Star Wars Outlaws prompted a collective sigh last week when it was revealed that the single player, open world adventure will have a season pass in addition to the nowadays common “play the game early” incentive attached to pricey special editions. For an extra $40 with the Gold Edition—for a total of $110—the season pass gets you two post-launch expansions, some cosmetics, and an exclusive day one mission called Jabba’s Gambit. 

The latter bonus triggered widespread fuming, as it was possible to jump to the conclusion—based on some perhaps ambiguous wording—that this mission was the one and only Jabba the Hutt mission in the game. Look at the headlines, after all: 

• You Need The Season Pass To Play ‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ Jabba The Hutt Mission
• Star Wars Outlaws Puts Jabba Mission Behind A Paywall
• Star Wars Outlaws Jabba The Hut Mission Locked Behind Paid Season Pass

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Take a half hour or so out of your day, because though it’s now November the truth is that spooky season never ends. So here’s a bit of spoopiness for you: Indie whodunit detective adventure Tommy Gun Witches is a free game you can grab off of itch.io and it’s a pretty good time.

Created by indie dev Cosmic Void, it’s a supernatural mystery where you’re clicking around and chatting up witnesses to figure out a crime that only you have the special skills to solve. (Actually, probably lots of other people could solve it, but it’s your problem.

“You play as a detective who investigates crimes committed by witches, gremlins, devils, you get the picture,” says the creator.

“Witches were banished to another dimension, yet some have managed a surreptitious return. A recent murder oddly mirrors their distinctive methods. It’s up to you to unravel the threads of the enigmatic murder puzzle,” they continue.

I quite liked my time with Tommy Gun Witches, which doesn…

The most prominent subreddit devoted to discussions of Nintendo Switch piracy—as well as emulation—was banned on Tuesday, after more than three years on the platform. The community was first created in May 2020, and as of June 10, its latest snapshot on the Wayback Machine, it had accrued more than 69,800 members

In recent weeks the subreddit had grown dramatically and may have become too high-profile for its controversial subject matter: it had just over 37,000 members on May 1, when I reported that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had leaked onto pirate sites. Over the last month and a half r/NewYuzuPiracy became the de facto home for discussions centered around modding Tears of the Kingdom, at least for players who pirated the game. 

As I wrote before the game’s official launch, it was a messy situation for emulation developers, who usually take great care to distance themselves from any public connection to piracy. In addition to openly disc…