The Culling: Origins has weird ‘one free match per day’ restriction

This can’t be good.

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What you need to know

The Cullingis a battle royale game that has seen better days. There was The Culling, then The Culling 2 came out, but then the team returned to The Culling and fixed it up? I don’t even remember, but there’s a lot of back-and-forth going on.

What I’m about to tell you next will be the highlight of this saga though. I’m going to start off by sharing a press release Windows Central received from the makes of the game.

The Culling is one of the pioneers of the battle royale genre and even today it stands alone as a unique up-close-and-personal combat experience. We get messages every day from players who want The Culling to come back and for the last several months we’ve been working to make that happen. Our new approach focuses on sustainability — we’ve optimized our systems to keep server costs low and we’ve shifted our monetization approach to ensure that players will be able to visit the island for years to come. Initially we’re focusing on Xbox One with this effort. But we’re working to bring back the PC version in the future.

The Culling: Origins will relaunch with the following updates:

Apparently, Xbox One graphical quality has also been improved dramatically, rendering at a 30 percent higher resolution with the addition of anti-aliasing and an improved frame rate.

I think this whole tokens for play model is flawed, since we’ve moved past arcades. However, if you like the game, check it out.

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Asher Madan handles gaming news for Windows Central. Before joining Windows Central in 2017, Asher worked for a number of different gaming outlets. He has a background in medical science and is passionate about all forms of entertainment, cooking, and antiquing.