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Former Xbox First-Party Title 'Kiln' Receives Permanent Price Drop And Massive New Update

"We enter this new indie era". With Double Fine leaving Xbox Game Studios and going independent once again, we've been interested to learn the fate of their most recent release - the pottery-based multiplayer brawler known as Kiln. Good news! Not only is Kiln definitely not finished yet, but it's just released its biggest update of all time! The Bisque Update introduces a new creative game mode called "Daily Throw" where you can "challenge your creativity and skill on the wheel", along with load

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Kiln review – Worth glazing or did it need more firing time?

The post Kiln review – Worth glazing or did it need more firing time? appeared first on GamesHub.

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Kiln Doesn’t Just Break the Mold – It Smashes It to Pieces

The post Kiln Doesn’t Just Break the Mold – It Smashes It to Pieces appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Xbox Wire / Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief

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Kiln Players Share Their First Reviews Of The New Xbox Game Studios Title

Here's what people are saying on day one. Yesterday was a bit of an unfortunate day for Xbox and Double Fine to launch Kiln — not only is it a smaller-scale release anyway, but it got caught up in the major statement about Xbox's future that dominated the headlines. Still, there are definitely people checking this game out on Xbox Game Pass and beyond, and considering there were no reviews prior to release (probably because it's an online multiplayer title), we thought we'd have a browse of the

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Kiln: Let’s Get Started on Your Pottery Party Brawler Journey with These Launch Day Tips

The post Kiln: Let’s Get Started on Your Pottery Party Brawler Journey with These Launch Day Tips appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Xbox Wire / Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor

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Xbox First-Party Title 'Kiln' Is Available Today With Game Pass Ultimate (April 23)

Spring roadmap also revealed! Today's Xbox Game Pass update brings us the latest Microsoft first-party release in Kiln; a new multiplayer brawler from the folks over at Double Fine Productions. You'll see this one roll out on XGP later today, and ahead of that launch, the team has also revealed a Spring 2026 roadmap for the game. So, we'll give you some fresh details on Kiln down below — including the official launch trailer and a description of the game — before throwing Double Fine's post-laun

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Kiln Spring 2026 Roadmap Revealed

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Xbox Wire / Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor

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How Double Fine balances fun with pottery sculpting in Kiln

Double Fine's Lauren Scott and Jared Mill break down how Kiln went from a game jam prototype to the studio's next game.

Game Developer / Samuel Tolbert

Interview

Official Xbox Podcast – Kiln: The Pottery Brawler About Creation and Destruction

The post Official Xbox Podcast – Kiln: The Pottery Brawler About Creation and Destruction appeared first on Xbox Wire.

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A Truly Cheeky Giveaway: The Butt-iful Collection, By Kiln

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Xbox Wire / Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief

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Xbox's Next First-Party Game Arrives This Week, And Preloads Have Already Begun

Are you ready for Kiln? It feels like it's gone under the radar a little bit, but we've got a new Xbox first-party game arriving this week! That game is Double Fine's Kiln, which launches day one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC on April 23rd (Thursday). If you haven't been following this one, Kiln is an online multiplayer game centred around pottery, in which you'll create your own "ceramic battle armour" on a pottery wheel and then team up to brawl it out in 4v4 combat. It's exactly the kind

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Kiln: Double Fine Shares Their Favorite Pots as Open Beta Goes Live

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Psychonauts and Keeper developer's Game Pass party game Kiln gets a release date, and it's coming really very soon

Double Fine - the studio behind the likes of Psychonauts and last year's wonderfully surreal lighthouse adventure Keeper - has announced a release date for its next quirky offering, known as Kiln.

Eurogamer / Victoria Phillips Kennedy

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