The Witness is Coming to Xbox One on September 13

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 26, 2016

News: Jonathan Blow’s latest game is making it’s way to Microsoft’s console in a few weeks.

The Witness is coming to Xbox One. Released earlier this year as a PS4 exclusive, Xbox gamers will now get a chance to play Jonathan Blow’s latest game. For those who might not be familiar with this game, Mr. Blow describes it the following way:

”The Witness is a pretty unconventional game. You wander through an open world, so you can explore whatever catches your eye. Throughout the island you’ll find many puzzles, all with different themes. But these puzzles aren’t just arbitrary and meaningless; they communicate ideas. As you play the game, you’ll find yourself absorbing a nonverbal language, and you’ll know what to do even if you can’t quite explain what you know.

In the process of releasing The Witness, we’ve learned a lot about the way people play it. Some people blaze through puzzles and finish the game in 25-30 hours; some people take their time really investigating details, and spend over 100 hours exploring, finding new things the whole time. To my surprise, The Witness is a really good game to play with a friend, even though I didn’t design it that way; we’ve received a lot of notes from people who had a great time playing with their wives/husbands/girlfriends/boyfriends.”

The Witness will arrive on Xbox One on September 13th. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Will you be purchasing The Witness?