{"id":72902,"date":"2026-06-10T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/long-overdue-bad-magpie-finally-expands-the-be-a-rude-bird-genre\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:30:00","slug":"long-overdue-bad-magpie-finally-expands-the-be-a-rude-bird-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/long-overdue-bad-magpie-finally-expands-the-be-a-rude-bird-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Overdue, Bad Magpie Finally Expands the \u2018Be a Rude Bird\u2019 Genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"single-222646\" class=\"mssrc-features font-- has--theme has--branding\" data-clarity-region=\"article\">\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<header class=\"xwsrc-block-post-header is-style-fifty-fifty has-low-density has-text-align-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-50\">\n<div class=\"post-header__content has-text-align-left\">\n<ul class=\"post-tags__list\">\n<li class=\"post-tags__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/xbox-games-showcase\/\" class=\"kicker post__meta--category\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Category: <\/span>XBOX Games Showcase<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/06\/\" class=\"kicker\"><time datetime=\"1781109000\">June 10, 2026<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"h2\">Long Overdue, Bad Magpie Finally Expands the \u2018Be a Rude Bird\u2019 Genre<\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-header__author post-header__author--line\">\n<div class=\"post-header__author__bylines\">\n<ul class=\"post-header__author__list\">\n<li class=\"post-header__author__list__item\"><span class=\"post-header__author__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/author\/wfulton\/\">Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-50\">\n<div class=\"post-header__image\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/06\/10\/bad-magpie-preview-xbox-games-showcase-2026\/\" class=\"featured-image size-large default\" aria-label=\"Read the story titled Long Overdue, Bad Magpie Finally Expands the \u2018Be a Rude Bird\u2019 Genre\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/KeyArt-Wire_OO-156f8cfecd59527cba6a-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bad Magpie Hero Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/KeyArt-Wire_OO-156f8cfecd59527cba6a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/KeyArt-Wire_OO-156f8cfecd59527cba6a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/KeyArt-Wire_OO-156f8cfecd59527cba6a-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/KeyArt-Wire_OO-156f8cfecd59527cba6a.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"post__content\">\n<section class=\"xwsrc-block-content-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-50 push--25 column--content\">\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-xbox-summary\">\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Bad Magpie<\/em> comes out next year for XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, cloud, and included with Game Pass. Play it on both console and PC at no additional cost with XBOX Play Anywhere.<\/li>\n<li>You are a magpie, separated from its family because you lost the ability to fly, trying to win the favor of a disinterested fallen star with shiny trinkets.<\/li>\n<li>Gameplay involves exploration, puzzle solving, and light immersive sim elements as you set fires, break glass, and generally cause chaos wherever you go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The immediately appealing pitch of <em>Bad Magpie<\/em> \u2013 a world premiere from developer Milktooth in the XBOX Games Showcase \u2013 is right there in the title. Be a bird; cause trouble. Like their fellow corvids, crows and ravens, magpies are particularly intelligent and curious birds, with a reputation for stealing shiny things. Amorally creating problems for everyone around them in pursuit of collecting arbitrary treasures? Magpies sound like gamers to me.<\/p>\n<p>In the roughly half-hour demo I got to play, you have been injured and separated from your fellow magpies (like a murder of crows, apparently it\u2019s \u201ca mischief of magpies\u201d \u2013 delightful), since you can only hop around instead of flying, with a little band-aid cross on one of your wings. You meet and become obsessed with a fallen star, and at its demand go seek shiny trinkets to earn its favor.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-style-wide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bad Magpie | Official Announce Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixtwifLrU5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p>The game is presented in lovely 3D isometric minimalism, a little like <em>Untitled Goose Game<\/em>, but with a pixelated fuzziness and cell shading that gives it a lovely, painterly softness all its own. <em>Untitled Goose Game <\/em>is the obvious comparison in concept as well, as a sort of simple adventure game about being a rude bird, though where that game felt grounded in realism as you terrorized the quaint little populated hamlet, here people are pointedly absent (at least so far) and there\u2019s an interesting element of magical realism that kept me unsure of what to expect next at any given moment.<\/p>\n<p>You start on a section of road and make your way into what looks like an abandoned human schoolyard, populated by mice playing like children (building sandcastles, drawing on the pavement with chalk, etc.) When you do find the trinket, a huge serpent with jeweled rings around its neck snatches it and demands you find 20 of the meteorite shards scattered around the area nearby from when the star fell.<\/p>\n<p>The shards were distributed behind simple environmental puzzles. You have three actions: chirping, pecking\/picking something up, and contextually interacting with whatever object you\u2019ve picked up (such as shaking a soda can or chirping into a megaphone). <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>\n.post-template-default .xwsrc-block-content-block .wp-block-column.flex-basis-50.push--25.column--content {\n\tflex: 100%;\n\tmargin-left: 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"xwsrc-block-content-gallery\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns column--content\">\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns image-gallery__container image-gallery__gallery--4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-70 slick\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-01_OO-f74581d06f9f69e47399-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-01_OO-f74581d06f9f69e47399-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-01_OO-f74581d06f9f69e47399-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-01_OO-f74581d06f9f69e47399-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-01_OO-f74581d06f9f69e47399.