Ori and the Will of the Wisps

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Have You Played… Ori And The Will Of The Wisps?

April 21, 2021RockPaperShotgun

In the months running up to the release of Ori And The Will Of The Wisps last year, I was gripped by an irrational fear. I’d loved Moon Studio’s first Ori adventure, Ori And The Blind Forest, with a fierce and fiery passion. Even now, I still love the bits everyone hates, from its ineffectual combat to its heinous boss escape sequences. But as news struck that its sequel would be taking a slightly different approach to its Metroid-like structure, favouring branching, almost Zelda-style hub worlds, and ditching its unique save system, I was worried that Will Of The Wisps…

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Ori and the Will of the Wisps Switch sales raised $58,000 for the Rainforest Trust

January 29, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:05 GMT Moon Studios and iam8bit have raised $58,000 for the Rainforest Trust thanks to December sales of Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Switch. From December 8 to 13, the companies pledged 5% from sales of Ori and the Will of the Wisps on Switch would benefit the Rainforest Trust, with iam8bit pledging $25,000 to the charity. This week, iam8bit announced $58,000 was raised during that time, enough to protect 29,000 acres of rainforest habitat – a space roughly double the size of Manhattan.“As the publishers of the Ori series…