So excited for this! Can work finish now?

@Cakefish it’s strange to keep XGS for just those 4 (+ publishing) but perhaps these are the hassle-free studios that can be more directly into Asha without needed whipping into shape by Activision.

Famous dumbo Chris Dring is speculating these will all go under Bethesda or ABK once they release any upcoming projects (E-Day, Clockwork etc). Could be right I don’t know.

@Cakefish still exists at the moment - The Coalition, Playground Games, InXile, Mojang and Xbox publishing.

@HonestHick this is it, Xbox wants to get back to being healthy so lets focus on the big tentpole IP, ones that bring in big money - Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Minecraft etc. but then I really hope ONCE they are healthy, they then begin to experiment again.

If Obsidian can make one or 1 or 2 games really successful titles, hopefully then they can get creative again. Same with Rare.

Oh hell yes. Time to get addicted.

It’s a good thing. Xbox gave Playstation a chance to open up and they closed down even more. So back to exclusives they go. Now everyone online is crying all of a sudden as the industry loves to jerk Playstation and criticise everything Xbox does.

If Playstation and Nintendo are allowed exclusives, why isn’t Xbox? No one ever seems to answer that.

@themightyant Dude that would be insane. Imagine holding that kind of power!

You can get the 2 individual star wars outlaws expansions and then get something else, for £12.99 not tooooo bad.

I’ve genuinely loved all the premium editions of 3,4 and 5 but yea this price is too much. I will play the base game on Gamepass at launch and then get this on sale for the expansions. Unless Loaded has a really deep discount for it.

I never play these demos because I don’t want my play time to be split between the game and the demo. It’s a me thing.

Game looks amazing though.

Loved Avowed. Glad to see it continue to get support.

@Kaloudz so Zero is the best place to start but it has the absolute worst opening hour or so. That tutorial bit is such a slog but once you’re through it and the story hits it’s so good.

@Sol4ris they do via Limited Run. But also new copies are releasing Dec 8th (i think around then).

Yea of course. The Playstation devs would feel the same. Except for the extra porting work maybe.

Aren’t these all in the Blizzard Arcade pack on Gamepass anyway?

Edit: yup https://www.xbox.com/en-gb/games/store/blizzard-arcade-collection/9nzp7nkr2qwg

It’s so much fun. Played 2 hours on Xbox then continued on my Legion Go until it crashed another 2 hours later.

Very addictive.

Got it for £15 from CDKeys so pretty happy with that. Looking forward to playing though got to re-learn the game.

@Banjo- to be fair this is just a remaster which Banjo already got.

@Tasuki DQXIS is incredible. If you haven’t played it yet i’m jealous!

Chris Dring is useless and him teaming up with Geoff Keighley is just rubbish for Xbox as they throw professionalism out the door to show their bias.

2 months ago he did the same thing and had to clarify then too.

Wish more people in the actual industry would call these 2 out; but I guess they don’t want to get blacklisted.

@Weebleman nah no way did you seem argumentative man. If someone had asked me before I might have said 2nd party but I feel like thats a relic from back in the day where we used to say Rare was 2nd party to Nintendo. Or even the “Capcom five” in the Gamecube days.

I just think Xbox and Playstation don’t see it that way anymore.

Either way it’s not 3rd party 🤣

But yea this isn’t Spiderman/God of War etc. but it does show Nixxes is sitting there with an Xbox dev kit, and that studio enjoys porting PS4 games.

@Questionable_Duck thank you!

@Weebleman my point is Playstation and Xbox see these games as first party. They own the IP and finance the game, so they see it as first party. They confirmed as much, whether you or I or @NishimuraX agree with it or not.

Xbox even took it a step further and said Ninja Gaiden 4 is first party. They don’t even own that IP.

Ultimately 1st or 3rd party is a matter of perspective. E.g. Forza Horizon 5 and Gears Reloaded are 1st party for Xbox. But from Sony’s perspective they are 3rd party.

@NishimuraX Helldivers II is as first party as MS Flight Simulator. Sony see it as First Party. This isn’t third party in the slightest bit.

Just buy it guys 🤦‍♂️. This could decide whether we get more from Playstation Publishing or not.

This sucks and I love the idea of them helping fund these studios (even experienced like Romero). Microsoft really went to town on Xbox.

In other news Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox!

@S1ayeR74 I do wonder what the staff were doing for 7 years.

Either that slice we saw last year was fake… which is BAD, or they are cancelling a game that looked that good, which is BAD.

It’s just mind boggling. Feels a bit like Tango all over again (though different).