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A magpie stands at a fork in a road and watches as a fire spreads across some dry grass towards a wooden gate. The magpie\u2019s calm demeanour implies it is responsible for the destruction.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-01_OO-f74581d06f9f69e47399.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-01_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">1 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-02_OO-a06eeaf3340feaea5d41-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-02_OO-a06eeaf3340feaea5d41-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-02_OO-a06eeaf3340feaea5d41-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-02_OO-a06eeaf3340feaea5d41-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-02_OO-a06eeaf3340feaea5d41.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A small magpie tentatively approaches an alien-looking fallen star that has crash landed into a multistory car park. Shooting stars decorate the night sky.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-02_OO-a06eeaf3340feaea5d41.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-02_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">2 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-05_OO-eedec002d2b39279f5e7-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-05_OO-eedec002d2b39279f5e7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-05_OO-eedec002d2b39279f5e7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-05_OO-eedec002d2b39279f5e7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-05_OO-eedec002d2b39279f5e7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A magpie runs amongst five mice playing football on a rundown concrete pitch. Their shadows are long, suggesting it is late in the day.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-05_OO-eedec002d2b39279f5e7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-05_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">3 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-04_OO-c346defab46f7c958a0c-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-04_OO-c346defab46f7c958a0c-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-04_OO-c346defab46f7c958a0c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-04_OO-c346defab46f7c958a0c-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-04_OO-c346defab46f7c958a0c.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A 2D magpie appears on one of the screens of a pile of old CRT monitors depicting a pixelated adventure game. The screens glow green in the dark of the room.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-04_OO-c346defab46f7c958a0c.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-04_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">4 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-06_OO-bdf56453d1a9e32a0723-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-06_OO-bdf56453d1a9e32a0723-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-06_OO-bdf56453d1a9e32a0723-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-06_OO-bdf56453d1a9e32a0723-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-06_OO-bdf56453d1a9e32a0723.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A magpie and a dog are illuminated by a streetlamp in a suburban, leafy setting. The magpie is chattering at the dog, who is angry and has his head stuck inside a corrugated iron fence.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-06_OO-bdf56453d1a9e32a0723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-06_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">5 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-07_OO-acb75af4afafe96002b6-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-07_OO-acb75af4afafe96002b6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-07_OO-acb75af4afafe96002b6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-07_OO-acb75af4afafe96002b6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-07_OO-acb75af4afafe96002b6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A big mystical serpent emerges from an abandoned tyre swing to loom over a magpie. The serpent has two jewel encrusted rings around its neck and a shiny trinket in its mouth.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-07_OO-acb75af4afafe96002b6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">6 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-08_OO-c338c084aec3f0b84b8d-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-08_OO-c338c084aec3f0b84b8d-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-08_OO-c338c084aec3f0b84b8d-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-08_OO-c338c084aec3f0b84b8d-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-08_OO-c338c084aec3f0b84b8d.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A magpie holding a megaphone stands before an open fire door in the music room of an abandoned school. There is a sense that the magpie has been up to mischief, evidenced by the active fire alarm sprinklers, a giant keyboard with keys held down, and a drumkit with a torn skin.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-08_OO-c338c084aec3f0b84b8d.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-08_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">7 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image horizontal\">\n<div class=\"size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-03_OO-d5681088a3e7b373d70a-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-03_OO-d5681088a3e7b373d70a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-03_OO-d5681088a3e7b373d70a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-03_OO-d5681088a3e7b373d70a-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-03_OO-d5681088a3e7b373d70a.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" alt=\"A magpie stands in an abandoned schoolyard at dusk, surrounded by scattered cans and bottles. It has just pecked a vending machine, which spits out a soda can.\" data-caption=\"\"><a class=\"image-gallery__download ms-Icon ms-Icon--Download\" href=\"https:\/\/xboxwire.thesourcemediaassets.com\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-03_OO-d5681088a3e7b373d70a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download image Screenshot-03_OO\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 10 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M.5 12h9a.5.5 0 0 1 .09.992L9.5 13h-9a.5.5 0 0 1-.09-.992L.5 12h9-9ZM4.91.008 5 0a.5.5 0 0 1 .492.41L5.5.5v8.792l2.682-2.681a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.058l.07.058a.5.5 0 0 1 .057.638l-.058.069-3.535 3.536a.5.5 0 0 1-.638.057l-.07-.057-3.535-3.536a.5.5 0 0 1 .638-.765l.069.058L4.5 9.292V.