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Just a Phrase by POWGI Releases on Xbox
21st December in the yeaer of our Lord 2021 --
Staffordshire, UK – Lightwood Games is thrilled to announce the
release of their latest word puzzle game, Just a Phrase by POWGI for
Xbox. It will be available to download tomorrow, Wednesday 22nd
December.
Just a Phrase is a deduction game based on the classic pen-and-paper
game, hangman, but this variation has a twist inspired by the
pun-oriented wordplay that is typically found in the POWGI series of
games.
One word in each phrase has been changed to a homophone - a word
that sounds the same, but is spelled differently. For example, when
the phrase “right on the money” becomes “write on the money”, it
takes on a totally new meaning.
While the phrase will still sound familiar when read aloud, this
simple change makes it much more challenging to deduce when choosing
only one letter at a time. The puzzles usually produce a moment of
revelation, when you solve a phrase by revealing both something
familiar, and something unexpected!
Phrases range from the surreal (like ”making both ends meat”) to
those that invite you to imagine the setup for the punchline to a
terrible dad joke (like “holy owned subsidiary”).
Just a Phrase was previously released on Nintendo Switch and
PlayStation. The Xbox edition includes an extra 30 new and exclusive
puzzles.
It is priced at $7.99 / GBP £6.69 / €7.99 and rated ESRB E / PEGI 3,
and is compatible with Xbox One and Series X|S.
Lightwood Games is an independent game developer, owned and operated
by husband-and-wife team, Katherine and Chris Newman. They are
delighted to be bringing their portfolio of puzzle games to Xbox,
and more games will follow in the coming months. New titles are
being released on Xbox from the outset.
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system(s)
in the US at this time.
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