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After a long day sorting orders at the warehouse, Wilmot likes to unwind by… sorting puzzle pieces at home. The newly-announced surprise sequel to 2019’s Wilmot’s Warehouse, Wilmot Works It Out is a chill puzzle-building game of completing beautiful images and hanging them in your house, a collaboration between Hollow Ponds, Richard Hogg, and Finji.

In the monochrome hand-drawn world of Time Flies, you’re a fly with a long list of things you want to do. Learn an instrument, read a book, or get rich—but do it quickly, because life is short. Published by Playables in cooperation with Panic, creators Michael Frei and Raphaël Munoz join us from Switzerland to show it off.

The hotly-anticipated followup to 2016’s Hyper Light Drifter, Hyper Light Breaker takes the roguelike franchise into 3D for the first time, immersed in a procedurally-generated world where up to three players must venture into the Overgrowth to defeat the Abyss King. Heart Machine founder/creative director Alx Preston joins us from Los Angeles to show it off.

A soccer game about people, despelote is a slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over Quito, Ecuador in 2001. With a stylized blend of photography and illustration, Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena created a bittersweet and dreamy story drawn from their own lives. Presented by Panic.

In the absurd comedy slapformer Thank Goodness You’re Here!, players step into the shoes of a traveling salesman exploring the bizarre Northern English town of Barnsworth. Take the time to see the sights and meet the locals, who are very eager to give you a series of increasingly odd jobs. Developed by Coal Supper and published by Panic.

Hang out, fight monsters, and discover your town’s darkest secrets in Usual June, a third-person action game about summer break and the end of the world. A collaboration between Finji and Sweet Baby, narrative lead Kim Belair and Finji animator Mike Kersey will be on hand to share it.

“Three tales forged in bloodshed, laced with magic, and united by revenge.” Arco is a tactical action RPG with a unique “simultaneous turn-based” combat system, evocative pixel art landscapes, and atmospheric score, created by a talented global team from Poland, Australia, Spain, and Mexico and published by Panic.

See what’s new in the world of Playdate, the tiny yellow game system with a crank, originally previewed at XOXO 2019. Try out the latest games and sample brand-new merch, including their piping hot Pizza Cover. Playdate is currently sold out online, but Panic will have a limited number for sale at XOXO Arcade.

It wouldn’t be XOXO without Johann Sebastian Joust. Creator Douglas Wilson can’t make it, but he sends his regards, along with an updated build of his classic no-graphics modernized playground game for large groups, played with motion controllers and a classical soundtrack.