Guess what? It's another rumour about a potential Xbox acquisition! This time it comes courtesy of popular YouTuber and game reviewer ACG, who made the comments on the latest Defining Duke podcast.
When asked about what Xbox exclusives might be on the way in 2021, ACG revealed that he's received some details that don't make much sense on the surface, but the reason is seemingly because Xbox is buying the company.
"I heard one rumour but it doesn't make sense because it's actually not in their current stable. But I heard the reason why it's exclusive is because Microsoft is in the midst of buying them, and then it will be in their stable. That would be a pretty big get."
When questioned about whether he'd reveal any further information about who the developer might be, ACG was very hesitant to do so, explaining that he has friends who work at the company in question.
"On this particular company I absolutely will not [divulge those details]. I have friends who work there. There is no way I will divulge this one."
Regardless of whether this comes to fruition or not, the YouTuber did suggest that Microsoft probably doesn't have any major A-level surprises in the pipeline for this year, and "people should more prepare for the B-level surprises".
Any ideas who ACG might be referring to with these comments? Give us your thoughts down below.
[source youtube.com]
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I would take more “arcade style” “B-Level” games like Battletoads and Cuphead any day. Just hope it’s a pleasant surprise.
This clashes with other rumours. Not that I believe Forza Horizon 5 for 2021 rumour (sounds more likely that FM8 is 2022 and FH5 is 2023) but if it is coming in 2021 that would be a major "A-level" surprise (Forza Horizon is probably Xbox's biggest franchise at the moment).
Looking at who follows this guy on Twitter, which obviously could mean nothing at all, he seems to have a few people that work at Crytek, who we know are struggling as a company right now and a few that work on Phantasy Star Online 2.
Probably means nothing, but I thought it was worth a quick look since he stated he has friends that work at the company being bought out.
Bloober Team, probably
Tbh this sounds like bs. There was a report last week that another buy out is in the works and this just sounds like he's riding it. Why say anything? He knew he'd be hit with hundreds of questions. If he isn't going to give an answer or even a hint then I don't buy his 'info'.
Reckon they'll buy CDPR to take on the 2 most bug infested studios within 1 year period. Imagine step 1: Clean up spaghetti code, step 2: be able to release first game in 2036 with acceptable bug rate.
On serious note, if MS manage to release Fallout and/or Elder Scrolls games without the Cyberpunk/Skyrim level bugs Bethesda usually release as they'll be seen as heroes! At that point they'll be encouraged to buy CDPR to help them out
Taking the quote at face value, without listening to the podcast myself, sounds like they are talking about "the reason this game is exclusive to Xbox", so we would be talking about a game studio that has some Xbox exclusive game...
The Medium just came out so maybe a Bloober, but that would bit be particularly a big get, even if it would be a nice one.
PSO2 is still Xbox exclusive... That could mean Sega, but that sounds too big for this hint. This person would not be as worried about having friends inside such a large company, would be harder to pinpoint.
Maybe the makers of The Gunk?
I'd be happy with bloober, I enjoy their games, so getting all there games day 1 on gamepass would be sweet
I can't see this relating to Blooper, since the medium is already out. They seem to be talking about a game that's not released and isn't currently exclusive to Xbox.
@Grumblevolcano forza horizon is a bigger game then forza Motorsport, meaning it sells more copies then Motorsport which is why I believe they will come out with Horizon 5 before Motorsport 8 other reason i think this is Motorsport 7 only landed on gamepass in the last 6 months or so..
@Tharsman
See I read it as say wait xbox secured this as exclusive meaning a game in a series that is either not on xbox or multiplat
Honestly unless these "insiders" either outright say the name of the studio or give a good hint at what type of game it is (or studio).
I call bs as at any point any youtuber could start spewing this stuff and look like they are right come end of year. As microsoft hinted and pretty much stated they are not slowing down on acquisitions
@blinx01 makes you wonder if that Sega buyout is going ahead given how he has friends connected with pso2 and Sega have recently separated their arcade and gaming sections of the company
Always difficult to take rumors seriously when they mention "knowing" which company it is about, but then turning around and saying that they can't reveal any ACTUAL info because of some BS "reasons".
If that's the case, just don't say anything at all, and forego your ten minutes of fame...
At this point every man and his dog seems to have some vague inside knowledge of some done deal that they can't give any details because... reasons.
Microsoft have pretty much said they're always looking to acquire, so any rumour of some mid-level developer being bought is eventually going to be right! This is not news, bloggers and YouTubers need those clicks though.
@Blessed_Koz If Forza Horizon 5 was coming this year, I don't think there would've been a Forza Horizon 4 Series X|S upgrade last year. Only the newest stuff got Series X|S upgrades, MCC got an upgrade instead of Halo 5 to go along with the 2019/2020 PC releases, Ori and the Will of the Wisps got an upgrade but not Ori and the Blind Forest, Gears 5 got an upgrade but not Gears 4, etc.
Forza Motorsport 7 didn't get an upgrade naturally because of Motorsport 8 but Forza Horizon 4 did get an upgrade.
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