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .41-.492L5 0l-.09.008Z\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"image__counter\">8 of 8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"xwsrc-block-content-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-50 push--25 column--content\">\n<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<p>True to the spirit of chaos implied by the name, the very first thing that the game teaches you is that pecking or striking wooden objects against the shiny, flint-like boulders scattered around the level will set any nearby wood and grass on fire. One of the very first puzzles I solved was to knock a log from a tree (all of which have the Kirby tree face, making you feel a little bad about it), setting it on fire, then using that to bust through a car window and get through to the crystal on its hood.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of the puzzles are solved by setting fire to things, breaking glass with loud noises, or by being very rude to those playing mice (such as smashing their sandcastle to get the shard inside). The game generally revels in satisfying your id for being a little gremlin and causing trouble. I saw other shards that I didn\u2019t collect, and when I went to turn in my 20, a pop-up said that there were 30 in total if I wanted to continue, giving a generous flexibility to ignore any you might have trouble with while providing completionists with more to do.<\/p>\n<p>The interactions were all delightfully playful and surprising, so I expect to be among the latter. The systemic nature of the fire and physics objects elevates it above a simple adventure game to feeling like a light immersive sim, which makes me all the more excited to explore and see what surprises they have in store when the game comes out in full next year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"msp1781087133121\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"ms-product-badge mspb-large\" data-product-id=\"9npsj0drdzsb\">\n<div class=\"mspb-primary-image\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/store\/apps\/9npsj0drdzsb\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/store-images.s-microsoft.com\/image\/apps.17272.13787363832541497.88790bdc-c969-4b59-9211-6dc81888e620.d14fc537-d150-4408-abb8-8c9cfee209ae?w=400&amp;h=600\" alt=\"Bad Magpie\" class=\"skip-lazy\"><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-details\">\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badges\">\n<div class=\"mspb-feature-badge xbox-play-anywhere\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.onestore.ms\/cdnfiles\/sfw-service-web-onestore-onerf-2017-11-8-12\/store\/common\/images\/xpalogo_black.png\" alt=\"Xbox Play Anywhere\" class=\"skip-lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Bad Magpie<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mspb-secondary-details\">\n<div class=\"mspb-left-container\">\n<p>Milktooth<\/p>\n<div class=\"mspb-rating\">\n<div>\n\t\t\t<span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span><span>\u2606<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-full-stars\" style=\"width: 0px\">\n\t\t\t<span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span><span>\u2605<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-buttons\">\n\t<a class=\"mspb-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/store\/apps\/9npsj0drdzsb\" target=\"_blank\">Get it now<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-bottom-badges\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mspb-right-container\">\n<div class=\"mspb-description\">\n\t\tBad Magpie is a narrative adventure game about a magpie with one wing, a fixation on shiny things, and no interest in connecting the two dots.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>YOU ARE A MAGPIE<\/p>\n<p>One wing. No flock. One obsession: a fallen star that wants shiny trinkets and nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Burn a meadow, drain a swimming pool, write off a car\u2026 You can&#8217;t fly but there are plenty of other ways to navigate the world\u2026 and you\u2019re going to try all of them.<\/p>\n<p>Your plan is simple:<\/p>\n<p>Find the trinkets. Win over the star. Cure your loneliness. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>A WORLD TEEMING WITH SECRETS<\/p>\n<p>Explore a small, densely packed, non-linear open world full of things to peck, steal, combine, and meddle with.<\/p>\n<p>Bad Magpie runs on a delightfully elastic cartoon logic. Screech into a megaphone to shatter glass. Peck flint to spark fires. Drop an apple in oil and see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Tear through the world in a fury, or carefully sweep every corner leaving no stone unpecked. There&#8217;s no dialogue, no text, and no cutscenes. Just a world that rewards anyone curious enough to mess with it.<\/p>\n<p>Every puzzle has multiple solutions. Most of them are intentional.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>FIND SHINY THINGS<\/p>\n<p>You want the star. The star wants trinkets. But trinkets don\u2019t come free. Not when there\u2019s meteorites to be found.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s the use of wallowing? You have shiny things to find.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>A MYSTERY DRIVING THE WHOLE THING<\/p>\n<p>You are haunted by a mysterious vision. What is it? Why is it appearing now? And how long will the star keep you distracted from it?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably nothing.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style>\n.post-template-default .xwsrc-block-content-block .wp-block-column.flex-basis-50.push--25.column--content {\n\tflex: 100%;\n\tmargin-left: 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-stories--222646__title\" id=\"related-stories--222646\" class=\"curated-content-panel\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-border--top\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-30\">\n<h2 id=\"related-stories--222646__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories <span class=\"sr-only\"> for \u201cLong Overdue, Bad Magpie Finally Expands the \u2018Be a Rude Bird\u2019 Genre\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column flex-basis-70\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<article class=\"wp-block-column 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