, présence active en ligne. L'interview complète : lnkd.in/ezS6Jhkx
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Adrian Gomar @adriangomar.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I had a lot of fun talking about my work on Mission: Apocalypse at @labnf.bsky.social
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MIXED @mixed-en.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Valve is planning to release a high-end standalone VR headset later this year, according to a leaker who closely follows Valve. mixed-news.com/en/valve-deckard-2025 #virtualreality #valve #vrgaming #pcvr
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Valve's new VR headset will reportedly arrive in 2025 with a hefty price tag
Valve is planning to release a high-end VR headset later this year, according to a leaker who closely follows Valve news.
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#CivilizationVII coming to VR www.youtube.com/watch?v=lavu...
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII - VR Official Announce Trailer
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Aza 🐙 @felixbelthoise.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
For the last few months, I've worked on a fantastic game project with La Belle Games, Sirène Rouge Games and la Bibliothèque narionale de France, taking place in a 11th century manuscript ! It's completely free, so you have no excuse 😊
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The apocalypse reimagined ! Discover Mission Apocalypse, a humorous point & click puzzle game, co-created by la Bibliothèque nationale de France and La Belle Games with the participation of Sirène Rouge #indiegame expositions.bnf.fr/apocalypse
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
La nouvelle science-fiction en BD exposée à Angoulême : usbeketrica.com/fr/article/a...
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À Angoulême, la BD de science-fiction vit (enfin) son heure de gloire
Du 30 janvier au 16 novembre 2025, l’exposition « Plus loin. La nouvelle science-fiction » rassemble 150 auteurs et autrices de BD de science-fiction au Musée de la bande-dessinée d’Angoulêm...
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UploadVR @uploadvr.com · 29/01/2025
Craftrium lets you create a spatial aquarium in your living space, and it's out now for free on Apple Vision Pro:
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Craftrium Is A Personalized Spatial Aquarium App For Apple Vision Pro
Craftrium lets you create a spatial aquarium in your living space, and it's out now for free on Apple Vision Pro.
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Nathie @nathievr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We finally got a first look at Samsung Electronics's headset running Android XR. According to Marques Brownlee, it 'felt like test-driving a concept car where they have a whole bunch of new ideas about how driving works.' You can watch his full hands-on here: youtu.be/az5QL_NLBvg
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
How Mass Effect 2 found its style : www.polygon.com/2017/4/4/151...
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How Mass Effect 2 found its style
The story was darker, and the colors were more interesting
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MIXED @mixed-en.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Meta killed a possible successor to the Quest Pro 2 in 2024, but now the company is reportedly working on a high-end Quest model again. mixed-news.com/en/quest-pro...
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Report: Meta is working on a premium Meta Quest again
Meta killed a possible successor to the Quest Pro 2 in 2024, but now the company is reportedly working on a high-end Quest model again.
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
From Twin Peaks to Lost Highway, David Lynch's influence on videogames on @polygon.com www.polygon.com/features/513...
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David Lynch’s influence on video games goes far beyond Twin Peaks
The late auteur’s legacy looms large over the medium of games
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
LoFi Frog ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFRI...
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Ropuka's Idle Island Steam Trailer
YouTube video by Wholesome Games
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Shakespeare is definitely inspiring videogame creators !
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Is Google starting to see XR as a strategic asset?
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 20/01/2025
Gonna tell my nephews this was Bloodborne
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Laurent Checola @misologue.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Hamlet + GTA = great documentary : www.polygon.com/movies/51068...
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Grand Theft Hamlet’s creators put Shakespeare in GTA to put chaos back into Shakespeare
How three out-of-work friends spent COVID staging a tragedy inside a comedy in GTA Online — and made a doc about it
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Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Busy day here at the good ship @polygon.com. More from @rowanzeoli.bsky.social, who spent most of yesterday sketching out a developing story about Critical Role and artificial intelligence.
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AI Dungeon Master experiment exposes the vulnerability of Critical Role’s fandom
The student project reveals the potential use of fan labor to train artificial intelligence
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VR Games Showcase @vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Nvidia is bringing GeForce NOW to Quest this year. The app will let players stream PC games to virtual screens, much like the Xbox app does. No release date just yet.
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The Game Bakers @thegamebakers.com · 02/01/2025
Awesome to see Cairn on this list! "It also has a very cool backpack for messily storing your necessary equipment." You couldn't be more right 🤣
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