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#IDARB hits Xbox One in February, will be free via Games with Gold

Other Ocean Interactive's love letter to local multiplayer, #IDARB, is just a few months away.

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#IDARB will launch on Xbox One in February, the developer has announced.

According to IGN, the eight-player game will be available free to Xbox Live Gold members through the Games with Gold scheme in February.

If you've not heard of #IDARB, here's a brief crash course: it's a 2D platformer where you design a sprite and get together with friends to play a strange new kind of eSport combining rules of meatspace ball games.

You'd think supporting eight players online or on the couch would be enough for #IDARB, but it isn't. Spectators watching games through Twitch can also participate, using chat to change up matches by adding items or obstacles. This is a feature we've seen in very few games to date, and it's a cool one.

Here's a somewhat uncommunicative trailer announcing the release window:

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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