{"id":15183,"date":"2022-08-19T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/cult-of-the-lamb-was-not-blocked-from-game-pass-despite-claims-to-the-contrary\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:12:42","slug":"cult-of-the-lamb-was-not-blocked-from-game-pass-despite-claims-to-the-contrary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/cult-of-the-lamb-was-not-blocked-from-game-pass-despite-claims-to-the-contrary\/","title":{"rendered":"Cult of the Lamb was not blocked from Game Pass, despite claims to the contrary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Earlier this month, it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-claims-sony-pays-developers-blocking-rights-to-keep-games-off-xbox-game-pass\">Sony had been blocking games from going onto Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox Game Pass<\/a> subscription service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe type of games this was affecting was never specified, however screenwriter Gary Whitta recently claimed that Sony had paid Cult of the Lamb&#8217;s developer, Massive Monster, to stop the indie-hit from appearing on Xbox&#8217;s service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe game&#8217;s publisher Devolver Digital has now rebuked Whitta&#8217;s statement.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cult-of-the-lamb-was-not-blocked-from-game-pass-despite-claims-to-the-contrary\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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