Game outsourcing company Pingle Studio has received the Xbox Excellence Award 2025. The developers were honored with this distinction for their contribution to the creation of the horror game Poppy Playtime.
Game outsourcing company Pingle Studio has received the Xbox Excellence Award 2025. The developers were honored with this distinction for their contribution to the creation of the horror game Poppy Playtime.
«A huge thank you to our incredible team for the dedication, creativity, and passion that made this achievement possible. And a big thank you to our friends at Mob Entertainment for their trust and collaboration. This award means a lot to us!», Pingle Studio said.
Poppy Playtime is a survival horror puzzle game from American company Mob Entertainment. The player takes on the role of a former employee of Playtime Co. who returns to the company’s abandoned toy factory after receiving letters from colleagues who were reported missing 20 years ago.
The project was released in 2021 and periodically receives plot additions. The fourth and final chapter of Poppy Playtime became available in January 2025.
The Xbox Excellence Award is an annual award from Microsoft’s gaming division that recognizes the best games of the year released on the Xbox platform.
Projects are selected based on several criteria: store rating, player engagement, active users, and number of copies sold. The Xbox Excellence Award was also received by STALKER 2 developers from GSC Game.
Pingle Studio is engaged in game outsourcing and co-development with other studios, and has recently started publishing projects. In particular, it has released the hardcore platformer about a journey through dreams Through the Nightmares, as well as the city-building strategy Becastled on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch consoles,
