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‘Poppy Playtime’ Chapters 2 & 3 Coming to Xbox September 20
Mob Entertainment finally brought Xbox owners the first chapter of Poppy Playtime a few months ago, so where are the other chapters? As luck would have it, the developer has announced that Poppy Playtime Chapter 2: Fly in a Web and Chapter 3: Deep Sleep will be headed to Xbox Series owners on September 20, with pre-orders opening on September 13. Chapter 2 will cost $9.99, while Chapter 3 will cost $14.99.
In Chapter 2, after your run-in with Huggy Wuggy and freeing Poppy, you must descend deeper into the Playtime Co. toy factory. That means more challenging puzzles and horrific toys such as Bunzo Bunny and PJ Pug-a-Pillar await. Your You must grapple, swing, and power your way to safety. Luckily for you, your GrabPack gains some new abilities. Try to escape, and don’t let Mommy Long Legs find you.
Meanwhile, the third chapter sees you in a decrepit orphanage known as Playcare sits beneath the once magical toy factory. You must make your way through this haunted place, solving new puzzles and avoiding the nightmares that lurk within the dark. Poppy Playtime‘s biggest and most terrifying chapter yet, new horrors await, and they’re much more than just simple toys.
All three chapters of Poppy Playtime are also available on PC via Steam. The first chapter is available on the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch.
Overshadowing the announcement of Ninja Theory’s third entry in the Hellblade series earlier this month were reports that the developer was facing possible closure by Microsoft, alongside South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games and Double Fine. Now according to a new story by GamesBeat, another developer under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella is potentially facing closure in Undead Labs, who are currently working on State of Decay 3.
Earlier this month, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had announced that Microsoft was in the process of ‘resetting’ Xbox. That resulted in a report by Bloomberg during Summer Game Fest that revealed that multiple developers were negotiating with Microsoft to spin off of Xbox to avoid closing down. Now, according to the GamesBeat report, Undead Labs is now part of that group of developers negotiating to be bought to avoid layoffs.
The article states that Undead Labs could lose 110 jobs if it were shut down, while Compulsion could lose 90 jobs, Ninja Theory could lose 135 jobs, and Double Fine Productions could lose 100 jobs.
Other developers and publishers at Microsoft also reportedly face cuts, including Blizzard, id Software and Bethesda.
Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft back in 2018, with State of Decay 3 being announced in 2020. News on the development of the game was quiet until 2024, when a new trailer was released. Updates on the game again were hard to come by until last January when then-Xbox Game Studios lead Craig Duncan revealed that development was still very much alive. That was followed up this month with an official announcement that State of Decay 3 would be coming next year to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store.