Every weekend, Windows Central streams an Xbox One or Steam game on Twitch for 1-2 hours and gives out free games to the cool people who join us during the stream. It's like a live podcast, only you also get to watch a game while chatting with our awesome readers and viewers!
We recently revisited Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, a beautiful puzzle and adventure game in which players must control two brothers as they work together to save their dying father. Brothers is available on every platform under the sun, including Xbox One and 360, PC, PlayStation 4, and mobile. Read on for quick impressions, contest winners, and our hands-on video!
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
From the mind of Swedish film director Josef Fares comes Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, a critically acclaimed adventure starring a pair of brothers in a medieval setting. The two boys lost their mother during a tragic boating accident, and now their father may die from disease as well. Our heroes set out on a journey to save him, but it won't be easy.
Not only is Brothers a beautiful game with a stirring soundtrack, it also plays unlike any other game. A single player controls both brothers independently via the analog sticks. The left stick moves the older brother, the right controls the smaller one. The challenge comes from manipulating two different people at once, using them to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles. It really requires a different kind of thinking than most of us are accustomed to.
The Xbox One version of Brothers includes a bonus commentary video in which the director explains the creative decisions behind the game, as well as art and sound galleries. Brothers is a relatively short game, but an unforgettable one nonetheless.
The Contest
We streamed Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons for ~90 minutes. During that time, we gave out a total of 27 game codes:
- 10 for Xbox One
- 10 for PlayStation 4 (North American accounts only)
- 7 for Steam
See the winners at the end of this story.
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Future streams
Want to know what's next for Windows Central's Twitch programming? We stream a different game every Saturday (and sometimes Sunday). The stream always starts at the same time: 9pm Eastern (8pm Central, 6pm Pacific, 1am GMT). Over the next few weeks, we'll be streaming the following (schedule not finalized):
- Saturday, August 20 : To be announced
- Saturday, August 27 : To be announced
We hope you'll tune in as often as you can! Set a recurring alarm on your phone so you'll always know when it's time for the stream to start.
Winners
These winners are ready for an adventure.
Xbox One
- Pandjman
- Obiwankinoa
- Filthymike420
- Ballenight
- Yup84
- Nma_pr
- Sejdaniel2
- Souza_rs
- Sin_ogaris
- 1biglooser
PlayStation 4
- Mudpacker
- Psnaddicts
- Cmuchippewa
- T3chgy
- Tylerh1701
- Lightspeedhalo
- Bria5544
- Jasontehpanda
- Shawnsig
- Dakrkplayer2
Steam
- Amansingh5
- NoTymeForGames
- Coppernicky
- Swizzlerzs
- Alexkywalker
- Link1207
- formologic23
Tonight's prizes provided by 505 Games. Thanks also to our Twitch stream moderators for keeping the peace and giving away the prizes!
Reader comments
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a gripping adventure on Xbox One and PC
Great game, thanks for streaming it.
I'm bummed I had to miss this one! I'll have to check out the replay.
Yep, had a good time. Thanks 505 and WinCentral for Steam code. I'll be buying this game on X1. Have it for Steam already, but this was when I wasn't familiar with console controllers. Now that I am experienced, I'll play more than 12 minutes of it like my Steam account states.
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Thanks to 505 Games for the codes. This was a fun stream of a really cool game!
One of the best games I've ever played!
Hey Paul! Do you know anything about the fate of a previously planned game release for Windows Phone (W10M), which the following article mentions: http://www.windowscentral.com/brothers-tale-two-sons-confirmed-xbox-one-... ?
Good question! As far as we know, the announcement of a Windows Phone version of Brothers was a mistake.
Oh, that's a bummer. Perhaps they will fix that mistake at some point in the future? :) Thanks anyway, the game looks amazing.
Very interesting gameplay with a nice story telling method
Thankyou for the #Steam key! Had a great time tonight in the stream. Sorry paul for makeing troll jokes your not a troll. I am more of a troll or look alike then you ;)
I saw you on Twitch with same name.
You did . Cool I'm on twitch with an s on the end. It's my gamer tag on Xbox. Feel free to add me. :) gt:swizzlerz
Great game, and glad i got a code as i will enjoy playing through it again on the One.
Me too...
I could spoil this game in the comments, but I won't. I'll leave that to the stream.
This game has excellent yet simple controls and a well written narrative that will get most players feeling quite emotional towards the two brothers. Achievement wise, it is possible to complete this game without unlocking any, but they're not very hard to find if you choose to explore the levels a bit. Follow that up with a unique art style (look above), this is a highly recommended game from me and one that everyone should try to win today.
Can't wait to see the game! See you all there later!
awesome, i'll be there :)
I'll be there handling out prizes :P *bow b4 me!*
How low??
This game looks great! I've been looking forward to this stream.
Is the game is bad as its title or much worse?
Don't judge a game based on its title. It is actually really good.
Why not on beam now that Microsoft owns it?
I concur. Down with twitch
Uh, I don't think streaming this game is such a good idea, it's a short and pretty linera game, basically this would be a huge spoiler. Just buy the game and play it, it's worth it and it's probably cheap.
Hey, showing people what a great game it is is always good. But we only reached Chapter 2 out of 6, so we didn't really spoil anything.
Exactly, this is an emotional story full of nice cutscenes and touching moments that you really should experience on your own, in one sitting without distractions. It doesn't really work when you have to watch some other guy's face in the corner all the time and a wall of text blabbering next to it. The game is also rather short, maybe 2-3 hours, so you are really ruining more than half the story by streaming it.
You guys might be misunderstanding the purpose of our stream. We stream games in order to promote them - to introduce it to people who would otherwise not have heard of the game or not have bought it. Some of those people walk away with a free copy of the game which they're then able to experience on their own "without distractions." Others, hopefully, will decide to buy the game for themselves. The result is only positive for Brothers and for the viewers.
The other purpose of the stream is simply to provide entertaining banter. We have good hosts and we put on a good show so that whether or not people are interested in the game we play, they will still have a good time.
Paul didn't really get to a spot that ruined any major plot points anyway, just showed a lot of examples of the puzzles involved.
Twitch?? Why not beam.pro something Microsoft owns. This is windows aka Microsoft central. ;) im busy tonight with family. Looks like I'll miss s good game.
twitch has been since day one unlike youtube gaming or this beam.pro swizz you miss these streams every week
Ive been bussy it's summer. Hard to sit inside lol .. Jk . Just busy. Holidays/ traveling last 2 Saturdays.
Ah! One of my favorite game.
Thanks WC,505 Games for Steam Code.