@SaltySpitoon957 Matt Booty

https://x.com/jezcorden/status/1940455715799511193?s=46&t=RZD8eqRuj7JRII0QVXd-fg

Perfect Dark is confirmed cancelled and The Initiative is closed. WTAF.

Those top 3 are special imo

If they could somehow assign Xbox achievements to Steam games that would be wild! Never see it happening but just saying.

(I know there are a few Steam games that unlock Xbox achievements but those are first party).

@themightyant well i’m hearing “moving away from the console” as just that. I understand that hes saying “investors are speculating” but they are still discussing it. Not like any of the Sony staff said “no they’re not” (in regards to Microsoft moving away from the console).

@themightyant I can’t find the actual timestamp for it but this tweet (ignore the guy actually tweeting and his comments) clipped it https://x.com/passiveprophet/status/1935032212136530299?s=46&t=RZD8eqRuj7JRII0QVXd-fg

The guy asking the questions puts it forward.

@themightyant I don’t think it’s a random time to announce it. Sony just officially put out a fireside chat where they talk about Xbox dropping the console altogether. Xbox probably thought they should address that - i’m glad they did!

@J_Mo_Money yup the estimate was BS. Push square reported based on that BS and then it spread. He deleted the tweet because he got called out for it.

@Questionable_Duck yea i’ve made that point before about Sony being able to increase their share of a game sale. Microsoft is putting itself in a position where it has relinquished control.

Having a console on the market surely is such an advantageous position in the industry EVEN if you are in third place. You can help steer the industry in whichever way you like.

But they would rather be at Sony’s mercy.

It’s literally like my Legion Go then so i’m good.

But yea not sure how people misunderstood the article.

When Phil says 4 we also know he means a lot more than that. So this is great news.

@FraserG very excited for that. Incredible game.

Yea so no FF Tactics? So why do SE keep saying they are multi-platform? Hoping it still gets announced as multiplat.

Nevermind - it’s multiplat:

https://x.com/finalfantasy/status/1930384421217284609?s=46&t=RZD8eqRuj7JRII0QVXd-fg

@Altaria_97 it means you can stream them if you own them (digitally surely) even if they aren’t on Gamepass. BUT I think you need to still have Gamepass to do so.

Oblivion is the best of them but if you ignore that since it’s a classic, and having not played Doom; I would rank the others:

Indiana Jones
Avowed
South of Midnight
Hellblade II

With the top 3 being great games. I think the metacritic is slightly too low for both Avowed and SoM.

@Frmknst urm.. yea I will enjoy what I enjoy. The last 5 games I rolled credits on are Avowed, Split Fiction, South of Midnight, Blue Prince and now Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. All great games. I also like Dynasty Warriors.

But you don’t sound snobby at all.

Very excited for this. 3 is one of my favourite games of all time and yet I didn’t play much of 4 back in the day.

@dreadful I play games for fun not because they have an impact. I think Xbox’s line up has been pretty awesome and has a lot of variety.

So whilst TrueTrophies is an embarrassingly small sample of Playstation players with trophies unlocked - I thought i’d compare the games between eachother in terms of # of players on PS5:

11.3K - Sea of Thieves
7.5K - Forza Horizon 5
5.4K - Indiana Jones
5.4K - Hi-Fi Rush
4.4K - Grounded
1.1K - Age of Mythology
0.9K - Pentiment
0.2K - Age of Empires II (came out yesterday)

Honestly they are keeping the industry interesting and have been the last couple of years.

The daily conversation in gaming has been about Xbox. They have the biggest and best showcase annually plus multiple others throughout the year.

They have games coming to every platform. And they have both quality and quantity.

I don’t understand the industry’s love for Playstation. Xbox is becoming an incredible games publisher. I wonder how long they can keep this up.

@Nintendo4Sonic Sony haven’t even given Lego Horizon, Patapon or Hot Shots golf lol.

When Xbox went multiplatform I either wanted it to fail spectacularly or actually do amazingly well. Since it seems to be doing well the only real benefits are that -

1) yes more cash to fund gamepass and more games from these IPs we love

2) happy Devs since they get their games out to as many as possible

3) maybe, just maybe, Sony shareholders are looking at this like 👀 “we want some of that”. Though if anything it will be more Switch releases than Xbox.

I do wonder how many people will finish this on Playstation then try 2 and 3 on an actual Xbox instead of waiting for the Playstation versions.

Maybe 5?

@Lup another reason they’re the main target is because it’s a second remaster of this game. They love that kinda thing.