Pawprint Studio's Free Creature-Catcher Aniimo Launches On Xbox, PC Today

Players catch and inhabit more than 200 creatures across the continent of Idyll, with three-player Egg Heist raids live at launch.
- The Twine mechanic lets a player see the world through a captured creature's own eyes.
- Egg Heist, a three-player real-time mode, debuts alongside the September 15 launch.
- Beta-era fixes simplified Held Items and raised Star Dust drop rates before release.
Why it matters: A free game built for Xbox and Game Pass is not Microsoft's product; it is the hook keeping subscribers inside.